Wolfgang Puck Bar and Grill at MGM. We always liked eating here. But on this trip, it was half/half. I liked chicken salad and beef skewers. It could be just me, because I only eat breasts, I don't usually like to eat other parts. My pizza's chicken wasn't only chicken breasts, it was mixed with different parts that I hate. I wish I knew it so I didn't order it.
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Chinois chicken salad with candied peanuts and honey-mustard vinaigrette $15
It's a big portion.
Mesquite grilled steak skewers with creamy celery salad and steak sauce $14
Sauce tasted like steak or BBQ sauce, salad wasn't creamy and didn't have any celery taste.
Organic chicken with potato puree and sauteed spring vegetables $28
I thought potato had no taste, but my husband liked it.
Pizza: chicken, eggplant, roasted peppers and cilantro (with no cheese) $14
It was thin crust, like cracker, and also I think there was no sauce. Usually pizza has tomato sauce or some kind of sauce, but this didn't. I wish they only use chicken breasts for the chicken.
Strawberry Cream Pie $8
dessert menu 2009
Rating (food): 3.6 / 5
Rating (service): 3.5 / 5
Repeat: Yes
Lunch & Dinner:
Sunday - Thursday, 11:30am - 10:30pm
Friday & Saturday, 11:30am - 11:30pm
(702) 891-3000
VISIT WEBSITE
Here's the offers we recently received.Green Valley Ranch:complimentary nights, $75 free play, $75 food & beverage credit, 30% off spa treatmentStratosphere:2 complimentary nights, $50 in free play, unlimited tower access, 2 for 1 tickets to American Superstars or BiteMain Street Station:complimentary 3 nights, $30 in food voucherTotal Rewards: Brookstone Giveaway, June 26-29Includes complimentary 3 nights, any one of your choice (from 4 items) of free giftsTreasure Island:free 3 nightsRio: Ultimate Poker Challenge, June 23-26Includes 3 free nights, one complimentary tournament entry
We recently received an MGM offer that included $250 food credits. They said you can use at any MGM-owned company, so you can use anywhere except at Joel Robuchon and Rainforest Cafe. That's what they said. BUT when we were ready to check out, they said they can't comp Emeril's because they are NOT owned by MGM. We ate at Emeril's in 2007 and 2008 and they were owned by MGM and we were always comped. So it's hard to believe that they are not owned by MGM in 2009, and also nobody told us. This was so wasting money. 2 desserts and 2 coffee drinks total was $40. We were just so pissed off, and we're probably not booking at MGM anymore. The room was so crappy, too. View was air vents.
Anyway, OK, so it was busy Saturday night, the restaurant was full and they told us it'll take about 20 minutes to be seated, but we saw there were 2 seats open at the bar, so we sat down. We waited about 5-10 minutes and finally got somebody to take our order. The guy who took our order, he talked so fast, and we couldn't understand him 100%, also he didn't let us explain. First, we received our espresso in tiny cups, I wanted cappuccino, not espresso, but again, we couldn't tell him about that. So 5 minutes after I received my espresso, I asked him to change it to cappuccino, and he did it with no problems. That was nice.
I ordered beignets, because I thought I can get good beignets here but it wasn't. I mean, it was okay, but nothing amazed me, just so normal. My husband liked the coffee ice cream so much. We really liked banana cream pie last time, so we ordered it again, and also that was the reason we came here. But somehow, we thought taste wasn't good as before.
So, we tried 3 times here at Emeril's and we've been disappointed by the food pretty much every time. So I don't recommended eating here. But their cappuccino is always good.
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New Orleans style beignets with powdered sugar and coffee ice cream $9
Emeril's Banana Cream Pie $9
Espresso: Florio $6, Blue Mountain $12
cappuccino
dessert menu (2009)
Rating (food): 2.5 / 5
Rating (service): 2.5 / 5
Repeat: No
Lunch:
Sunday - Thursday: 11:30am - 2:30pm
Friday - Saturday: 11:30am - 2:00pm
Dinner:
5:30pm - 10:30pm
(702) 891-7374
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Here's the offers we recently received.Total Rewards: Electronic Giveaway, June 4-7Includes 3 complimentary nights, one complimentary 15.6" widescreen TV/DVD comboTotal Rewards: Home Improvement Gift Card Giveaway, June 12-14Includes 3 complimentary nights, $100 Lowe's gift cardHarrah's:complimentary nights each month of May and JuneCaesars Palace: 3-6-9 Invitational Slot Tournament SeriesIncludes 3 complimentary nights, special tournament giftSahara:3 complimentary nights, $15 dining credit, $15 free play a dayPalace Station: $25,000 Memorial Day Slot Tournament, May22-24Includes 3 complimentary nightsPalms:2 complimentary nights, $50 in free playRed Rock:2 complimentary nights (for each show), 2 complimentary tickets to The Allman Brothers Band and Jackson BrownePlanet Hollywood:2 complimentary nights, $50 in free play, $10 discounts to Peepshow, $10 off per meal at buffet, 2 complimentary passes to spa, a special birthday gift
More pics from Carnival World Buffet at Rio. $48 for two @ dinner. On this trip, my favorite things were the corn dog and cranberry bread. And maybe ham was fine, too. But everything else sucked.
Also we think if the tag says "chef's special", that means people who work there don't know what it is, so they just say "chef's special". I don't recommend eating these "chef's special" at this buffet.
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make your own stir-fry
popcorn shrimp
bread, sushi, hushpuppies, ham, tomato, popcorn shrimp
Chinese plate
corndog
chili, I think
spaghetti with meatballs
There were some mystery unknown thing in it. I wonder what kind of meatball it is.
Lemon meringue pie and banana foster. Banana was awful, and lemon curd part for the pie tasted like made with instant lemonade mix.
Red velvet cake, flan, and... I don't know how to say, but it's cream in a chocolate cup and berries on top.
nasty chemical tasted gelato
Rating (food): 2 / 5
Rating (service): 3.5 / 5
Repeat: No
http://www.riolasvegas.com/casinos/rio/restaurants-dining/index.html
Carnival World Buffet at Rio. This was back in November, 2008. We received a coupon for 2 free buffets here. Usually it costs $48 for two, and this was a Sunday night. They do have a big selection of food, but like, for example, desserts looked so nasty, and gelato tasted terrible, sushi looked like made by machine, and some items were dry. I did like the cranberry bread they had.
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fried chicken, pizza, pasta, popcorn shrimp
made to order stir-fry
sushi, cucumber salad, hushpuppies
Mexican
salad, bread
crab
waffle fries, beef
sushi, shrimp, hush puppies, popcorn shrimp
Thai noodle soup
gumbo
salad
rib, rice, corn, and chicken wings
Don't eat!!! Tastes like chemicals!
Rating (food): 2.5 / 5
Rating (service): 3.5 / 5
Repeat: No
