Canaletto

Canaletto is located in the Grand Canal Shoppes at the Venetian Hotel and Casino. They have private dining areas, along with patio dining in St. Mark Square. 

We enjoy Canaletto for their food and service. We usually go on our anniversary, and reserve the private dining room on the second floor overlooking St. Mark Square. This year we decided to reserve a table in the dining room. As always we had excellent service and the food was amazing! 

Their menu was cut down from their normal menu:

Always have to have wine when we go. They have an amazing selection of wines!

This visit we orders several dishes and shared it!

 OMG, the food was amazing!

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Prosciutto San Daniele: Sliced at the moment, served with housemade breadsticks, Cornichon and Grana Padano!

This dish was amazing! The prosciutto was soft, and flavorful!

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Calamaretti Fritti: Baby squid lightly floured & deep-fried; served with grilled polenta & spicy marinara sauce.

The calamari, was tender and light. The polenta was amazing paired with the calamari and the marinara sauce.

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Capricciosa Pizza: Imported ham, mushrooms, artichokes, mozzarella, kalamata olives, oregano & tomato sauce.

We had never ordered pizza here before, but we decided to try. It was great! We took home half of the pizza, because we had more food coming. I don't know what we were thinking, but the food is so good, we always want to try everything!

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Gamberoni alla Busara: Giant prawns sautéed with paprika, garlic, capers, marinara, brandy & cream; served with spaghetti tossed with garlic, extra-virgin olive oil & Calabrian peperoncino

There were four prawns,  so we each could have 2. They were amazing. The sauce had brandy in it, of course it was great! The noodles were done perfectly! This was amazing!

Next we moved on to dessert! Yes we are crazy!

Below is the dessert menu. They have amazing desserts, how could we choose?

Before we could decide, they brought over chocolate gelato for our anniversary!

So we decided to just order 2 Macciatos to go with our gelato.

This restaurant is fantastic, when we walk by our mouth waters, because we know how amazing the food is. 

Even with the restaurant slow, they didn't overwhelm us and we could enjoy the food, and atmosphere! 

If you are looking for a place for a celebration or just for good food you need to try Canaletto, you won't  be disappointed.

BRIO Tuscan Grille- Las Vegas,NV

This is our second time going to BRIO and, my parents and grandma all agree that it was much better this time.

My mom had the "Braised Beef and Cauliflower Puree" I had some of her's and it was SUPER yummy! The beef was full of flavor and the cauliflower puree was amazing! There were also carrots and mushrooms which I HATE but with the sauce, the carrots and mushrooms were really good!

This was my dad's dish he had the " Shrimp and Lobster Fettuccine" I also had some of his and it was really good when i asked dad for some he put a piece of lobster in the noodles and it was actually really good the noodles were soft and buttery. 

This was my grandma's dish it was the " Pan Seared Tilapia" There was orzo and different veggies under the fish I tried the orzo and it was like a pasta rice, it tasted like pasta and rice it was super yummy. I didn't try the fish because I don't really like it. But my grandma said it was fantastic!

Overall, the food was amazing and the waiters and waitresses were very nice whenever you see a waiter or waitress they almost always gave you a friendly smile. 

Famous Dave's - Blue Diamond, Las Vegas, NV

Famous Dave's Blue Diamond is a convenient stop for us.  It's close to our home and shopping area.  Here are some of the dishes that we have had.

This is a LiL' Wilbur Meal.  This is the chicken tenders and fries.  The kids love tenders and fries and their special treat of an Oreo cookie.  With all the different BBQ sauces, they still stick with their favorite of ranch dressing dipping sauces.

Dave's Sassy Barbeque Salad - choice of Barbeque Pulled, Grilled, or Crispy Chicken, Texas Beef Brisket or Georgia Chopped Pork. Served on crisp greens with bacon, house-smoked cheddar cheese, tomatoes and shoestring potatoes. Tossed with honey BBQ dressing. Served with a Corn Bread Muffin.  There is enough of a salad here for lunch tomorrow!  I always get two meals out of this salad.

Texas Beef Brisket - Our classic Texas Beef Brisket is rubbed with a blend of Dave's secret spices, coarse black pepper and a hint of brown sugar, then slow-smoked over hickory until it's juicy and tender.  The brisket had good flavor and was very filling.

Over all we had a wonderful meal.  The atmosphere is comforting and the girls like reading the signs  around the restaurant.  The service was okay.  If I had to change one thing about this experience it would be the service.  The service can be really good and then just okay, it's never bad service, but the service needs to be a little more consistent.  Also everyone Monday kids eat for 99cents!!!

Mon Ami Gabi- Las Vegas

We celebrated our 16th wedding anniversary on Friday, July 17th.  We decided to try something different for dinner.  We ate at Mon Ami Gabi at the Paris Hotel and Casino.  For many years we walked by this restaurant located right on Las Vegas Blvd, but never stopped to try it.

The patio seating is on a first come first serve basis, which many choose to do because of its beautiful views of the Bellagio fountains.  Although the view is amazing we decided to sit inside.  The decor inside the restaurant is beautiful and relaxing.

While we enjoyed our cocktails fresh warm bread was brought to our table along with a corn salsa (with fresh corn, onions, and parsley mixed together with vinegar and of course butter.  Breaking the bread apart and putting the butter on it and then some of the salsa was the perfect before dinner snack.

Appetizers

  

We enjoyed for appetizers, main course and dessert.  For appetizers I had Wild Escargots De Bourgogne, which are over-roasted snails in a garlic-herb butter. The picture is a little dark, but it was really yummy.

 

Chris had Baked Goat Cheese, which is served with tomato sauce and herb garlic bread.  This dish was ridiculously good.   The tomato sauce and cheese were really creamy and when you added the herb garlic bread, the flavor was amazing!

Main Course

Their speciality is Steak Frites, which is the finest grain-fed midwest beef hand selected for exquisite marbling and unmistakable flavor, served with our signature hand-cut frites.  Of course we had to try it!

I enjoyed the Classique, which had a maitre d'hotel butter on top of the steak.  The steak was soft and melted in your mouth.  It was perfectly seasoned and cooked to perfection.  The hand-cut frites (french fries) was yummy.  It was lightly seasoned and crispy.

Chris has the Au Poivre, which has a brandy peppercorn sauce.  The steak was soft and melted in your mouth.  It was perfectly seasoned and cooked to perfection.  The sauce was light and full of flavor which complemented the steak perfectly.  The hand-cut frites (french fries) was yummy.  It was lightly seasoned and crispy.

Dessert

After looking at the dessert menu we couldn't decide what we wanted. After talking to the waiter he said that the portions were sharable and that two desserts might be too much.  Then he asked which two we were thinking of.  We had narrowed it down to the Bananas Foster Crepes and the Classic Profiteroles.  He said both would be a lot,so we decided to get the Bananas Foster Crepes.  Then he said he would bring us one of the Profiteroles so we could try it.

This is a picture of the Classic Profiteroles.  If we were to get the order they come with three to a plate.  This sample was amazing.  It is a pastry filled with vanilla ice cream and topped with homemade double chocolate fudge.  Every bite was sinfully amazing!

The Bananas Foster was wonderful!  The crepe was light and airy, inside was a scoop of vanilla ice cream.  The bananas were firm, not mushy and the caramel sauce was light and flavorful.  The light drizzle of chocolate sauce completed this dessert!

We felt the price point was reasonable for the food, and location.  We enjoyed 2 glasses of wine, a beer, appetizers, main course and dessert all for about $160.

We noticed that not only couples visited this restaurant but also families with small children.  They did offer a kids menu, but since it was our anniversary we did not have the kids with us, which means we will have to go back at another time!

Mon Ami Gabi has a total of 5 locations around the United States.  I highly recommend you try this restaurant and enjoy!!