Sherry L.
Yelp
I booked Rosa Negra as the last and splurge dinner for our trip. It was to celebrate my husband's birthday, so why not go all out?
The menu is extensive. There is a variety of meat and seafood dishes, with many appetizers and sides to choose from. Someone will come around with a display of the kobe beef and large lobster to upsell you. Other than that, there are other special items you can choose from than your typical run-of-the-mill high end steakhouse items. If you're looking for an extravagant dinner, you will get what you're looking for.
Hubby chose the Takamori NY strip, one of the kobe beef choices. They "cook" it tableside. I was fairly disappointed by this part actually. It's not a chef who comes tableside and carefully prepares your very expensive piece of perfectly marbled wagyu. It's one of the "managers", who is obviously not a trained chef. He handled the steak with his hands (albeit with gloves on) and, for lack of better of words, manhandled and butchered this beautiful piece of beef. I was cringing the entire time.
The beef was lightly seared over hot stone. It's all it really needs. And then seasoned with some salt. It was delicious of course. But that's because the quality of the meat is very high. It does not reflect the skill of the... preparer.
I got the special octopus that is like 0.0000x% of octopuses. It was grilled and served with a chimichurri sauce and potatoes. The octopus was very tender and not at all chewy.
\We also got the croquettes for appetizer and those were pretty good, but very filling. Their portions are surprisingly large and meant for sharing. If you're a party of 2, plan accordingly. I think the perfect table size is 4 based on the portion size.
I actually really enjoyed the free chips and bread course. There were multi-colored corn tortillas served with 3 salsas and a flaky brioche bread stuffed with cheese. YUM!
Drinks were fine but nothing to write home about.
For dessert, we got carrot cake, my husband's favorite. It was ginormous, of course.
A quick note on the ambiance, it feels like a Vegas nightclub.