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| - We were at The Bellagio to see "O" and when it was over, we met up with some of our friends who were also in Vegas. We were a group of 7 people, wandering around, trying to find a bar or lounge to sit in and have some drinks. Everything was full to capacity or the empty tables were reserved.
Then we saw The Fontana. At first we thought it was a club because we could hear music and see people dancing. We thought we might be under dressed, but when we saw the middle aged woman with a mullet (or is it fullet?) in her Missy Elliot circa 1997 "I Can't Stand the Rain" trash bag "sweater" we knew we would have no problem getting in.
We were seated inside (there was a wait for the patio), we all looked over the bar menu, then waited forever for the waitress to come over. Once she made it, she was far from friendly...she took our orders with attitude, then left. We waited quite awhile for the drinks to arrive.
The drinks eventually made it to the table, and they were good, I think everybody enjoyed what they had. The waitress didn't come back to check on us for what seemed like an eternity, by the time she did come back, we were all ready to leave, so I didn't get to have another drink. Boo :(
Waitress issues aside, this place is quite entertaining. Our table of twenty and thirty somethings was definitely the youngest bunch in the room. I would say the age range in here is 45-80. No joke. LOTS of old people.
The music they were playing was a mix of KIIS FM hits - Lady Gaga, Rhianna, Mariah Carey - and old school funk like Cameo, Gap Band and The Commodores. All the old people were up on the stage doing ballroom dancing, and I felt like I was at a taping of Dancing with the Stars. I never knew you could tango to Poker Face.
After awhile a cover band came on stage and sang everything from slow Fleetwood Mac songs to upbeat Jennifer Lopez hits. Odd set list. They were pretty good though, and they kept the senior citizens on the dance floor, so I was happy.
Overall, this is an okay place. If the service was better, we probably would have stayed longer to people watch, but the service sucked so we decided to move on.
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