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| - My experience at Nove was so drastically, drastically different (read: shittier than) the 4 and 5 star reviews on here I was momentarily flummoxed until I realized one thing - for the most part, the negative reviews were from people who took part in "deals" offered by Nove. Ladies Night, TravelZoo, etc, apparently its all code for "eat shit food and pay for it". And when I say pay for it, I mean on multiple levels.
I'm too irritated to give an overly detailed review, but here's the hit list:
Waiting to be seated for a reservation we were already (apologetically) late for, slow service, a booth tucked into the otherwise empty corner of an extremely low ceilinged overhang that meant we could see nothing of the famous Nove view of Vegas (and this in a half empty restaurant) and felt like we were quarantined from the rest of the guests, cold extremely oversalted food, empty water glasses (I think they were pissed we asked for tap after they only offered us Fiji or San Pellegrino, like tap water doesn't even exist in such an upscale establishment), club music during dinner, improperly paced and delivered courses, unprofessional wait staff.
I really think it boils down to management and staff assuming that people who come in courtesy of these "deals" are lesser guests, lesser citizens, and are given less hospitality. To be sat in a corner of an otherwise empty section of a restaurant when there were numerous tables with views and actual other diners nearby which sat empty before, during and after our meal is horrible.
I also think that they are doing the food for these "deals" in mass quantities, and it is being pre-cooked and help improperly. Fried items were cold, tough and limp, the chicken parmigiana reminded me of a low quality frozen dinner in texture and taste, and I'm still dehydrated from the over dose of salt that was present in every course, right down to the salted chocolate ganache for dessert. But the worst, absolutely WORST, was the salmon. We left the entire entree untouched.
Maybe the regular menu is great. Maybe. But I'll never know because if this is how Nove chooses to treat guests who partake of the tasting menus they themselves advertise (which, by the way, should be used as a chance to showcase the restaurant and garner repeat business) poorly. I will never, ever return.
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