There are two happy hours Mon.-Thurs.\u00a0from 5 to 6:30 pm and 8:30 to 10 pm.\u00a0The number of HH items is amazing: oysters (6\/$12.50), jumbo shrimp cocktail ($13.50), soups and salads ($8.50-$9), ribeye cap ($31), 8-ounce filet (32.50), New Zealand king salmon ($26), Chilean sea bass ($27), sides ($6-$7.50). Crazy. Beer is $5, wine $12, and cocktails $12. We went with appetizers: steak tartare, wedge salad, Caesar salad, brie fondue, grilled asparagus, and the snow beef burger. That\u2019s a lot of food for a tab of $79 before tax.\u00a0It sounds good, right? Heck, yeah. This HH was immediately anointed one of the best in Vegas. But we ran into some problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our first choice was a couple orders of oysters on the half shell. At $12.50 for 6, that\u2019s a pretty wallet-friendly $2.08-per in a fancy joint like this. Nope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSorry, we\u2019re out of oysters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cReally? Is that normal?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cYes. Everyone orders them. We run out every day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n OK, we were at the late happy hour, so lesson learned, go to the early one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our food was delivered. That is, all except for the Scotch 80 Burger. This thing is $50 retail, so we had to try it for $25, but it never came. When we finished, we requested the check and asked the waiter to make sure we weren\u2019t charged for the no-show item. \u201cBut it\u2019s ready now\u201d he said. We\u2019d been there for 45 minutes and were ready to leave, but shrugged and told him to bring it with a couple of extra plates so we could split it between the three of us, since no one was in the mood to eat a big burger at that point. He did. We ate it. He brought the check. The price hawk in our party looked it over and saw that we\u2019d been charged the full $50 for the late-arriving burger. When we brought it up to the waiter, he pointed out a clause on the menu indicating that entr\u00e9es would not be given the discount if shared.<\/em> Given the circumstances, we eventually got the discount, but that rule is brutal. What constitutes \u201csharing\u201d? A bite? Several bites? Be aware of this one and make sure that if you order an entr\u00e9e you can eat it all yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n So you need to come early for oysters and understand the sharing rule. Aside from that, this HH is a bargain on the high end, and we didn\u2019t even do the big bangers on the menu. The restaurant is beautiful and, as pointed out, there are lots of discounted options. Of the items we sampled the winners were the fondue and the Caesar salad. We were disappointed in the tartare and that burger was too fancy for us (squid ink on the bun isn\u2019t really our thing). We\u2019re gonna try it again, going early for the oysters and one of those steaks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Scotch 80 Prime is high-end steakhouse at the Palms (formerly N9NE). The food is big and so are the prices. So a happy hour with several of its best dishes\u2014appetizers and entr\u00e9es\u2014for 50%-off sounds ridiculous. An 8-ounce ribeye cap for $31? Yes, it\u2019s good, but you need to know a few things going in. 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No Oysters<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
No Sharing Entrees<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nThe Verdict<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n