Alex Jo

Review of RM Seafood

I usually write only upbeat reviews.

I usually write only upbeat reviews.
RM Seafood motivated me to write a horror story review.
We picked this eatery since this was open early enough before the Michael Jackson show, a major bummer; we also love anything labeled as "sustainable," and this was the only Vegas eatery labeling itself as sustainable, a huge mistake. Four of us stayed in Vegas sampling various restaurants. RM Seafood was the only Big No No. Whatever definition of "sustainable," it was nothing akin to it. We were in for a worst dining experience in entire Vegas.

The initial source of the problem was that the tall guy waiter was simply deaf. He did not listen to any of the things we tried quite hard to communicate. We emphatically stressed Low Sodium for all dishes, not once but a few times. The mussel tasted like salted sardine, to exaggerate a bit. The organic veggie salad was so salty smothered with thickening and sickening dressing; it had nothing to do with "sustainable." Four of us plucked up courage to dig into it, but we could not finish a half of it. Same story for the papaya salad. The heavy repulsive overkill dressing and sauces and salt basically sapped the original taste of fresh ingredients, like someone with a grotesque make-up so much so that the real face is unrecognizable. We wondered what the chef learned from the culinary institute. Also, if sustainable, the management should know better not to waste scare natural resources like that. They should notice how customers cannot even finish half of it, resting trashed, squandering precious limited energy, and human and natural resources.

The waiter never even bothered to ask us how we liked food. He seemed to be totally out of it; he seems there physically, but not really there. Instead, someone self-introduced as "manager" guy asked us how we weer doing. We usually let it slide, but this was too much, so we grumbled about it being to salty and all. His response was "Oh!" That's it. It was like shrugging off, saying "Hey, dummy, this is for tourists and transients like you guys. We can't care less." He appeared to be a modest decent guy, but zero follow-up or any action. Even afterwards, our tall waiter guy acted as if nothing happened.

Everybody in my party strongly asked me to write this review.

I give 1 star, merely since oysters and sushi plate was fairly good, although nothing to go back for.

Unless we had awesome experiences at Jardin, Encore, the next morning, JM almost could have entirely ruined our culinary experiences in Vegas leaving an uninviting after-taste. It almost already ruined the fabulous experiences the night before at L'Atlier Robuchon. The price tag was about $400, even more costly than at Robuchon; we paid a hefty price for the very unpleasant moment.