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| - My boyfriend and I are starting to run out of nice restaurants we haven't yet visited here in Vegas, we decided to try Olives for Valentine's Day despite the previous so-so reviews from trusted Yelpers. We were treated to a very strange evening with mediocre food.
Service: It started when we arrived 9 minutes later for our 9.15 reservation. We were made to wait almost 10 minutes before being seated, which would have been fine if the restaurant was busy or full, but there were dozens of empty tables. The service after that was like a drive-by; the waiter came by and asked if we wanted bottled or regular water then sprinted away, came back and asked for our drink order then sprinted away, etc. All of the bussers and servers apparently had all been trained in the same fashion, to speak quickly and abruptly, then sprint away. Plates clanked loudly on the tablecloth-less table as they were all but tossed onto the table. Well, at least I can't complain about the service being slow or inefficient
Food: in general, everything we ordered was smothered in sauce, making it impossible to taste any of the actual food itself. This was true of the carpaccio, gnocchi, and pork chops. The four slices of duck included with the gnocchi was very gamey - and this coming from a girl who loves lamb and other meats that live on the edge of gamey.
In all, this was a very blah date night experience, and I probably won't be back any time soon.
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