text: Well this is a first for me in writing a review where the experience was so poor on entry to engaging the restaurant that I cannot even comment on the foodnnTonight is our year anniversary so I thought it fitting that we go to an iconic location while in Las Vegas The BellagionnPrime is their center field front row top steak restaurant or so they market themselvesnnThe idea is a traditional steakhouse in an ideal setting with indoor and outdoor dining while viewing the majestic Bellagio fountainsnnI took the time to call this afternoon and secure a late reservation pm indicating clearly the importance of the date and asking for a special locationnnWhen we arrived after walking through the Bellagio AKA Grand Central Station meets Disneylands crowd we approached the hostess standnnNow a restaurant selling itself as a top notch experience should have a direct human interaction upon entry not two teenage girls working behind a desknnWorse what clearly must have been the assistant manager walked past us ignoring us on the way to take a phone call that was obviously more important than acknowledging their guestsnnWhile we stood there dressed in suit and my wifes beautiful gown we endured the conversation that consumed the attention of both hostess explaining to the fat man in shorts and an untucked polo shirt that he was welcome to come in later but needed to wear pantsnnNow at this point I have to laugh at the irony Clearly Primes reputation is strong enough from a perception standpoint to bring clients in and the stuffy dress code is there to enhance the exclusivity if you will All the while the service is worse than the worst McDonalds restaurant What a jokennWe finally connected with one of the hourly employees at the front counter and they proceeded to try to negotiate with me about wether we had actually requested an outside table or not It was the equivalent of a conversation with a night club promoter about what it would take to get he table you want Happy Anniversary I guess nnThe good news is we went to the bar where a very friendly competent and quality old school bartender provided real service We ordered a glass of champagne settled the check and informed person number that I had to interact with that we would be going elsewherennThey quickly back peddled all of a sudden a front row table outside was availablennI politely informed them that we would be going elsewherennThe four employees were huddling around with the real manager and watching to see what we would do I doubt they expected that I would take the time to share the truth about the experience on linennLook here is the bottom line When you are heading out to an expensive dinner especially for an important event and preparing to spend a considerable amount of money you deserve the absolute best service and mentality There is no entitlement here Just because your restaurant is overlooking the Bellagio fountains does not mean it is automatically any better than a revolving restaurant exploiting its view to sell you overpriced foodnnThe restaurant is down stairs from the Bellagio Esplanade it is a stuffy dark cave like environment with a very heavy small of cooked and worked over food Think senior retirement center cafe with expensive decornnIf you want my advice there are a dozen steak houses in town all much better in every way I would recommend the SW at Wynn or Carnevino at Pallazo Of course I cannot speak to the food since I could not stand the mentality I can only tell you about the smell and the attitude Both stinknnTry the bar I guess then high tail it out of there before they take your cash and feed the snob beastnnBetter luck elsewhere