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| - Red, White & Blue Restaurant is a lunch and dinner sit-down restaurant in the Mandalay Bay (next to Fleur by Hubert Keller). The restaurant feels like a more contemporary version of a traditional American restaurant. The restaurant's straightforward and kind of old-school decor (as well as the loud atmosphere) reminds me of a Daily Grill.
The restaurant (at least for lunch) features mainly classic dishes like buffalo wings, Reuben sandwich, pastrami sandwich, spaghetti and meatballs, tuna salad sandwich, and so on. The menu and the prices felt similar to a lot of the 24 hour Vegas cafes though I found my experience at Red, White & Blue a little better.
I had the seared ahi tuna, which was served with wasabi mashed potatoes and a citrus sauce, but I opted for the green beans instead of the potatoes. The ahi tuna was decent. It was served rare and was pretty fresh. The citrus sauce was flavorful and light.
The green beans were cooked properly. Nice crispness to them and also fresh. There were also some pickled onions and asparagus on the plate and both were fine and added flavor.
My friend's lobster cobb salad was huge and it did not look that great. I don't think she was that impressed with it.
Both dishes came with pretty generous portions.
Service was good. The waitress was friendly and attentive.
Like other Vegas restaurants, this place was overpriced. Sandwiches were in the $13-$17 range while entrees were in the mid-$20s. I've definitely had better food at the same prices, but I've also definitely had worse food in Vegas at those prices.
There are plenty of mid-range priced restaurants available at Mandalay Bay (like Burger Bar, which is okay, and Border Grill--I haven't been there). Because of that, you may be able to find a better meal at the same price around here. Still, Red, White & Blue was better than I expected and I wouldn't swear off coming here again under the right circumstances.
Parking is complimentary (both valet and parking structure).
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