From a Celiac:
The Good:
The boyfriend loves this place. He loves the ambiance of being right inside the casino and watching all the action. He loves eating a great meal at 2:00am. The wine list is stellar. The risotto is his favorite.
All of Steve Wynn's restaurants have menus that have each allergy listed and what is ok to eat according to your allergy. Awesome!
The Bad:
I'm going to skip to the ugly...
The Ugly:
I ordered a really delicious glass of wine with GLUTEN FREE pasta with plain marinara sauce. No appetizers. No salad. I've done this before, it's always very good.
I didn't realize that I would be reminded of this meal for the next 2 weeks at the time. But waking up a few hours after this meal I knew what had happened. I had been given wheat pasta. I woke with a bloody mouth, open bloody sores on my tongue and roof of my mouth and raw gums. By the end of the day I had a rash on my face and had spent the day dealing with having bloody vomit and diarrhea. Nice.
Servers that aren't Celiacs don't know what can happen by giving someone a wheat meal. I remember being a server and one lady ordered decaf coffee. I brought some over and she asked if I was confident enough that it was decaf to give her my phone number so if it did have caffeine she would call me in the middle of the night. I brewed a new pot of decaf, just to make sure.
For people who really are Celiacs, eating out is terrifying. It is not a "fad" or diet for us. It is real. It's been 2 weeks since eating at Allegro and I am still having complications from that stupid wheat pasta.
I know I will have to eat here again because we always stay at Encore and the boyfriend loves it. But I don't trust the servers/kitchen here so I'll be ordering plain lettuce, with no dressing next time.