Ben N.
Yelp
Despite a terrific entree, our experience at Court Street Kitchen was just too uneven at its price points to get this rating above three stars.
Those price points are right up there with some of the most renowned restaurants in town, but I don't think the food, service, and decor warranted it.
First off, we weren't big fans of the ambience of CSK: It's a sharp-looking and spotless restaurant, but a bit antiseptic perhaps, and the music is tedious and repetitive EDM. I've never even been to Vegas, but I imagine that this is what a less-than-stellar Vegas hotel restaurant might be like.
Biggest disaster of the evening was the very first course, the Amarillo Ceviche, which consisted of an overly sweet and citrusy and overly chilled broth with mushy ahi tuna. Not at all good, and a pittance of food for $34. (In just the last few months, I've had ceviche tostadas in Mexican restaurants that were markedly better, more generous with the seafood (admittedly, not ahi tuna), and under $10.) Arancini were a nicer app, with big flavor, but ultimately pretty simple. (These two items were actually brought out together, and they shouldn't have been.)
Things started to improve somewhat with the arugula salad, which, while nothing fancy, was at least fresh and bright and properly dressed.
The entree, though, was a pretty much a home run, or at least a triple. We found out that the grill is where Court Street Grill crushes it. The kitchen absolute nailed the cooking of the branzino; it had the crispy skin you want, and was accompanied by delicious veggies. Delicious. We also had the grilled asparagus as a side, and those were just about perfect. The kitchen split the entree into two generous portions and plated both very nicely; not cheap ($48), but fair for a dish of this size and quality.
We both agreed that the cocktails were not the best. I had an Old Fashioned that was just two sweet and lacked complexity. And our server was very pleasant all evening, but not particularly polished.
Our dinner peaked at the right point, but overall our experience here was a bit rocky.