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| - The view was excellent...but that's it. Not worth the money.
I was here on a recent Saturday night with a group of 6 other people. The troubles began right away. We arrived at 9:00 for our 9:00 reservation. A couple of guys were a couple of minutes late due to having to walk over from the Bellagio. The restaurant told us to let them know when the rest of the group arrived. That's fine, I understand the desire to not seat incomplete parties. We took a seat in the bar area. BUT, by 9:06 everyone had arrived and we let them know. Despite that, they didn't seat us until 9:30. No apologies, no acknowledgement at all that they had botched things. However, it could have been worse. There was another group of about 10 people that had apparently been waiting 90 minutes beyond their reservation time.
Once we sat down, the service was slooooooooow. They may have just been understaffed, I couldn't tell. But, regardless, it took forever for our waitress to take our order. It then took a long time for the food to come out, and when it did there were some mixups with the orders.
I could look past the service problems if the food was truly excellent...but it wasn't. The food was overpriced for the quality and the alcohol was absurdly expensive. $18 for a small mojito?! Really? That being said, the cocktail was the best thing about the meal for me, but several of my friends had their drink orders screwed up (who serves a martini on the rocks in a small tumbler, honestly?).
I had mushroom risotto where the rice was significantly undercooked and the flavors were underwhelming. I followed that up with a braised duck on top of polenta. It was ok, but I don't feel like it was anything I couldn't have gotten at Carabba's for half the price. My experience wasn't unique, I think everyone in my group was fairly unhappy with the experience.
There are just too many great restaurants in Vegas, including many at the Bellagio, for me to waste my time and money on a place like Lago. I won't be coming back.
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