Sushisamba ~ international chain : Las Vegas, Nevada

First visit: Mar 2024 (Venetian)

Locations: 5 total including two in London, and one each in Dubai and Doha.

If there's ever a restaurant that doesn't have my name on it, it's Sushisamba. It's interesting to me that I don't gravitate to these glitzy type of venues. My peers were thrilled, and couldn't wait to go. It was another vendor sponsored dinner, so one needs to be gracious. I survived the experience, but I do struggle with the reputation of these places. I was most excited about trying the "samba" portion of the menu. Having been and worked in Brazil and Peru before, I quite love the food of this part of South America. As noted on these pages prior, I can live without the sushi just fine. But I kept an open mind. It was my hope I could order off the menu, but no such luck. The meal was pre-planned as it was a much larger group than I had anticipated - or had been told. I'll be positive and state that I did enjoy the crispy taquitos Japanese Kobe and the Churrasco Rio Grande (aka meat platter) with ribeye, chorizo, and wagyu picanha. Some of the sushi was fine like the crab rolls. I avoided anything that was raw. I'm sure I would have been fine, but work conferences are not the place to introduce foods like that to your body. Nonetheless this isn't my food of choice to begin with. For cocktails, seems mixed drinks were a hit, and wine was OK. I stuck to beer, and the craft option was Lagunitas IPA, and that's it. So I had three of those. Service was excellent considering the large group. The loud atmosphere was typical of these places. Like the tapas place we went to in San Diego for one of my niece's wedding event, the Regular Joe's Guide is not your go-to read for restaurants such as these. But if you want to be with-it, and have a fistful of dollars to burn, then Sushisamba would be a safe bet. Most of those I spoke with enjoyed it. I liked it fine enough (and remain grateful for these opportunities), but there's no way I'd go here on my own or with Mrs. RJG. 

3/6/24 (new entry)

Las Vegas