text: Having had a rather stressful week for both of us hubby I decided to indulge in a nice restaurant but not near the strip not on a weekend So we read up on Carmel Room and decided to make reservations therennFirst let me say that we are old not LudditeOld but still old However we looked around in dismay at all the grey hair in that restaurant as we were walking in and we both thought the same thing ut oh Oh and our reservations were not necessary apparently the dinner rush there is between and based on the few late owls still there at nnWe were eventually seated when the hostess finally got off from chatting on the phone and our waiter took our drink orders and left Another waiter came over and removed the decorative plates that had been on the table and our waiter returned with our drinks and we ordered two appetizers beef carpaccio and escargotnnThe Beef Carpaccio was good not the best ever but still good The Escargot however would be best recommended for someone who does not like Escargot because they would not have found any flavor to be offended by ANY flavor whatsoevernnHubbys Porterhouse arrived with his two sauces peppercorn bearnaise on the side My Chilean Sea Bass was also served along with a shared side dish of Smoked Creamed CornnnFirst he had to cut forever to find actual meat in the porterhouse it was gristle or bone It was cooked perfectly medium rare at least Then he tried the bearnaise sauce and declared it to be scrambled eggs I had noticed it was rather orange and lumpy looking so I was not surprised The waiter took it away saying it would be removed from the bill along with making a nasty face at my hubby while forgetting that I could still see his face nnHubby also said the peppercorn sauce was odd tasting like it has some strange sweetness that did not go well with the sauce Our waiter said there was bacon in the sauce we concluded it must have been maple bacon but it was only a guess It also got removed from the billnnThe Smoked Creamed Corn was not very smoky but it was goodnnMy Chilean Sea Bass was delicate and seemed to be cooked perfectly nnHowever my stomach was upset as we were leaving the restaurant and it took a few hours before it calmed down Something was off and I am afraid it was my fishnnFor including tip no drinks just water we could have had an excellent meal almost anywhere else Or we could have spent and had a better meal almost anywhere elsennNo we will not be back