One of these days, perhaps, we’ll try the $35 lobster roll at Marigold with a $130 bottle of wine, wearing of course our $450 sneakers and $150 T-shirt from the Sneaker Garden shop on the second floor. But of the myriad dining options at Resorts World, we were — being who we are — most interested in the Famous Foods Street Eats food court.
Comprising 17 stalls in a big 24,000-square-foot venue, most outlets feature Asian food, such as Chinese dumplings, Hainanese poached chicken, Peking duck burritos, Chinese claypots and noodles, Filipino lechon (whole pig), Indian curry, Thai beef, Japanese yakitori and sushi, Taiwanese bubble tea, and Singapore sundries. The Western choices include fried chicken, Italian, and barbecue. We’re in the middle of a survey of Vegas’ barbecue scene for the Las Vegas Advisor, so we gravitated to Blood Bros., a Houston-area bbq that uses Asian spices (one of the partners is Korean).
You’ll notice the overhead menu has no prices. Only when you’re standing at the counter, ordering from the screen, after waiting 20 minutes, with 20 people behind you, do you see how much the selections cost.
This is the first page you see on the screen at the counter, where you select the menu from which you want to order. The good news: Since every outlet has every menu, just get on the line that’s shortest to order.
First you input your cell number if you want a receipt; it’s texted to you.
Touch your food and beverage items, choose your payment option, then step aside (or walk over to the food counter, if you ordered from a different one). When your food is ready, you’re called by the number on your receipt, which you’ll find in your text messages.
We tried the brisket, ribs, and a side of potato salad and the bill with tax and tip, as you can see, came to $53.85. The quality is excellent (the brisket is succulent and the Korean-spiced ribs pack some heat), but as you can also see, it’s not an overwhelming amount of food for the overwhelming price. To put it in perspective, one slice of brisket is $6.33; that’s $1.66 less than the complete steak dinner at Ellis Island.
Resorts World, even the food court, is not for people on a strict budget. But if it’s new and interesting Las Vegas experiences you’re after, the new kid on the Strip should be your first stop.
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Thanks for the heads up. If and when I get over to Resorts World, I’ll be sure to eat at a much more affordable spot.
This is the new standard for high end BBQ food, tiny portions and hefty price tags… There is a famous small high end BBQ place a couple of blocks from where I live, we can smell the brisket being smoked, they start at about eight in the morning. We solved the price issues by purchasing the brisket by the pound, and doing our own salads and sides. It’s still an expensive indulgence, but its a way to taste the smoky goodness without having to eat spam for weeks to control the food budget… The concept that Resorts World is pushing here is interesting, having a 100% gourmet/foodie food court will either sink or swim, only time will tell. Foodies are not only interested in top end main courses, they also want a balanced/healthy meal.
Did you notice the automatic $4 service charge (charged tip)? Can you ask to have that taken off your bill?
For ed, I walked all over that casino. There are no cheap options.
16 dollar pancakes?
If I can keep the tip and service charge I would make more than as a lawyer.
I’m not sure why no one has mentioned that you can get FREE money from Resorts World. You can get $149.50 once by setting up a cashless account. You fund it with $1000 from a bank account. There is a $29.50 fee which Resorts World refunds. And they also give an additional $150. Then you go to the cashier and say that you aren’t crazy about the cashless system and want your money back. Their high tech isn’t good enough to have a decimal point, so you end up having to leave $0.50 behind. They hand you $1179 in cash. Don’t make the mistake of funding your account with less than $1000. Funding your account with up to $999 will get you a whopping $10 bonus.
I heard from a couple Twitter sources that Resorts World canceled that promotion pretty quickly.
I recommend that everybody refuse to patronize these places that charge too much. They don’t deserve to get too much profit. it’s simply us taking extra money out of our pocket and putting it into their pocket; why would we want to do that? The only exception we should make is when it’s a question of patronizing a mom-‘n’-pop place or single entrepreneur’s little business; I like to see “the little guys” succeed instead of them going under and having to close.
The street bird chicken is not good now that they changed
From the whole Wing it’s just not the same
I don’t enjoy it anymore