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| - After securing a reservation two months in advance, our party of six arrived for a Birthday celebration dinner this past Friday night. This restaurant is beautiful. The decor is light and upscale, but also feels comfortable. I liked the waiting area (though it is a bit small) and especially appreciated the complementary photo booth - what a unique experience. We were seated for our 9:30PM reservations right around 9:30. Though we didn't get a seat right by the window, we could see the skyline pretty well. There really isn't a BAD seat in the restaurant.
Our waiter, Rocco was nice. He was very classy and offered us suggestions on what to order. I did at some points though out the meal feel out of my league in this "fancy" restaurant, but overall I felt welcomed. The prices here are pretty high, but in line with other "nice" restaurants in Vegas. I found the portions to be pretty decent... some smaller than others, but overall adequate. Drink prices were very steep, as expected for a posh Vegas hot spot.
The Hubs and I decided to share a few things. We had the bacon wrapped, sausage stuffed dates. Yum. Soft, sweet, spicy, these gems had it all. Highly recommend. For our entrees we got the lemon spaghetti and the veal chop. The lemon spaghetti, though everyone RAVES about it, was a bit underwhelming. The shrimp it comes with are HUGE. I think I would have preferred a few smaller, regular sized shrimp. The dish was lacking something... maybe some pepper or parm topping... not sure, but it was just ok. The veal on the other hand was amazing. It was huge and melted in your mouth. So good... I would for sure get this dish again. For dessert, even though we were stuffed, we shared three cookies, lemon, peanut butter chocolate, and chocolate chip. The lemon was amazing as was the peanut butter. The chocolate chip one was just ok... I'd say get two lemon next time.
The entire party walked away happy with their meal and experience. I'd go back again in a heartbeat and try out some of the other pastas and appetizers. Based on the long wait for reservations and how packed the place was I'd say Giada has hit it out of the park for her first restaurant.
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