Restaurant The Pepper Club by Todd English, Las Vegas: Excellent Japanese

For my second evening in the City of Vice, I made a reservation at The Pepper Club… Which you already know, since it’s the restaurant of thehotel where I’m staying.

As a reminder, here is the itinerary followed:

#	Type	Review
1	Diary	Business Trip in Las Vegas
2	Lounge	American Airlines Admirals Club, Boston Logan
3	Flight	American Airlines Domestic First, Boston Logan – Phoenix Sky Harbor, Airbus A321neo
4	Lounge	American Airlines Admirals Club, Phoenix Sky Harbor
5	Flight	American Airlines Domestic First, Phoenix Sky Harbor – Las Vegas Harry Reid, Boeing 737 MAX 8
6	Hotel	The ENGLiSH Hotel, Las Vegas, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel
7	Restaurant	The Pepper Club by Todd English, Las Vegas
8	Restaurant	Ramsay Kitchen at the Harrah’s, Las Vegas
9	Restaurant	Restaurant Guy Savoy at The Caesars Palace, Las Vegas
10	Lounge	American Express Centurion Lounge, Las Vegas Harry Reid
11	Flight	American Airlines Domestic First, Las Vegas Harry Reid – Los Angeles International, Airbus A321
12	Hotel	The Ritz-Carlton Marina del Rey
13	Lounge	American Airlines Flagship Lounge, Los Angeles International
14	Flight	American Airlines Flagship First, Los Angeles International – Boston Logan, Airbus A321T

Today’s itinerary

The concept

It is an original concept of the restaurateur Todd English for this new hotel located Downtown Las Vegas, in the North of the so known strip.

It is a Japanese-Mediterranean fusion restaurant. Strange on paper.

The setting

The decoration is perfectly up to date, with different spaces: tables of course, but also around a central bar, booths, an outdoor terrace space and a counter facing the sushi masters.

The menu

The proposed menu is very appealing. Already very large at first sight, it is completed by a list of specials of the month, and notably Wagyu beef (too big for me) and an impressive list of ultra-fresh nigiri and sashimi.

The meal and the dishes

As an appetizer, I ordered a selection of these fresh sushi and sashimi, in this case two nigiri of otoro, the extra fatty tuna, and 3 sashimi of scallops.

I started with the scallop sashimi, lightly lemony, which will be a delight, melting to perfection!

I cleaned my palate with the homemade ginger that was on the platter, before moving on to the otoro nigiri, which were absolutely magnificent, topped with oscietre caviar that reinforces the marine side of this usually very mild nigiri. Just perfect.

At my request, a break will be made between the starter and the main course to give me time to digest.

For the main course, I tried a roll called the GOAT (no, not Lionel Messi), composed of a lobster tempura, beef, wasabi puree, and gold leaf. Absolutely fantastic marriage of taste yet unusual on paper.

I washed my meal down with hot green tea and a cocktail I had already tried as an aperitif, the Strawberry Fields.

The service

The service was very good. The last plate clearing was a little too long for my taste, but the “false rhythm” I installed with my waiter did not help him to anticipate my rhythm of meal.