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Re: Best restaurants you have ever been to?
« Reply #125 on: July 10, 2008, 09:48:10 AM »
Agree, presentation can make me rank the place higher.
2weeks ago I ate at a place with very good
presentation design of the food:



They should wash their plates better

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Re: Best restaurants you have ever been to?
« Reply #126 on: July 10, 2008, 09:53:04 AM »
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Re: Best restaurants you have ever been to?
« Reply #127 on: July 10, 2008, 09:55:15 AM »
Best restaurant that i have ever been to was the on the top floor of the Grand Diamond hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. Great food, reasonable prices and the best service i have ever gotten.
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Re: Best restaurants you have ever been to?
« Reply #128 on: July 10, 2008, 09:55:38 AM »
say it ain't so  :'(


We used to always go to the breakfast buffet at the LUXOR before the Olympia prejudging, when it was held at the mandalay bay...

It seemed like the "official" Olympia breakfast, as Lycra shirts, fake tans, and fake boobs packed the place  ;)

HA! HA! Too funny...so did we (well at least 2 years in a row). I always wondered what other people thought walking around seeing everyone like that and having no clue.

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Re: Best restaurants you have ever been to?
« Reply #129 on: July 10, 2008, 10:21:27 AM »
They should wash their plates better

Well my other plate with prosciutto was washed  ;)

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Re: Best restaurants you have ever been to?
« Reply #130 on: July 10, 2008, 10:44:19 AM »
The buffett at the Rio
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Re: Best restaurants you have ever been to?
« Reply #131 on: July 10, 2008, 10:58:52 AM »
Best restaurant that i have ever been to was the on the top floor of the Grand Diamond hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. Great food, reasonable prices and the best service i have ever gotten.

I got some great service at Caesar's in Bangkok.  Ummm yeah!!!! giggity giggity goo!

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« Reply #132 on: July 10, 2008, 12:39:12 PM »
Brutal, I understand that they are making a lot of upgrades in the Luxor and that the Luxor buffet is now called "MORE" which usually means that the price is more. I won't be able to check it out prior to the USA but "cheap" buffets are a thing of the past in LV now.

I can assure you that one of the better meal deals in town is at Ellis Island, Koval lane behind PARIS (the coffee shop type room in the back). Great meals at great prices but not a fancy venue by any means. Sometimes the steak dinners are in the $6 range. Ask about the SPECIAL as it usually isn't mentioned in the menu - You simply had to point to the picture of the steak on the menu cover. Sort of like belonging to a secret "I Know How to Order the Special" club.

hmmmm...sounds like i'm going to have to get a job before i go back then  :-\
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Re: Best restaurants you have ever been to?
« Reply #133 on: July 10, 2008, 02:46:28 PM »
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Re: Best restaurants you have ever been to?
« Reply #134 on: July 10, 2008, 06:01:27 PM »
My last visit to Hooters in Las Vegas was definitely my last visit to Hooters in Las Vegas. All the beautiful ladies who used to deal at the tables somehow got 30 years older and fat. I hear that they heard a rumor that the place was changing hands and the all left en-mass leaving openings for some company who fills in under similar circumstances.

Chicken wings were still good though. The chicken wing chef must have stayed.

Ask Keith about the best Sushi place in the state of Nevada. In fact it's the best I've ever had anywhere. It's a sushi buffet but they serve all sorts of other type food and everything is igh quality. In fact each piece of sushi looks like a piece of art.

It's out in Henderson but I forget the name. Go during certain hours and the price is reduced almost in half. Keith will fill us in with the details when he reads this.

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Re: Best resteraunts you have ever been to?
« Reply #135 on: July 10, 2008, 07:57:14 PM »
TGIF's is actually pretty good for the price.......


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« Reply #136 on: July 10, 2008, 08:02:14 PM »
There was a place called Asti's or Asi's in the gas lamp district of San Diego that was great. Also, the Cliff house in San Fransisco is amazing 

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« Reply #137 on: July 10, 2008, 08:04:52 PM »
Once I learn how to post pics I'll show you presentation! This is something from the Cheesecake factory. This is something that is sooooooooooooo poorly over done! In presentation? Less is best. Or in your case? Keep it simple stupid!
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« Reply #138 on: July 10, 2008, 08:06:47 PM »
My last visit to Hooters in Las Vegas was definitely my last visit to Hooters in Las Vegas. All the beautiful ladies who used to deal at the tables somehow got 30 years older and fat. I hear that they heard a rumor that the place was changing hands and the all left en-mass leaving openings for some company who fills in under similar circumstances.

Chicken wings were still good though. The chicken wing chef must have stayed.

Ask Keith about the best Sushi place in the state of Nevada. In fact it's the best I've ever had anywhere. It's a sushi buffet but they serve all sorts of other type food and everything is igh quality. In fact each piece of sushi looks like a piece of art.

It's out in Henderson but I forget the name. Go during certain hours and the price is reduced almost in half. Keith will fill us in with the details when he reads this.

Keith should know a lot of about food.  He's overeaten quite a bit of it.

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Re: Best restaurants you have ever been to?
« Reply #139 on: July 10, 2008, 08:25:04 PM »
My dancing posse and I hang out in an alley next to Long Duk Dongs china house at 2nd street in Berlin...Thursday nights they throw alot of food out and we binge like drunk monkeys...If any of you are ever in Berlin, check out the alley behind Long Duk Dongs...Just try to get there before dark...If not, you will be fending off large rats...

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Re: Best restaurants you have ever been to?
« Reply #140 on: July 10, 2008, 08:46:03 PM »
My last visit to Hooters in Las Vegas was definitely my last visit to Hooters in Las Vegas. All the beautiful ladies who used to deal at the tables somehow got 30 years older and fat. I hear that they heard a rumor that the place was changing hands and the all left en-mass leaving openings for some company who fills in under similar circumstances.

Chicken wings were still good though. The chicken wing chef must have stayed.

Ask Keith about the best Sushi place in the state of Nevada. In fact it's the best I've ever had anywhere. It's a sushi buffet but they serve all sorts of other type food and everything is igh quality. In fact each piece of sushi looks like a piece of art.

It's out in Henderson but I forget the name. Go during certain hours and the price is reduced almost in half. Keith will fill us in with the details when he reads this.
I just got back from Vegas. I stayed at the Planet Hollywood. Really cool hotel. Had a great room with great food. They had this really good sushi place called Koi. Really expensive but excellent fish. They had a lobster roll, that was incredible. The albacore was amazing. The toro was so good but 20 dollars a piece. My bill came to $200 and I was just at the sushi bar.

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Re: Best restaurants you have ever been to?
« Reply #141 on: July 10, 2008, 09:04:42 PM »
It's make believe. American Chefs are the very best in the world! Every other country relies on tradition. There's no rules in cooking. When an American goes to France for vacation? They visit three or four Michelin star restaurants. 99% of French people have never been to one in their life! The Ital's are the worst! No chicken in pasta, no cheese on fish pasta, no cappucino's in the afternoon! It's all silly.


Have you ever tried Barton G in Miami? I would be lying if I said my memory was superb.... You spend any time in Boston? Few places here you must try if you are in the area.

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Re: Best restaurants you have ever been to?
« Reply #142 on: July 10, 2008, 09:15:09 PM »
This is my fav place!

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Re: Best restaurants you have ever been to?
« Reply #143 on: July 10, 2008, 09:24:49 PM »
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Re: Best restaurants you have ever been to?
« Reply #144 on: July 10, 2008, 09:30:10 PM »
I don't know if I'd say "the best", but I ate lunch at a place called Il Mulino up in the Village earlier today.  Awesome Italian food.  It was pricy, so I assume it's considerd a "good" restaurant.


You live in Texas, right? I hear great things about Dallas, I need to check it out.

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Re: Best restaurants you have ever been to?
« Reply #145 on: July 10, 2008, 09:33:42 PM »
In the north end. The Calamari Cafe. Totally stole their idea of serving the pasta in the pan. Great, very rustic way to serve a pasta course. Very, very cool for dinner parties as well.

Classic! I thought the same thing when I first saw that.

If you are into Calamari, check out the daily catch in the north end....best Calamari in the city. The place is a dive, but the Calamari is superb. I spend a lot of time at Bricco when I am in the North end, the filet is great.

Check out KO PRIME located in the nine zero hotel (if you are in to steak). I am a Big fan of Teatro ( on Tremont) as well.

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Re: Best restaurants you have ever been to?
« Reply #146 on: July 10, 2008, 09:40:47 PM »
Jedi, believe me, you definitely got ripped off at Koi to the tune of $200. But I've spent that kind of money at some of the steak houses in LA and thought nothing of it because I enjoyed it. Sounds like you did the same at Koi.

But take it from an old time sushi eater - It's almost impossible to spend more than $20 in some of the better sushi joints when the price is right.

Try to eat more than $20 worth of sushi in one of the better places in Hawaii and you'd be full for the next couple of days. I'm a big sushi eater and have never been able to drive my bill over $12. The sushi plates are delivered by little trains and your bill is figured by the color of the empty plates stacked in front of you. In another the sushi passes by on little rafts and you just take what you want and the bill is tabulated in the same manner.

First time I had sushi in LV was at that sushi bar in the Orleans and my bill was $42. I almost fell off my futon. No boats, no trains, just a foreign looking sushi waiter.

Ask Keith for the name of the sushi buffet place in Henderson and you'll get the best in town for about $12 (all the sushi you can eat plus a wide variety of American grub and a chocolate waterfall and ice cream and tea and  doughnuts, and a glass of milk even). Next time you go to LV try it. Just about guaranteed you'll like and will be going back.

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Re: Best restaurants you have ever been to?
« Reply #147 on: July 10, 2008, 09:41:53 PM »
Jedi, believe me, you definitely got ripped off at Koi to the tune of $200. But I've spent that kind of money at some of the steak houses in LA and thought nothing of it because I enjoyed it. Sounds like you did the same at Koi.

But take it from an old time sushi eater - It's almost impossible to spend more than $20 in some of the better sushi joints when the price is right.

Try to eat more than $20 worth of sushi in one of the better places in Hawaii and you'd be full for the next couple of days. I'm a big sushi eater and have never been able to drive my bill over $12. The sushi plates are delivered by little trains and your bill is figured by the color of the empty plates stacked in front of you. In another the sushi passes by on little rafts and you just take what you want and the bill is tabulated in the same manner.

First time I had sushi in LV was at that sushi bar in the Orleans and my bill was $42. I almost fell off my futon. No boats, no trains, just a foreign looking sushi waiter.

Ask Keith for the name of the sushi buffet place in Henderson and you'll get the best in town for about $12 (all the sushi you can eat plus a wide variety of American grub and a chocolate waterfall and ice cream and tea and  doughnuts, and a glass of milk even). Next time you go to LV try it. Just about guaranteed you'll like and will be going back.

I agree with you completly, but the sushi was the best I ever had, and I am from California. But your tottaly right, its not worth 200. They had sake there that was over 900 dollars. Some sake was in the thousands. I would LOVE to eat sushi in Hawaii. What island do you recommend?

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Re: Best restaurants you have ever been to?
« Reply #148 on: July 10, 2008, 09:56:19 PM »
JEDI, I recommend them all but am more familiar with the sushi joints on Oahu.

Japanese customers are something unique. When they take us out to dinner, we are probably drinking that $800 - $900 saki you mentioned and I do know that they like to order the most expensive items on the menu even  when they don't know what the hell it is. In Hawaii the most expensive sushi is relatively cheap by Japanese standards, but go to the Ginza and expect to leave dinner with a $1,000+ tab. And that's just for the starters.

How about Prime Rib!|? Best Prime Rib joint in the San Francisco Bay Area is The House of Prime Rib on Van Ness Avenue. So good that you have to reserve a table days or even weeks ahead.

Best prime in Vegas is Lawrey's House of Prime Rib on East Flamingo a bit past Paradise. Great place except for those little waitresses who wear those old style granny uniforms and take your order. I think that they are told to try to be your mother while asking what you want to eat.

They deliver your entree via a huge cart and cut your slab of beef from a larger slab of beef kept nice and warm in that cart. Then they throw on some mashed potatoes, creamed spinach, and some English pudd'en which is just an inflated doughnut without the sugar coating. In the old days it merely sopped up the extra gravy but we Americans eat it now.

Not cheap but damn good meat!

For cheap Prime Rib, try it at Ellis Island. It's cooked differently and not as great as Lawry's but it's my second best place in LV to get a good cut of meat. Last time I ate there, it was only $12 and that included the salad and all the trimmings and a great big glass of home made beer.

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Re: Best restaurants you have ever been to?
« Reply #149 on: July 10, 2008, 10:16:47 PM »
JEDI, I recommend them all but am more familiar with the sushi joints on Oahu.

Japanese customers are something unique. When they take us out to dinner, we are probably drinking that $800 - $900 saki you mentioned and I do know that they like to order the most expensive items on the menu even  when they don't know what the hell it is. In Hawaii the most expensive sushi is relatively cheap by Japanese standards, but go to the Ginza and expect to leave dinner with a $1,000+ tab. And that's just for the starters.

How about Prime Rib!|? Best Prime Rib joint in the San Francisco Bay Area is The House of Prime Rib on Van Ness Avenue. So good that you have to reserve a table days or even weeks ahead.

Best prime in Vegas is Lawrey's House of Prime Rib on East Flamingo a bit past Paradise. Great place except for those little waitresses who wear those old style granny uniforms and take your order. I think that they are told to try to be your mother while asking what you want to eat.

They deliver your entree via a huge cart and cut your slab of beef from a larger slab of beef kept nice and warm in that cart. Then they throw on some mashed potatoes, creamed spinach, and some English pudd'en which is just an inflated doughnut without the sugar coating. In the old days it merely sopped up the extra gravy but we Americans eat it now.

Not cheap but damn good meat!

For cheap Prime Rib, try it at Ellis Island. It's cooked differently and not as great as Lawry's but it's my second best place in LV to get a good cut of meat. Last time I ate there, it was only $12 and that included the salad and all the trimmings and a great big glass of home made beer.

Thanks Stunt, I appreciate it. I ate also at the Oyster Bar. I had a steak with scallops wrapped in bacon and they added that creamed spinach and I also ordered a ceasar salad. It was probably the best steak I ever ate and the scallops were incredible. I would like to try a really good piece of prime rib. Thanks for the advice. Vegas has so many incredible restaurants. I love it there. They are building that city walk now down there, and selling condo's on the strip and time shares. I am talking right next to Ceasars and Bellagio. I was so impressed with Vegas. I saw that Ferrari expo at the Wynn, damm that hotel is amazing.