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| - I'm from Chicago and surprisingly, I had never gone to Aurelio's while I lived in the city. After moving to Henderson and hearing that the pizza in this area isn't stellar, my boyfriend and I decided to try Aurelio's and watch a pre-season Bear's game.
The restaurant is clean, nice decor in the bar, and there is a lot of seating for family-style diners.
We decided to go sit in the bar and grab some pizza and beer. It all started to go downhill from there. I am unsure if they were understaffed or there was a lack of communication between staff members, but it took almost 15 minutes for someone to acknowledge we were there and then it took another 10 minutes for us to get a pitcher of beer with two cups. There were only a few tables in the bar and they were not all occupied when we sat down, so the lack of service was a disappointment.
When the bartender had a free moment, he did come over to our table and took our order. Medium pizza with pepperoni and a side of giardiniera for my boyfriend and a small gluten-free pizza with chicken, spinach and garlic for myself. LOVE the gluten-free option! MAJOR kudos for that!
I had to go to the front desk to get the giardiniera, only to receive pepperocinis by someone who may or may not have been an employee. Eventually, we did get the giardiniera, but anyone from Chicago knows that giardiniera is a delicious asset to a slice of pizza! The restaurant was not busy at all because there were only pre-season games on and NASCAR, so I was surprised about the lack of service.
The bartender was friendly and a decent server, but since we weren't one of his regulars we were rarely attended to and had to wait an uncomfortable extended amount of time to get our bill and food wrapped up to take home. We ended up staying at Aurelio's for two hours which includes the extra 20 minutes we needed to wait for the bill. It took over an hour for anyone to come to our table to ask if we needed anything wrapped to-go (even though we finished eating 15 minutes before they even came to ask).
However, the rating for this restaurant is saved because of the pizza! DELICIOUS! I'm not sure if it would be as fantastic if you took it to-go without eating it at the restaurant, but I am sure that the thin crust pepperoni pizza looked, smelled and tasted EXCELLENT! The crust was nice and crispy and the way they cook it (brick oven) makes that pizza worth every unhealthy bite! My gluten-free pizza was a little undercooked (soft crust), but that was my fault for not ordering it a little more well done. It was still SCRUMPTIOUS and the crust didn't taste like cardboard one bit! The personal pizza size was a perfect serving and the cost was very nice to my wallet compared to other gluten-free pizzas. I can't explain to you how mouth-watering the pepperoni pizza looked, but if you're looking for a departure from the normal Las Vegas pizza, DEFINITELY go to Aurelio's and grab a pie. The service might be mediocre at best, but the pizza almost outweighs the frustration experienced due to the wait staff!
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