A couple years ago, my wife won a free trip for two to Las Vegas as a door prize at her company’s summer picnic. Included were the flights, and accomodations at Caesar’s Palace. Since the trip wasn’t costing us much of our own money, I decided I wanted to try one or two of the celebrity chef restaurants in Las Vegas. I began studying, and reading menus, and decided on Delmonico’s Steak House which is located inside the Venetian. Emeril Lagasse is the executive chef. I figured that Emeril probably wouldn’t actually be there since he has restaurants all over the place, and a TV show, and books, and well, etc.
We decided to take my dad, and his wife to dinner, so I made reservations for four. Afterwards, I started worrying about a dress code. I hadn’t packed a suit or anything, so I called them to check the dress code, and they said casual was fine. Later I started worrying that the restaurant might be more expensive than I had even imagined. So we walked down to the Venetian, and I checked the menu that they had posted out front. The prices were in line with what I thought.
We arrived a little before our reserverations, and we waited in a little area in the front of the restaurant. We didn’t have to wait long before it was our time to be seated. There was a guy and a girl and they bought us to our table, and pulled out our chairs for us. They then unrolled our napkins, and placed them on our laps for us. We ordered drinks, and browsed the menu. I ordered a cola as I am not a wine drinker.
My wife and I ordered a Caesar Salad for two. I ordered the Bone In Rib Steak which was about $45 by itself. My dad’s wife and I split an order of Delmonico’s Potatoes. And I also ordered the sauteed garlic mushrooms. The captain of the waiters came over and prepared that salad table-side from scratch. And it was very very good! The rib steak that I had was probably the best steak I have had in my life. The sauteed garlic mushrooms were good. I unfortunatly didn’t care for the Delmonico Potatoes, and neither did my dad’s wife. Otherwise, all that food was great. Everyone enjoyed themselves. It is a night, and a meal that I will always remember!

Posted by RJ in Travel on April 7th, 2006 |