Shortly after I moved to Las Vegas, friends took my husband and me to Ventano's. It was a great time but we ended up frequenting La Collina/Carmine's on the Hill when we wanted a nice Italian meal and a great view. Since La Collina/Carmine's on the Hill is now a Mexican restaurant,my husband and I decided to give Ventano's another shot. \n\nFirst off, the view. It's fabulous. When the weather is nice they have a lovely patio where you can sit and eat as you look at the lights of the Strip. It's still summer, and a hot one as usual, so we decided to sit indoors near the windows. When the sun was setting, staff went outside and dropped the shades so myself and others would not be blinded. As soon as the sun fell below the horizon, they put it back up. Nice service.\n\nWe decided on some wine, and some complimentary bread was brought out in a brown paper bag. I try not to fill up on bread when I am having Italian food but this bread was really yummy. We also decided to get the shrimp on a stone appetizer, having remembered how good it was when our friends ordered it on our first visit. My husband is not a fan of any form of sea/lake dwelling creature, but he ate some of these. \n \nFor our entrees my husband had the manicotti, I had risotto with prosciutto and peas, I didn't try the manicotti, because my risotto was delicious. And the serving was huge. When I was done it looked like I had just gotten started. But I was too stuffed to get dessert. \n\nService was very much on point for the majority of the evening. Never had to ask for a refill and our waiter checked in on how we were doing on occasion without being overbearing. When it was time for the leftovers to be packaged up and the check to be brought over the restaurant was a little fuller so we had a itty bit wait but it was really nothing that would prevent me from returning.
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