We stayed at Palazzo over the holidays and decided to try out this place. I had made reservations for 9pm but arrived about 20mins early and was seated right away. Overall a decent experience.
Ambience: Dark and somewhat trendy sushi fusion joint. There is a bar area but the rest of the tables are set up in a funky circular fashion. Tables are pretty close to each other and you will not have a private dining experience.
Service: For the most part good. We were seated right away. It did take a while for the server to get to us (and she apologized). She didn't give us the Sushi Samba intro like I heard another server give the table next to us (explaining the whole fusion thing). Orders were taken and things proceeded to go smoothly. There were no mistakes on our order. We asked for sake recommendations and she appeared really knowledgeable. She was decent in explaining their omikase (pretty much no set omikase). Food came out at a decent pace. Water was refilled quite nicely too.
Food: Past review said that this was a great sushi place. I disagree. If you want the best sushi, you don't go to a fusion place in Vegas for it. If you want to try a different twist on japanese/brazillian cuisine, then this is the place. So I went here without much expectations. Highlights included the Yellowtail taquitos (more like tacos). I loved the sauce/foam that came with it. Very light and a nice way to wet your appetite. Sea bass and Lamb Robata (sp?) were both really really good. There was a sweet sauce on both. Sea bass melted in your mouth. Came with 2 skewers. The lamb was a decent size and was sliced thinly. This was also a melt-in-your mouth experience. I would order both again. We had one of their specials which was a white fish in a tofu sauce. It was just ok. We made the mistake of ordering a roll. I think it was an El Toro (or something like that) and it came with salmon, cilantro, mozerella cheese, among other things. The flavor was ok, but the rice in the roll itself was really hard. Like they had premade it. Made the whole roll just awful. I like their sake selection. We passed on dessert.
Value: Just like vegas, things are pricier. But I thought the vibe was decent.
All in all, a decent date night place. Just don't come expecting over the top sushi.