It was hard for me to decide how many stars to give this place so three it is. The restaurant is the place to go to if you want to ooh and ahh at the Bellagio Fountains and feel fancy while you are sipping on your wine/cocktail/beer and eating your overpriced Vegas meal. I live here and have seen it many times. Also, we didn't dine during the fountains schedule. From what I saw, there were five tables with a frontal view and maybe ten other tables behind those five tables in the small patio area. My group and I sat indoors that day.
They start you off with three types of complimentary bread and parmesan crisps with olives, black olive tapenade, and green olives tapenade. I'm not a big olives fan. I have tried it many, many times too. I just don't like olives. I'm not taking off any stars for that because I don't think it's fair to judge a food you know in advance that you don't like.
We ordered a bunch of items and sampled each other's dishes. I really like the Zucchini Crisps. I thought it seemed more of a bar food item and not a fancy food though but I couldn't stop eating them. The Chilean Sea Bass was out of this world. The fish was cooked perfectly, seasoned right, and melted in my mouth. The seared sea scallops were delicious as well. Some of the dishes were OK but not something I would order again. The butternut squash tortelli seemed more like a dessert to me due to its sweetness. The lobster scampi with squid ink is not my cup of tea. The desserts were sufficient and good enough. Nothing extraordinary, just something to appease your sweet tooth.
OK, here comes the gripes. My friend noticed there was a fruitfly in my drink which I already had drank out of. Gross. We told the waitress and no apologies or nothing comped. I didn't make a big deal out of it but I was thinking at least say sorry or something. She replaced the glass (well hoping she did). Later, everyone got refills but me. I was slightly put off by this so couldn't give this place 4-5 stars.