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| - I'm generously giving Giada 3 stars, but only because of the service. My boyfriend and I came here for his birthday, and the waiter was very courteous and exactly the kind of waiter I want to always have in all my dining experiences. He appeared to be legitimately Italian based on his accent, which definitely added to the experience.
I'll admit that I was the one who wanted to come here on our brief weekend trip to Vegas, and my boyfriend was a good sport about it. I love Giada's show, and I thought to myself, what's better than actually getting to sample the food she cooks on TV? Obviously, Giada herself does not prepare the food, but it's still her restaurant, so I assume the chefs use her recipes. Unfortunately, Giada was not at the restaurant, as some other diners have posted. Granted, I wasn't really expecting her to be there either.
I had a reservation, but my boyfriend wanted a window table, so we requested it. We ended up waiting an additional 25 minutes for a booth that faced the window, but not what we had expected for such a long additional wait. Had I known, I would have just told them to forget it.
Onto the food...
They give you a variety of complimentary bread with several accompaniments, which I really enjoyed. But you don't need to give me an excuse to enjoy some free bread. I love my carbs. We had the Crab Salad Crostini to start with, and it was good for what it was. For my entree, I ordered the Pappardelle, which I had high hopes for - maybe too high. The pasta itself was good. It was the pork ragout that sits atop it that disappointed. It was WAYYYYY too salty. I was downing water after every bite. I ate all the pasta, but left the ragout for my boyfriend, since his meal was a bit paltry in terms of portion size. He ordered the Three Cheese Tortellini and really liked it - except for the fact that it probably had less than 10 dime-sized pieces of actual tortellini in there.
We opted to skip dessert, since we had plans elsewhere for that. However, our waiter brought my boyfriend two small cookies for his birthday dessert, which was really nice of him to do. They were average, taste-wise. I make better cookies that that, and they're my least favorite thing to bake. I guess, you could say the food was average or below. It's unlikely I'll return on any future visits to Vegas.
Overall: 3.5/5
Food: 1.5/5
Service: 5/5
Atmosphere: 4/5
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