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My wife and I love Picasso and we've eaten at Julian Serrano's about half a dozen times. "Go check out Julian Serrano's at the Aria," we tell people when they ask us where to eat. We'll make sure to tell them to stay away from Lago from now on.
I've already gotten some rather brutal feedback on my review so I'm editing it to provide more information as to why we were so incredibly disappointed with our meal at Lago. First and foremost, service was extremely spotty. We were initially seated at a table, immediately told to move as there could be no table there as it was blocking the doors onto the balcony. We were moved to a table nearby only to see that a new larger table of 6 was dressed exactly in the same spot some 15 minutes later. Perhaps they didn't want to sacrifice such "prime" real estate on a 2-top, but we certainly felt slighted to say the least. For the remainder of the meal, it was evident the servers were much more interested in lavishing attention on larger parties. We asked twice for water refill while our glasses remained empty. Sorry, but that just doesn't fly.
The food was simply not all that spectacular. The octopus dish I had was rather chewy with a rather crude presentation, in my opinion. The polenta might have been the highlight of the meal, but that's really not saying much.
In all fairness, it's perfectly evident that an extraordinary Spanish Chef can create incredible tapas but he may not so easily be able to create such exquisite Italian dishes. If you want incredible French fare, go eat at a restaurant run by a French Chef. Same goes for Spain, Italy, or Thailand.
Considering we dropped close to 5 bills on our meal here, we had much higher expectations. Of course, many things can be excused. Perhaps the sous-chef was ill that day. Nevertheless, the lack of culinary depth combined with what we thought rather poor customer service made that we certainly won't be coming back.
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