Lunch at the Cromwell at Giada

Lunch at Giada's at the Cromwell in Las Vegas.  What a beautiful open air restaurant environment.  It truly is a beautiful restaurant.  Will I be back-not so much.

Oh no, you ask why.  Limited menu, expensive prices and so much more.  The third photo is of our $14 appetizer-Chicken Marsala Meatbals.  5 tiny little meatballs, which were good served with cherry tomatoes, that were bigger than the meatballs and a few mushrooms(the photo makes it appear bigger than they are).  Kind of pricey, but ok.

The top photo was my Lemon Pesto Grilled Cheese served with zucchini crisps.  See that slab of ham hanging off the side.  The thing is I didn't order it with ham, in fact the waiter Juliano checked with me twice to see if I wanted ham and I said no.  Plus as you can see, if I had wanted the ham, it was supposed to be prosciutto ham and this is baked ham.  I then waited for 20 minutes for the waiter to appear at our table, to see how our meal was going.  But of course, by  then my lunch companion, Deb Bergen-2nd photo was almost finished eating-she had the Turkey Panini with an Arugula Salad-4th photo.  So of course, the manager was sent over, my lunch untouched and offered me something else.  Now, I'm going to wait another 30 minutes, please....

 

But I love Giada and I love her cookbooks and her cooking show.  She makes me hungry watching her cook

 

I was not impressed though with an overpriced menu of Panini sandwiches, Pizza and Salads.  Giada, as a tourist attraction, you certainly have the crowds of people waiting to dine there, but I left your restaurant hungry and unhappy.

 

 

Happy Cooking!