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Originally Posted by Justice Bieber
I can never understand people who recommend Brio. It's a large chain and essentially a more pricey version of Olive Garden. Not saying the food is or isn't good but just often dumbfounded that people, at the tables and on the forums, refer to it as some sort of go-to dining destination.
Ruth's Chris is also a chain. Both establishments are consistent in quality and pricing that you would expect in your local city. You should probably dine at either place just because it's pretty much your only choice.
Brio Tuscan Grille is a medium size chain with about 50 restaurants nationwide. They are part of BravoBrio Restaurant Group, which also has about 50 Bravo Italian restaurants. IMO, Brio is an excellent restaurant in its category/price-range and gets consistently high marks on consumer restaurant review sites. Despite its name, Brio has a fairly broad menu, and even has a pretty good hamburger. The free sourdough bread they serve with meals is probably the best bread I have had at
any restaurant. Although it is a little more pricey than Olive Garden, Brio is also a lot better.
Ruth Chris is a medium size chain of Prime Steakhouses. For those who don't know what that means, they serve Prime Beef, instead of Choice Beef served at places like Outback, Longhorn, etc. Food and service is excellent. Good appetizers at the bar. There is multi-course combo meal (including dessert) for about $45, or ala carte. Only open in evenings.
I am not happy with the food court. Johnny Rockets is usually a good burger joint, but at the Cherokee Food Court they per-cook burgers and put them in a holding tray, like at McDonald's, etc. Not nearly as good as a regular Johnny Rockets, but maybe if you go when they are busy they won't be in the holding tray too long. I thought the Uno Pizza was OK. Sandwich shop is OK (Boars Head meats).
There is also a Paula Deen's restaurant, but I was extremely disappointed the two times I tried it. I guess it caters to old people who don't like salt or pepper on their food.
There is a Casino buffet that is decent (only tried it once), There is also a small Asian restaurant (not in food court) that is open from about 6 PM - 2 AM Thursday-Sunday only (not sure about WSOP-C week). Menu is extremely limited, somewhat expensive, but pretty good food. Caters mostly to Asians.
I eat at Brio at least once every day I am at the Casino. You can check out the menus for Brio or Ruth Chris Steak House online at their websites.