text: three stars first of all and i want to be clear about this i am being overly harsh it is just that when you are a celebrity chef charging premium prices in a place as nice as the MANDALAY BAY i believe you should be held to a higher standard nnive eaten at probably a dozen of WOLFGANG PUCKs restaurants over the years and only been disappointed twice both times in VEGAS at his BAR GRILL in the MGM GRAND and CHINOIS CAESARs PALACE at the forum shops at the first they were catering a huge after show party for KA and i think they were stretched so thin busboys were manning the kitchen at the later i think whoever was in kitchen was not qualified to bus tables about only thing this CHINOIS shares with the one in SANTA MONICA is the name nnbig portions nobody left hungry service seemed more frenetic than attentive wait staff bustles around like chunks of ice in a microwave but avoids eye contact it is hard to get their attention nnloved the bread crusty airy great texture thought the whitebean and garlic puree and olive tapenade both fell a little short nnkids PIZZA was a little undercooked because the restaurant was busy the oven stones did not fully reheat between pizzas and the bottom did not get as crispy as i like thought the tangy goat cheese and the natural acidity of the tomato sauce made things a bit tart nnloved the CLAMS and GUANCIALE sauce was perfect asked for more bread before the entrees arrived but it never showed had to mop up with pizza crusts nnwife JODI loved her PASTA but had to ask for parmesan which with much ado was grated tableside over her ravioli nnokay i just changed my mind and upgraded my rating to four stars the experience got better in the remembering