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| - The Skinny: inconsistent quality between dishes confirms the restaurant's lack of identity (3.5) service: fantastic server who was prompt and attentive (4.5) value: for the quality of the cuisine, the food is overpriced.
You can't get a better view of the Strip and the mountains behind it than at Veloce Cibo. My food loving heart plummeted. The rule is if the view is fantastic, the food can't be that good.
At first we were torn between the happy hour (dim sum plate/sushi plate for 2 at $10; they also had a chicken wings special at the same price and a Sangria special) and the main dining room. Ultimately, we chose the dining room because I had a hankering for the butternut squash ravioli.
We ordered three shared plates: popcorn shrimp with thai chili sauce($12), kobe beef sliders with shoe string fries ($16) and a spinach salad ($12). We avoided the sushi because we saw another table's order (the rolls are overloaded with too much sauce!).
Of the three, the best was the spinach/goat cheese/almond salad. Albeit being overdressed, the flavours were pleasant and a nice way to start the meal.
The popcorn shrimp had a similar coating to fried calamari. The coating was not as crispy as we would have liked and unfortunately, the dish was not as well-drained, sporting some grease on the bottom of the plate.
The kobe beef sliders had too much char on them which overwhelmed the flavour of the beef. The accompanying fries had a lot of pepper on top (even for my hubby who sprinkles pepper on EVERYTHING!) and were soggy.
We ordered the braised short rib ($36) with horseradish crust and parsnip mash and the butternut squash ravioli($24).
By far the best dish of the night, the butternut squash ravioli had the best flavour. Loved the mixture of the light cream sauce with the carrot ginger puree underneath. My only gripe is the pasta could have been a little thinner, and the filling be less compact.
The braised short rib was okay. It was a rather large size piece of meat which is unfortunate because it rendered some of it a slightly drier than other parts. The sauce was good but the horseradish crust was definitely overhanded. The parsnip mash lacked adequate amounts of parsnips - composed mostly of mashed potatoes with bits of parsnips mixed in.
We skipped on dessert after a lackluster experience at Terzetto's and they have the same desserts anyway throughout the resort.
Overall, some hits and misses - would get a 3.5 star review.
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