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| - It's a shame, this place has great ambiance being in the Hard Rock, with its rock music blaring in. I really wanted to like it, there is just nothing really worth raving about. The food - it's average and overpriced for what it is. I quite simply expected better.
I started with the Two plus Two, an heirloom and cherry tomato salad with mozzarella and burrata. It was tasty, but big for an appetizer, my plate came with 3 massive balls of cheese on it, a heart attack on a plate! My date had an ahi and hamachi tartare, which was bland.
I had the King Crab Legs for a main and my hubbie had combo with filet mignon and lobster. We ordered the trio of mash and creamed spinach on the side as the server had recommended 2 sides for 2 people. He must have been upselling as we couldn't even eat one between the 2 of us.
The mains were the better part of the dinner, the crab portion was massive, but really hard to eat. It was served without a shellfish fork or any other tool to get the meat out. It was partially cracked, but not enough to be of use. I also had to ask the server for a wet towel as no finger bowl was brought to the table. The steak, according to hubby was good. The part that was disturbing was the amount of butter in everything, it made it too rich to eat. The potato tasted overwhelmingly of butter, the spinach was a grease slick and we both had butter sauces served with our meal.
The main reason why Rare 120 got 2 stars rather than 3 is the service. Our server was unbelievably bad.
1.We were drinking glasses of no doubt expensive bottled water, and the server came and topped up our glasses with tap water.
2. When I said something about the water, he came back with a new bottle but left us the glasses still filled with the tap water mix, uh, are we supposed to pass it back and forth between the 2 of us and drink it from the bottle?
3. When I asked for glasses, he brought us scorching hot glasses. Dude it's a no brainer, change them on the empty table behind you!
4. We had to ask for pretty much everything that should have been automatic - the water, new napkins, cutlery, drinks, a plate to put all the seafood shells on, something to clean our hands with. It's like the server had never eaten out before and had no idea what people would expect.
Can't say I'll ever give this place a second chance, it's not worth the hundreds of dollars you'll end up spending. Steakhouses are everywhere in Vegas, there is no doubt, better out there.
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