Yikes....if this is an example of what to expect at Tivoli Village in Summerlin I'm gonna be very disappointed.
Walking in I was impressed with the place. Very nice looking with comfortable seating spread out indoors and outdoors. A little warm today to eat outside IMO but can imagine at night it would be great.
Ordered some garlic knots and a meatball sandwich.
Garlic knots - I knew this was trouble the moment I looked at them. You ever buy a sourdough roll at Albertson's or something like that? The outside of the bread looks tough and really chewy? Yup....that's what the garlic knots are like here. The outside of the bread is just disgusting. It was inedible. They painted some butter and garlic on it but not really enough even if the bread was good. I can't believe they served me that.
Meatball sub - Meatballs were lukewarm. Not sure what that means but fear it's cause they reheated it. Though honestly the meatball itself had good flavor and was juicy enough inside. The sauce, however, was gross. They put way too much on so it slobbered everywhere and it tasted way too sweet. Not sure if it's homemade or from a can - I'd guess from a can.
I have no idea why I'm not giving this one star since the service wasn't very good either - they did have more employees than customers when I went yet the staff was kind of sitting around chatting while some people needed service. Not really a very well run place either food or service wise.
I did like my waitress. She was nice even though not very attentive. She made a pretty awful Arnold Palmer but was nice and asked if I liked the garlic knots. Feel bad lying to her that they were good.
If you're eager to try this place I would do so in the next 6 months. I can't imagine this place lasting very long unless Tivoli really takes off with the foot traffic.