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| - a delicious meal with some wonderful friends made for an awesome christmas eve dinner.
what i ate:
- bread was ciabatta rolls. came out with rosemary lardo and sweet butter. the ciabatta rolls were yummy and oily. i loved the rosemary lardo, but i was the only one at the table who liked it. tasted like yummy rosemary flavored fat! whats not to like?!
- rib eye for two: omg, perfection! just enough fat to make it tasty, tender and juicy. cooked to perfection. they carved the huge fred flinstone sized steak table side and drizzled our plates with some extra virgin olive oil. the lady at the other table straight up picked up the huge rib bone and actually gnawed on it. shes kind of my hero.
- porcini bearnaise sauce: yummy yummy. rich and deep mushroom flavor. pretty awesome and oh so fatty.
- bison: PERFECTION. i really loved the bison!!! didnt taste gamey at all! soooooooo tender and perfectly made
- parpadelle: delicious! fresh pasta! wonderful flavors of mushroom
- sauteed brussel sprouts w/pancetta (side): not a fan of brussel sprouts in general so this wasnt the best for me
- italian broccoli w/house smoked pork (side): good
- spinach w/garlic and hot peppers (side): loved this. the hot peppers gave this a nice kick
- cesare's 'tuscan fries' (side): basically potato wedges with garlic and parm.
- white truffle pasta dish. im sorry, i didnt order it so i wasnt sure what it was called, but it was one of the specials for the day. this was so disappointing. you ate and tried so hard to love it, but there was nothing to love. you think white truffles and you expect to get your socks knocked off, but nothing happened after a bite. it wasnt that the dish was bad, it was nice and buttery and rich, but it wasnt OUTSTANDING. totally not worth the $50 that came with it so we sent it back.
- cheese plate: not on the menu! but we asked, and our server said they could whip something up. came out with a blue cheese, double cream goat cheese, parm, pecorino, pear slices, and i asked our server to give us some almonds and some crostini.
pros:
- the MEAT! all the meat was cooked to perfection. i cant speak for anything else, but if its a steakhouse, i highly suggest sticking to the meat! if you cant wrangle someone else to share the rib eye with you, go for the bison!
- service: fairly attentive and outrageously polite and sooooooo accommodating! they let us move when we didnt like the first table we were placed. they were so polite when we complained about the white truffle dish and replaced it quickly. there was always quick and attentive refills of all our water and wine glasses. i asked if they had a cheese plate and they said no, but our server said they would whip something up for us. when i asked for almonds to come out with our cheese plate, he was more than happy to bring us some.
cons:
- the sides were ... unimpressive. they were tasty, but at $9 a pop, i was expecting a bit more. maybe we picked the wrong sides.
- white truffle pasta dish. my review of it is above.
- empty! on our way to the bathroom i was so surprised to see how EMPTY the restaurant was. i guess with all the high end dining available in vegas, its difficult to compete.
would i come again? ... maybe. but, i think id prefer trying another place out on my next vegas trip.
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