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| - I made a reservation at Olives through Open Table a month ago with a request for patio seating for a special occasion with my wife. When we arrived we were unapologetically informed seating on the patio wasn't available for 3 hours. The receptionists, all unsmiling and dressed in black resembled greeters at a funeral home, were needlessly dismissive and rude. Once in the restaurant, there were tables askew all over the smallish space, like they realized too late they didn't have enough square footage they needed so tables were set up in corners, and anywhere they could. It feels more like a subway station than an upscale restaurant. The two-tops are postage stamp size. There are no views of the Bellagio fountains in the restaurant.
The Greek Romaine Salad was fresh enough but surprisingly flavorless. Trader Joes Greek salads are at the same level. The scallop dish was $44 for 4 scallops, which would've been fine had the 'crazy risotto' described in the dish required a departure from reality testing to be identified as 'risotto'- not sure what that was. I ordered the Seafood Risotto, which was hard-to-identify pieces of seafood-tasting pieces of meat in a little tomato-y broth- odd. And was it risotto? no of course not.
All the servers we interacted with spoke like robots, programmed to say the exact same thing, with the exception of Paul, our waiter, who was the only bright spot of the experience. There is no polite way to remove the crumbs from the dark plastic tables, and Paul tried valiantly to take a small sponge to remove them.
My wife observed that Olives has a
"I'm taking you out, trying to impress you, vendor type vibe" rather than a quality restaurant ambiance. Olives exudes ostentatiousness Trump-style: huuuge!
With all the amazing dining choices available in Las Vegas, be assured you'll want to give Olives a miss.
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