If I open a lounge or higher end restaurant I want it to look and feel similar to what 9 on the Plate has done to this former Geisha House. The interior is so awesome in my opinion. The small dining room I was seated in was brightly lit, which was perfect for the foodie porn I usually document when I dine out. Plus Top Chef rerun was on the TV mounted on the wall in that room, so I didn't have to occupy my attention on obsessively checking my Yelp app.\n\nThe menu is fairly simple, and divided into \"modern\" and \"traditional\" sections. So I ordered items from both, just to round out my first experience at this Korean tapas style restaurant in Desert Inn & Durango section of Las Vegas.\n\nBulgogi Beef Sliders - $8. 2 sliders that were really delicious, although I would ideally like more meat in these sliders and none of the potato chips that it was served with. Better yet, make it a trio.\n\nL.A. Galbi - $12. Still not sure what made it \"LA-style\", but it was cooked well, but not extraordinary that I would order it again in my next visit.\n\nBraised Oxtail - $15. Decent. Big pieces of tendered oxtail with carrots, daikon and mushrooms in a lot of braising liquid. Tasted just like the broth I make at home when I braised oxtail or beef ribs. \n\nFood overall is good. Value-wise, I think it fell short.\n\nService was fantastic. Very attentive without the feeling of getting smothered.\n\nYou already know what I think of their d\u00e9cor and ambiance.\n\nWith the very few number of customers that do drop in, from first hand experience and the general trend from reading the other reviews, I hope they survive long enough to amass a customer base to sustain them long term.\n\nUpscaling my rating slightly to 4 stars.\n\nReview #3 of 2014
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