Hi Gang:
Hedy and I really tried to give the new Seven Stars Lounge at Caesars AC an
opportunity to improve ... we really did. But after this weekend's visit,
our third since it opened, we're sorry, but it's three strikes and yer out!
We had a nice night planned. We were meeting two friends for dinner at 6
before going to see Human Nature in the Caesars theater at 8. We suggested
the new Seven Stars Lounge since it was so convenient to the theater and the
show. Big mistake.
The lounge was crowded but we found a spot with a low table and four chairs
and we settled in. It took a few minutes for a server to come over -- his
name was Chris -- then we ordered drinks and our appetizers and entrees. He
may have been rushed and a bit hassled given the large crowd in the room,
but it was obvious to us all that he had an attitude from the word go.
Hedy ordered the chicken dumpling soup and open turkey platter and I
ordered a wedge salad, shrimp cocktail and the filet mignon special. Our friends
ordered appetizers and entrees as well. We got our drinks pretty quickly
but 40 minutes later we hadn't seen a morsel of food.
A manager passed by and Hedy asked him if he could check on our food.
Chris, who was taking an order at an adjacent table, saw her talking to the
manager and quickly came over and said, in a not-too-friendly tone, "What's
the problem?"
"The problem," Hedy said, "is that we've been sitting here for 40 minutes
and we haven't even gotten our soup or salad and we have a show to go to at
8 o'clock."
Chris said nothing and walked away. The manager said he would check on our
food and a few minutes later came back with our appetizers in hand.
Great ... except Hedy's soup was ice cold and had no dumplings. I tried to
cut up my salad but it was almost impossible and when I took a bite it
tasted gritty, almost as if the lettuce hadn't been washed. Oh, and they
completely forgot about my shrimp cocktail.
Hedy again hailed down the manager and he apologized and immediately got
her a fresh bowl of soup and my shrimp cocktail.
Again, we waited for about a half hour before our entrees came out and this
was the straw that broke the camel's back. Hedy's "hot open turkey
platter" consisted of a piece of white turkey breast that measured about one inch
by three inches. It was leaning on top of something that looked a like a
McDonald's hash brown. We think it was dressing but we weren't sure.
My "filet mignon" was a piece of meat about the size of a silver dollar and
it was sitting on a small clump of mashed potatoes. Neither dish had
anyone else on it. No veggies, nothing. When I cut open my piece of meat it was
raw ... not rare, RAW!
Our friends' dishes were a bit better, but not much, and the portion sizes
were ridiculously small. We all looked at each and decided that since we
had about 25 minutes before the show started that we would leave immediately
and go downstairs to the Diamond Lounge to get some real food.
We enjoyed the food offerings in the DL then went to the show and
thoroughly enjoyed it. Hedy and I had seen Human Nature in Las Vegas at the
Imperial Palace, where they play a regular gig, but our friends had never seen
them and were raving about the show afterwards. I know I've touted this group
on these boards before but I want to reiterate that if you've never seen
their show, please go. You'll love it. It sounds incongruous, as they say in
the show, but five white Aussies singing Motown hits just works so well.
They had the entire audience up and dancing much of the night and received
multiple standing ovations. They will be performing at Caesars for another two
weeks. If you get a chance to go, please do. You won't be disappointed.
Just don't go to the Seven Stars Lounge for a pre-show snack. In our minds
this Lounge doesn't come close to the one at Harrah's. We rate it about 4
1/2 stars, at best!!!
Regards,
CoachVee & Hedy
PS: We leave tomorrow for our 12-night Russia/Scandinava cruise out of
Amsterdam and were happy to keep our winning streak at Harrah's alive thanks to
aces with a kicker twice (once dealt!) for 2K each and several other sets
of aces and low quads with kickers. When you're hot ... you're hot!
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