Palm Restaurant seems to be one of those places that, every single time you mention the name, someone who's been there goes "Ooh I love that place, you need to try the _____, they have the best _____!!! Oh my god, it's sooo good!" Every time I've heard that, it was a completely different menu item. That's how I knew Palm had to be on my list of places I absolutely have to try. So the other day, on my birthday, I finally tried it.
I don't even know where to begin with the list of reasons I love this place. I guess I'll start with the decor, since that's the first thing you notice. The place may not seem like much, being in the middle of a high volume shopping area. But it's a high dollar, high volume shopping area. So at least you know it's not gonna be like a mall's food court or something. I chose to eat inside. The place has a nice old school restaurant kind of charm to it. There are drawings all over the walls but the servers are dressed nice, mostly the customers are all dressed at least somewhat formally as well. I don't think you'd necessarily be out of place if you were dressed down a bit either. Even though I wasn't seated near it, the bar seemed pretty cool. I had a good enough view from my table to keep an eye on the score of the Jets game (Bonus Points, but really, Go Giants!).
Now on to the next thing you'll notice; the service. The service at this place is outstanding!! Honestly, outstanding isn't a good enough word for the service. I'm just too lazy to pull up my computer's thesaurus, so I guess, just deal with it. These people hustle, old-school Vegas style! Glasses were never empty and everything was prompt. It may be because they knew it was my b-day, but they were like extra awesome to us. I got a personal handwritten birthday card, they made it rain birthday confetti on my table (I swear I'm not making any of this up!!), and after the meal, I got a giant slice of this phenomenal cheesecake along with a few cups of pretty good coffee, all on the house. How awesome is that?? The busboy was from New York too; being all New Yorkers, we B.S.'ed quite a bit about back home. Just even more personal touches on top of the others. Good things, good things. The server on the other hand, had a very thick asian accent; we couldn't understand her very well. It still wasn't bad enough to even take off a half of a star, which is good, because I can't technically do that, even if I wanted to. Moving on..
So I guess even phenomenal service wouldn't earn a 5-star review if the food wasn't top notch. In this case it was pretty damn close to top-notch. I got the bone-in ribeye and their french fries. If I had never eaten Firefly's incredible fries this place would have taken the title of my favorite french fries in this town. So Palm will have to settle for second place in the fry department. Now as far as the main dish; Palm made the best Ribeye I have had in Vegas so far. Dry-aged (expect nothing less for $40 or so) and cooked to perfection. It was juicy on the inside, and seared wonderfully on the outside. It had a great flavor as well; not overly seasoned but seasoned just right. I don't mind getting a $40 steak when it tastes that good and is that filling. I was stuffed. It was a struggle to even put a dent in that cheesecake afterward. And this boy can eat!! I swear I must be 400 pounds on the inside somehow. Or maybe just in another life.
So there you have it folks. I finally tried one of the like 10 steakhouses that I hear people rave about in this town. And I happened to love it.
Oh by the way, when anyone asks me about Palm my response is going to be... "I love this place, you need to try the bone-in rib eye. They have the best rib-eye!! Oh my god, it's soooo good!!" Yea, I guess I drank the koolaid too.