his was my first time to visit Fiamma Trattoria which is an Italian restaurant inside the MGM Grand Casino and resort. Being that I'm Italian and this was the first time I was away from family during Christmas I wanted to keep up the tradition of Italian food for my Christmas dinner. We had reservations for 7PM on Christmas Night which we were late for as always . They found our reservation and seated us right away. The restaurant is beautiful however, It's very open to the hallways of MGM Grand so you can people watch. The back of the restaurant has a fire going and a lounge to have drinks. The rest is the restaurant. The place has a great feel to it and gives a very classy feeling. Also, anyone that's been to MGM Grand knows how easy it is to find anything in there...sigh . The waitress was very nice and great company to talk to. We started out with the Wine list and they have a very large and good wine list here. I'm a wine fan and was very impressed. Since I was not alone and as I would say was ballin' on a budget we went with a cheaper wine on the menu. We ordered the Corvina which is red for anyone that has not heard of it. Here is the description per the restaurant Corvina: Medium to port like with bursting black cherry, raisin, and fig. So, ordered the Valpolicella Classico, Brigaldara, Veneto 2006. The lady brought out the wine opened it and explained to my friend the best wine openers and proper way to open wine. She always made sure our wine glass were full and almost never had to pour ourselves. The bottle was $40.00 and pretty good. I was surprised how much I liked it and would most likely get it again. After this we ordered the Calamari and OMG this was the best calamari I've ever had. Was so good and I would highly suggest to anyone that likes Calamari!!! My friend ordered the Rigatoni which looked really good and she liked a lot. I went with the Raviolini which is a short rib ravioli, Barbera wine, and Imported Pecorino Romano. Wow this was so good. The waitress said this generally this is not enough food for guys and asked if I would like a salad which I declined. I can see that for some the raviolini might not be enough food so take that in mind if you ever go. The flavor of everything I ate here was top notch and so was the location and atmosphere was the same. I highly suggest this location to anyone that wants a great wine selection and awesome food. Food by no means is cheap here and meals were about 20-22 per entree. With all we ordered our bill was around $107.00 pre tip. I loved this location and will most certainly will be going back. There was just something about this place that brought out the romantic in me not sure why but it just did.