{"id":860063,"date":"2024-05-30T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T17:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/?p=860063"},"modified":"2024-05-29T14:26:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T21:26:21","slug":"otoro-robata-grill-sushi-mirage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/blog\/otoro-robata-grill-sushi-mirage\/","title":{"rendered":"Otoro Robata Grill & Sushi (Mirage)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Mirage is closing next month, so why are we reviewing Otoro Robata Grill now? Two reasons. First, we had a terrific meal there. Second, we figure lots of people will be heading over for a last look at the casino, so dinner at Otoro might work in well with that plan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the name indicates, this is robata cooking, which pretty much means skewers cooked over very hot charcoal. There\u2019s also a full sushi\/sashimi menu. The oysters in truffle ponzu with kizami and chives are a great starter if you don\u2019t mind fading $39 for eight ($4.88 per). Sweet-and-sour calamari with wasabi vinaigrette ($18) is another winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A tall Kirin beer was $22 and a single Murai Nigori sake was $13.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Skewers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Meat skewers are $10 (chicken) to $32 (baby lamb chop), seafood is $10 (salmon) to $28 (lobster), and vegetable is $6-$10. Trying all three categories, we went with Togarashiu sirloin steak, lamb chop, Chilean sea bass, and shishito peppers. We haven\u2019t reviewed many robata restaurants, so we don\u2019t have a lot to compare to, but the Otoro skewers were as good as any we\u2019ve had. They\u2019re not the teeny skewers you get at the Japanese Izakaya\u2019s; instead, they\u2019re substantial and three to four per person are enough.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Sushi<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sushi and skewers make a good combo. There\u2019s nigiri, rolls, and sashimi. The nigiri comes two pieces to an order, most selections priced $10-$14 ($21 for uni, $38 for bluefin tuna belly). We had several, including akimi tuna and a spicy yellowtail hand roll. Although the robata cooking is the main focus, the restaurant\u2019s name comes from otoro bluefiin tuna, so the sushi is also a priority.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Verdict<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Everything we tried was good. It\u2019s ironic that we\u2019d have the best meal we\u2019ve ever had at the Mirage (except for some buffet visits when it was there) just as the casino is about to close. It\u2019s not cheap\u2014the bill was $263 for two, including $55 for drinks\u2014but you can get the experience for less during the Fri.-Tues. happy hour (see ENTERTAINMENT), which might fit in even better on a farewell visit to the Mirage. Check out the full menu<\/a> <\/strong>here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Mirage is closing next month, so why are we reviewing Otoro Robata Grill now? Two reasons. First, we had a terrific meal there. Second, we figure lots of people will be heading over for a last look at the casino, so dinner at Otoro might work in well with that plan. As the name […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":860069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1446,1453],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/otoro-restaurant-3150x2150-1.jpg?fit=1075%2C734&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860063"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860063"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":860083,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860063\/revisions\/860083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}