Problem: Horrible. There is simply no other way than to describe this NEW, restaurant located inside Encore, the latest addition to the Wynn family of resorts in Las Vegas. I would say that this experience rivaled my equally repulsive time at Gordon Ramsay in the London Hotel in Los Angeles Let us delve deeper. Firstly, I had a reservation for Switch at 7pm. I showed up on the dial and was told that my seat would not be available right away. What the hell is the point of a reservation if they don't respect and live up to it? Already becoming annoyed, I was quickly set aflame when my table became ready and was told that I would not be able to enter the restaurant because of my attire. I was wearing slacks and a monogrammed polo shirt. Apparently, the dress code is for buttoned, collared shirts and jackets are recommended. As I perused the restaurant behind the tyrant of a hostess, I saw that MANY people were wearing far worse than myself. I quickly and smugly showed the hostess that her "rules" were out of line and that apparently someone let others in with t-shirts and jeans. For god sake, there was a man in a Hawaiian shirt! After realizing that the hostess would not hear any more, I went back to my room to change. It also gave me time to cool down! After being seated, I took in the decor of the restaurant. Switch, changes its surroundings every half hour, with walls rising up and down, some from side to side and even the ceiling gets in on the act! This dance reveals new and different motifs, all of which are rather bland and boring. Our waiter for the evening seemed more accustomed to McDonald's than a fancy restaurant. For he showed up exactly 3 times the entire evening. First to take our order, then to drop off the food and lastly, the check. My guest and I ordered wine straight away and it came in no less than 30 minutes! Our food, risotto and scallops came after 1 hour and 15 minutes of waiting! What in the hell takes so long for these two dishes? There is simply no excuse for this. To add insult to injury, the food was just average! I managed to flag down a female manager and told her of my experience at the beginning of this adventure. In true "circle the wagons" fashion, she defended the hostess and said that she was right in stopping me from entering. I again showed how others were wearing t-shirts and the manager looked at me blankly and said the "rules (were) the rules". Who hires these people? I do not and will never recommend Switch to anyone. It is a horrible place with food that can be better prepared from a campfire by children. The entire experience was shocking and utterly disappointing to say the least. Steve Wynn needs to implode the restaurant and start anew. Caveat Emptor.
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Problem: Schon eingerichtete Zimmer, mit ordentlichem Schreibtisch, der wirklich zu gebrauchen und nicht blo Abstellplatz fur den Fernseher ist. Schon das ein paar Sterne wert! Naturlich und wie sich das gehort kostenloses WLAN in allen Zimmern. Kleines Manko: Die Turen schlieen schlecht, wenn man nicht aufpasst, steht in der Nacht die Klo- oder gar die Zimmertur offen. Und das Licht wird mit Steckkarte eingeschaltet, wenn die nicht tief genug steckt, rutscht sie langsam raus, mir ist es passiert: ich sa auf dem Klo und plotzlich ward es dunkel Naja. egal. Wichtiger ist: Der Service ist nett, das Fruhstuck reichhaltig (wenn ich auch bei einem Hotel dieser Preisklasse mehr ausgewiesene regionale und Bioprodukte erwarten wurde.)
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Problem: I came here for the first time a couple of weeks back for the Blue October show. I'm a big fan! First off - this House of Blues is a little different. It's built into the Mandalay Bay casino, so it can be a little disconcerting. Even more odd - the House of Blues preserves the House of Blues theme - in the middle of the gaudy casino floor. So it looks a little off. All that changes when you get inside. Inside it's your typical House of Blues. Restaurant out front and concert theater in the back. We were fortunate enough to be in the "secret" James Brown private room that overlooks the stage at the back. We had our own cocktail waitress who brought us drinks all night and we also sampled the menu. Of the food that we had I remember the Chipotle Chicken w/ Hominy - Delicious! I recommend ordering this highly. It was so good that you'll want to lick the plate - seriously! After the show we rode the elevator all the way to the very top of the casino to go to the afterparty in the Foundation Room. Bottle service was had - very prompt and attentive service indeed. The Foundation room is split into two parts - public and private. The public area has an outdoors area where you can actually go out and look at the strip. My only complaint is that the middle aged white dudes in there couldn't dance worth a crap and made some very questionable decisions. Additionally, one of them thought it would be a good idea to "dance up" on a gogo dancer and got removed from the premises. The show was fantastic, the service was fantastic, and the food was delicious. I recommend catching a show here!
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Problem: We tried this place out last year for spring training and service sucked. Drinks were good, food was good, environment was GREAT, lawn games, tons of seating, just an all around cool place. We weren't happy with our experience, but knew it had potential. Our only complaint was the waitress, so we figured this year we would try it out again. Tonight the restaurant was busy, but not packed. The waitresses were running around like it was their first day and seemed to have no clue what was going on. We weren't starving, so we were ok with waiting for our food. The waitress came back several times saying "im sorry, im sorry, the cooks are busy, its just soo busy!" It took us over an hour to get our food and we had only ordered tacos (it was taco tuesday) and two easy appetizers. The only thing that tasted good was the chicken tacos. The few of us who ordered steak could barely chew through the chunks of meat and even had to spit some out. My taquitos had obviously been sitting under a heat lamp for a long time, my guacamole even had a nice brown crust. After we ate the waitress came out and basically bad mouthed the restaurant saying she would hurry out too "longest wait ever", when it was obvious that most of the negatives we her fault (the people around us had a different waitress, larger groups, and still got food 30 minutes before us). Not professional at all. Its too bad, this place could be really awesome, we would probably go back most nights of our trip, but their staff sucks! I've never written a review before, but this experience compelled me to. Thanks saltys!
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