Problem: What would be an example of an positive review?

Answer: I was in Vegas this past weekend for a bachelorette party. And when we found out there was a Nobu here (see my NYC review since I had been to that one quite a few times), we had to come! I was in charge of the ordering since no one else from the party had been there.

The decor is similar to New York's Nobu, but not as big and not as nice. The service is not as good but it's Vegas so oh well.

We ordered:

Peach Martini and Lychee martini - very good but strong.

Yellowtail Sashimi with jalapeno and ponzu sauce - This was fucking good. One of my friend's doesn't eat sashimi and she loved this dish. (See below for Kristine N's review). They prepared it with about 20 pieces of sashimi on the plate for our big party! It was GREAT!

Lobster salad - Of course I had to order this! I love the salad dressing.

Miso black cod - The cool thing about Nobu is that because we had a group of 8, they actually cut the fish in chunks and put them individually on little lettuce wraps so it would be easier to eat. This was fantastic and sweet.

Chilean Sea bass w/ mushrooms - The bride-to-be is a sea bass connoisseur and she said this was not Chilean sea bass, but just regular sea bass. It was still very good though. YUMMM.

Squid pasta - I love the squid pasta here. Complimented w/ asparagus. I love asparagus!

Rock shrimp tempura - we choose the butter sauce since the other sauces had been a bit spicy. Yummy.

Bento box - flourless chocolate cake with ice cream. This was better than I remembered from NYC. It's not flourless as in a chocolate bar on a plate - it actually does have a cake - souffle texture to it. It was great, and gooey in the middle.

Mango caramel ice-cream dessert - A light but tasty dessert with caramel bits in it.

One of the girls and I are not big seafood fans, but we loved all the dishes here. (See below for Kristine N.'s review!) That tells ya something! Everyone thoroughly enjoyed this meal which made me happy because I hoped they would trust my judgement in food. =)

It was nice because they brought out each dish one-by-one so you aren't stuffing your faces all at once. By the end of the dinner, we felt extremely satisfied but not so full we were going to explode.

Yay, for Nobu!!!

Problem: What would be an example of an negative review?

Answer: I'm super sad to say that the last few times I've been back to Shoku has been super hit or miss, and when I say super, I mean SUPER. For example, I picked up to go the Buta-San ramen, which is what I usually get there, and it was really good. I was very happy, even though it tasted very different from when I first visited the restaurant. Then the other day I went back and decided to try the Tonkatsu, which shouldn't be all that different from the Buta-san since it's the same broth. It just simply was not good. The broth had no flavor whatsoever and there were 3 dismal little pieces of chashu that were also flavorless. There was also what looked like this black oil that they had mixed into the broth that kind of stuck to the side of the bowl and tasted like what can only be described as "char". The noodles also seemed different and undercooked. I was really excited for this place because it's so close to my house and though it was not my favorite ramen place, I still really enjoyed the food here. Unfortunately, I don't think I will be stopping in here again. I am willing to drive the extra distance to Spring Mountain to get a guaranteed good bowl of ramen.

Problem: What would be an example of an negative review?

Answer:
Food was cold. Not like beautiful pix. Very bland and slow service on a very slow night.