* Price: pretty expensive; salad $28, steak $50, drinks $15 starting. The portion is not big... 3 star.
* Ambiance: casual, Latin and earthy decor. No dress code (thumb up!) 4 star.
* Location: in the Venetian. So if you stay at the Palazzo, walking toward the Venetian casino to restaurant row (the map is confusing... so just ask casino peeps). 4 star.
* Meals: excellent. Every dish is well thought out and beautifully presented! Latin flavor with a lot of spice! 5 star.
* Service: our waitress, Monica is the best! 5 star.
This is averaged to 4 star!
This restaurant is recently opened at the Venetian. We saw their ad on the Palazzo Chanel and were fan of chef Lorena Garcia. We came for dinner on NYD. We were not disappointed!
For small plates or appetizers, we had Asada Negro Arepas, grilled octopus, and shrimp butter lettuce salad.
For main dish, we had Brazillian beef tenderloin with wild mushroom and HopinJose rice.
For desert, we had churro ice cream pops.
For drinks, we had tamarind guava colada and midnight in Puerto Rico.
- Asada negro Arepas $13: corn biscuits with ribs. It was a perfect bite.
- grilled octopus $18: octopus was very tender, slightly charred, spicy and perfectly seasoned. My favorite! You would not know it was octopus because the meat was so tender and well-treated.
- Shrimp butter lettuce salad $18: it looks like a painting! Everything is perfectly seasoned with pomegrade seeds, cheese cubes, and a hint of spicy with chipotle vinaigrette
- Brazillian steak $52: the steak is served with grits... but it kinda works! The steak is so juicy and tender! I would definitely order it again.
- side dishes, mushroom $12 and Hopin Jose Rice $12 are good addition with the steak but can be missed. (We heard Mac con queso is very good but they ran out by 6 PM.)
- churro fried ice cream pops $12: it is worth every calorie and waist fat (sorry Dr. Oz... I would not give up this!) The caramel ice cream is coated in churro and cinnamon dust, so tasty, buttery and creamy ice cream!
Their drinks are pretty good but expensive!
Overall, we enjoyed our first dinner of 2018 and were not disappointed! It is pretty expensive though but is expected in this area! Dinner for 2 is about $200 without tip.