text: I hate giving less-than-stellar reviews, but if I go by the Yelp star code, well, I've definitely had better than Bouchon.\n\nI've been here in my pre-yelp days and never had a bad word to say about the place. Sadly, my last experience wasn't up to par.\n\nThe atmosphere here is lovely and our server was nothing but pleasant. I started with a cup of the French onion soup and my friend had a salad - no complaints on either.\n\nI was actually looking for a rib eye, but since there wasn't one on the menu, I went with Steak Frites. A pan-seared 9 oz. flat iron, caramelized shallots & ma\u00eetre d'h\u00f4tel butter served with French fries. When it arrived, it looked and smelled wonderful, but upon first bite I could immediately tell something was wrong.\n\nThere was a very strong and very unpleasant metallic after taste to that first bite. My friend gave me a bite of his NY strip and it tasted the way steak was supposed to. Then I thought maybe the butter or shallots had burned and that's why my bite was off. So I scraped everything off the piece of meat and went in for another bite. Same story. Odd, off-putting taste all over again. I hate to use the word \"rancid\", but well, that's what it tasted like.\n\nThe waiter came to check on us and I ended up sending the steak back. As my waistline will attest, I have never sent anything back in my entire life. The waiter was very nice, though I think he may be new as he was a bit flustered and nervous. I was glancing at the menu to see if there was anything else I wanted to try and though he was trying to be helpful the waiter offering to wait for me while I selected another entree felt a little pressured. I hurriedly ordered the salmon and while it came out fast and was tasty, it wasn't really what I wanted.\n\nI was surprised and disappointed by the experience here. I know this place can be great, but with such a huge variety of fantastic restaurants in Las Vegas, I think I'll have to move on from Bouchon.