Originally Posted by
jcwoman
Went to Craft Steakhouse in Vegas to see what Tom Coliccio's place is like. Food was terrific. Overall the service was too, but I'm still very confused by one thing that happened. It sounded like it was a tasting menu, especially as the waiter tried to describe how the menu worked. He advised us to order two proteins as well as one side disk, and the meals also came with appetizers and dessert. It turned out that it was not a tasting menu, more like family style. So what they brought the two of us was a meal for 4 - 6 people. It was so disappointing because the food was exquisite but we had to leave much of it to waste because there was just so much.
I don't know if the waiter steered us wrong or we misunderstood him or what happened. At a restaurant of that caliber, I fully expect the waiter to say "hey, that's going to be a lot of food, are you sure you want to order all that?" but he didn't.
I'm always on the alert for portion size when dining out in America - more often than not I streer clear of the appetizer as the main courses are often huge and sometimes both are as big as each other.
Obviously this is often less of a point in fine dining joints so I agree that the waiter really should have advised you exactly how much food was going to be on the plates you ordered.