text: Despite the questionable reviews I really wanted to like BarMasa The restaurant has a grand reputation back at home base in New York but the Vegas location does not delivernnThe food at Masa was good Not great not exciting just good For a check to come out to for people and even at a high end restaurant and only provide so little satisfaction is simply unacceptablennBetween myself and my dad we had chicken yakitori shrimp fried rice wagyu beef fried rice and a piece of otoro for myself I can never resistnnThe chicken was ok but incredibly small pieces on the skewers times more expensive than the next most expensive yakitori i have ever ordered and i have had a lot of yakitori in my daynnThe rice dishes were ok but not particularly better than what i would eat an any local chinese takeout in any town in americannThe toro was delicious as toro should be That being said even in a fine Tokyo establishment they have given me at least a larger piece that the minuscule morsel at MasannAs for the atmosphere it is a nice place it really is between the high ceilings minimalistic interior and low seating the openness of the place felt off for a restaurant though Kind of like an airport terminal nnThere is plenty of Japanese food to be found in Las Vegas and it is sure to be cheaper and better There is absolutely no reason to choose BarMasa