Giada's @Cromwell Spring 2016

Okay, she’s hot.  No one is going to argue that.  She is also Italian so the odds of her being batshit crazy is also pretty probable.  All those things aside, this women couldn’t have gotten famous as a chef if she wasn’t actually good at it to begin with; right.  Well this is her first restaurant ever anywhere so if you want first hand knowledge, here's your chance

Giada’s is Cromwell’s only dining option and it is brilliantly located on the 2^nd floor, basically in the same spot the famous Barbary Coast/Bill’s cascading neon signage formerly resided.  As has become the newest fade in Vegas, that this show can’t encourage enough, it offers outdoor dining, right on the strip…well, elevated above the strip.

The restaurant is described as Italian cuisine with refreshing California influences.  To encourage perfect pronunciation, the menu phonetically spells out how to pronounce bastardized words like Spaghetti and Rigatoni. But let’s not focus on the pretentious and let's get to the food.

Rating (scale of 1-5) 

Mark & Keren – 5/5 

Alastair – 4.5/5

LAVO @Palazzo Summer 2012

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After the tremendous success of their Tao Asian bistro/nightclub and more recently day club at Venetian, it was only natural to expect that the Strategic Hospitality Group would be asked to setup their second location in Vegas when Las Vegas Sands started to build Palazzo.

The results have been pretty much the same.  This time focusing on Italian cuisine, LAVO and her nightclub have been able to recapture, not only the reputation for top quality dining but also another tremendously popular nightclub frequented by those that wish to be seen.

Vegas Mate Rating - 4/5 chips

                Mark and Keren Rate - 5/5 chips