text: Let me start by saying I used to like this place I have been eating at Simon a couple times a year since it was at the Hard Rock Secondly I am one of the easiest people to wait on in the world As I am a server myself and have worked just about every position in a restaurant I have noticed a steady decline in the service and the quality of the food since relocating to Palms Place In any case I found myself dinning at the bar with a friend of mine on a Tuesday night Whom also has spent most of his life in the industry We had established a rapport with one of the bartenders earlier in the day as with sipped our bloodymarys to nurse the previous nights antics So we came back for dinner and decided to sit with her rather than dine at a table As it turns out she was no longer working the double she had mentioned earlier and was on her way out So we two new bartendersno big deal We proceeded to order three courses The first being the Tuna Tatar and Sweet Onion Dip with Cracked Black Pepper Chips Both perfect in presentation but lacking almost complete of salt So half way through the onion dip having never even touched the Tuna our salads arrive So it became very clear at this point the young lady now attending us had no concept of timing My drink ran dry at this point as well So we stopped our friend from earlier and asked her to relay the message We are going to be here all night just want to have leisurely dinner very slow and low Please do not fire the steaks until we say My friend would like to take a break in between to go have a smoke and maybe a drink then eat our entruees n So this is where it really went south She then returns a few moments later and says your steaks have already been fired you got about min is that ok Mind you we now have four plates of food sitting in front of us I replied definitely not ok please tell them to take the steaks off the grill and do not fire until I ask She says ok and then says good bye she is heading home I trusted that this message had been relayed By now my drink has been empty for min with no sign of replenishment So finally flag down our bartender who is literally been three feet away the whole time and ask for a Basil Hayden oldfashion Up or on the rocks she asks I reply rocks as I am pretty certain an old fashion is never served up But I am thinking maybe Simon is playing with cocktails now not just food Anyhow she grabs the Makers and I stop her to remind her I said Basil She proceeds to muddle shake and strain into a martini glass I smile and drink without comment at this point I am feeling bad and do not want to say anything more n We finish our apps and move onto salads A third friend joins us for a drink and a bite She too works in a restaurant just acrossed the lot at Palms She promply orders a glass of wine and a sushi roll About two bites into my salad and here comes the steaks Now I am officially pissed Not only this but the runner is trying to clear my salad I tell him to set the steak to the side so I can finish Now me and my original friend are both irate He finishes his salad quickly and says he is going for a smoke I follow suite and move on to my steak ordered MR and is clearly leaning toward MW Still feeling bad say nothing Friend A returns friend B finishes st glass of wine still no sushi It is at this point it is just ridiculous Friend A doest have a fork to eat his now cold steak having been no check back it takes us literally about min to finally just wave down the bartender from the other end of the bar to procure a fork Now he is pissed and just says you know what I do not even want it And exits to the restroom At the same time I ask the bartender with the fork to check on the sushi roll as it too has taken close to min and she replies everything is taking a long time tonight Which in my mind is hilarious as we could not get them to slow down n So friend A sees Kerry Simon in route to the restroom and stops him He explains that he hates to complain and also works in a restaurant but this is what is going on To which Kerry replies with a straight face and I quote Maybe you should have sat in the dinning room if you where having dinner Our bar can be a little sketchy sometimes WHAT n A couple more things transpired including another oldfashion in a martini glass But this is already long winded In the end this was my single worst dining experience of which I have many in my entire life It saddens me to think this because I wanted to have a good time and in the end it sort I sorta did in a twisted way So long Simon was good run but will never happen again