I will NEVER  return to The Golden Steer.  \n \nI am a local resident, and had visited The Golden Steer only one time before, many years ago.  After my first visit I was convinced that I had eaten at one of the finest restaurants in the world.  The food, the ambiance, and the service were impeccable.  Could it be that when Thomas Wolf wrote 'You Can't Go Home Again' he was referring to restaurants, as well?\n \nOn Tuesday evening, December 20, I revisited The Golden Steer with my partner.    The ambiance on my first visit had been that of a Fine Steak House, elegant and tasteful.  On the Tuesday that we visited it was more akin to a Denny's in a depressed area.  Even though the room was nearly empty, we were seated next to a large corner booth occupied by what was obviously a family.  That would not have been a problem, except that shortly after our seating a young girl, about 5 or 6 years old, began singing the one partial verse of Jingle Bells that she knew - over and over.  Again, not so bad - until she started jumping up and down in the seat.  Then a \"Hostess' or some female employee came over to their booth and encouraged the little girl to keep it up, sing louder; and even joined in with her for a few more rounds of the same 8 - 10 words that she knew.  I could have asked to be reseated, but I let it go.  It was the Christmas Season, after all.\n \nMy guest ordered a dinner salad without tomatoes.   They seemed to take forever to arrive.   They finally arrived via table side cart.  They were finished and placed on the table.  There were tomatoes on both salads.  We told the server, and he took the incorrect salad away on the cart.  Nearly 10 minutes later he returned with the salad plate in his hand, and plopped it down, very unceremoniously, in front of my guest.\n \nThe entrees arrived.  I had ordered Prime Rib of Beef (36 oz), baked potato, and creamed corn.  My guest had the Top Sirloin, steak fries and broccoli.  We both asked for our entree to be cooked the same way; medium to medium well.   My prime rib was overcooked - to the point of being DRY.  Fortunately, the au jus was there to make it palatable.\n \nMy partner's steak was closer to cremated.   There wasn't even a tinge of pink to be found in that steak.  We have both had meat that was a little too done on the outside edges, only to have it turn out to be fine as we got closer to the center.  We both kept eating, hoping for a tasty outcome.  Unfortunately, that was not the case that night.  \n \nAfter reaching the center of the dry, tough steak, the waiter finally wandered by.  We pointed out how overcooked the meat was.   He made a production of inspecting every aspect of the half eaten steak, flashlight and all, trying desperately to find even a speck of pink.  Unable to do so, he offered to replace it, although he felt it necessary to point out that nearly half of the meat had already been eaten.  We declined his embarrassingly disingenuous offer.  He left, returning a few minutes later to say that he had spoken to the management who had graciously taken half the price of the steak off of our bill.\n \nNothing was right that night.  The corn was way too sweet.  The baked potato, while big,  was absolutely unfit to serve.  Nearly black on the bottom, it had about one half inch of dark brown, scorched flesh on the inside.  Fortunately, it was large enough that I could salvage some edible parts from the top half.  The broccoli was the opposite, both undercooked (to the point of being hard)  and COLD.  A dab of butter put on top in an attempt to make it palatable,  just sat there, unmelted, throughout the meal.\n \nWe asked to have the remainder of our meals wrapped to go.  I specifically mentioned wanting the au jus for my prime rib, since it was inedible without it.  I was absolutely stunned and actually embarrassed when they brought out our take home package.  Cheap Styrofoam clam-shells in a generic plastic bag!  Even Denny's has more class than to present their guests with such a cheap, inelegant farewell.  When I got home I found that the waiter had forgotten (?) to include the au jus.  My dogs appreciated The Golden Steer.  That night, they ate prime rib for the first time in their lives.\n \nThe prices were very high, on par with what one would expect from a steakhouse that actually serves good food.  The service was poor, and any sign of ambiance must have fled after Sinatra's last visit.  This is NOT \"Old School Vegas\".  This is just an establishment that  'jumped the shark' many years ago.