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| - Heard about Scott Conant's new Italian place that just opened inside red rock casino, so went by last Saturday to check it out with a friend. We didn't have a reservation and found out it'd take an hour to get a table, but there's one high top table that's open by the bar (these tables are on first come first serve basis). We started with drinks (I like it!). I had a bourbon based cocktail called lalna, while my friend had a summerlin spritz. We then moved on to appetizers by ordering the creamy polenta with bacon on the side (my friend doesn't eat bacon) and the wood roasted octopus. The octopus was tender and quite tasty. The polenta was very creamy and had good flavor, but felt more like a side dish to me. For entrees, I ordered the lamb shank and my friend ordered the grilled salmon. Overall, all the dishes we ordered tasted good, but had no wow factors. Very average and not any better than most Italian restaurants. Considering the price point, I'm a little bit disappointed.
Service was not great. We didn't have our water refilled at all during our entire dinner. Our server was friendly and stopped by right after the dishes came out to ask how they were, but then didn't do anything else?! I was tempted to walk down to the water station and just took a pitcher myself. My friend finally had to flag some other server walking by, so we could get some more water. I get that they're busy, but we were there for a while, so I don't understand how difficult it was to pay better attention to your assigned tables.
Anyway, been there done that. It's a pass for me.
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