Q: negative

A: This review will encompass experiences both at the restaurant and the music venue upstairs; I have never purchased anything from the gift store on the street level, so I implore you to look elsewhere for reviews for your over*priced tshirt, hat and commemorative pin-buying needs. There is no free parking for this property, so I usually park at the outside lot that Monte Carlo has (between MC and NY, NY), or earlier, when I had the patience to walk through the annoying MGM Grand, in that parking garage. MC is your best choice since it about a block to the door. Venue: ** out of ***** It's called Hard Rock. HARD rock. Someone explain to me why the first time I patronised this venue, for an AAF concert, they were tossing people out for consentingly mildly moshing. No one was crashing into anyone that wished not to participate. No one was going to fight. It was all supposed to be good fun. People were being tossed out. Keep that mind if you ever get the urge to do so, or if you are vehemently anti-people having fun and prefer for staff to throw people out for doing something that is normal at an AAF show. As I walked out of the venue, there were Metro police officers rushing up into the property; for what, who knows. Luckily, it was not kill-an-unarmed-civilian-night on the Gillespie calendar so everyone got off unscathed. I never stuck around to see another set from an artist/group that would generate moshing, so I do not know if this was an isolated policy incident. I have seen about a dozen or so other shows after my first here. As others have said, the search is fairly intensive for Las Vegas, but nothing intrusive. It's no big deal to me; those doing the searches are always pleasant and in great spirits/moods. Restaurant: * out of ***** I ate 1/4 of a monster salad once; I cannot recall being asked if there was anything wrong with it (I probably was not), and when I was asked if I was done, I said yes (imagining [WRONGLY] that I would be presented with a box or that it was taken away to be brought back in a box) and it was taken and presumably put in the collection for the pig farm. The salad was quite good (for a place named 'Hard Rock') but I will never forgive my salad being thrown away as if I were some shithead tourist with the inability to take it home. Actually, I see shithead tourists with gigantic doggie bags all the time on the strip, so essentially I was treated worse than a shithead tourist. Never forget the death of my over*sized salad. Additionally pointless ancedote for those still reading: once I was brought a check that was a mere fraction of the bill I had incurred. A dinner for two (me) was confused with a small bar bill or something (not me), so instead of whatever I was supposed to be charged, I was given a SUB 10$ bill. Instead of being a dick and causing someone to be docked or worse (fired), I brought it up so that I could pay what was right. - E

Q: positive

A: Best breakfast in Las Vegas. Eating here made us decide to stay at the Wynn, next time we are in town. As far as the prices go, it is pretty much is in tune with the surroundings, so if you think its pricey, don't come to The Wynn, go to Circus Circus :) Our waitstaff was friendly and accommodating, even preparing food items to our liking that was different from the menu. They were super attentive, and just plain amazing. They get their products from locally sourced farms, even the honey! I can't wait until I return :)

Q: positive

A: Went over a holiday weekend. Unfortunately, that meant the prices were higher - but they seemed to try to bring out the best at this time too. They advertised a "Kobe steak" bar, which I hit up on the first stop - I was excited about this, but unfortunately, this must not have been a good cut of kobe beef. First of all, I've had kobe beef ny strip steaks. You're probably looking at $90+ for a 12 oz steak. Whatever they were serving had no marbling of fat throughout the meat and it was dry and over cooked. Unfortunately, this steak was shadowed by their flank steak, which was much better prepared and more flavorful. Anyway, they also had king crab legs, snow crab legs, rack of lamb, and chilean sea bass, to name a few other favorites. Overall, the food quality was good, and the variety that the buffet offers definitely is appropriate for the amount that you pay. I might add that you might want to stay away from the sushi bar though - really the only part I'd say wasn't very good. My only advice is you definitely want to save room for dessert. As good as the food was, I'd say that the dessert was even better.

Q: negative

A:
So I'm not sure how this place gets a 4 star rating on Yelp but when you look at specific entrees at least for chinese entrees they're all "not bad" type of reviews. But I had a pot sticker craving so I ordered a few items that seemed decent per reviews. The guy said 15-20min but it took 40 minutes. The pot stickers (which I got pan fried vs steamed) were actually more like deep fried. The sauce is more sweet, not vinegary. Not terrible but out of 6 there was about 2 that had a decent amount of filling, the rest had about a tablespoonful in a dumpling that is about 4 inches long and 3 inches tall. The taste of the filling and the dumpling dough was good, just poor proportions and a bit greasy. The sweet and sour chicken was bright pink and more onion than anything else. Overall somehow the dish was bland. The rice that came with it was soggy - too much water. The pad see ew noodles were overcooked and clumped up into small cubed bits. The flavor wasn't bad, but overcooked noodles really ruins a noodle dish. Judging as these entrees that had decent ratings were not very good I don't think I'll be returning.