If you book tickets through Tix 4 Tonight, you can get a dining voucher for a percentage off your meal at Spago, which is what we did. When we made the reservation at Tix 4 Tonight, we looked at the menu for this restaurant and saw it was an Italian restaurant and were looking forward to the seasonal butternut squash ravioli.
When we got to the restaurant, the hostess asked us if we wanted to sit on their patio, which faces into the walkway of the Forum Shops for Caesars, or in the quieter dining room. The four in our party didn’t have a preference, and the hostess sat us in the more formal, quieter, dining room.
However, when we were handed menus, they looked nothing like what we had seen earlier in the day when we made reservations. There wasn’t your typical Italian dishes and the prices were much higher – and no butternut squash ravioli. We shrugged it off and ordered anyway.
After ordering, we saw a waiter deliver sandwiches to a table behind us. We looked at each other, knowing there were no sandwiches on the menu we had ordered from. We asked our waiter what was up.
Here’s the scoop: the patio is more informal dining and has an Italian menu and lower prices. The dining room is a more standard restaurant with steaks, chops, seafood, and higher prices.
You can, however, ask for the patio menu in the dining room and vice versa, if you know there is a difference.
That said, I ordered the pork weinerschnitzel, which was served with potatoes, tomatoes, and marinated cucumbers. The schnitzel was amazing, and a huge portion, but I probably could have eaten the entire plate, it was so good. However, my palate got distracted by the marinated cucumbers, which were to die for, I couldn’t stop eating them.
The table also ordered a filet, which was served with marrow. The diner who order the steak had never had marrow before and was skeptical to try it (and wasn’t going to eat it at all). However, the executive chef came over and gave him a lesson on eating marrow and the steak, which he said was very good and perfectly cooked.
The table also ordered the butternut squash ravioli, which was a nice size portion without being huge, and the sea scallops, which were cooked perfectly and had delicious foam on them.
Overall, our meal was excellent as we'd definitely recommend this restaurant to others.
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