The last night of the show, the town was freaking packed with CES people. Most of the normal FFN haunts were full up. So we had to pull a few strings and resort to the old standby "Amex Fine Dining Program" for reservations.
We managed to get late dinner reservations at Charlie Palmer's Steakhouse in the Four Seasons at Mandalay. Gets great reviews, it's convenient, and it's in the Four Seasons so we figure we cant go wrong.
Turns out to be one of the worst meals I've had this year. The service was not even in the ballpark of what I expect for a supposed world class steakhouse. We sat nearly 15 minutes without menus....we should've left then. Drinks sat empty for a long time, the waiter couldn't remember what we were drinking when he did finally ask. And they just weren't "on the spot" for anything.
Ok, so it's CES, maybe they've been stiffed by geeks all night and service is just "off". Nope, the food sucked too. I would be amazed to know how they managed to prepare such an excellent cut of aged beef in such a manner as to totally remove all flavor. It was absolutely bland. I swear I was tempted to ask for a bottle of A1.
We did get free dessert after the manager made the mistake of stopping by the table and asking how things were at one point where we were all sitting back looking bored waiting on Haley's Waiters to make one of their every 72 year passes. We told him. We received free desserts. I for one took a couple of bites and left that too....it also sucked.
I've eaten in many of the best steakhouses in this country, and I know how it's supposed to be. That wasn't it.
Just wondering if our experience there was an anomoly because I was pretty shocked.
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