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Tom Colicchio’s Craftsteak Restaurant Review

MGM Grand Hotel & Casino
3799 Las Vegas Blvd. S. (Tropicana Ave.) Send to Phone
Las VegasNV 89109
702-891-7318
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With more vegetables on the menu than meat and fish combined, this upscale steakhouse is known as a favorite restaurant of vegetarians. Tom Colicchio’s Craftsteak Restaurant is one of our 2012 | Top 10 Las Vegas Steakhouse Restaurants | Top 10 Las Vegas Thanksgiving Restaurants |

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Dining room at Tom Colicchio’s Craftsteak, Las Vegas, NVExecutive chef-owner Tom Colicchio created a menu with a wide range of choices served family-style, well prepared by executive chef Matt Seeber. Complementing the fare is a notable wine list, evidenced by the wall of wine bottles behind the massive 22-seat bar that spans the width of the lounge. A first-rate selection of single malt scotches is also featured. For starters, we like the lobster bisque, and the elegant charcuterie platter. The shellfish sampler---chilled lobster, red king crab, littleneck clams, oysters, shrimp cocktail and seaweed salad---is always popular. Among seafood entrées are braised Maine lobster and roasted diver scallops, king salmon and halibut. Carnivores like the roasted lamb loin and grilled veal T-bone, as well as the array of savory steaks. For those not sure about dropping a lot of money on a piece of meat, the “Halfsteak” menu features smaller, six-ounce portions of their finest cuts, including filet, hanger and Angus skirt steaks at very reasonable prices. The extensive selection of sides includes butternut squash and chanterelle risotto, Japanese eggplant, and roasted asparagus and shiitake mushrooms. Chef Seeber offers several tasting menus for four or more. Chocolate mousse is among dessert favorites.

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Craftsteak - pack up your knives
by NVMan on 11/20/2009
 
The tasting menu at Craftsteak was an embarrassing disappointment. Don't get me wrong, I like steakhouses and have been to several in Las Vegas, but Craftsteak was a major disappointment.
The tasting menu: the Kobe beef was decent and the rib eye tasted great, but it was tough and chewy. The Caesar salad was pathetic. The brussel sprouts were undercooked, though, covered in so much bacon and onions you couldn't taste the sprouts. The mushrooms were drenched in an unappealing sauce so much you couldn't taste them either.
None of the hot dishes were served hot; most were barely warm. Dessert was served with hard fruit.
 
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