Garfield’s Restaurant

I just tried calling this place to make a reservation and the message said they were «Latin fish» and they weren’t even open yet. Kind of disappointing.

UPDATE: 11÷28÷14 — Garfield’s is CLOSED for good. — We ate there last Thanksgiving 2013. Not sure how to change DATE on my reviews. Sorry.
Great tasting food, excellent service. Spent Thanksgiving here one year on the beautiful patio. It’s great place for locals and out-​of-​town guests with view of water.

This place left a lasting impression as the definition of fine dining. Delicious food, great ambience, a beautiful view, and a five star staff leave me recommending Garfield’s over and over again to anyone looking for a great dining experience in the Summerlin/​Las Vegas area.

This place is closed down, closed down, closed down. Please don’t waste your time, it is closed down …

***Before I post… I’d like to point out that «somehow» a bunch of one and two star bad reviews from the wine pairing night seem to have disappeared from the page… I wonder why that is…***
My boyfriend and I were given a living social deal from a friend for a date night here. It was a 4 course prix fixe wine pairing dinner. The deal was $ 30/​person for the normally ~$ 60/​person meal. TERRIBLE!
First course was salmon tar tar with croutons. Actually decent, but the size of a silver dollar. Second course was scallops with basil rice. Our table got very small scallops compared to what everyone else got. Ours where a little larger than a gold dollar. My boys were cooked perfect, mine were rubbery and overdone. Rice was good, but again, super small portions. Maybe a half cup of rice.
Third course was chicken. Finally a big plate, right? Wrong. For thin slices of dry chicken over a mediocre mole with Mexican rice. Bland. Still hungry.
Here comes the forth course! Yummy dessert time! Except that the raspberry mouse was unpalatable. I ate one bite.
Did I mention this was a wine pairing? The wines were overall acceptable, but were not well paired with the meals.
And to top it off, we were handed a bill at the end that included not only 18% gratuity, which of course we expected to pay, but over $ 10 tax on what was supposed to be a prepaid meal. Needless to say, we’re unimpressed and will not be returning. We ended up needing to eat when we got home because we were still hungry. Oh, and did I mention that this 4 course dinner took over two and a half hours?!

*This review was actually written last year, but wasn’t posted until I resent my confirmation email. There may be new menu items/​chef /​staff/​products used since then. Man I hope so.*
As I was sitting down to eat my snack of a frozen microwave dinner, that old familiar smell of the cardboard box they come in sent me back to the crab cakes I had here at Garfield’s & I decided to finally open up my Unilocal account.
Yep, this place was so disappointing & bad that I had to share.
This was my BDay brunch. I went for the lakeside seating & $ 10 bottomless mimosas & Bellinis with my husband.
We were seated quickly 5 minutes after someone walked up to the hostess booth, said «HI» & «just a moment», then walked away, we were then seated by, I assume, the MGR.
We then sat there for at least 15 minutes before our server even came out. We had plenty of time to choose, so we ordered, including drinks.
Our drinks finally arrived with the bread. They were good. We sat, chatted more, enjoying the time to ourselves, but getting hungry & our drinks were done. So, wanting a cigarette, I got up, found our server to let him know we ready for our 2^nd round of the same. They came right after I came back to sit.
Finally our food arrived. I had crab cakes & Eggs Beni Florentine. The crab cakes were atrocious. Tiny & with the very obvious aftertaste of a frozen cardboard box that had been sitting out to defrost. The accompanying sauce may have been made in-​house though. My Benedict was nothing to write home about. My husband got steak & eggs, and it too had a weird aftertaste. So much so that I’m very thankful we didn’t both get food poisoning. It was that weird & not right.
Our 2 hour brunch that we planned turned into 3&½ since the service was so dreadfully slow, we decided to stay, enjoy the weather & the view & milk our $ 10 bottomless mimosas… keep ‘em coming!
The quality of the food made me wonder what was going on in the pantry/​freezer of the kitchen (I guess I watch too much Kitchen Nightmares).
I will never go back here & have Unliked their Facebook page & also posted on FB to my friends to never go there.
Waste of money & a birthday brunch. I should have gone to Eat. Downtown.

This is my first negative review. We went here for a date night. The hostess sat us at a table with a nice view on the patio. She didn’t seem to care for her job. She didn’t even look at us the whole time. But that wasn’t a big problem. She’s young and probably has her mind somewhere else. So 15 – 20 minutes went by and no one came to our table at all. So we left. As we were walking out one of the servers asked if anything was wrong. We said, «we are leaving, no one even knows we are here». He didn’t apologize or try to get us to stay. All he said was «okay.» His response is what persuaded me to leave my first negative review. To make it worse, we live in Southern Highlands so it wasn’t a short drive.
On a bright side, we ended up having dinner somewhere else and had a good date night.

I went to Garfield’s for Sunday brunch. All signs pointed to a delightful Sunday brunch with a view of the lake. But don’t let the lake view fool you. This place was pretty bad. The service was very slow and inaccurate. And on top of that, the food wasn’t all that great either. I ordered a chopped salad. Simple. You can’t screw that up right? It was the saddest salad I have ever seen. My fellow diners actually teased me about it. It was a small portion of 99% iceberg lettuce. There was literally only a couple pieces of tomato that were the size of a peppercorn. Also, there was a light sprinkling of ham. It was completely underwhelming. I’ve seen side salads at mcdonalds that looked and tasted better.
One person at our table ordered French toast, which comes with berries. The order arrived with no fruit whatsoever. We notified one person who told us they gave us someone else’s order, but he’d bring out fruit. A couple people had finished their meals when we notified a 2^nd person of the missing fruit who also said he’d bring it. The person eating the French toast slowed down to wait for the fruit. By the time the fruit came everyone was done with their meals and the French toast was now cold and ¾ eaten. Yum.
In a nutshell: Plain food with poor service. Go somewhere else.

Picture sitting by the lake, the air is still and quiet except for a crisp cool breeze lapping at your face. Ice tea in your hand, fresh rolls in a basket and a piping hot bowl of the best mushroom soup you will taste. That was my lunch today. I had forgotten how relaxing it is by lakes, you almost forget you live in a desert. The soup was sensational (and a good thing too because the waiter put himself out there by promising it would be awesome.) and the calamari was uniquely battered. The burgers were really good, better than expected from a general restaurant. The atmosphere really puts this place over the top though.

I previously wrote a very lengthy review of this restaurant, which somehow got deleted… Obviously it was a bad review. I wonder how the good reviews of this place can be trusted if they have the power to remove the reviews they don’t like.
I had a terrible experience there Monday night. They only offered five menu items (Hamburgers, hotdogs, garlic fries, pretzels, and chicken wings) When we wanted to order from the regular menu, we were refused. The manager was incredibly rude, and drinking on the job. Normally I would just decide not to return there for Monday night football, but continue to be a customer, except for the incredibly unprofessional demeanor of their manager. I will never go back there again.

Pros: The view. Fancy paper towels in the washroom. The servers, in general, seem to care and try hard.
Cons: Basically. .. everything else. The management (especially the general manager, in particular, who seems to fancy himself some sort of bargain-​basement Vin Diesel clone. Seriously — the pseudo tough-​guy act belongs in the gym, not directed at customers in your restaurant), the menu selections, and a Monday Night Football event that is now so limp and neutered that John Bobbitt should be the spokesperson.
In a town that offers soooo many excellent choices, there’s absolutely no reason to settle for Garfield’s Amateur Night. Save yourself time and frustration and take your business elsewhere.

Order the burger!
The hubby and I decided to stop by for lunch.
We sat outside with a great view of the lake. Quiet and peaceful.
Service and ambiance upscale and fabulous.
Gumbo is delicious, I could lick the bowl!!!
Bread basket yummy!
My hamburger was the best burger I’ve had in a long long long time. Complete with avocado and a toasted bun that you could eat by itself. I’ve been dreaming of that burger ever since.
Don’t miss! I can’t wait to come back!

It’s got a beautiful view, but well-​enclosed (in the summertime, mosquitoes are a problem at Marche Bacchus in the same shopping center). The french chef offers unique perspectives on other cooking styles. Burgers, fish dishes and salads all have interesting twists. I’ve been here for dinner and it’s a very nice place for a family outing. Service is efficient and friendly. I’d feel very comfortable having a group of 6 – 10 here. Lunch is also a good time here. It’s more mellow, and I’ve used it many times for business lunches. The tables are large enough for papers and not so close together than you can hear the other tables’ conversation.
It’s not a 5-​star restaurant, but it’s never a disappointment. 4-​stars all the way.

I totally agree with those who review the Living Social coupon Wine Pairing dinner. Food was mediocre at best, wine the same, and we were there for over 3 hours for a 4 course dinner. Servings were more like sample-​sized, not full courses. I have been to Garfields many times, and it has been one of my favorite places, and I will probably go back again, but never to one of these «special» dinners. An 18% gratuity on $ 60 for which we paid $ 30 (still overpriced for what we got) just added pain to an already painful evening.
I was there for lunch a couple of weeks ago, and the lunch menu has changed a lot. Some of the more special items were no longer available, and it was much more ordinary than in the past. Their French pizza, one of my favs., was no longer available. Too bad.

I have been there twice now and both times were fantastic. The food is the best I have eaten in Las Vegas. I haven’t had any issues with the wait staff. It was a slower Tuesday (?) evening and everyone was friendly and attentive. I am having my wedding reception here in May so they thought I wanted free food? The female manager wasn’t the nicest but I didn’t really pay any attention to her. Live music was playing and the setting was very romantic. The crab cakes are simply fantastic. My fiancé and I both loved our meals. No complaints here!
Yes, it is more expensive than the average meal in Las Vegas. Dinner for 2 was over $ 150.

The first time I went to Garfield’s with my boyfriend the experience was deplorable. I won’t go into detail here because the manager came to speak to us and more than made up for the experience. He gave us a gift card to return to the restaurant to give it a second chance and so we did.
The second time, not much better. We sat near the window because it was too cold to sit outside on their beautiful patio. Our server was friendly enough, but didn’t really go out of her way to make herself memorable. The first thing that bothered us was that we went when drinks were 2 for 1, which is their happy hour special, and we didn’t even see the sign on the table that let us know until after we ordered our drinks. We thought the server would have told us, seeing as how we still had 1 hour left of happy hour. It wasn’t until we brought it to her attention that she gave us the Happy Hour drink prices. This restaurant brings to mind a philosophy I strong believe in, which is that good service is more important than good food.
The manager was nice the first time we went in and because of him we returned. This time, it’s highly unlikely that we will return for dinner. I do have to say the food was good. It’s a bit pricier than I’d normally pay, but the quality makes it worth the price. I had the crab cakes and they were delicious. My boyfriend had the steak and it came with asparagus and mashed potatoes. Both dishes were very yummy and the steak was cooked properly, which was a plus.
Note: I do want to return during brunch over the weekend because there is an open Bloody Mary bar and I just love me some Bloody Mary’s!

5 stars easy!
One of the best pork chops I have ever had in my life. Double cut (meaning it’s the double the thickness of a normal pork chop. Literally a baseball size of meat on that platter that I could have inhaled in 2 minutes because it was so juicy. Waitress recommended it when I asked what her favorite meat dish was. (Baseball was the best analogy I could think of)
I also had a friend’s shrimp fettuccine. Al dente amazingness.
Desert is also a star… the 25 minute bread pudding is delicious, and also has a really hot temperature when it is served out of the oven. So if you’re an impatient child like me, you have to wait even longer than 25 minutes to eat it. It’s more like a 30 minute bread pudding, but delicious none the less!
One of Vegas’ gems. Romantic, lake view. A nice breath of fresh air off the strip to have a nice date. I would love to meet Mr Garfield one day and have a man date with him and eat pork chops with him.

I came with 4 girlfriends to enjoy the unlimited mimosa brunch! We sat on the patio and were greeted with impeccable service, great views and even BETTER food and drinks! We started with the REAL reason we were there, BELINI/​MIMOSA madness! The waiters did not hesitate to bring our drinks and made sure we were always with a full glass in hand!!!
Once we chatted a bit over our mimosas, we ordered. The waiters never rushed us and made great recommendations. For example, I usually NEVER order French Toast but, on the recommendation of the waiter, I did.
Once the french toast arrived and I took a bite– WOW. Best French Toast I have EVER had, seriously. You have turned a skeptic of french toast, into a believer, hallelujah! Crispy, fluffy and springy with a dab of butter and maple syrup=perfection.
The best part of this whole experience was its location, as It sits on a beautiful lake with ducks and geese and a cool breeze. A nice change from your typical Vegas eatery.

A romantic dinner by the water’s edge in the Summerlin area was our choice for a delayed Valentine’s Day celebration.
I was under the impression that Garfield’s Restaurant was more New American, but our waiter said they were actually more French-​inspired. (This was going to be a bit tricky since I’m on an egg-​free diet.) Nonetheless, our Groupon allowed us some flexibility with our choices in dinner which helped a lot.
After we put in our order, we started munching on the Parmesan cheese crisps and could not get enough of them! They were really yummy!
We started off with the Beignet of Calamari «Tempura Fried, Pickled Peppers & Tartar Sauce» ($ 12). Usually calamari is pretty average and not much can set it apart from the rest. But for some reason, their version is pretty good! The accompanying pickles were a nice contrast and the tartar dipping sauce had a little extra that made it stand out. We were pleasantly surprised!
I went with the Seared Scallops «Roasted Heirloom Potato, House Cured Lardons, Onion Confit & Arugula Salad with Smoked Corn Cream» ($ 27) because I just love a good scallop — raw or seared! They were three super tasty pieces of shellfish although I thought the arugula sald was going to be raw. (It’s more of a cooked salad.) I did request that the corn cream not be included in my dish, but unfortunately it was. So they had to remake the dish. (It took me awhile to flag down our waiter to tell him the error.)
The Husband ordered the Bone In Ribeye Steak ‘Bearnaise Sauce” ($ 44) and sadly, this fell short in a big way. First off, he requested rare and it came out more medium. Plus, it was missing a major flavor component. I’m not sure if they don’t season the beef because it comes with a bearnaise sauce, but it just was very bland. We didn’t send it back since it took so long for me to wave down the waiter the first time and the Husband was starving at this point!
Dessert is where I lost the most — everything had some form of egg in it except the Homemade Sorbets ($ 9). They were out of coconut, which was a real bummer. So we ended up with a scoop of mango, peach, and mixed berry. The mango was the best one of the bunch.
The service was just okay, they were nice and professional but just not as attentive as we had hoped or expected. Perhaps it’s because they seated us in the corner of the dining room, so we didn’t get a lot of staff passing by. I felt ridiculous waving my arms and saying «Excuse Me!» to catch the staff’s attention.
Overall, Garfield’s Restaurant was just an okay experience for us. Perhaps I would have fared better if I didn’t have those dietary restrictions, but that didn’t excuse the service part.

I’m not sure what to think of Garfield’s after my 2^nd visit. Btw I fell behind in reviews so my 1^st visit was actually a few weeks ago, I didn’t go twice this week.
It was a super early dinner so this time we really were the ONLY table seated. It was happy hour at the bar so we started with a couple martinis. Our server was nice but pretty awkward, she seemed new. We did the groupon again, and it started out kind of weird. Last time I wanted a bottle of reisling, but was told they didn’t have an unopened bottle — we were able to get it as our included glass of wine. This time it was the opposite — I wanted a glass but was told that they only sell it by the bottle. If that’s the case, why didn’t they have a full bottle last time? She also didn’t seem to know about wines at all, not reds anyway.
Ordered the New Orleans style barbecue gulf shrimp, which is supposed to be kind of like a spicy scampi with a ton of chopped garlic and spices. That’s what I expected, but their version is headless peeled shrimp with a light citrusy sauce. It was good, but not even close to BBQ shrimp.
Rib eye was slightly overcooked — medium well, not medium but it was still seasoned well and huge. My friend got the days special of halibut over garlic spinach w supposedly a champagne sauce. Look at the picture — the sauce is a really strong orange sauce (taste and color) and they even garnished it with an orange. It was overpowering for something like halibut, and ironically would’ve been better with their fake bbq sauce from the shrimp.
Soufflé was perfect again, but the rest was a pretty big disappointment. It was half off wine night so we also got a bottle for only $ 15 which is awesome. Total with tip was around $ 110. Not bad, but I also paid $ 57 for $ 114 groupon so in theory that was about a $ 224 meal. Was it worth that much? Definitely not.
I also took home half the bottle since we didn’t finish it. She put it laid down in a bag and when I got home a few hrs later, I found that she didn’t close the screw cap tightly so a lot of it spilled in the bag. Luckily they have good to go bags so it didn’t leak thru in the car, but seriously? This visit was a huge fail in nearly every way and I really can’t recommend it to anyone anymore.

Nice, Quiet, Hidden Restaurant in an area that looks like Westlake Village because it sits on a small, man made lake.
Ambiance:
Different rooms to sit in… front side outside which seems like a Nautical bar. The main dining area is more seaside, beach like atmosphere… and then there’s the Atrium dining area and then there’s the backyard, overlooking the lake area. All of it is very nice.
Drinks:
Bloody Mary… these don’t make my top 10. A bit weak in texture and flavor… too much horseradish and possibly olive juice… it just seemed off.
The Bellinis however were AWESOME! Light and Refreshing. :)
Bread:
Fresh out of the oven. Crusty, French bread was quite nice.
Brunch:
Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict… YUM!
It was a special… so it’s not normally on the menu. Not sure how often they offer this.
Great smoked salmon… and paired with the light, poached eggs on top of the English muffins was perfection. I had the hollandaise on the side which works better for me since I’m not a big fan of having my meal drenched in sauce. Overall… I’d totally go back for this dish.