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| - I'm so glad I didn't pay for this overpriced meal. Honestly, I did pay attention to the fact that Bartolotta hails his seafood from the Mediterranean itself, but to tell you the truth, I wish the seafood was better. I've had better dishes from Michael Mina restaurants, so I was expecting more from this place.
Let me tell you, I'm a big fan of seafood. In Asia, we eat it morning, noon, and night. Raw. See how bad ass that is?.. we can't even wait to cook our fish.
First off, the decor inside doesn't impress me. It seems like any cliche fancy restaurant, and really nothing special. You want Las Vegas-standard restaurant interior, you go to Barmasa or Tao. Bartolotta's outside patio is much, much more impressive though. The cabanas are pretty cozy and the seating overlooks a pond with floating silver globes and koi fish. Let me clear that up, the koi fish aren't floating.... just the globes.
Also, the waitstaff seemed alright. They were very polite and a majority of them were Italian-speaking. They held a conversation very well and were quite attentive, but I'm docking points because there's a certain standard of menu knowledge and knowing the restaurant's background that I hold all waistaffs. They didn't show any evidence of the either.
My visit at Bartolotta is as clear as day since it wasn't too long ago that I went, so let me give you a summary of the dishes we ordered.
Ligurian octopus salad- A LARGE portion for an appetizer. If I had another order, I would've been borderline full. I don't mind that, of course.
Seafood risotto- HORRIBLE. It was like porridge. I'm not kidding you, and I"m not exaggerating. PORRIDGE.
Huge shrimps- Sorry, I can't remember their Italian name, but they were nothing special. They weren't even that big at all.
Branzino- I've always wanted to try this fish because I heard it's kind of a staple dish in Mediterranean seafood cuisine. I was disappointed again. My dad could cook a better bass that he spear-caught singlehandedly in the South China Sea.
Beat that, Bartolotta.
But seriously, I guess if your wallet was bottomless and you just wanted to be able to say you've eaten at Bartolotta, then go for it.
Or you can save your money.. save the shrimps, Branzinos, octopi, and Little Mermaid's friends their plane fare from their Italian home and come to Michael Mina or something where they get fish natively and cook it twice as good.
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