text: http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/battistas-hole-in-the-wall-las-vegas?select=fp3gb-ENJa1b3pi-impq3A\n\nI have a friend who loves this place so much that she is having her wedding reception here. When she found out that we were heading to Las Vegas six weeks ago she insisted we had to check this place out. Attached is a picture of me outside the restaurant. Obviously it was taken before we dined because I am smiling.\n\nFormulaic beyond description! The wait staff have everything down to such a science that there is absolutely no warmth. They bring you free, undrinkable wine and point to the menu on the wall. You order from a handful of traditional and delicious-sounding Italian entrees, ranging in price from about $25.00 to about $50.00.  Immediately after ordering they bring a mealy iceberg salad in a wooden bowl, or soup, and some garlic bread which was fine. \n\nI had the chicken parmesan. It was clearly reconstituted, formed, frozen and reheated. I love Italian food and am fond of saying that I have never met a plate of spaghetti I didn't like. I ate one bite of the chicken and tried the spaghetti and pushed it to the side. My husband really tried to eat his spaghetti too but we just couldn't do it. The sauce is weirdly sweet and off-putting. It was just bad and his too, was pushed to the edge of the table. The wait staff are trained or have learned the hard way not to inquire when diners do this because 1) he didn't ask if there was a problem, when clearly there was. He just briskly removed the offending plates, and 2) all they would do all night is have conversations about their bad food..\n\nThe \"cappuccino\" included with my dinner was half Carnation Instant Cocoa and half Folger's Crystals. Again, undrinkable and removed without a word when pushed aside.\n\nThe ambiance is great...red and white tablecloths, pictures of Vegas legends all over the walls (behind my husband), and high wooden booths. I know this place was popular back in the day but clearly things here are not as they once were.\n\nI was legit hungry when we left and grabbed a burger at In and Out...it rocked.