Atlas Steak + Fish — Restaurant in City of Langley

A girlfriend and I dined here this past Thursday night for my birthday, mind you we did not have a reservation, though the hostess did ask us if we were here for a special event or date etc unto which we let her know we were in fact celebrating a birthday! We were seated and waited quite a bit while the waiter (only tending to one other table in that section) took his time bringing waters or greeting us at all. We ordered starters, overall ok, Cesar salad is advertised a bit misleading on the price format, extremely over priced at $17 per person for an overtly bitter salad and a drab table side prep by a shy hostess or kitchen staff that seem uninterested and highly unenthusiastic. Hy’s has them beat a million times over at only $20 for a full serving (feeds up to 4) Whatever. Steaks great, perfectly cooked, but comes with about two mini potatoes, both cut in half. Not sure what’s up with the rations, maybe they’re compensating for the taxing Cesar salads. Would be nice to pay $50 MIN for a 4oz steak and receive a proper side-but I suppose that’s how these establishments work. I understand that. My only complaint with the entree was I ordered the Oscar topping, which comes with a béarnaise sauce. On top of that they added a very pungent, spicy chimmichurri sauce that paired horribly. Not a fan. I originally asked just for some napkin to wipe off the sauce not fully thinking it through. My girlfriend added that there was quite a bit of sauce on the ring around the plate and it would be silly of me to sit here and try to soak it up with paper towels at the dining table, not only that but what shall we do after with the soaked towels? I agreed that she was right and we both told the waiter it would be best for them to take it back. I was taken aback after thinking it through that the waiter didn’t offer once to do that in the beginning, and would have allowed me To sit and wipe my food with paper towels and dispose of them on a table we were dining on, spreading the mess further. That to me, showed a lack of care for our experience and for an experienced waiter at a higher end restaurant, it should have been a no brainer to offer us to take it back and handle the removal. I was also rather disappointed in the lack of acknowledgment regarding the reason for our dinner, there was no complimentary dessert, the waiter asked “if we’d like to order something else” which to me entailed, we don’t offer complimentary birthday treats-which is extremely odd and just offputting. Service is lacklustre. You’d get better at a white spot honestly. If you’re going to charge for luxury dining, please at least provide a luxury EXPERIENCE. This...

I’ve always wanted to try this restaurant and last night I had a date, so this would be a great choice… or so I thought. My date and I were seated in the very bright part of the restaurant. It was 6:45 pm and I wanted more of an evening ambience so I whispered to the lady that walked us to the table. It’s so bright in here can we sit in the other room and she yelled out in front of my date. What are you crazy? This is a beautiful bright room! I had to lie and say that I was just saying it was a nice room because I was so embarrassed, but I did not want to sit with my evening make up and attire in a bright room. I would’ve preferred the candlelit room that you walk into upon entering the restaurant. I hope the Sun would go down fast So that I’d have the ambience, I was looking for… Now I have to say the customer service was fantastic, except for that snag upon arrival, and because of that I was expecting fantastic food which was not the case. Salad way, too much Italian dressing on it and it didn’t taste anything different from kraft dressing And it was pretty boring. They were a couple of small tomatoes in it and some kind of crunchy nuts With sliced cheese on top, but I was expecting something a little more fancy I only had a few bites of the salad because I didn’t like how boring it was, or the dressing. My halibut looked beautiful when it arrived. However, I had to eat it with bread because it was so salty. It was pretty much ruined, but I didn’t want to say anything negative in front of my date. The chef definitely is not testing food before he plates… The broccoli dish was horrible. It had so much balsamic reduction or something in it that I was coughing for 10 minutes and literally lost my voice because it was so harsh on my throat. The layer of cheese on the top wasn’t eaten and neither were the Brussels sprouts. The asparagus was good that was actually the best thing out of the whole meal. My date had the steak. He said it was good but I didn’t taste it so I’ll leave it at that. He didn’t eat the Brussels sprouts, the cheese on top or the salad either and we didn’t discuss anything about it at the time. So all in all, I was pretty disappointed I would not return… I wished I had gone somewhere else because well over $200 dinner when you know it enjoy it is a real bummer. Again, customer service was amazing, but they really need to do something about the chef’s selections and plating. Easy on the salt is what I would suggest, as well as don’t make side dishes More than they should be. Get a salad dressing and make the salad...

Had a mostly great experience here. The restaurant is attached to the casino so they asked if we were underage when we entered and checked our ID. The hostess said its casino policy they can't let in minors.

It was great to begin with and my girlfriend and I ordered the seafood mixed grill with a porterhouse steak cooked medium rare. We started with an El Diablo for me and the Atlas Ceaser for her. The Diablo was amazing but the ceaser had no rim and was lacking in worcestershire sauce making it rather bland.

Our waitress was amazing and she asked about our drinks and we told her about the dissapointing ceaser cocktail. She took it off our bill and my girlfriend got an El Diablo as well (this cocktail is simply amazing).

When the food arrived the seafood mixed grill was delicious every part from the lobster, crab claws to the soft shell crab was perfect. Our porterhouse steak however was not the best. The strip side of the porterhouse was a nice medium rare, tender and we received black garlic truffle butter to enhance the richness. Unfortunately, the fillet/tenderloin side of the porterhouse was cooked to medium well and had a scarce hint of color in the center.

Finally, as we were enjoying our romantic dinner together we were bombarded with the screaming and shouting of children next to our table. They were not there to dine. It seemed like they came inside because some relatives were having dinner. We were told casino policy required ID and were asked for it at entry. Yet the table beside us had children and they didn't just leave they sat there talking with screaming children for nearly 20 minutes.

This completely killed the romantic atmosphere we had before and I expect more professionalism when paying $300 for a meal at a casino with underage restrictions. My girlfriend went from having a great time to wanting to leave.

For future reference, I would recommend you do not allow kids in the restaurant if you are going to ID people at the door. People with kids shouldn't be going to a casino anyway for dinner if they need to bring them along. I don't understand how this was allowed as it seems like a major liability to let minors in a casino, even if it is a restaurant. What was the point in asking...