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03-31-2014 , 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by gobbo
FWIW Goyemon has gone way down in quality but getting upset at this is silly. This is a common practice in every AYCE sushi place. You can't just order food and then not eat it. It's extremely wasteful and disrespectful. They even have ways for you to order half rolls if you can't eat a whole one. If you order a whole roll and try one piece and don't touch the rest, you deserve to pay for the roll.
I took it that if you don't eat it, you not only pay for the roll which you should but you also pay a penalty.

Haven't these places heard of a doggie bag?
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03-31-2014 , 12:31 PM
Order what you can eat. The buffet mentality where people load up a plate, eat 1/3 of it and go get more food simply because they can, really should be changed. I really wish more buffets took the same stance as all you can eat sushi places. People don't waste tons of food in a restaurant, pretty absurd what many do in buffets.

I've also never had any problems with the 60 minute time limit. I just order a bunch of things up front and they bring it out at a really fast pace. Then I order one more time the few things I'd want to eat and it's over. People experiencing difficulties, are you ordering 1-2 things at a time?
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03-31-2014 , 06:56 PM
I'm looking for a restaurant suggestion for 17 people on Saturday night.
Will be staying at Aria and going to see the 930 Michael Jackson One show at Mandalay Bay's so taking that into account I'd like to know if there's any spots that can offer us a good meal in a decent setting. I'm paying bill so don't want anything too out of line.
Complicating matters a little more are that we have about half the group being vegetarian.
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04-01-2014 , 12:58 AM
Ping pang pong
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04-01-2014 , 02:51 AM
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Originally Posted by ClarkNasty
Dude, spaghetti and meatballs is $42. Think about that for a minute.
This is funny because in the supermarket aisle Rao's sauce on the shelf of sauces is like $1.99 - $1.99 - $2.19 - $6.99 - $2.29 and I'm like who buys this stuff that can't possibly be 3x better.
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04-01-2014 , 06:16 AM
Making it yourself is pretty cheap and it freezes forever and is way better than the packaged bull****. Premade supermarket stuff is always bs.
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04-01-2014 , 08:51 AM
I make my own, bitch please...
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04-01-2014 , 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by SoCalQuest
Order what you can eat. The buffet mentality where people load up a plate, eat 1/3 of it and go get more food simply because they can, really should be changed. I really wish more buffets took the same stance as all you can eat sushi places. People don't waste tons of food in a restaurant, pretty absurd what many do in buffets.

I've also never had any problems with the 60 minute time limit. I just order a bunch of things up front and they bring it out at a really fast pace. Then I order one more time the few things I'd want to eat and it's over. People experiencing difficulties, are you ordering 1-2 things at a time?
I don't really eat sushi so I've never really come across the scenario discussed, but if I did eat sushi, I would order what I thought I could eat. And when it comes to buffets, I only take what I can eat.

It's just that never having come across this, I thought it strange.
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04-01-2014 , 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by SoCalQuest
Order what you can eat. The buffet mentality where people load up a plate, eat 1/3 of it and go get more food simply because they can, really should be changed. I really wish more buffets took the same stance as all you can eat sushi places. People don't waste tons of food in a restaurant, pretty absurd what many do in buffets.
Excellent post, agree 100%
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04-01-2014 , 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by ClarkNasty
I agree Rao's is pretty good for what it is, but man I simply cannot stomach the prices there, and I am reasonably price insensitive.
I ate there this past weekend on my guys trip. I agree, the prices are a bit high and I'm price insensitive as well.

I will say that the caprese salad was awesome as well as the bone in veal parmesan, but still a bit pricey.
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04-01-2014 , 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by SoCalQuest
Order what you can eat. The buffet mentality where people load up a plate, eat 1/3 of it and go get more food simply because they can, really should be changed. I really wish more buffets took the same stance as all you can eat sushi places. People don't waste tons of food in a restaurant, pretty absurd what many do in buffets.

I've also never had any problems with the 60 minute time limit. I just order a bunch of things up front and they bring it out at a really fast pace. Then I order one more time the few things I'd want to eat and it's over. People experiencing difficulties, are you ordering 1-2 things at a time?
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Originally Posted by Thousand Tigers
Excellent post, agree 100%
I'd like to see people have common sense and not pile food on their plate more than an inch high. The fiancee and I recently went to a local Chinese buffet and this one guy had about a foot of food piled on his plate.
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04-01-2014 , 03:36 PM
Was recently at a buffet at the Horseshoe in Bossier City, LA. In walks a woman with her 2 teen age boys. The older of which hit nothing but the dessert section of the buffet. After downing at least a couple of dozen desserts, he keeps going back for more, but is so sated, he can't eat anymore. So he just sets them on the table, untouched, and gazes at them. The mom never says anything. When they left, I counted 19 plates of untouched desserts on the table. It's one of those situations that you want to say something (read smack some sense in the beotch), but realize there is no upside, so I let it go.

clifffs: I get bored at buffets so I people watch.
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04-01-2014 , 04:12 PM
all you can eat sushi place near me just charges a dollar for every piece of uneaten sushi. seems like a better solution than badgering guests, even if it was $2 per.

and good point on buffets in general. just straight up american gluttony more often than not.
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04-01-2014 , 04:40 PM
Unable to get resv for party of 8 at Raku on a Friday night. Any suggestions as to next best option for somewhat similar type meal?
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04-01-2014 , 06:12 PM
Raku is pretty unique in Vegas, what other kinds of foods are you looking for? If you like thai food, Chada Thai is not too far from Raku and is really delicious.
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04-01-2014 , 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by gobbo
Raku is pretty unique in Vegas, what other kinds of foods are you looking for? If you like thai food, Chada Thai is not too far from Raku and is really delicious.
Thanks and I will look up info on the place.

Basically were going to see blue Man group early show that night and then we have table reservation at Bond lounge at Cosmo so in between would like to do dinner and don't mind taking a cab somewhere that's not too far from the strip
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04-01-2014 , 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by gobbo
Raku is pretty unique in Vegas, what other kinds of foods are you looking for? If you like thai food, Chada Thai is not too far from Raku and is really delicious.
Totally agree on rock who being unique and that's why I really wanted to eat there but I guess we waited too long to call them. I've only there once which was a year ago And was thoroughly impressed
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04-01-2014 , 06:36 PM
Siri unedited
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04-02-2014 , 07:25 AM
I'd try Chada then. They have some really great food and a stellar wine selection. Make sure you get the fresh oysters and the duck panang.
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04-06-2014 , 06:57 AM
This is my new all you can eat sushi place: http://jjangas.com/ Holy **** is it good, and I never had to wait more than 5 minutes for any food to be delivered/place an order. Incredible, seriously.
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04-06-2014 , 11:15 AM
hey guys,

I'm back - going to Vegas Wed-Sunday and I did a search on possible places for sushi for lunch and it seems like there is a lot of talk about a lot of different spots. I saw a recent recommendation for Kaizen, which seems like it's relatively close to the strip, but outside of that is there any halfway decent sushi place on the strip that's open for lunch? I don't really want to spend a ton of money on lunch or stray too far from the strip as I won't have a car, but if the sushi is good, I'll do what I have to. Will be going just my wife and I (unless someone in here wants to join us) and am pretty run of the mill when it comes to sushi (I stick mostly to yellowtail/tuna/salmon/etc).

Any recommendations/advice is much appreciated - I'll even post a review in here

thanks!
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04-06-2014 , 11:50 AM
MR GOODBAR

At the risk of being flamed by the sushi aficionados, I recommend Ichiban in Ballys. It is low key, chill place with reasonably priced (for the strip) decent sushi. It is also open 7:00am-11:00pm. Nothing like having sushi for breakfast.

Only problem my GF and I have when we go is that we can't resist ordering the cold sake sampler or two. Can be a chore to get back to your room for the mandatory nap afterwards.
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04-06-2014 , 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Spike McAwesome
This is my new all you can eat sushi place: http://jjangas.com/ Holy **** is it good, and I never had to wait more than 5 minutes for any food to be delivered/place an order. Incredible, seriously.
Was a big meh for me, and it was busy enough that they ****ed up a lot of our orders.
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04-06-2014 , 11:36 PM
Anyone try Kaze Sushi over in the Jones strip mall by District One/China Mama/Chada?
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04-07-2014 , 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by gobbo
Was a big meh for me, and it was busy enough that they ****ed up a lot of our orders.
Tell us more about being wrong.

Maybe they got their **** together after you visited. I was there Saturday at like 8pm. Place was packed, but they had 5 sushi chefs working the bar. The wait staff/managers would take it as a personal insult if we didn't have food in front of us. Never messed up an order and were extremely attentive.

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Anyone try Kaze Sushi over in the Jones strip mall by District One/China Mama/Chada?
That could be difficult since they closed a few months ago.
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