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| - This was the first place my wife and I went to on our honeymoon, as we are both big sushi/japanese cuisine fans. We were staying at the Cosmo, and we wanted to start out on a high note for what was to be a week of incredible eating.
Blue Ribbon ended up being the low point of all of our meals. Yes, we got a free dessert for being on our honeymoon (a nice touch, but a common one as we learned throughout the week), but aside from a couple real highlights (the live scallop served in it's shell, the uni wrapped in snapper and topped with shisho & caviar), everything else didn't really wow us and at a place like this, it should have. It wasn't bad or anything, but it definitely wasn't worth the $320 we dropped (we have no issue with dropping $$$$ on sushi when it's worth it). Good quality, but not jaw-dropping, and definitely not on the level of other restaurants at the Cosmo (I'm looking at you, Scarpetta).
We were considering going all out for the omakase there, but the server really didn't try to sell us on it at all. "Oh, you know, it comes with tuna, salmon... toro, that kind of stuff." Really? That's the best way you can describe the expensive omakase to me? No highlighting of special fish, unique choices, anything like that? Thanks, but no thanks.
Luckily all of our other experiences at the Cosmo only went up from here. Next time we're in Vegas, we'll make sure to venture out to Raku, which apparently is *the* spot for locals when it comes to Japanese food.
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