Dining Pick of the Week: Waverly’s Steakhouse

Waverly’s Steakhouse

Inside the Cannery, 2121 E. Craig Road, 702-507-5777

Continental cuisine was the term used when describing fine dining in the early years of Las Vegas. That cuisine can still be found at Waverly’s Steakhouse, starting with hot and cold appetizers such as oysters on the half shell (traditional or Rockefeller), escargot, French onion soup, sweet crab cakes with Creole mustard aioli, chopped salad with iceberg lettuce, bacon, avocado, tomatoes and bleu cheese in house creamy white dressing and she-crab soup with sherry wine. Popular steaks, served with mashed potatoes or cheddar-bacon au gratin potatoes, include 14-ounce New York, 18-ounce T-bone, 16-ounce rib-eye and 8-ounce filet mignon. Other entrees are swordfish (grilled or blackened), veal Oscar, Alaskan king crab legs, four single-cut lamb chops, cider-glazed bone-in center-cut pork chop, macadamia-crusted chicken, shrimp and crab pan roast, roasted Waverly’s chicken with red potatoes, and scallops with citrus orzo. Popular sides are cream corn, steak fries, seafood mac and cheese, sauteed spinach and green beans almandine. Among the desserts are vanilla bean ice cream with marinated berries, Mississippi Mud Pie, strawberry shortcake and turtle cheesecake. Entrees begin at $15, and appetizers start at $8. Waverly’s Steakhouse is open from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday, Wednesday and Thursday and 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.