text: My wife and I watch a lot of Top Chef so when we booked a weekend at the Mirage it was a no brainer to try Tom Colicchhios steak house It was disappointing to the point of being comical My wife summed it up perfectly when she said If a contestant on Top Chef had put this food in front of him Collichio would have torn him a new onennI ordered the New York strip Good but nothing special I actually thought the New York strip I had at Elways at the Denver airport was better I also got the fries because I love a good steakfrites The plate of fries I got looked like a plate you would get at Dennys Very dry over salty with no flavor I sent them back which is the first time I have ever sent food back at a restaurant but for a plate those fries should have tickled my gonads I even asked them if the fries were frozen They assured me they make them by hand daily I guess I will take them on their word but I have my doubts So for I got a decent steak and terrible fries Oh yeah and the cheapeast glass of red was bucks Again good but nothing special The next tier up was in the high s and mid s That is asking a heck of a lot for a glass of winennMy wife ordered the brisket which was good However the mustard dressing on the brisket was the same sauce they put on the vegetables so everything on her plate tasted the same My wife is also gluten and dairy free and asked if she could substitute the creamy polenta that came with the brisket for something else The waitress said she would check but we never saw her again until they brought our food with the creamy polenta Then it got funny To the managers credit she did not charge us for the fries and comped us two free desserts Three different people assured my wife that she was getting dairyfree sorbet including the manager One of the flavors was fromageblanc which tasted great I asked the manager how they got such an authentic cheese flavor without using dairy She actually got the dessert chef who explained that they used goat cheese We all paused for an awkward silence My wife was too embarassed to say anything and I was on the verge of cracking up Finally the chef asked if my wife was okay with goat cheese My wife allowed the chef to save face and said yes but when she left we lost it Memo to Tom Collichio and his staff CHEESE IS DAIRY Even if it comes from a goat nnI will say the desserts were excellent and by far the best part of the meal But if you go to a steak house and the best thing is dessert it is not a good steak house I am sure this place will be successful simply because it is Tom Collichio but if it was anyone elses name on the door people would say it is soso and ridiculously over priced