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| - I have to give this place 5 stars!!! I have read the prior reviews and was surprised at the complaints about service and/or food. However, many of the reviews are not recent thank goodness, which leads me to believe that they must have worked out many of the kinks, because our meal was phenomenal!
We made an 8:30 reservation, so we could enjoy dinner after our show, without rushing. We arrived to an empty hostess desk and we stood there for what seemed like at least 5 minutes before someone came. The female bartender noticed us waiting and finally acknowledged us, yelling over that someone would be with us, soon. However, we barely heard her over the noise from the casino, as she kind of yelled it over her shoulder as she was turning back to deal with the bar patrons. We were finally seated once the hostess came over and verified our reservation.
Gabriel was our server and he acknowledged and greeted us immediately, stating that he would be right with us. We ordered glasses of the Moscato D'Asti Villa Rosa. The wine was delicious! I savored every single sip! I kind of wished the glass was fuller for the $9 per glass price, but it was fine. I'm not a big drinker and I was there more so for the food, anyway.
I ended up ordering the Eggplant Parmesan, which came with Spaghetti Marinara, but I told them to hold the spaghetti. I just wanted the eggplant and I'm trying to eat as clean as possible. My meal also came with a side of minestrone soup (tomato based with no noodles) or a salad. I chose the soup because my natural craving and addiction to veggies was kicking my ass and I needed to soothe it. That soup was so damn good!! Hands down, the best damn minestrone I've had in a long time!! In hindsight, I wish I had asked for a pot of that stuff to go! My mom and my friend enjoyed their salads and I took a taste of it and it was good. My mom chose the house salad with Italian dressing and I really liked the dressing. It was light and a bit creamy, almost like a country Italian flavor. The breadsticks were amazing! They weren't plain like the ones at Olive Garden. There was some kind of garlic and herb seasoned crumbs on them. Delicious! They also came with a small boat of alfredo and marinara sauces. Both of them were amazing! You could tell that they were from scratch. Absolutely fantastic and flavorful!
My friend ordered the Veal Parmesan, which also came with Spaghetti Marinara and Rapini. Veal just isn't my thing, so I didn't taste it, but he said that the veal made him flashback to when he was a kid and he enjoyed that dish; like that movie Ratatouille where the restaurant critic had a flashback to when he was a kid after tasting the ratatouille. Yep! He had one of those moments. My mom ordered the Herb Marinated Chicken with Parmesan potatoes and Rapini. She said that the chicken was very good; moist and well-seasoned. It had a creamy herb-based sauce at the bottom of the platter that was very tasty. She said that the parmesan potatoes were hard and crispy on the outside and she thought they would be soft on the inside, but they weren't. She wasn't disappointed, but she was expecting a crisp outside/soft inside type of potato. She also said that the Rapini was like broccoli, only bitter so she didn't eat that.
We were way too full to have dessert, so I can't report on the taste and texture of those, but we certainly enjoyed our food. The ambiance was nice, but I wish they had walls, glass, or something up between the casino and the restaurant, because it was still loud in such a cool and relaxing environment and even sitting across from each other, we had to speak loudly. I guess it also depends on how busy the casino is, too. At times, it seemed like the noise died down and at others, it was loud. Overall, it was a beautiful restaurant and they made it look like you're dining outside in a courtyard in the middle of Italy.
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