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| - First Food & Bar... the place upon entry was very nice, upbeat, and with a nice view of the strip and the passer by's below in front of the Palazzo. Dont forget to snap a few pics in the photo booth located in the center of the restaurant floor for some memories. Our server Brian, a real delight with his personality and his witty attitude with the ability to make you converse rather than the old standard blah service (very friendly). Our table had a variety of dished the Wild Mushroom pasta, trout over corn bread, linguini and clams, scallops, and the crispy oysters for the starter. Before anything came out we were offered cocktails which my standard 7&7 came out a bit heavy on the soda side but we arent perfect. The bread brought to the table was a pretzel plate followed by a number of mustard sauces that was tasty when warm, but while cooled got a bit tough for my liking, but an interesting concept idea. When the oysters hit the table they were gorgeous as the presentation was on point and was backed up with an incredibly light and crisp flavor not only from the fried oyster but the shredded cucumber, carrots, and radish that topped it with a hint of wasabi mayo... quite tasty. The order came with 4 but i could have eaten a dozen myself. The main dished hit the table and looked incredible from the start, my mushrooms were incredibly tender and the sauce would have made cardboard edible. I tried the trout with cornbread and it too was not a disappointment as the crispy skin and sweet cornbread mix went well together and made for a solid plate of food. The linguini and scallops although i did not taste them at my table, my party was more than pleased with the food flavors, style, and portions. Our dinner with tax and tip came out to just about $140 for a party of 4, 3 with cocktails, and an appetizer for Las Vegas standards the atmosphere, service and quality of food thats actually not too bad of a night out.
I will say we ate a late dinner at approximately 9:30 or so, so the traffic from dinner was obviously died down a bit which was nice as we did not have to wait for a table. So that might have helped the experience a bit. One point of disappointment was the lack of DJ that was suppose to be there from 10pm to the early morning hours. Michael Toast was the Tuesday night name on the card and he is a local favorite for myself so missing him was the only down side other than my under spiked 7&7. Its worth a look folks for an edgy design and atmosphere to the tasty creations on the plate... i can safely say 9 times out of 10 you should leave pleased.
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