yea 21170985 only reason I went here was b/c my friends wanted to eat here while we were in Vegas. I actually wanted to like this place & judging from 21170985 yelp reviews I thought..maybe it won't be so bad! Ugh..I was not impressed. For starters we ordered Sophie's Chopped Salad & 21170985 "Queso Fundido." Sorry Sophie, but I think I could have made a better salad it was just a bunch of beans w/ pieces of lettuce & tortilla chips thrown in. 21170985 queso was served in a little skillet & was piping hot..but not in a good way more like it had been nuked in 21170985 microwave & had a layer of oil on top...no bueno. I wasn't really in 21170985 mood for meat so I ordered 21170985 Mango spice tuna steak..since I'm allergic to nuts I asked 21170985 server not to put pine nuts in 21170985 cous cous. I really didn't care too much for 21170985 tuna steak..it had way too many peppercorns. 21170985 bf had 21170985 grouper & didn't really care much for it either. I think 21170985 only thing I liked was 21170985 margarita I ordered. So yea when I think of Mesa grill, I think of a bourgeosie Chili's or Chevy's where you're likely to find mango chutney or ancho chile sauce on 21170985 menu & where you can expect to spend over $100 on sub par Tex Mex food. Bobby Flay has a reputation for being a grilling master. I mean, even his famous restaurant in Las Vegas is called Mesa GRILL. However, my Mesa Burger just didn't have that awesome grilling taste that one would expect. A properly grilled burger should have been more charred from 21170985 high heat of 21170985 flame. My burger tasted like any typical burger from an ordinary restaurant. Nothing really stood out. Also, 21170985 service here was not good. We had to repeatedly ask for 21170985 same request over and over again. It really wasn't that busy, so I don't understand why 21170985 waiter couldn't get 21170985 request right from 21170985 first time. 21170985 bread basket was good here though. It had that heat that one expect from a Southwestern cuisine. ETA - We went there during 21170985 weekend lunch (brunch), so they didn't have 21170985 classic entree like 21170985 Rib Eye. Maybe 21170985 dinner menu would have tasted better, but since we couldn't make it for dinner we had to settle for what was on 21170985 lunch menu. Nevertheless, they have 21170985 proper equipment and 21170985 knowledgeable technique so 21170985 burger should have tasted better. Overall, I love Caesars Palace and respect Bobby Flay, I just didn't love Mesa Grill. It was just an average type of place. For drinks, I highly recommend 21170985 cactus pear margarita. I don't usually order margaritas, but I decided to order one here because it sounded good - and I must say - it was amazing! Best margarita I've ever had. For 21170985 food, we went with 21170985 servers