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| - The most notable thing about Sassi is the ambience. The restaurant is located within an Italian villa, with eating rooms scattered here and there. The building is impressive but the star is the outdoor patio which features mountain and desert views, spectacular especially at sunset.
The food might not quite make five stars but the view -- ah, the view.
BIG HINT: Get a patio table. Request it on your reservation and go early particularly on busy days.
As to the food, Sassi clearly uses very high quality ingredients, and the kitchen staff prepares everything well. I can site the very fresh greens and goat cheese in our salad, and an exceptional branzino. However, in all cases, the flavor profiles are nothing special - salt and pepper and lemon they know about, but there are few other spices, and the sides to the entrees were uninspired, and in one case, inedible (stringy broccolini).
For two people, with a carafe of sangria, olives, two appetizers, two entrees, one dessert and coffee, the tab came to $160 including tax and tip. Not cheap but just about right for what Sassi delivers.
SMALL HINT: Since you want to see sunset from your patio table, April and May are the best months to go. The temperature outside will probably be great, and sunset occurs late enough so that you can watch it during your dinner.
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