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| - We arrived exactly on time for our 5pm reservation at Harvest at Bellagio. Andrea greeted us and stated that the hostess would seat us soon. There was one party of two ahead of us. It seemed to take endless amounts of time for her to come back and take us to our table. I used that time to "shake down" Andrea and get the scoop on the restaurant in terms of best food choices and the way to get the most out of our visit. Eventually the hostess came back and escorted us to our table. Each table has a small plant in a wooden planter. The bench seating is way too low. The chairs, opposite, are way too high. The music started out very good then got very weird and got in the way of our enjoyment of the evening! Our waitress was Kewpie Doll meets Stepford Wife -- head moving back and forth, eyes blinking often -- with a recorded message that is difficult to hear. She brought by the IPad with the drink menu and an extensive wine list book, plus the menus. She explained that there is a savory cart and a sweet cart, like dim sum, that will pass by to supplement the meal. She suggested that we get a "social" item from the menu, and a couple of entrees and dessert. The Sommelier stopped by to see if we wanted to order a bottle of wine. He told us that he had 600 International Wines that were left over from when the space was Sensi that were not on the wine list. I asked if he could give us a deal on one of those wines and he said NO! We each got the Gazpacho ($8 each) from the savory cart, which was about 1/3 cup of cold seasoned tomato broth served over muir poix and something white. Very good, but way to pricy! We ordered the Melon & Burrata (split) and it was totally outstanding, everything about it was excellent and enjoyable. I got a glass of the Lieu Dit Chenin Blanc from Santa Ynez ($18) and my companion got a glass of the MacMurray Ranch Pinot Noir ($15). My companion ordered the Salmon and I ordered the Diver Scallops over grits and vegetable ($42 each) with the Mayacamas Vineyards Chardonnay ($26). The scallops were spectacular, the salmon was nothing special. The wines were served at the totally wrong temperature, one of my pet peeves! The Pinot Noir was served at room temperature instead of the slightly chilled 55° that it should have been. The Chardonnay was served at refrigerator temperature instead of the most enjoyable 50°. When Chardonnay is too cold all you taste is alcohol and acid and not the beautiful fruit; likely the reason why most people do not favor the beautiful Chardonnay wine. The Chardonnay matched perfectly with the scallops. We also ordered the spinach which was Vietnamese caramel, with red chilies, which means it was both sweet and savory which I did not enjoy at all! My companion finished with the toffee pudding which she loved! Total bill before tip $212 for two. The servers of bread and water were totally outstanding, our main server was not as timely as we would have liked, I did tell her that I would be needing another glass of wine soon (as I love wine and food marriages) and had an empty glass longer than I would have liked. I would like to give five stars to Andrea, five stars to the support staff and one star to each of the following: the seating, the waitress, the wine temperature and the sommelier. I'm pretty sure that they priced the menu and then multiplied by two! If you have a couple extra C-notes and want to have an amazing salad and scallops this is the place for you, if not, look elsewhere.
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