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If you are looking for a tasty meal but don't want to spend a fortune (and it's very easy to do that in Vegas Strip restaurants!), this is a great place just a few minutes East of the strip on Tropicana.
It's very popular, and a lot of locals eat there (we saw cast members from one of the shows), and the interior is whimsically designed by Liberace - mirrors, strings of white lights dangling from everything, Italian fountains. The recorded music features showtunes and jazz standards sung by greats such as Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, and even Rod Stewart, but I believe they have live music as well (maybe during happy hour). It's dark in the dining area, but the thousands of string lights and candles on the table create a nice romantic glow.
The food was very yummy, and very inexpensive for how good it was. I had the Cavatelli pasta (a curved tubular pasta a little like Penne with a break in it) with Marinara and CLEANED my plate. My husband had spaghetti with meat sauce and mushrooms, and he liked his a lot as well. We shared fried calamari with marinara. The pasta dishes were $9 each, and my husband took most of his home!
We love Italian food, and for the price, this is one of the best in Vegas. We barely spent $30 for the both of us, which is great because we went to an Italian restaurant in a hotel restaurant on the Strip, and spent $50 per person!! I wish we had gone to Carluccio's for Valentine's Day, because the ambience is romantic yet fun. It is nothing fancy, but they do basics very well. I would like to go back to try their fish dishes (other entrees are priced between $12 and $20).
Like Italian food? Then you MUST try Carluccio's!
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