With all the great food in Vegas, I feel a little cheated that I wasted my opportunity and money eating here. It's my second Batali experience and guarantee it will be my last. \n\nOur server was excellent and knowledgable. She was able to recommend a wine that met my criteria (I don't know Italian wines), and the bottle was $43.00 which was a bargain since it was $17.00 each by the glass. The garbanzo bruschetta served compliments of the chef was very tasty. \n\nWe opted for salads, secondis and sides. While adding a primi would have been too much food, the secondi portions were very small. \n\nBeet salad was beet salad. Nothing exceptional. \n\nI ordered the lamb chops ($28.00) which didn't happen to be on the menu that night. They serve the lamb with the fat still on the chop. I liked the idea better than the execution. The chops were supposed to be medium, they were more like medium well. Unfortunately, that still didn't give the lamb fat an opportunity to crisp. It was just too much fat too under cooked. It would have been impossible to eat all that fat. \n\nThe biggest let-down was the shortrib. ($32.00) Absolutely tasteless. \n\nThe Quail was corn meal crusted, I didn't try it, my friend said it was good, but it was tiny and 3 hours later he was starving.\n\nSides: we got brussels sprouts ($9.00) which were hands down the best thing we ate. They were really outstanding. Brocolli with garlic and chili flakes. Good, you know, nothing exceptional.\n\nThe service was SLOOOOOOOW. We didn't have anywhere we needed to be but I was STARVING by the time the food finally came. We finally ended up telling our server we needed to meet some friends and had to go. \n\nIt just was not good enough. Nothing memorable, nothing I need to go back for. Do yourself a favor, and check out Keller's Bouchon instead. THAT was a memorable meal.
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