I went here with my family last night before the Madonna concert. Honestly, I wanted to go somewhere else and I was thinking, "another Americanized Italian restaurant, great!" We got there 30 minutes early for our 6pm reservation but they seated us right away. You can smell the wonderful aroma of truffles as soon as you enter. My heart started beating faster and I knew right away that I was in for a great meal.
The interior looks sophisticated as most Strip hotel restaurants should be. It was clean and dimly-lit. Our server provided ok service and the manager was doing his rounds to make sure everyone's having a great dining experience.
We liked the the cheesy thin flatbread from the bread basket. The lobster bisque was good and slightly spicy. The RAVIOLINI and GNOCCHI with lobster - OMG, to die for! I can't get over it. The raviolini are filled with short-rib on black truffle cream with a drizzle of red wine reduction - a beautiful dish and I want everyone to try it. I got the pasta trio with gnocchi, agnolotti and orecchiette. All three were good but next time I'll just get the gnocchi so I can enjoy more of it. Soft potato gnocchi goodness swimming in black truffle cream - that alone was good enough but they had to put Maine lobster to it which doubles the goodness. We also tried the shrimp scallop risotto and fettuccine - they were pretty good.
For dessert - we tried the cheesecake trilogy, torta al ciocolatto, semifreddo al torrone and tiramisu. I wanted to try the Nutella gelato since I'm addicted to Nutella but I'm lactose intolerant and still had a concert to go to. After having amazing entrees, dessert seemed quite boring. Don't get me wrong, the desserts were good but I just wanted more raviolini and gnocchi.