Great Breakfast - Expensive Add-Ons
Attending a conference here in the Aria hotel in Las Vegas, NV I decided to stop in for breakfast at the Aria Café. The café had a nice appearance, atmosphere and appeared to be well maintained. Overall, everything was good or better except for the prices.
I had a glass of orange juice ($8) and for my breakfast entrée, I ordered the "Deuces Wild" plate ($20) which consisted of eggs, sausage, rectangular hash browns and pancakes. The eggs were cooked perfectly as was the sausage. The hash browns were a bit bland as well as rectangularish. The pancakes were simply marvelous. They were light, fluffy and just totally delicious.
When I placed my order, the waitress asked if I would like sliced strawberries or bananas on top of my pancakes. I don't normally go for any weird or crazy stuff on my pancakes, but then I thought that since I had a choice of either that I would get the strawberries and just eat them off as a side item. When I got the bill I was shocked to see a $4 charge for the sliced strawberries. Outraged, I kept my anger inside and saved it for later. I paid the $4 without complaint but I did think that the offer of the berries without being told of an extra charge nor anything on the menu to indicate such was deceptive and unwarranted.
I do recommend the pancakes, just not the $4 fruit add-on. I will visit again.