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| - I met up here with a group of 8 for dinner here on a weeknight, and I can't say I was happy with this place almost from the get go. I should preface this by saying that I've been to other Mario Batali restaurants, specifically Carnevino and Mozza, so I had hope that this one could live up to the other two. I was sadly mistaken.
The service was spotty and for the most part rather bad, the busser or server assistant didn't even know what types of hot tea they had, and also didn't think they had honey for it either. It also took half an hour for the server to make his way over to our table even though he only had the 4 tables in the backroom we were in. The food also didn't make it's way out in a timely manner either, but I don't know if this was the kitchen's fault or the server was just slow at putting the food order in, but the table next to us, who sat down 20 minutes after us, go their food first, very disappointing.
Now for the food. I had their version of cioppino, and was not pleased with the quantity/quality for the price. I'm not saying I didn't finish it, but I was starving at that point. I was happy to have some of the pizza the table ordered and also had a few bites of the pasta norma, which was quite tasty. The cold salads that they offer at the top of the menu were quite good, and I thought were honestly the best part of the meal. The lentils were dressed nicely and cooked just right, they were al dente so held up well. Their eggplant caponata was also quite tasty, although it had more peppers in it then I'm used to, but still tasty.
Overall, I am not planning on coming back here ever again, there's way better Italian here in Las Vegas for the price.
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