Comments on: BAR MASA

By: vegasdave

vegasdave — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 05:14:22 +0000

A second trip to Bar Masa tonight. More sushi, more Saki, some sparkling Saki called “Ho Ho Shoo” (I believe) was fan dam tastic. $260 bill plus $60 tip.

The Toro was quite simply the best sushi I’ve ever had. It dissolved in my mouth; I also tried the salmon which had hints of brown sugar and tasted of brackish water, neither salt nor fresh, but a combination of both. The octopus appetizer was tender beyond belief, though the $28 price tag quickly brought me back down to earth.

Bottom line eaters: If you don’t go spend $200 (or more) enjoying the Toro at Bar Masa you will have forsaken one of the finest sushi experiences you could ever have.

By: vegasdave

vegasdave — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:54:34 +0000

Spent a pleasant thirty minutes at the bar enjoying sushi and hairy crab salad. The barmaid (can I still use that term?) Susan helped me select a nice Saki and told me that business had been brisk. Which I was happy to hear. The sushi was rather small by Gaijin standards, half the size of my pinkie. It was nonetheless all I expected; fresh and subtle.

The room was about half empty when I left, and I imagine they are running up quite a bill with city center. It is indeed, as ELV says “extraordinary” and I encourage any sushi fan to compare Bar Masa’s offerings with your fav sushi joint in town. The bill for 4 pieces of sushi, 1 hairy crab salad and a small carafe of Saki came to $100. There are far worse ways to spend a Benjamin.

By: FDR

FDR — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:05:44 +0000

The bad reviews for this restaurant on Yelp make me giggle. After a $500/person meal at Shaboo they have the balls to charge $120 per serving of ice cream.

By: vegasdave

vegasdave — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:02:31 +0000

Im gonna check it out.

WTF, you cant take it with you

By: bwdining

bwdining — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:11:58 +0000

Sad. My only question is whether I will be able to save my money fast enough to get there before it closes? Any restaurant with over 400 seats needs to be at least financially feasible for most of the population. I hate being negative about a places chances, and I hope we are all wrong, but Bar Masa looks like a perfect recipe for failure. What’s wrong with 100-150 seats? Fill it up and create demand. Although, at those prices 100 seats may even be too much.

By: John

John — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:57:07 +0000

A cold and uninviting looking cavernous sized room filled with empty chairs and tables, and prices that only about 2% of the population can afford. Doesn’t sound like a recipe for success. Most of the people they had in mind when they designed this place either can’t afford it any more or are going to Macau instead.

By: RSchiffman

RSchiffman — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:36:20 +0000

The picture of the room makes it look like the better International first class airline lounges of the World. It hardly looks like a restaurant. The fish sounds fantastic, but the prices scare me. I’ve had some amazing food at the Philly Morimoto that was really excellent, and we even has a place here getting daily flights in from Japan. I’ll have to stick with that.

By: atdleft

atdleft — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:16:01 +0000

418 seats??!! That’s downright ridiculous. They didn’t think once about rethinking the concept before opening Aria? Yikes, Bar Masa say soon see quite the bumpy ride…

By: jsmeeker

jsmeeker — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:56:10 +0000

418 seats? That’s CRAZY for a place with that type of food at that price point. Even in Las Vegas.

By: ChunkyFlyRight

ChunkyFlyRight — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:35:31 +0000

Better bring your Visa, MasterCard and AMEX!!! Our meal for two with one cocktail and one small sake cost $394 BEFORE gratuity! It would have been $80-$100 anyplace else at most.

Austere interior design made us feel like we were eating in the airport or a bus station.

I honestly have no idea what they were or are thinking in this economy!

Chunky