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| - After seeing the reviews on Yelp, I was dying to try this place. It's not horribly far from home and I was craving some real Italian food.
The location is in the middle of a strip mall in Sun City, Summerlin, and it was packed, surprisingly so for a Wednesday night. I was glad we had reservations, otherwise we might easily have had to wait a long time for a table.
The restaurant isn't huge but you wouldn't know it from the noise level. The conversational din was pretty high, but could easily be attributed to the high age range of the customers. I've been told that hearing aids aren't a perfect solution for most people and I think the average age of the clientele was north of 70.
Our waitress, Angie, was a doll! She brought lots of free goodies to our table, which everyone gets - antipasto, garlic bread slices, bread sticks, and salad. None were epic but all were good.
Hubby ordered the steak, which comes with the claim that they don't give you a steak knife because it can be cut with a butter knife - and they weren't lying. I had a taste and it was tender and tasty, definitely an Italian marinade that's worth having. I wouldn't want that for every steak but yes, it was pretty damn good. Hubby did a good job finishing up every last bite of that steak and it was a good size.
I had to try their lasagna, made from the owner's mother's recipe. Initially, I liked it pretty well but then I realized that I wasn't a big fan of the lasagna itself but liked the outer parts where I could include the marinara from the serving plate. The actual lasagna wasn't made with marinara included and was a bit too heavy on ricotta for my tastes. If you love ricotta, you're going to love this lasagna! The portion was huge, and the leftovers were enough for two more meals at home.
We didn't order any of the family meals, which are served on platters. Any one of those would have given me leftovers for a week!
Now, about the band and the singing... There's good and bad about it. The good is that they're all dang good, and the owner has a great singing voice! You have to like the RatPack vibe or you'll hate this, but it would be hard not to be converted by them. The bad was the volume. It was so loud, I felt like my brain was melting. I have sensitive hearing but I felt like I might need hearing aids myself after sitting through a 3-singer session. The other 2 singers were good, one is a younger crooner who is the son of their amazing guitarist and the other was a visitor who they said is retired from a career at the Met. She sang all her songs in French, so I had no idea what she was singing.
They have their live music sessions on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday. As much as I liked them, my hearing insists that our next visit is likely to be on a Tuesday or Thursday .
Overall, the food is pretty good, the staff is amazing, the music is loud but good, and we'll be returning before long.
Oh, and the owner (and Chef) is absolutely adorable and might stay and chat for a while, and expect a hug from him when you're leaving. He's definitely a people person and is charming as heck.
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