After our dinner at LAVO, we decided to go get some dessert at Espressamente Illy because of some of the reviews I saw from my fellow yelpers. We were tempted with LAVO's dessert selections, but i kept insisting on trying this place out to my friend because of yelp... I have officially become a real yelper where my world revolves around reviews I have read and my bookmarks that I try to follow!!!
The place is definitely cute and bright.. nice decor.. very modern.. it is right in front of the Palazzo fountain where the mini shows are held at certain times. We just in time beat the long line.. As for the gelato, I've had better.. We sample tasted few of the fruit flavors such as mango, lime, pineapple but it wasn't as sour as i wanted those flavors to be.
It was expensive though.. about $10 for the strawberry and nutella crepe with additional strawberry gelato ice cream on top.. It's okay it was good. A bit too strawberry jammey for me though inside of the crepe. My friend had some pastry which was very light. It balanced out the super sweet crepe i got. I expected more out of this place and more variety in desserts/pastries so I was a bit disappointed. We would of preferred staying at LAVO to eat desserts.
There was a little boy roaming around the venue though.. He was all by himself. We felt bad because he sat at the table next to us all alone. He seemed very mature for his age, drinking his tea and eating his gelato. The workers there were very hospitable to him. I think his parents leave him alone too much to go off gambling... :( bad parents... all i wanted to do was to tell him to join us.. haha but if he was mature as he seemed.. he wouldn't of talked to strangers!!!!