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| - As a restaurant under Emeril Lagasse's name, I was expecting a consistent, quality meal. Instead, I left very disapointed with the restaurant. The only highlight was the signature BBQ shrimp appetizer. The butternut squash raviolis with duck confit were unexplainably dry. The shredded duck on top should be slightly dry or crispy, but the inside of the raviolis shouldn't be. I don't know if I could even say the butternut squash was pasty. So dry it was bordering on gritty.
The truffle parmesan potato chips were cut ultra thin and so tasty, but were dripping with too much oil. Instead of tasting light and airy, they felt weighed down by goopy oil drops that clung to each chip.
Then there's the steak. We ordered one bone in ribeye and a standard ribeye. Both cuts were juicy, marbled nicely and cooked to the right levels, except for one thing, the steak had no taste. What creates the taste, seasoning and aging? Well, whatever it was, it was only surface deep. the outer portion of the steak was seasoned, but the meat in the middle really had no taste. Even the butter scoop that topped the steak couldn't make a noticeable difference.
Don't get me wrong, the meat quality was good, but if I pay $50 for a steak, I expect flavor. It felt like I was eating a $25 steak. I almost wanted to ask them for bernaise sauce to get me through it. Even though the wait staff was extremely helpful and attentive, it couldn't save this disappointing meal.
In Vegas the only other steakhouse I've been to is N9ne at the Palms and I would recommend that over Delmonico's in a heartbeat. I don't think I'll be going back.
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