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| - Bummer - I was so disappointed with this restaurant. The reason it gets 2 stars is because the service was very good - other than that, not impressed. With so many other choices in Vegas, I won't be going back to this restaurant.
We started in the bar with a couple drinks and their breadsticks - these were fantastic and probably the best part of the meal!
It wasn't that the food was awful, it just wasn't great for what I was expecting. After reading about David Burke on the James Beard website, then seeing the menu - I thought this place was bound to be good. Ahhh, but no, I was wrong -
For Appetizers we had the Artichoke blossom - the leaves were raw and the heart was raw or close to it. I had asked if it was intentional and I was told yes, it is better raw than cooked. OK, fine maybe some people prefer their artichoke raw - but I prefer to be able to eat it. The presentation was pretty, but taste, not so much.
We also had their pretzel crab cake that was good, but not good enough to order again.
The final appetizer was their shrimp. Presentation was unique - it was brought out on a extremely hot rock and the shrimp was split onto two skewers. The shrimp sat atop the rock where it had to cook. So... it was brought out raw and you needed to wait for it to cook on the rock. Fine, I have no problem with a different way of presenting food, if it works. Our shrimp took FOREVER to cook and we were told to make sure it was opaque/white on the ends and if it didn't cook well or fast enough, to hold it down against the rock with my fork! Excuse me - if you are going to do this - shouldn't the rock do all the work. I didn't select a cook my own food restaurant for dinner. Anyway - it was barely cooked by the time we did decide to eat it.
Entree - with all the appetizers we opted on one entree and a side of their croquettes. The entree was their salmon, next to the breadsticks it was the best part of the meal. Cooked well and tasty.
The croquettes (I believe they were gouda) - had no cheese flavor at all, very bland. I don't think I even finished mine which is saying a lot when it comes to a fried cheesy thing.
Dessert - passed - couldn't wait to get out of there. After dinner I walked myself over to Delmonico's and asked for a reservation the next night. They got us in and it was, as usual, an exceptional meal.
Finally - look elsewhere - there are so many good places in Vegas, fine one of them.
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