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On July 16 2008, Kathi Wassinger wrote:

We ordered the seafood meal. They serve it cold. The lobster was outstanding. But, the rest was not quite right cold. It was $150 for cold fish. Not quite what we had in mind.

On January 03 2007, George wrote:

We had a very “mixed” experience at Restaurant rm on New Years Eve (12/31/2006). We chose to make reservations at this restaurant mostly for logistical reasons—I wanted a very “nice” place that we could walk to , in order to avoid the crowds of partying folks outside. (We were staying at the Luxor, which connects to Mandalay Bay via a shopping mall.) But I looked at the menu online and thought we’d be happy here.

But oops, for New Years they were serving only from two ‘prix fix’ menus. I suppose this is common on holidays. But not only was there no hint of this when I made the reservations online, there wasn’t even a sign at the restaurant itself! We’d looked over the posted menu earlier that day and already settled on some wonderful sounding dishes.

Once we arrived in the evening and were seated, we found that our choices were limited to a 4-course menu for $90/person, or a 6-course menu for (I think) $140. We chose the 4-course option, but instead we should have just left. Not only did we feel a “bait and switch”, but there was literally nothing on the ‘prix fix’ menu I would have ordered if given the choice.

I generally don’t eat beef, and yet the “main” course was—believe it or not, at this SEAFOOD restaurant—fillet migion and beef short rib! The first course was uncooked diver scallop (sashimi, I suppose). To those of us who generally don’t eat sushi, raw scallops are WAY more disgusting even than other raw fish. The other two courses included a ridiculously over-salted lobster bisque and a beautifully presented three-bite sized piece of sturgeon.

I can’t fault the restaurant for presentation or atmosphere. Everything was beautiful and, perhaps except for the bisque, was of exceptionally high quality. But we spent $230 (this included one cocktail and an iced tea) for the ONLY bad meal I’ve ever had in Vegas. Next time I pick a seafood restaurant, I think I’ll pass on this one.

As for New Years… I ended up feeling sick after dinner, presumably from eating raw fish and beef (which my digestive system hasn’t dealt with in years) and barely watched the fireworks on TV. Oops.