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Was in Vegas over the weekend (saw O at the Bellagio on Thurs and Seinfeld at Caesar's on Saturday). 

The shows were great. The food was disappointing. 

Now, there were a few good things. We had dinner at a tapas place (Lago) within the Bellagio on Thursday. It was miniscule portions for hefty money, but at least 4 out of the 5 dishes we had were actually delicious. And we had dinner at Gordon Ramsay's pub in Caesar's--we were hoping for something less "fancy"--on Saturday before the Seinfeld show. Most of the dishes were delicious, but again highly overpriced. But the stuff we had at both joints was food that I could have prepared just as well at home, in reasonable portion sizes, for far less money. So overall it was a disappointment.

Then there was the bad. We went to Bobby's Burger Palace for lunch on Friday. It's a fast-casual burger joint, but I was at least expecting it to be among the better burgers I've had in a fast-casual environment. Nope. The burger was average. Their cheese fries--one of the things that attracted us to the place because we'd heard the cheese sauce was good--were greasy, flaccid, and the sauce was average. I'd take Portillo's cheese fries every day and twice on Sunday. There were some good onion rings, but not good enough to redeem Bobby. (Note: I'm not hating on Bobby--we've been to Mesa Grill and found it delicious--but this was just mediocre). 

Friday night we went to a place in the Venetian's shops called Sushi Samba. It's apparently a sushi, Peruvian, Brazilian fusion restaurant. If that sounds a bit odd, well, it's because it was. The wife and I ended up sharing some mediocre sushi rolls, a yakitori-style grilled steak dish that was overly-chewy and otherwise unremarkable, and a mixed vegetable plate that might have been the highlight because they merely didn't screw it up.  

I hate Vegas. 

I hate Vegas.

Don't know that I would go quite that far, but I definitely don't like Vegas. Nearly everything there is fake in one way or another. That's not to say there aren't plenty of perfectly good ways to have fun--even ones that aren't bad for you--but there's something about the place that gives me the willies.

Was in Vegas over the weekend (saw O at the Bellagio on Thurs and Seinfeld at Caesar's on Saturday).

The shows were great. The food was disappointing.

Now, there were a few good things. We had dinner at a tapas place (Lago) within the Bellagio on Thursday. It was miniscule portions for hefty money, but at least 4 out of the 5 dishes we had were actually delicious. And we had dinner at Gordon Ramsay's pub in Caesar's--we were hoping for something less "fancy"--on Saturday before the Seinfeld show. Most of the dishes were delicious, but again highly overpriced. But the stuff we had at both joints was food that I could have prepared just as well at home, in reasonable portion sizes, for far less money. So overall it was a disappointment.

Then there was the bad. We went to Bobby's Burger Palace for lunch on Friday. It's a fast-casual burger joint, but I was at least expecting it to be among the better burgers I've had in a fast-casual environment. Nope. The burger was average. Their cheese fries--one of the things that attracted us to the place because we'd heard the cheese sauce was good--were greasy, flaccid, and the sauce was average. I'd take Portillo's cheese fries every day and twice on Sunday. There were some good onion rings, but not good enough to redeem Bobby. (Note: I'm not hating on Bobby--we've been to Mesa Grill and found it delicious--but this was just mediocre).

Friday night we went to a place in the Venetian's shops called Sushi Samba. It's apparently a sushi, Peruvian, Brazilian fusion restaurant. If that sounds a bit odd, well, it's because it was. The wife and I ended up sharing some mediocre sushi rolls, a yakitori-style grilled steak dish that was overly-chewy and otherwise unremarkable, and a mixed vegetable plate that might have been the highlight because they merely didn't screw it up. 

I hate Vegas.

Strongly dislike Vegas. Most happy that I aged out of having bachelor parties their having only had to go to one.

Bachelor parties suck.

The Varsity pretty much is over priced junk food.  I once liked it back in the day, I guess it's the tradition or something.  I do like their frosted orange.

I'm aware your dining acumen's prolly a notch above a gussied up hotdog joint.But like Bogart said ""A hot dog at the ballpark is better than steak at the Ritz"

 Getting a table in the NYC location is impossible, unless you know somebody who owns a reservation (which are standing and permanent).

Well if they're that snobby/stuffy I'd dine & dash,even though i've lost a step believe it or not