Emeril's Las Vegas - a disappointment

Had dinner at Emeril's Las Vegas last night (April 16) and was disappointed by the service and the food.  The wait staff was courteous, it was clear they were trying to turn the table in an hour.  The entrees appeared before we had finished our appetizers (although the waitress apologized). I ordered the bread pudding for dessert and the waiter informed me that it would be a 15 minute wait because it had to be made to order.  This did not matter to me, as I had really expected to have a nice, relaxed dinner.  However, when the bread pudding appeared, it was still cold in the middle, perhaps having been heated from the frozen state.  The waitress did take it off the bill.  As for the rest of the meal, I had the tuna, which was pretty dry (even though it was cooked medium rare, at the chef's suggestion and to my taste as well)  It was heavily coated in pepper, which masked any flavor of the fish.  The same was the problem with the clams casino appetizer and the barbecued salmon entree.  The truffled parsnip soup had a nice cream base, but no other flavor -- it could just as easily have been white sauce.  What I had expected to be a lovely relaxing meal (IMHO) was just another dinner in an adequate Las Vegas restaurant.  For the price (Bottle of Chardonnay $24 and up, entrees in the $20's), it should have been better.  And the saddest thing was that the waitress said that Chef Emeril was in the kitchen that night.