I loved our experience here. The food was fantastic and the service blew me away. Lauren was kind, knowledgeable and super attentive. Everything I asked for when I made the reservation was accommodated. I asked for a table with a view and that we are celebrating our anniversary. We had a great view of the strip and Lauren sure made our anniversary dinner special.
We had the Giada and La Strada cocktails ($15 each). The La Strada was really good. We are not huge drinkers so it helped that it was not strong and it was on the sweet/fruity side. I also had a raspberry iced tea ($6, free refills).
The complimentary bread service was full of variety. It was fun and tasted great. Love the fried capers. The starters we ordered, Orzo Meatballs ($15) and Crab Crostini ($17) were good, not great. I've had better meatballs and crab toast else where. The pasta course however was great. The Spaghetti with Shrimp ($34) was my favorite dish of the night. I have a weakness for fresh made pasta. Flavors popped from the perfectly seasoned al dente pasta. The Crab and Scallop Risotto ($32) was perfectly cooked. I've had my share of poorly cooked risotto so it was refreshing to see they got it right here. The scallops that came with it were not overcooked and it was perfectly seasoned.
For the main course, we had the Chicken Cacciatore for two ($58). It was basically fried chicken with tomato sauce. I'm glad the sauce comes on the side because the chicken came crispy and had a really flavorful spice rub on it. I actually prefer it without the sauce.
For dessert I really wanted the souffle but the kitchen didn't want to make it since it was close to closing. This was really the only thing that kept our night from being perfect. We ended up getting the Lambic Float ($18) which wasn't very good. Lauren did send out some cookies with Happy Anniversary written on the plate which was really nice of her to cap our night off.