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| - I am deducting a star from my previous review.
Set scene: Saturday night, my friend's birthday dinner, Olives is busy, noisy, and full of patrons. Our six-person party is seated in the main dining area and our menus are give to us, as well as the iPad wine menu (so fancy huh). I swept through the wine menu, but wasn't sure on what to have. I inquired with our waiter who seemed not so keen to help me decide so I had to goad him with a few clues and actually ended up taking the advice of my friend seated next to me while the waiter just nodded and took the order.
Next came dinner; although the food was very good I feel as though the prices are somewhat askew. Not on everything, but definitely on the Grilled Sirloin my husband ordered for $49. The steak was minuscule, and yes, I realize plating and stacking food is a cute and fancy and all, but I don't care how you stacked this thing it was still not big enough to justify being $49. I must admit though that my husband missed out on half the dish as he requested the peas, onions, and roquefort cream be removed from the dish. (Yes, this is me sighing unpleasantly as he explains this to the server. Ah, my picky husband...)
I had the Ricotta Ravioli, actually a very decadent dish with the perfect amount of raviolis and sweet Italian sausage. It was the perfect amount of food, and the price was solid.
Foie gras... our table split this as an app. This time around I felt as though the foie gras was not as good. It was a bit stringy, and honest to goodness I was a bit miffed at the lighting in the dining room because I couldn't SEE the appetizer as it was on the other side of the table from me.
For dessert... my husband and I shared the Pumpkin-pie-like-custard-like dessert creation. The name escapes me now, but dang it was PUMPKINY. I had a bite and was basically floored by how much it tasted like pumpkin.
Overall... I plan to head elsewhere for birthday or anniversary or night-out dining in Vegas. Although I do like Olives I think there are some places that do the special night out dining better.
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