I went to HAKKASAN restaurant in the MGM Grand Las Vegas... so you dont have to.

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[@lillianliber1798]

Thank you for an honest review 🙏❤️ people also say “you get what you pay for” …. But that’s not always true. I’d rather support a struggling local restaurant than a corporate cookie cutter place.

[@tk702]

*Prices include the Uber fees to deliver the Dim Sum from Chinatown to Hakkasan

[@davidsigalow7349]

Considering that some of the best Chinese food in the U.S. can be found at Ping Pang Pong or in a half-dozen places on Spring Mountain Road, let's leave Hakasan to the expense-account and nightclub people.

[@kevincheung436]

Dan the man with a plan.... Everything in Vagas is overpriced.... it is a tourist trap...

[@ubertony4082]

Love your channel! 🙏 Highway robbery. Ridiculous!

[@JamesIsHereRightNow]

Unfortunately, that seems to be pretty typical of the MGM Grand restaurants that I’ve visited: Overpriced pedestrian dishes. The Wynn restaurants, for example, are pricey, but the dishes are absolutely fantastic. You don’t leave feeling ripped off.

[@rawasianchicago]

Ever been to wing lei ? Wing lei at Wynn is actually a ripped off as well, $23 for spring roll that you can get for $5 just the same as what Danny said

[@CrazyGrandma.]

Recommendations?

[@Piggy-Oink-Oink]

The reason for high prices is most diners are using their MGM Rewards points and the only cash they pay out of pocket is the tip. BTW they look more like small gooey ducks than penguins lol

[@wanderingsoul2909]

Hi Danny, any Dim Sum appraisal should begin with the Shrimp Har Gow. If that doesn't pass the taste test then the rest will be substandard. Thanks ! For LV locals, Ping Pang Pong in the Gold Coast is good quality and reasonably priced.

[@donjose6520]

Yes Danny.....Hakkasan looks like a gip .....a real rip off. Most of the ingredients like Bershire pork doesn't make shui mai any better tasting. Thanks for the tip ......this place to avoid.

[@flawwed39]

Just FYI Shu Mai is pronounced - siew myyyyyy.....no disrespect intended

[@jrodtexas2525]

you think that place was a ripoff, try eating at Cliques at The Cosmopolitan...

[@edchang9521]

Hakkasan is really expensive. I been to the one in SF, near the financial district and prices were high. It's been permanently shutdown now since the pandemic.Hakkasan is for the HIGH rollers :-)

[@jamexiv]

Thank you for being ripped off on our behalf 😂, so that we can save some $$$

[@adrianturner7308]

Looks to me it was a setup for all the 'Guai Los' out to Vegas from the Mid-West. Sorry, you got ripped off.

[@imgee7620]

Thanks for your honest review. What a rip off joint. Scratch them of my list to eat Chinese in Vegas.

[@patpassi2730]

That was ridiculous….Weren’t you still hungry after that meal?

[@d.m.poprich6950]

You're too funny, the size of coconuts. Love your reviews. Thanks for sharing.

[@alanhart9992]

One would think you would at least get Rice with meal for that amount of money. You got fleeced out of your money.

[@jbs256]

Thanks for your video Danny. I’m going to put in my 2¢ on the restaurant. It’s in a casino. I’m thinking it’s artificially high priced as a come on. If you go in an pay it, they got you and you probably won’t return but that’s not why they’re there. Say you’re a big player as I think you are and your host see’s your action and visits you at the table and says here’s a comp to our fancy Chinese restaurant Hakkasan. The host writes a big comp and you and maybe a wife a girlfriend, whoever goes with you to dine. You see the prices and feel good. You’re getting a nice comp and it has a high value. Over always seen casino restaurants with higher than normal pricing and figure that’s the place they comp to. The food is good enough, you weren’t spitting it out, has fancy verbiage on the menu and everything is good. The gambler gets his fancy meal and the casino probably owns the restaurant and it’s all a write off. I got more Danny videos to watch, keep up the great work. Joe

[@dannythemedic]

Interesting theory...

[@mjbbg572]

I do not agree.........Ping Pang Pong and KJ Seafood are both in casinos. Both places are very reasonably priced as are many other well known casino restaurants. This so called restaurant group is ripoff whether it is in a casino or a Mall. AVOID.

[@noname9585]

No table cloth , No Nice plates n No Fancy Chopstick .

[@dannythemedic]

there aint even enough light for you to see!

[@x-75hurricane65]

Hell's bell's!! That's freakin' mad expensive! It ain't like they'd have huge power bills to pay🤣Maybe the whole concept is along the lines of the emperor's new clothes? Thanks for trying the 'penguins' on my behalf!

[@user-tk7km1sr7e]

I'd rather go to Asian market and buy the frozen har gow at $8 for 20, same for siu mai. Thanks for sharing your experience. 🤗

[@rebeccacohen1641]

All of those orchids on the way inside should have been a clue.

[@knhoriuchi]

Thanks Danny! Leaving for Vegas and I won’t be trying that place out. I’m not one of those guys that has money to burn.

[@christinejensen5735]

I hope a LOT of people are buying you cups of coffee !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hakkasan is a rip off !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You need to be compensated !!!!!! The things you have to do for your viewers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dannythemedic]

no no no. I dont want "A LOT of people" to buy me coffee, I just want millionares who got bucks to spare to buy me coffee. The working people work hard for their bucks!

[@offhamsterwheel2789]

u are right, price is rip off, putting some caviar on dim sum and fancy decor, charging 5-10x

[@hm3954]

Shesh, how does it compare to Din Tai Fung or Tim Ho Wan? I think I'd have gone to Chinatown (even with cost of Uber) and had 3 plates or more. Or even to DTF or THW. Thx for taking 1 for the team.

[@dannythemedic]

I will try that aria din next time!

[@estebanceekret6621]

If you want to talk about robbery, let's talk about the airports not letting you take in a bottle of water and then charging you $5 for a bottle of Dasani. Tap water for $5!

[@dannythemedic]

I bring in empty bottle, fill at the water fountain where there is a bottle filler feature!

[@gc641]

Yikes…..same stuff everyone else buys, pretty sure it’s not house made😂

[@charliedurham4248]

Please tell us that was comped. I thought Hakkasan was a nightclub. 2 people could get a full table spread at Ping Pang Pong for that.

[@dannythemedic]

It confused me also but they had a club upstairs, maybe the source of the horrible thumping noise I heard

[@foundtech7432]

Ripping off has not been fully completed without adding a CNF fee on your bill.

[@christianandrews1297]

What! No Red Chopsticks? At those prices? Are you a whale? Somebody got snookered…..😂

[@dannythemedic]

I have no idea what this place is about... At those prices, at least they can turn on the lights so I can see...

[@Nest-Stuff9]

And…very dark!!😱. Thanks Danny for taking one for the team!! 😃 I know not to go there now!!

[@kevwwong]

OK, I get that they did a huge markup because they used higher end products. But how do you call something a har gow if there's no shrimp? And from what I'm reading, langoustine (which I've never had) is more like lobster, so the texture on the har gow would be different. And mincing up expensive pork into a shu mai seems like a waste of expensive pork. Final thing - Hakka Chinese food doesn't usually have dim sum. So having dim sum at a place called Hakkasan seems a bit weird to me.

[@joseph6948]

The background looks like a place you buy the lady a basket of fruit!

[@dannythemedic]

it DOES, I been to some korean clubs where it is mandatory to buy that fruit basket!

[@168mooncakes]

Hakkasan turns DOWN the lights so you cannot see, turns UP the music so you cannot hear, jacks UP the price so we can choke on the dang friggin hai gow and sui mai! Thank you so much for your honest review of this place. They want to kill the chicken to get the egg. One shot deal and never go back. In this case, I am NEVER going to an overpriced joint called Hakkasan! I prefer a local eatery. 🤣🤣🥰

[@papagen00]

all these high-end upscale restaurants are like that - dark and loud. but chinese food (most asian food for that matter) is cheap comfort food, i would never pay that much (yes i can afford it).

[@KiKiD9554]

😂😂 It's looking really weird, reminds of something I seen on the nature channel

[@TheEnglishRedneck45]

That is a whole lot of money for not a whole lot! FYI Berkshire is pronounced Barkshur

[@dannythemedic]

man.... I dont know why people dont spell things the way they are pronounced! its like.. ughhhhh

[@tacobobs]

I agree this place is way overpriced.

[@mjbbg572]

Thank you for going to Hakkasan and exposing their ripoff. This same group opened a dim sum place called Yauatcha in Houston Galleria area several years and tried to do the same thing. Went out of business very quickly. I was also very insulted that an African American server was explaining to me what Dim Sum is. Uhhhhhhh. I am a 52 year old Asian American and my family has been in the restaurant business in NYC Chinatown for many years. Her service was excellent but comon, schooling an Asian on Ha Gow and Sui Mai?????? WTF?????

[@dannythemedic]

well… how good was the explanation? on youtube there is a black guy that speaks more chinese than me or my friends… very rare find!

[@yamarblackburn5642]

Most people go for the experience the ambience something romantic and haven’t had most of the things on the menu so they would know the difference it’s like the opportunity of a lifetime

[@yungphan9832]

Danny you always crack me up! 🤣🤣🤣

[@cincheng3475]

Thank you for being so honest and truthful about your comments🤗. Love your channel.

[@litazapata9242]

Yes, it's look like penguin is itl worth the price?

[@johnszablak9283]

I would have just walked out and left food on the table. 18 percent for a tip ouch. Even my wallet hurts...

[@PatriotChick]

OMG way too pricey for my budget 🙄

[@TheSpritz0]

DANNY THE MEDIC- OMG that place is TOO dark, and WAY too expensive... I am shocked people line up to go there!!😲

[@sandybeach4360]

Haha, u should get a comp.

[@georgesimmerman9073]

Sadly, some people think that more expensive= better. Most of the time that's not the case. Thanks for the video!

[@dannythemedic]

yes, more expensive only means more expensive. and more expensive either yields better or a rip off, we will never know till we investigate!

[@lafcat]

Dim Sum Pirates!

[@winnjc9154]

Thanks for your honest reviews.. hard to find unbiased reviews on social media these days since many of the videos are sponsored.

[@NgocLe-sn2oq]

toooooo expensive !

[@vonlipi]

OMG that is the most expensive dim sum I have ever seen! I prefer mine on the cheap side!

[@PatriotChick]

Danny did you know the EMT that was stabbed to death in Queens yesterday?

[@dannythemedic]

Another one? Ima look into that

[@dannythemedic]

Just looked into it... appears to be a nutjob went wild, this kinda stuff happens every now and then in NYC.. but nutjob going wild on general public happens alot more and gets less media.

[@PatriotChick]

@@dannythemedic So sad, she survived 911 and was 2 weeks from retirement. According to the mayor NYC is now considered a "brand" city. Nutjobs running rampant, especially the liberal nutter politicians that are soft on criminals. Elections have consequences.

[@spacetek1]

FUNNIEST VEDIO YOU EVER MADE LOL. THANKS I NEEDED A GOOD LAUGH.

[@dannythemedic]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@margaretcopeland1055]

Ok there are restuarants you go to that have fabulous food and no atmosphere. You enjoy the food but it's not what they call a "dining experience". So you have all these people coming to Las Vegas for a fun time and they want "fun" food and a nice atmosphere. If Hakkasan had a fabulously beautiful restuarant, great service, whatever and YOU thought was worth it and the the food was OK but $$$, maybe, maybe it would be worth it to you. For me, NOPE.

[@louiskanter3028]

What a rip off

[@qake2021]

😯💰💰💰🤞🤞🤞😯

[@rogercollins3]

If you add both types of dumplings together, at $43 before tax and tip they average over $8 per dumpling. PASS!

[@dannythemedic]

I paid 55 dollars total.. thats 6.875 each.. that is like a weeks worth of food!

[@pat75]

Thanks so much for this review! I often wonder if the overpriced Chinese restaurants in Vegas are worth it. I was hoping I could ask you if you could review Wing Lei at The Wynn, but I don't want you to feel like you got ripped off. 🤣

[@dannythemedic]

I think it is VERY hard for food to be worth a high price.. because its not natural.

[@JC-vg6yp]

THEY SAW YOU COMING!!!! lol

[@susana301301]

Honest!

[@JTA8130LV]

I have been going to LV for 44 years, probably have one more trip in me, usually go twice a year last once because of F1 disruption. Your review spot on. I am sick and tired of the ridiculous prices charged on the strip; at restaurants, for water or other room supplies and the reduction of basic amenities or necessities like a clean room in supposedly quality casinos.

[@panjo]

$43 !!!...Did Vegas Showgirls serve you that food, lol

[@dannythemedic]

it was some dude professional waiter

[@JamesIsHereRightNow]

Yeah, as my good buddy always tells me, “at these prices, the service better include a blow job!”

[@arejetko]

Must be wagyu pork in the siu mai - the Berkshires are either on the east coast or in England, lol. What a pretentious place - I don't have to tell you it was a rip off. I think it's for rich lofan who don't know what dim sum is. Vegas baby!

[@The_Music_Sanctuary]

That's insane, thank you for this. I now know to keep my mouth shut the next time I go for local dim sum, and complain how the prices have gone up since covid.

[@shqa574]

Waste of money! You could have spent the money on the buffet at the MGM Grand, and filled your belly. 🤣🤣🤣

[@SuperJay12jay]

Paying for the experience. Their rent could be very high and people gambling lots of money so this is small considering they can lose that amount or more in 1 hand in 30 seconds.

[@boncoon]

wise words and transparency. Thanks for your trouble. Bonnie

[@edwardporus8326]

tell it like it is 😁

[@marcmulford1913]

Good job Danny. Spot on reviews.

[@dannythemedic]

thanks!

[@OctPSfever]

Many Vegas fancy rsrnts are so overrated...Tastes are just ok yet price is a way up there. Local rsrnts outside of strips are much better

[@codyshayne167]

Gaam gwai, nei mou gau cho ah!

[@sambam9120]

Loved this review. Your reaction reminded me of when Jay Rayner got a kebab and ate it outside a Salt Bae restaurant with ridiculous prices. I do enjoy fancy places but too expect them to be special for the food and ambiance.

[@Dr_S]

Joel Robuchon’s….. how many more times must you be reminded? As Tony Little famously said “YOU CAN DO IT! “. Look it up if you don’t believe me! Thank you for the video Danny!🎉❤

[@dannythemedic]

I knew you would chime in being how this was sooo close to that jo robo lololol

[@animefanatic1003]

love your videos. thanks for taking one for the team. I will not be going to hakkasan

[@dannythemedic]

I will never go back there again! I felt SO STUPID allowing them to fleece me like that!

[@mafatone]

Stick to mom & pop places. Don't forget they pay casino rent.

[@dannythemedic]

I literally said that in the video!

[@mafatone]

@@dannythemedic Yes, Yes you did.

[@Ginger30161]

How many KZbin videos do you need to create in order to pay off the bill?

[@dannythemedic]

if 11,000 people view this that should be close

[@Ginger30161]

@@dannythemedic wow, good to know

[@derfzus1040]

Always telling it like it is!! Thanks for your frankness!!

[@karenl9601]

As a lifelong dim sum eater I find this very disturbing. I don’t mind paying a bit more for excellent food and service but those prices are just ridiculous. Thanks for saving me from a trip there.

[@dannythemedic]

I totally agree

[@sandogdy7175]

We don't need to go there. Thanks to your experience. Maybe if the siu mai is the size of a coconut as you said, I might think about it.😅

[@dannythemedic]

After tasting it, being the size of a coconut would be the only saving grace

[@dannythemedic]

Which is not out of the realm of reality, there is an Italian place called Buca di Beppo that advertises meatball the size of your head.

[@susansegawa5519]

Aloha Danny the Medic, excellent vlogg on this Hakassan dim sum. Several years ago I was treated to a dinner there , our host wanted his family , we were a party of 18 young people, to experience this establishment . I open the check at the end and he was charged a total of over $4,000 and mostly for non-alchol drinks. Dim Sum was small portions , very similar to what you featured. Of course I was still hungry since we had to share thes portions of 4 pcs, altho we could order what we wanted, I kinda held back, for I felt it was not worth it, our host should have taken us to China towm.. But I agree, Hakassan is definitely a Big Time rip off. Continue to do your vloggs, my husband and I are just addicted to your channel and look forward to your vlogges. Much Aloha, hope to have some dim sum or sushi with you when I visit Las Vegas.

[@dannythemedic]

we all limited on time, some ppl not limited on money, places like this take advantage of that to rip ppl off..

[@carolinacrosswordsscratche8892]

When a restaurant has dark lighting I ask what are you hiding?

[@jpao908]

I’d rather go to the Southpoint buffet!

[@billieperrone5936]

You crack me up Danny the Medic! I love watching!

[@dannythemedic]

Thanks for watching and for the kind words!

[@CrazyGrandma.]

Have you ever eaten and the Chin Chin at NYNY? I’m wondering your take on it. We love it and every time we go to Vegas we make a point of stopping there. I’m sure it’s probably nothing the scale you’re used to. We don’t have the nice or big selection restaurants from our corner of Kansas and I’m iridescent white so I’m probably easily impressed. Lol My husband daughter and I get the magnolian beef and some kind of rice and split it as they are huge ( to us anyway) servings. Thanks again for your review. I’ve wondered abt this place but I really hate paying a fortune for mediocre food. I get Vegas is expensive for food that’s fine we go more for the meals and entertainment than the drinking and gambling. But I don’t want to pay your tab and walk out disappointed. They better knock my socks off with taste. Keep the total non sugar coated reviews coming. I love your humor and in todays world it’s much needed. If I was wealthy I’d skip the coffee buying and buy you a better meal elsewhere in Vegas. Hoping sometime you’re out there the same time and I can meet you, off camera of course. You’re awesome keep up the excellent videos!

[@dannythemedic]

I recall ordering stuff to go from there once, I was not impressed. It could be that I ate it some time after, but the prices were not low so... and I will always post when I go! :)

[@CrazyGrandma.]

@@dannythemedic yes I definitely see how the cooling at all would greatly change the outcome, definitely not an take out place imo.

[@McCov1]

You got the APPLE tax on your food. LoL 😁

[@lindanolen4511]

Omg such a bummer! I’ve never seen you finish a meal. Next time, if any, take tiny bites and make it seem like more. Lol. The toppings are what raised the costs but not enough to justify the cost. 😢 sorry for you.

[@dannythemedic]

yeah, I dont film myself eating a whole meal, I try to keep the videos short so that it is enjoyable to watch... then I eat my meal off camera like a normal human being... interestingly enough, I sometimes get hateful comments that I waste alotta food, those people just imagined it all in their minds because I almost never show the fate of the food... but this is the internet, so yep, there it is! Thanks for watching and commenting

[@lindanolen4511]

I figured you eat off camera as I would too. I eat slow and it would be a very long video!nkeep up the good work and ignore hateful comments because they come from hateful people.

[@oaiphan1097]

👎

[@salmonfire]

tourist trap for sure!

[@LValways]

😮 Holy smoke

[@helenwoo6166]

Over priced

[@cynthiafockler6690]

😎👍👍good to know !

[@kbang78]

always do a research for a food place, glad to see your food vids, thanks danny, happy eating.

[@Zip22Zip]

There's a story, which may not be true, that a company introduced a brown spicy mustard condiment that was really delicious. They test marketed the product and people who tried it loved it but it was not selling well. The price was a bit higher than ordinary mustard but not by much. They were afraid the product wouldn't sell enough to justify producing it but they didn't want to lose what they had already invested in the product. One of the people in marketing suggested raising the price substantially, double or triple the price. They theorized that people would buy the product because many believe that the more something costs, the better it is. It worked and they started selling a lot of mustard.

[@dannythemedic]

oh, yes, lots of products like that. Sometimes the less popular the item is the more you have to charge in order to justify the production costs and everything so usually if somethings very expensive it just means no one else likes it… not that its better lol

[@CH-XC2011]

What a rip off🤣

[@dannythemedic]

I have to say, anyone who eats that, no matter how rich, is just not respecting money...

[@titasmom678]

It's usually never a good sign when DtM wants to go back to his room to discuss his review of your place! The har gow reminded me of one of those sea creatures that pop up to find food. Gave me the heebie jeebies.

[@evelyncsaba8412]

I think, he went to his room bec it was too dark also and bec it’s a “high-end” restaurant, he was probably thinking of those wealthy customers…

[@Rkelly131313]

I agree. I've for the most part stopped incorporating a "nice" dinner into my vegas trips bc it's just a waste of money. You can get the same quality food for a fraction of the price elsewhere.

[@easystreetwithjen]

There's plenty of affordable mom and pop restaurants in Las Vegas that have delicious food too. They're just not on the strip.