My boss decided he wants to treat me out to a nice dinner at Simon at Palms Place. I was excited to go there as I had not been there before and had usually wondered what it was like as we go to the palms a lot and drive by the signage.\n \nI started with an order of calamari that came with a ponzu based sauce that also came with shishito peppers $9.  The calamari was a little on the chewy side but had a nice flavor on its own, the sauce however was a bit thick and very over powering to the palate. The peppers were nice though.\n\nMy boss had a Caesar salad $12, which he thought was very nice.\nMy boss ordered the Ribeye \""filet\"" with tempura shishito peppers, ponzu sauce $42 I ordered the dry aged New York Strip with fingerling potato coins (like 5 little slices) $39. Sides here are ordered separately and since we already had appetizer and salad, we opted for just the steaks.\n\nBoth steaks I feel had the same problem, the very thick Ribeye \""filet\"" and the New York were pretty cooked on one side less on the other and over seasoned to the point my taste buds were getting that salty burning feeling. Not to mention I would cut off most of the over seared side. They came with a b\u00e9arnaise sauce and demi-glace sauce, which were both very nice.\n\nThe server was initially there to take orders fast etc., the water server was always Johnny on the spot, but then the server was ghost. I noted that when the assistants would bring out food they would mess up a lot on the seating and who gets what as it happened to us (I know this from working in restaurants myself). In the end, we had to wait about 15 minutes to ask for our bill and wait for him to bring the actual bill.\n\nThe place was beautiful but the atmosphere was very loud. I think this \nis due to the architecture.\n\nI have to give big negatives on the service and more on the food.\n \nI must say I do not think I will ever go there again. I expected more as should be expected and I had hoped for more from such a well-known Chef's place.