Staying at the Tropicana can be a bummer because there are only three restaurants in the hotel, but all three restaurants are exceptionally good.
I was excited to try Bacio mainly because I LOVE watching Top Chef and Carla Pellegrino was/is the chef at Bacio (I was secretly hoping to meet her, but sadly I was too chicken to ask).
I'm always a sucker for Italian and pasta. I've tried multiple menu items but by far my favorites are the Bacio Salad and the apple dessert. The Bacio salad is perfectly refreshing and tasty with many veggies that you don't see on many salads. The dressing is what makes this salad my favorite, the tangy citrus flavor is delicious. I've tried both apple desserts at Bacio and Biscayne (the restaurant across the way), but Bacio's is better. Bacio's apple dessert has a crispy, flakey pastry with caramel ice cream (gelato?). This caramel ice cream is soooo good. It's very different from the usual vanilla ice cream you usually get with apple desserts.
The pasta dishes aren't anything super special, once I got the capellini and the pasta was "mush-y" because it was most likely overcooked. I have yet to try their gnocchi which I've wanted to try for like ever, but hopefully I'll be back soon to try it.