text: Vegas Yelpers you all have way too low standards I cannot trust your recommendations herennI went here with my husband and some of his coworkers and it was definitely below mediocre across the boardnnFoodnWith great food I can overlook just about all other aspects of a dining experience Unfortunately Off The Strip did not have great food or even good for that matter The ingredients and preparations were all things I could make at home Nothing was very innovative although many dishes were overly complex with the addition of a ton of ingredients I think an effective dish embraces simplicity and transforms minimal ingredients rather than adds a truckload In addition a pet peeve of mine is when restaurants do not disclose on the menu or by the waiter what will show up on my plate and this place was a major offender of that I do not need the secret recipe I am just looking for an idea of major flavors and ingredientsnFor example the Caesar salad dressing was so strongly flavored of raw garlic not even roasted to get the flavor without the whoofactor that I could not eat more than two bites I LOVE garlic I eat it raw in slices as I cook I roast it and have it with a meal I am obsessed with The Stinking Rose in San Francisco a restaurant dedicated to the obscene use of garlic but tons and tons of raw garlic in a Caesar dressing is really just offensive And to boot the menu made no mention at all of a garlicy CaesarnAnother example of overly complex food without prior warning on the menu was the mashed potatoes They had crispy pieces of burned cheese surrounding the serving which I am not a huge fan of but I know some people like it But they also had something else in them that I still cannot place It was more of a scent than a flavor and honestly it smelled like just a hint of artificial vanilla extract or some sort of pastry like scent After I pointed it out other people detected it too I am still trying to figure it out Mascarpone Someone dropped some cheesecake in the mashed potato pan Some overly ambitious chef attempting vanilla mashed potatoes Sounds bizarre because it was And it was another part of my meal I only had a couple bites ofnThe fresh baked bread was one of those half cooked loaves from the grocery store that you stick in the oven Fresh Half baked Except it was a little stale like it sat under a warmer or something so maybe just half bakednThe crabcakes used really really really low grade crab meat with not a hint of lump and possibly a hint of fish It could just be because I am from New England but I do not find crabcakes without lump meat even worth eatingnThe pesto garlic bread contained not even a hint of pesto just more overwhelming garlicnOh and their famous cheesecake was nothing to write home aboutnnAtmospherenThey need to hire a decorator or something They had bare beige walls with a single painting Although I did see two paintings sitting on the ground looking like they needed to be hung The place had plain old recessed lighting cafe tables with cheapo diner style chairs no booths and no mirror no soap and no towels in the ladies room No ecoutrements in the ladies room would be inexcusable at Dennys but at a place running about person it is awful nnServicenFirst on the good the male waiter was on the ball He accidentally brought me the wrong vegetable and corrected his mistake without me pointing it out He was decently nice and looked professional in a branded shirtnHowever the female waitresses seemed like they belonged in a different restaurant entirely One was wearing just a tanktop which seemed way inappropriate for a place where many customers were wearing buttondowns and nice pants The other was wearing a glittery PBR hat and selectively called people hon which I find even more annoying than calling everyone hon The hons at the table were me the only female with our party and two of the younger guys at our table When people dress up to come get a steak and pay circa a person such casual unprofessional waitstaff totally does not fitnnValuenUgh just go to the strip It is bad food but even if it were good food it would not be worth itnAppetizers run about and are hardly shareable The rolled New York includes four small pieces the mussels are scant nMy filet mignon was I am pretty sure that is around what Mortons chargesnMy soda was nThey have an awful meager selection beer and nothing on tap yet charged my husband for his beer nnBasically so not worth it