Dinner on 06.29.2015
I'm not sure what to say about this place other than...WOW...
For starters the atmosphere at the Wynn is already ripe with two things: Money...and money lol. It has a certain level of sophistication and class that you'd expect from the resort named after the man himself.
Anyway, on to the restaurant. Had a 7:00pm reso but due to my own timing issues I couldn't get there until 7:15. Called ahead and no problem, no issues when my friend and I checked in. Now here is where it could have gone south if they were the type of restaurant that gets annoyed and huffy because I've seen it happen. You show up late, get a worse table than they would have given you had you been on time etc. etc. But not here. We were seated literally one row back from the floor to ceiling window and it was amazing. The waterfall was the perfect backdrop to the amazing meal and was a big topic of conversation throughout the dinner.
Our server, unfortunately I don't recall his name, was on point. He wasn't hovering, but didn't annoy us. He offered information when asked, but wasn't pushy. He was right there when we needed him and left us alone when we looked like we were chatting. At almost 2 hours for dinner he didn't seem to mind one bit and was cheerful and friendly throughout the entire meal.
The food. OMG the food. Here's a run down of what we had:
Sushi:
Chu Toro
Yellowtail
Eel
Robatayaki:
Jidori chicken
Beef tenderloin
Meal:
Miso Butterfish
Hamachi Kama
I could write pages and pages about how great this is but I'll simplify it and say this: I'm comparing this Japanese seafood meal I had to that of Alan Wongs, Sam Choi's, Roy's and the like. Yes, I'm from Hawaii and have had the best of the best here when it comes to seafood and trust me, Mizumi fits right into that list.
All in all this dinner far exceeded any expectations I had and believe me, my expectations were definitely up there. Great job Mizumi. I'll be back again.