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| - Alright, so I'm going to be completely honest here and say I worked here from 2008-2009 so I know the idiosyncrasy of this restaurant. I was a hostess and a bartender, and I really need to address a comment a reviewer made.
Seating: Just because you make a reservation on Open Table does not mean you are going to get an amazing table. Let me give you the gist of fine dining restaurants and table preferences, Il Mulino has a lot of very wealthy regular clientèle that like to sit at certain tables just like most fine dining restaurants do. Just because a table is open currently, does not mean that it will be in 30 minutes or an hour. The average dining time at that restaurant is an hour and a half for a table of 2. Therefore, you can't get seated at a table you want if it has already been requested by another customer, especially if that customer was a regular. A reservation is a guaranteed seat in the restaurant, all table requests are as such, they are requests that can or cannot be accommodated at the maitre'd's discretion.
Anyhow, I haven't worked nor been to this restaurant in over a year. I ended up walking in on Saturday evening with my date after our little adventures at the Bellagio and we had dinner here. To describe the restaurant a little, it's a gothic, romantic atmosphere with black iron chandeliers, plush red velvet curtains and dim lights. We got seated and enjoyed the sunset menu which was an an appetizer, 2 entrees, and a dessert. Upon sitting down we received the chilled sautéed zucchini which hasn't gotten any better since I worked there. It's drenched in oil and honestly just not that appealing. We also received some bruschetta and mussels, salami, a chunk of the huge (and my favorite) wheel of Parmesan cheese with a bread basket. All of that is complimentary before we even got our appetizer. I just had our captain order for us and he did an excellent job except for the appetizer, which was polenta and sausage. It was bland and salty. Our starting entree was a sampler of the mushroom ravioli which I died for. It's a porchini stuffed mushroom ravioli in a champagne black truffle cream sauce, yes it sounds amazing and it WAS. I so missed that. Following that, we had the main entree which was steak pizziola, sautéed spinach, and some amazing shrimp. I wish I remembered what they were called. They didn't have them when I worked there. We were so full but we still had to have the dessert which was PHENOMENAL. We had the tiramisu and finished off with some cappucinos. Oh no, just when you think it's over they brought over lemoncello and grappa. By the time we left, I felt like lying down and passing out. Everything I received in the restaurant was just the same as any other reservation regardless of me being a past employee, except for the double helping of free alcohol which is usually lemoncello or grappa and we got both. Honestly, i've dined at a lot of restaurants and the customer service continues to be excellent and above par with a lot of other restaurants i've dined at. You might assume I'm just bias, but I think you can tell from my other reviews i'm a pretty honest person. Anyhow, if anyone wants amazing romantic Italian on the strip, this is your place.
P.S. I lived in NYC and both of the managers did as well. No the location is not the original in NYC, it's bigger and has more seating but most of the patrons said that it was comparable to the location in NYC :) So take that as you will, from New Yorkers.
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