I struggled with this rating.\r\nWe were told that we could sit at the bar if we wanted to sit soon and being that we had gondola tickets in 80 minutes and hunger right then and there, we chose the bar. We were told it would be the same menu. We are seated in what would be a very nice booth anywhere else but here they refer to it as sitting at the bar becuase its not at the main restaurant. We are given the Cafe Menu. I ask for the Tasting Menu and the waiter goes into this whole long song and dance about how there are two different menus and two different chefs and his chef will say no. At this table with me is a waitress at another 4 star Vegas restaurant who totally joins me in making fun of this fool who just bascially told us we cant spend $100 a person here because we are seated on the other side of a halfwall and we can only spend a total of $100 for 3 people. This weird waiter must work for some other reason then tips. \r\nIn the end however, the food won out. \r\nThe \"Liquid therapy\" menu hit the right spot with a \"Flirtini\" but not so much with the Mango Martini. The bread served in a bag with some of the creamiest butter was simply heaven. \r\nThe dishes were served with excellent presentation.\r\nAs they were laid out on the table, quirky waiter returns with gusto asking how everything is. Um, buddy no one has tasted anything yet.\r\nHe comes back 5 minutes later to ask again while we are all midchew. \r\nWhen we could talk we reported its goodness. My experience with 3 or 4 cheese ravioli in a cream sauce is that the cheeses are muted. Here however, the cheeses each came alive with each bite. The sauce and the roasted pine nuts and chopped grape tomatoes were a perfect blend. The pesto cream sauce needs to be finished, every last drop from your plate with the good bread. \r\nIt's too good to leave a drop!\r\nThe couscous was light as air and the chicken fettucine was also mixed to combine but not overpower the natural tastes, so I was told. \r\nSo it could have been the waiter that marred the experience but all in all, I would say it was very good but not as amazing as its San Francisco companion.
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