Wow! I was invited to the VIP pre opening at the Tropicana, thru my brother who is a friend of chef Irvine's I'm a corp exec chef 45 years and was exited for the invite and to meet the chef. The restaurants quite large, beautiful bar up front with a large choice of brews on tap. Being it was the first night, and not open to the public till tomorrow night it was hectic but in a good way with excited guest, we ordered appetizers and drafts first and the first thing I tasted is the reason I'm going back,the crab oranchini! they were tasty crispy on the outside and delish on the inside, the pizza was spot on and the poutine with pulled pork was hard to stop eating, we ordered the lamb shanks and shepherd pie and both were great, great coffee and desert and I was a very happy man. Thank you chef Irvine for your kind invitation!