RM Seafood is an idea originated on the east coast by Chef Rick Moonen, who lately moved to Las Vegas to continue with what he describes as “good old American seafood restaurant”. RM Seafood at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino is actually two restaurants in one single space. The R Bar Café at the lower level features an informal and relaxed dining atmosphere, while the upper level holds the refined and exclusive RM Seafood Restaurant.

It didn’t take to long for chef Rick Moonen to create a name in his native New York as one of the most original and innovative culinary artists in the Manhattan area, Moonen has been awarded with three stars by the New York Times cuisine connoisseurs and four stars by the acclaimed Mobil Travel Guide. RM at the MandalayBay is loaded with all kinds of different seafood dishes, entrees and apetizers. If you are a seafood lover, you will be sure to find your meal. The R café is also popular among locals and casino-goers looking for a taste of oceanic comfort food. Raw oysters served on the half shell, jumbo lump crab cakes, a bowl of New England style clam chowder, or a simply prepared cut of market-fresh fish are some of the options you can find in this great and exclusive restaurant. RM also offers a large selection of fishes that range from pink salmon to grouper, swordfish, flatfish, cod, bass and tuna, but at the end all of the fish options available on the menu are equally great.  And if you are in the mood for something a bit lighter, you can always get the lobster, crab or pink and white shrimps.

Scallops, steamed clams, oysters and calamari are simply wonderful appetizers for any meal and the mussels would not be a bad choice either. RM’s specialty is the grilled White Hawaiian Swordfish fillet, which is rubbed with dried coriander seeds, paprika and pepper and then topped with cuts of roasted Black Mission fig, frisée, and whole-grain mustard. It is definitely a very exotic dish, but what a better place to try such a dish better than in Las Vegas?

The dessert menu includes great and challenging creations. RM’s 4x4x2 challenge is a contest where diners are invited to guess all the flavors in a 16-icecream matrix. If you name all the flavors correctly RM Seafood will give you the ice cream for free. The English Berry pudding, made with fresh blackberries is also highly recommended. RM Seafood truly shows the high class quality that the MandalayBay Hotel has to offer. Reservations suggested.