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| - Local friends recommend this place so I did no Yelp snooping beforehand, but it turned out to be a huge hit. I will say that food/flavor/atmosphere-wise it deserved 5 stars. However, there were only 2 servers working on a busy Thursday night and although they were trying hard, it definitely hampered the experience a bit.
Unfortunately, most of the food was ordered from our friend's memory so I'll have to just describe it rather than name it. Now, about the food:
Starter Salads:
They ordered two, both of which were topped with generous helpings of a very light and fluffy feta cheese. It sounds like it could be overbearing, but it wasn't and totally worked with each. The first was like a traditional Greek salad with tomatoes, cucumbers, and of course the fresh feta. The second had watermelon and basil with the feta. Both were light, fresh, and very tasty in their own idiom.
Sleeper pick
We got two helpings of a hot and fluffy pizza crust type bread with a fried egg in the middle. You stir the egg yolk around on top and then tear off chunks of this very tasty seasoned puffy bread slathered in the egg yolk. Words again can't do it justice, but it is sooooo good! Order one just to try and you may have to double down like we did. You are in Vegas after all.
Main Course Dishes:
We had the Eastern Lamb dish (can't remember the actual Russian title but it was two words with a lot more consonants in a row than usual). It was cooked just a hair too well done for my taste, but in all fairness I didn't order and specify the temperature. The seasoning and flavor was bold and very tasty.
We also got what was described as "Siberian Burgers" which was cooked perfectly and incredibly flavorful. I highly recommend this.
The ambiance was very eclectic with EDM versions of the latest dance songs playing in the background, but not overbearingly loud. The lighting is low, but the walls and furniture seemed to be painted and bedazzled gypsy style, which makes you feel like your in the Eastern Bloc and not West of the Vegas Strip.
I would definitely come back and recommend Forte to friends wanting to eat in a local gem.
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