Emeril's New Orleans Fish House Restaurant Review:
The glowing restaurant's focal points are its seafood bar and wine racks showcasing the various bottles. A raw bar, located near the bar area, provides customers with a front row view of professional shuckers. Among appetizers, New Orleans barbecued shrimp with rosemary focaccia is a favorite, as is the Louisiana spicy crawfish etouffée with long grain rice and shaved green onion. Something not...
Enter this boisterous spot, chef Emeril Lagasse's first Vegas restaurant (one of the city's earlier celeb-helmed eateries), under an arch of water spouting from a wrought-iron fish. Menu highlights might include Creole-mustard glazed Texas redfish, pepper-crusted prime sirloin, or sweet barbecued Scottish salmon with andouille sausage and Brabant potatoes. Be sure to order a side of...
TV chef takes time out to fish for new territory at his Rockwell-renovated MGM flagship eatery. Spiced-up versions of calamari, gulf snapper, and andouille-crusted redfish are presented to a lively dining room of fans mocking the chef with endless "Bam!"
As with Wolfgang Puck, the ubiquitous Emeril Lagasse has probably spread himself too thin. Although we thoroughly enjoyed his shows on the Food Network and can attest that his flagship restaurant in New Orleans remains as good as ever, this Vegas outpost seems to have slipped. Part of that may be our prejudice about seafood restaurants in the desert -- yes, we know about airplanes and...