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| - We were tipped by the concierge at the Four Seasons to check out this place, so our party of 7 figured why not.
Seated on the "patio" we thought we were in for a fairly breezy and casual dining experience. The service certainly supported that, as the server really didn't know enough about the dishes to adequately explain, and upsold us on things he was told to upsell. This is fine when the prices are low-country cheap, but not so much in Vegas.
So we took the recommendation for the tower of seafood appetizer. HOLY F**K. This was a monster! Literally 3 feet high, loaded with chilled lobster(S), King Crab (a whole one), 2 dozen oysters, and mussels/clams and a pathetically under portioned (but tasty) slaw. Thing is, it was described to us as a "small taste of a bunch of things." No Frakkin' way! It was MEGA.
We then proceed to order a couple bottles of wine for the table. Again, where was a competent professional when u needed one? For the ridiculous upcharge for a bottle of A-to-Z Willamette Pinot ($17.99 at Trader Joes, $108 here) you'd think there'd be a sommelier in the house... nope. Being out of A-to-Z they brought a different pinot that wasn't even in the same class. Oregon my arse!
Then there was the glut of our market-price dinners. All good, but poorly explained! If you're going to recommend specials, know the details! My crab/lobster was swimming in butter, but woefully light on orzo and non of the mentioned greens were extant. Must've been someone else's special.
Overall, I thought the food was pretty alright - being fairly unlmolested and simple. Nothing spectacular though aside from the copious amounts of shellfish.
Service was pretty laughable, consistent but just so far off the mark.
Then there was the price. 15 bills for 7 people. DAYUM. I could easily do a fantastic meal at Chicago's finest restaurants for that much. $200 per person gets you a great night at Alinea, Blackbird, Topolo Bampo, Schwaa, GIRL AND THE GOAT.
Yea, there's a reason I'll only go to Vegas on the company dime.
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