Well. I left less than charmed with my meal at Lago.
My friend and I popped in quickly without dinner reservations at the tail end of the night. We were seated in the lounge chars in the bar area which I would recommend against sitting in if you are planning to eat a meal. The seats and table height are awkward so eating off of plates was slightly uncomfortable.
We ordered the following dishes:
-alla ricotta e miele: ricotta cheese with a layer of honey on a densely packed focaccia roll. For 8 bucks, you get a dense piece of focaccia bread with a ricotta spread and drizzled with honey. It's...good. The first bite was great, but overall, the bread was heavy and I didn't anticipate such a sweet dish to start my meal. A more savory dish would have probably been more satisfactory. I would recommend ordering more than one if your party includes more than 2 people.
-tonno crudo: ahi tuna slices garnished with orange segments. 4 slices for $19. The tuna was rather sinewy which I didn't expect. The chewiness was a distraction from the rest of the dish. No good.
-spaghetti chittara: tomatoes, clams, garlic oil all tossed over al dente spaghetti noodles ($16). The noodles were perfectly cooked and this was probably the most positive thing I can say about the dish. It was bland. I ordered the dish expecting the clams to infuse some sort of seafood flavor into the broth, but I got none of that. It felt like the clams and tomatoes were just garnishes over very well cooked spaghetti noodles.
-fusillioro: corkscrew pasta tossed with lamb ragù + spuma di ricotta ($15). This was the most flavorful dish of the night. It was robust and had nice touches in flavor, but was slightly unremarkable.
Lago is the epitome of Las Vegas: fine dining with a so-so menu, but nothing spectacular. If you're looking for a nice place to dinner at in Vegas, I would suggest that you put in that extra ounce of effort to scout out an amazing meal. Lago needs some time to develop.