Was going to see Absinthe with some friends, and we all decided to try Spago - big mistake. After being seated in the back (opt'ed for "fine dining" which apparently has a different menu than those sitting up front on the patio), our server brought an iPad with drink options and the first thing he asked was if we had any time constraints. Told him that we had to make a 10:00 show (our reservation was at 8:00pm, and seated around 8:05), and he said "oh that's not a problem". Showed us the drink menu, and left. Came back about 10 minutes later to take a drink order, but we still didn't even have menus. Ordered drinks and eventually got a food menu which he took a very long time to explain (which was verbatim to what the menu said). I'll just say right now that he had no more than 3 tables to serve, 2 of them were only 2 people/each, and our table had 4.
Left us for another 10 or 15 minutes, before coming back. We ordered appetizers and entrees at the same time (at his recommendation to avoid any delays in the kitchen). He said that he'd be right back with some bread to munch on. About 15 minutes later, we flagged down his assistant because we'd been there for 45 minutes and had nothing to eat - his assistant immediately came back with a massive bread platter which everything was amazing on.
Beef Tartare, Oysters and a Fig Burrata salad. All were good, but the fig salad was pretty small on the portion size. All were consumed quickly, and we had to flag the assistant down again to order some more drinks and have him bring the bread back. Looking at the time, it's 9:30 and we don't even have our entrees? Guess he didn't want us to try dessert. Our server comes over and says "your entrees will be out shortly". Seriously? After we reminded him that we had a place to be at, he said he would "push the kitchen". A few minutes later, he returned with our food. Entrees were good, although the portion size was a little light for the price. I've spent the same amount of money (or even less) at places like STK or Lavo and gotten twice the food. Didn't have a lot of time to enjoy the food, and had to flag down our server's assistant (I wish we could have tipped him, because he was about 100x more attentive to us than our actual server was) for the check. Of course, Miguel made an appearance to take our money and bring us a couple dessert bites. Literally ran through the casino to make it to our show on time.
Will not be returning - if you want an amazing dinner at Caesars .. try MESA Grill. 2 stars only because the food was good - not amazing, but good.