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| - I was SUPER excited to check this place out when I saw the signs for a new restaurant in Mandalay Shoppes. Rick Moonen's restaurants don't disappoint and I was fired up for something aside from fancy-shmans seafood. This place has a VERY cool theme - I love the decor, LOVE LOVE the uniforms (each server wearing something unique), and the overall vibe.
Here's the breakdown:
The drinks were very inventive and although not every one we tried knocked our socks off, there were a few gems.
1/2 star for a cool drink menu
Food:
Chick pot pie nuggets 3.5/5 - there were great conceptually, but a little bland.
French Onion Dip Sandwich - 1/5 - the sandwich was very bland and oddly, needed salt or something simple to fix it. I was hoping the au jus would do the trick,but even the au jus was bland. :(
Fried Oxtail - 2/5 - again, great concept...but unlike the french dip, this was SUPER salty. Texture was great, but it was way too salty to enjoy.
Mac and Cheese - 7/5!! If nothing else, you MUST go here for the mac and cheese. Really delicious - crunchy on top, perfect creaminess, perfect texture. YUM.
1/2 star for the Mac and Cheese alone, 1/2 for the creativity of the menu.
Service:
Adorable hostesses, great outfits.
The server was...well, um...not amazing. We ordered drinks and some appies, and the appies arrived BEFORE our drinks. ...What? Then, during the first round, she asked if we wanted to order anything else, we said - we're good for a few minutes...and then she took the menus. ...What? We were a group of 4 people and had only order two appies thus far. Weird.
So, after a few minutes, we get another menu and again order drinks and more appies...and AGAIN, the food came first. SO very odd.
The saving grace was that the "apprentice" who served our water was FAB. We got all our food and drink recommendations from her and would probably go back just because she was so good.
1/2 star for the service - thanks to the "apprentice."
One Fun Surprise:
Rick Moonen stopped by our table to ask how everything was. That is awesome. The guy has a whole host of restaurants in Vegas, so I love that personal touch...of course, it was the second day they were open, so it makes sense. Still, I love that he took the time to make that impact.
1 Star for Rick Moonen.
Overall:
This is a new restaurant - they're clearly still working out the kinks. I'd go back on a date or something if I was in the area. I'd like to give this place 6 months to figure things out and then try again - or at the least, grab appies upstairs and do dinner at RM Seafood downstairs.
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