Gerard Lee
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After check-in, I walked around the casino looking for a place to have dinner. The most popular was Aloha Specialties, which resembled a popular plate lunch place in Hawaii. They even served food in ubiquitous disposable foam containers. I passed. I walked past California Noodle House (closed) and Market Street Café, as I wanted drinks and a substantive meal. That meant dining at Redwood or going off property. I was too tired to do the latter, so I got a table at the Redwood.
The decor is modern steakhouse, with subdued lighting, grey / green walls, dark wood beams and light fixtures, and a multi-colored carpet.
I ordered a Hendricks gin & tonic ($14), a warm Spinach Salad ($15), Short Rib Pappardelle ($39), and a glass of Faust Cabernet Sauvignon ($18) to accompany my entrée. Service was very leisurely, which isn’t a good thing because I don’t like waiting. To the good, my gin & tonic came with the proper slices of cucumber … Most places get this wrong. Hendricks gin is infused with cucumber and rose petals; a lime hinders the subtle flavor of the gin.
My salad was fine, except it was enormous! It would have been good for two diners. I consumed half and pushed it aside. My entrée was not quite what I’d imagined … I should have read the menu more carefully. Large chunks of boneless short rib were mixed with the pappardelle pasta in a creamy sauce that reminded me of Beef Stroganoff. It came with two pieces of buttered / cheese toast. Again, the portion was much too large for me, and I would have preferred a marinara sauce. I ate most of the pasta but left most of the short rib. It was too much like stew meat for my palate.
I asked YulA (my server) for a cup of coffee to go and left somewhat unsatisfied. Other diners seemed to be enjoying themselves, so it was likely just me and a poor choice of entrée. $93.20 plus a $20 tip for a so-so meal. Rating: 3.5, probably due more to my foul mood caused by the cancellation of the flight home.