The Yelp reviews are very good but don’t sound like they are from people who frequent non-steakhouse fine dining restaurants. Totally different than Picasso for example.

FWIW, based on the menu prices I’d think you get pretty close to $200 (incl. tax, no tip) for a 3 course meal without any alcohol. For that money, I got 5 courses at a 3 Michelin Star restaurant last year.

Having stayed at both, you should definitely stay at aria. SP did hook me up w a suite for a one night stay when I first moved to town though, before I moved into my first apt. They take care of locals.

El D, Madlex, Da Nit, Wyman...someone's going to need to take one for the team here.

Wyman,

I figure the only way I’ll get enough pit action in to get a comped meal there is if I trap myself there by staying there.

I looked at those pics on yelp and I feel like if you took some steak thread MVPs, they could easily recreate every item on that menu.

amoeba,

I thought the pics were super underwhelming.

I was trying to account for poor lighting and photography.

I still feel like if you or Da_nit handled steaks and I cooked the lamb/fish/seafood, the end result would be just as good if not better.

I can even make their desserts since bananas fosters and cherries jubilee are the easiest desserts on the planet.

Amoeba,

I meant that the food they serve seemed underwhelming. Lol @ the complimentary crudités platter.

I agree that from the pictures, it doesnt look that great. My point was that even if we're going by menu alone, there doesnt seem to be any dish of great skill.

For such a simple menu, execution has to be flawless in order to make the experience stand out. The pictures seem pretty far off from flawless.

The more I look at those pics the more it looks like old school kinda of generic Vegas steakhouse. If I want that I’d do Hugo’s.

The pictures of the French onion soup, Dover sole and veal saltimbocca are a joke, right? LMAO at the crudite platter.

There really shouldnt be cheese on Saltimbocca.

They use veal for their saltimbocca, you have to count that as a win in a restaurant in the US where you usually get chicken or pork instead.

If I went, I would probably get the heart of palm salad if they were using fresh heart of palm ( likely from Hawaii) and the sole, which looks to be cooked whole then fileted off the bone tableside. If its true Dover/Brittany sole, could be worth the splurge.

Looking at pics I bet there’s 0 chance they use fresh heart of palm.

Most discussion ever on a restaurant no one has been to?

Guy Fieri's Times Square joint had to be the undisputed champion of the world on that one ever since it opened.

There are few restaurants that get sh*t on more than Fix in this thread. Maybe in the past that criticism had partial merit.

But....

Their 10 oz Wagyu Skirt Steak changes everything and I challenge anyone to name me a better steak for $44 on the strip. This thing holds it's own vs the best of Cut / Carnevino / SW. And you can get it delivered to the poker table.

I’ll give it a shot next time I play poker

E by José Andrés still the quality expected?

Probably going to book a seat for one in the next few days.

I have been to one restaurant with his and hers menus in my life, but it was a 3-star Michelin place in Paris.

Kinda surprised that type of place exists at all in America anymore.

Couple of steakhouse reviews from my trip last week, both bar service:


Bavette's Steakhouse (Park/Monte Carlo whatever it is right now)

Atmosphere is everything I want in an upscale steakhouse- dark, moody, classic. Cocktails were superb- they take them seriously and know what they're doing. As for the steak, I had the steak frites- a comparative menu bargain at $39- and it was probably the best version of that dish I've had in Vegas. The regular steak menu is pretty absurdly priced. Not necessarily for Vegas, but for the property (it's basically at the high end of the Vegas range). I don't know if the quality matches since I didn't try, but to sit there and have a martini or Manhattan with steak frites, it was about as perfect as it can get.


Jean-Georges Steakhouse (Aria)

On the other hand. I've been pimping this place for years, but either it has gone downhill or I didn't notice the flaws before. Prices are stupid ($15 for fries? Come on now). I've been served by the same bartender there for years- nice guy, good service, but the bar program is not where it should be. Did he always shake my gin martini? Don't remember or haven't ordered before but that's a cardinal sin at an upscale place. Also a lack of liquor options/product. $62 veal chop was fine, but at the prices they charge you should be going to Cut. I actually felt ripped off.

Might be because of James Bond, but at least based on a cocktail special I watched on TV, the vast majority of customers pick their martini “shaken, not stirred” when asked by the bartender. They also found out that the shaken version had more antioxidants then the stirred one and therefore is the ‘healthier’ option (as ridiculous as that sounds).

But as we learned from President Bartlet on West Wing, that’s what’s wrong with James Bond..

No TR?

Stir gin, shake vodka- any bartender worth their salt knows that. Bond drinks a vodka martini, right? When not drinking a Vesper, which has both gin and vodka.