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| - Let's get it out there right up front. The service was really slow and not very good for our four top Saturday night dinner. The food, however, was fantastic! If they upped their service game, they would be hard to beat. Our reservation was for 6:15 and we rolled out of there at 10:15. Yep, four hours.
Granted, we had a drink first, then some appetizers, dinner, and dessert with an after dinner drink so that's a few courses but we should have been out of there in three hours, tops. The delays were around our waiter and the bar. I'm not sure if he just wasn't picking up the bar order or the bar was backed up but, ugh. Painfully long waits between "waiter appears and takes order and pushes a wine bottle purchase" and actually receiving said order - either food or drink.
We started with the crispy brussel sprouts that were OUTSTANDING. I mean, best ever, we all agreed. The Caputo Brothers Whipped Ricotta with toasted hazelnuts and lemon was sort of bland to me but others really enjoyed it. We would recommend that they provide at least four slices of the delicious dense bread they served it with. It only comes with two slices and a huge bowl of the ricotta. The waiter brought more bread but then doused it in olive oil and balsamic so it wasn't good with the ricotta whip. The Escarole, Beans and Sausage could have used a ton more greens but the sausage was very tasty. We ordered the cauliflower side but he forgot to bring it so we didn't try that.
For entrees, two of us had the Lamb Bolognese over Tagliatelle which was tremendously flavored but arrived very lukewarm which was a shame because it was downright chilled by the time our partners gnocci dishes were served. They really need to hold the order until it is all ready and keep the pasta under a warmer or something. We all loved the gnocci - the one served in the bread bowl was richer with the added cheese and basil while the gnocci with the meatballs and red sauce was lighter and cleaner in taste. Really excellent flavor and unusual density.
We tried some of their cocktails and the big hit of the night was the absolutely fantastic Amaro New Fashioned which comes with two different Amaro's - Nonino and Nardini - raw cane sugar and burnt orange with cherry. Oh. My. Gosh. It was so good. I was not familiar with Amaro's and was really intrigued with them. Amaro is Italian for "bitter" and while these are bitter, they are also highly concentrated herbal liquors ranging in alcohol from 16-40%. I highly recommend the New Fashioned and a sampling of the other Amaros they have to offer as an after dinner drink.
The dessert Zeppoles were warm and soft and simply delicious with out Amaro drinks. We really enjoyed them to top off our meals.
I was intrigued with the food so I looked up the chef and he was the chef at Spoon before he opened this place. This restaurant opened in 2016 and is a truly welcome addition to the Strip District dining scene. We'll give it another go but with lower expectations on the service.
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