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| - I got the $22 prix fixe lunch, as recommended by the NYT travel column: grilled octopus $10 upgrade, lavraki, and walnut cake, plus wine pairing.
The octopus was by far the best dish of the three, having just the right balance of tender-chewy texture, and spicy-acidic seasoning to balance the natural salt and evoo lubricant.
The fish was a substantial portion of melt-in-your-mouth tenderness, but it had the same (albeit tasty) flavor as the octopus. It left me wondering whether they just use the same lemon-dill marinade for all of their seafood and call it upscale Greek.
The walnut cake was disappointing. It was bland, dry despite the ice cream served with it, and wasn't presented well aesthetically.
I couldn't understand what the waitress was saying, so I don't know what wines she poured, but both were whites, a bit fruity but dry, crisp and light, which complemented the seafood well.
Being a celebrity restaurant in Vegas, it was well worth the price, but by normal standards, I wasn't wow-ed. I was probably most impressed by the attentiveness of the staff and the view of the strip.
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