text: SLS Seriously Lacks SatisfactionnnThis is no more obvious than at Umami Burger destination for our latest foodventure But foodventures are not always successful as Umami Japanese for something would prove When Mama R wanted a burger for her birthday Emijandro and I found it as our opportunity to try the much talkedabout burger spot at SLS and off we wentnnMy thoughts on SLS itself are subpar at best but this review strictly focuses on Umami Burger which we found along the wall fairly easily Walking in there was a very recycled feel to the place which I thought was supposed to be an urban hipster sports bar vibe But one glance at the CHECKERED FLAG CEILING ABOVE revealed they just gutted the NASCAR Cafe and did not bother to redo the ceilingnnWhen we were seated we were handed small trifold menus Mine was dirtynnSeriously your FB department could have printed a ton of those but you are giving me a dirty onennMaybe it was to hide the fact that the basic burger was No fries NO GAWDANG FRIES flips tablennI ordered the Manly Burger without the beercheese as I do not care for cheese on my burger The dirty menu said it had bacon lardons on it Ryan you may be asking what in the Sam Hill is a lardon I did not know either but it is somehow related to bacon so I took the risk along with an order of Tempura Onion Rings and water HAH TAKE THAT CORPORATE MURRKA Emijandro ordered the Jose Andres Burger and Mama R ordered the basic burger Well basic according to Umamis standardsnnThe burger is an art form I know I am a burger connoisseur A burger gourmand if you will Its art is found in its simplicity A patty made out of some meat toppingsagogo and a bun Delightful But at some point Umami just made it all too fancyschmancy First off lardons are apparently cubed bits of slab bacon I suppose that is fine but some thick strips of bacon are just as tasty and probably less expensive for the restaurant so they can lower their prices Secondly would have liked some barbecue sauce on this type of burger also had onion strings not their Umami Ketchup Japanese for something ketchup which really was just ketchup nothing really differentnnThe burger was too pink for my taste apparently my waiter heard medium rare instead of medium please Or he was just dumb or hated his job the service was unsatisfactory he spoke too quietly for a sports bar atmosphere during the third quarter of Monday Night Football and dropped items repeatedly fortunately not our food When we could hear him he was being pushy about us ordering dessertnnListen dude I know you are supposed to upsell but when my bill is already about do not give me a look when we say no to dessertnnWhich I could have gone for by the way because for that type of money the burger was small To be fair I did not leave hungry but I did not leave with that OMG NO MORE FOOD IT WAS TOO GOOD kind of feeling It just left me with a general MEH I should not leave with MEH for nnA few positive notes The onion rings were tasty though I could have used a dipping sauce beyond the four tiny little ladles of sauce they provide one being the Umami Ketchup something ketchup and one being HOLY CRAP MY BUTT WILL REGRET THAT TONIGHT kind of spicynnUmami should be Japanese for overhyped If you want the best burger on the Strip it is still at Holsteins at The Cosmopolitan Or stay offstrip and you can find a lot of highquality burgers at a much lower price point Either way maybe SLS stands for Satisfaction Low Sorry