Comments on: New York Post Prints Vicious Hyperbole, Yawn

By: Larry Andy

Larry Andy — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:21:45 +0000

I had dinner on Monday evening at the Las Vegas property and would not recommend it. The service was extremely slow and the meal at best disappointing. I ordered halibut and it was overcooked and so dry that it was not eatable. One of my guests ordered the salmon and it was nearly the same case. Given the delay in getting our meals and the expected time it would have taken to have new dishes fired we decided to simply pay the bill and leave. Now they may do well with steaks but in our experience they have a great deal to learn about fish.

By: M.B.

M.B. — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 05:18:58 +0000

As late as this is, after thumbing through past articles and stumbling across this one, I had to make a comment.

I’ll agree to whatever it is that anyone said above, only reading half of the other comments.

As far as Bouchon goes, and this probably can count for most other subpar-service-giving “fine dining” Strip eateries as well, the reason(s) for the ridiculous service is this:

Everyone who is serving in front of the house has been working there so long, that they all are pretty much too close of a “family.” They ALL hang out after work as a single ginormous unit, especially including the managers, thus leaving “work time” to merge with the play time.
They take nothing seriously because they all know they can get away with anything when it comes to discipline from their supervisors, which is nearly non-existent due to over-fraternizing. Top that off with suffocating obnoxiousness because of the fact that they work for Thomas Keller, and you’ve got a whole plate of messed up that’s almost past the point of saving them.

Worked there, got over that REAL quickly. =/

By: Quincy A.

Quincy A. — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:43:20 +0000

Not that the Wandsel/Lang duo necessarily need another arrow aimed at their integrity, but it is impossible to pass this one up. The article linked here was one of a three-part series on Las Vegas, which also included “VEGAS: 21 essential off-Strip bars and restaurants”, which was published on January 25th. That list included Cana, at Town Square, which is rather remarkable considering that Cana opened on January 19. While other parts of their series conjure notions of a fish market late in the day, this goes far beyond. Not a knock on Cana; we have been there once and hope they succeed, but to include a place that had been open less than a week in such an article would seem to stretch even the rubber band ethics of the Post to a breaking point.

By: Will

Will — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:35:30 +0000

I’ve done some research and Andy Wang is listed as the home section editor for the NY Post. The home section is basically a real estate guide. Landsel is a travel editor. Yet these clowns are writing about food? What a joke.

By: JTequila

JTequila — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:48:45 +0000

It’s pretty obvious this is another attempt a shock journalism. I know for a fact Wang had the red carpet rolled out for him when he was around. Eating at every Wynn/Encore restaurant on comps musta been tough. So to balance out the fellated reviews of the others, it’s easy to trash a fellow Asian brother. After doing some research about Wang (aptly named), we took the review with a massive grain of salt…cmon y’all have you seen this tool? I just google photo’d him and had a giggle…big ups to ELV and his readers!

By: John Curtas

John Curtas — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:50:59 +0000

FYI: Landsel retweeted this post along with the comment that: “If real money were bet (ELV) would lose.”

Wang was here for 3 days last month. We met him when he was leaving SAGE and being squired around by a p.r. person for Wynn/Encore. There is no way on God’s green earth he or they ate at 10 restaurants (much less 20+) during his visit.

We’re sure he got the big BJ from Bartolotta, Robuchon, et al, but most of the rest of what he/they wrote was based on second/third hand info and gossip.

By: has a clue

has a clue — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:05:31 +0000

everyone knows the post is a joke, but the problem is all the ‘cut-n-paste’ siting that other blogs and news sites take parts of this article and use them, to the effect where people dont know its from the post (without really looking) even the post gets traction!!!!

but its good too see ELV respond.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:17:49 +0000

As a New Yorker and a frequent visitor to Las Vegas I loved the banter you have all contributed.

I do disagree with the Mandalay Bay bashing, you can’t kill the Restaurant for its location. I can think of a few Restaurants in NYC whose location is not very desirable.

As for Bouchon, the service there has always been off (as is most service in Vegas). But it is off at the Yountville, CA as well (I left a $1 tip there two years ago).I believe the problem is more a result of management and training. The food is still great and will be as long as Keller keeps steering the ship

And Puck – when Wolfgang started putting his name on Airport “to go” food kiosks and the Airline menus, the rest of his food fell to that level. I haven’t had a good meal at one of his places in over two years. I took a group of customers to CUT last week and left disappointed. Every dish just came up short.

The Vegas Restaurant scene has come a long way in the past few years but putting big names on the billboard, doesn’t always produce great results, just ask the NY Mets.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:30:32 +0000

Please. Even the pidgeons avoid the Post.

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