CATCH — Restaurant in Paradise

I am quite sure we have reached consensus that today's aesthetically pleasing eateries must have beautifully landscaped with complete indoor gardens and hanging plants. The arched corridor entrance was overflowing with floral arrangements, greenery, and flowing water features. I got here a few minutes early and snapped a few photos. It's hard not to want to capture the sight. The last stragglers of our party were quite tardy, so naturally the rest of us took the time to have a mini photo session. Our party of six was seated at a rather small table. Most of our dishes were very tasty, albeit portions were on the small size, so we definitely had to double up on some dishes.

$18 One Too Many - strawberry-infused vodka, coconut, avocado, rose, lime: Great! A coconut cocktail that is not too sweet or too thick and creamy for my taste. Refreshing and sweet.

$36 Truffle Sashimi - tuna, hamachi, chili ponzu, caviar, black truffle pureé: Great! Caviar and truffles are so overused, but the truffle pureé here works. It adds an unctuous richness, which was slightly offset by the ponzu sauce and thinly sliced spring onions.

$29 Crispy Shrimp with spicy mayo: Good! Lightly breaded and crunchy, and lightly smothered in spicy mayo

$24 Crunchy Rice Cakes - tuna tartare, wasabi tobiko: Good! Slathered tuna on crunchy, slightly chewy rice

$26 Grilled Spanish Octopus - crispy potatoes, sofrito, garlic aioli: Great! Tender and buoyant cut octopus

$36 Wagyu Gyoza - A5 Japanese Miyazaki Wagyu, Serrano chili, micro cilantro, amazu ponzu: Good! Gyozas are always delicious, but when wagyu is chopped up and stuffed into a dumpling, you can't really taste the wagyu.

$30 Lobster Mac & Cheese - Maine lobster, mascarpone, breadcrumbs, grated parmesan: Okay! You can't really taste the lobster as the bits are tiny and mixed in with lots of elbow macaroni.

$23 Catch Roll - crab, salmon, miso honey: Good! I'm surprised the menu doesn't advertise the theatrics of searing the salmon with a blowtorch upon service.

$23 Hellfire Roll - spicy tuna two ways, pear, balsamic: Good! You can't go wrong with a tuna roll.

$23 MRC Roll - seared tuna, shrimp, ponzu butter: Good! I don't know what MRC stands for. It had a nice crunch.

$16 Cali Roll - cut: Good! your basic California roll, topped with tobiko

$20 Bluefin Toro: Great! Meaty, rich, and satisfying

$19 "Hit Me Chocolate Cake" - liquid Klondike, dulce de leche ice cream, brownie & devil's food: Good! If it weren't for the theatrics of pouring the chocolate sauce upon serving it, this would be a pretty basic ice cream and brownie dessert. You're then supposed to whack the chocolate covered ice cream bar and brownie tower with enough force to crack and break the chocolate shell of the Klondike bar. I think that once the chocolate sauce is poured on top, it softens and melts the chocolate shell, so there is less impact for breakage.

$16 Donut Wonder Wheel - raspberry, cream cheese, caramel and chocolate sauce: Good! Nice presentation with a dozen or so sugar covered doughnut holes arranged to look like a ferris wheel, with a set of sauces, 2 of which were in Catch labeled squeeze bottles.

Great seafood dishes with a smattering of beef options, especially if you're into some Asian fusion-y influences thrown in throughout. As beautiful as Catch is and I'm sure their other locations are just as attractive, I don't feel compelled to make return visits, since we just happened to have ordered and shared our way through half the menu and the entreés did not appeal too much to me. However, it wouldn't take much to convince me to go for the...

Catch has been a bucket list restaurant for me for some time and we finally had the opportunity to book them this past weekend. It did NOT disappoint!

For starters, PLACE A RESERVATION! I cannot stress this enough. This place is so busy that I had to schedule about a month in advance to ensure we could even dine here. Seriously, if this is a place you want to go to then you’ll do well to follow my advice.

Though we had reservations at 9:30 PM on a Sunday, it still took about 15 minutes before our server actually took our order. I would normally be a bit disappointed but she seemed to be the only server for 2 sections so I couldn’t argue with that.

TRUFFLE SASHIMI ($36) — this is SERIOUSLY to die for. Like, I’m still actively dreaming about how amazing this dish was because it was just that good. The fish was thick and fresh and the sauce complemented really well with it. If you’re not a sashimi fan, you’re going to love this dish. Yes, you read that right. Even the most apprehensive person would love this dish so don’t skip out on this one.

MEATPACKING MANHATTAN ($18) — this is the only cocktail that actually comes with its own complimentary flask! Despite the fact that it’s a strong whiskey cocktail, they did a fantastic job at still making it rather delicious for those that may not typically enjoy Manhattans.

CHARRED BROCCOLINI ($15) — honestly, this would be a great dish if they did not drown it with the lemon flavor. It was such an overpowering taste that if you ordered this with any steak, you’ve completely lost the flavor of anything else to this one. Just something to keep in mind for those looking to order it. I can see this pairing very well with a seafood entree but certainly not for steaks.

42 OZ PORTERHOUSE ($160) — the price is on par with other steakhouses on the strip but there is serious bang for your buck with the size. Truthfully, probably about 10 oz went to the bone size itself but still, this was a great deal. We had ours cooked medium so we’d have a great spread of medium-rare to medium-well as well but the truffle butter and oils were what truly made this steak SO WORTH IT! Come hungry if you’re a party of 2, otherwise I can see this perfectly for a group of 3.

Now despite the fact that they don’t actually celebrate for anniversaries or birthdays (or at least that’s what our server said), they still decorated an adorable dessert plate of donut holes which was a gentle touch.

Overall, I absolutely enjoyed my dining experience here. The ambiance is great, the food is delicious, and it’s a great location inside Aria. I highly recommend visiting this place and am eager to try out more of their cold entrees...

I wouldn’t recommend this restaurant just out of the fact the service was awful. Nothing seemed to be actually done to really rectify the situation either. My husband and I went out for a date night out on the strip. When we got sat the waiter came over introduced himself as Colin. He told us the food comes out in courses but we need to order everything at once. We found this very interesting but did as the waiter told us. Let me inform you that we ordered appetizers and entrees. When the food arrived ALL the food arrived. I said to my husband didn’t the waiter tell us that everything would be coming out spaced out? My husband said yes he did. I started watching over people around us order and the food came out to them as the waiter had told us in a spaced out manner. Back to the food arriving and not once did this waiter come over and ask how our food was, we had to stop bus boys to help us. We needed a beer refill we had to stop someone who wasn’t our waiter to help us. Our waiter was nearby but straight up ignored us. We eat our whole meal which was about 40 mins not one sign from our waiter. But he was helping people nearby. He would not make eye contact towards us or even look our direction. I finally got so angry because we were being ignored I got up from my table and went and found a manager. My mistake for not catching this managers name but he was wearing a grey suit and had a beard. I informed him of what was happening. I also asked him doesn’t the food come out in a scheduled like manner? He says “yes it does but if you order all appetizers then all those dishes out comes out at once. The guest makes the call. What can I do to make the situation better?” I didn't argue with this manager because at this point he gave me reaction of I was over reacting. I told him all I wanted at this point was service that my husband and I weren’t receiving. This manger must have said something to our waiter because all of a sudden colin comes over and says “how was everything?” I said it’s good. He asks is there anything else I can get you? I look at him and I said “the bill I want to go home.” He brought the hand held device to my husband and the bill ended up being over $200. My husband and I were Vegas locals I have never had such horrible service at a restaurant. For the amount of money we paid and how we got treated we shouldn’t have had to...