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Reviewed 3 weeks ago

This restaurant is located inside the Golden Nugget Casino. We reserved a table a week in advance for our dinner. As soon as we arrived, we were seated, and greeted by Shannon our waitress. She did a fabulous job all evening, we even discussed her...with the manager. We had Calamari for an appetizer, and it was cooked perfectly. The other couple had The Chicken Piccata, and we opted for the Redfish Siciliano. Both dishes were split for us in the kitchen, making for nice portions. food came out quickly, and was seasoned perfectly. This is a great option for Italian food right be fore a concert upstairs at the Nugget Event Center.More

Date of visit: May 2023
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Reviewed 16 April 2023

My wife and I went to the Golden Nugget for dinner at Lillies but was told there would be a 45 minute wait so we went next door to the Grotto and were seated immediately - there was some confusion as to who was going...to serve us so it took a bit but a manager noted us sitting there with no service so he grabbed a napkin and pen and proceeded to take our order. We ordered drinks, salads and a pizza - all were very delicious including their bread sticks - yummy. Our pizza was late due to it being done way too crispy so they did another and offered us additional bread sticks which we were delighted to accept. All in all - it was a good night with good food - we will definitely return.More

Date of visit: April 2023
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Reviewed 5 February 2023 via mobile

Services was great but the food quality was not good at all I had the Caesar salad and grilled chicken pizza an was not good at all I have eaten at the grotto Galveston an grotto downtown Houston an this grotto did not live up...to parMore

Date of visit: February 2023
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Reviewed 22 October 2022 via mobile

This restaurant is inside the Golden Nugget Casino. I made reservations online, was seated as soon as we arrived. Coralie was out waitress, and she took great care of us. We opted for calamari for an appetizer,and it was cooked perfectly. The we had a...redfish dish with green beans, and Shrimp Cappaline. We shared the dishes, and both were fabulous ! Will definitely be back !More

Date of visit: October 2022
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Reviewed 10 February 2020

We were celebrating a friend's birthday and met for dinner on a Friday night. Erica B was our server and she had her hands full with our party of 6. Service was top notch and the food was delicious. We had a few dietary requests...and they were met with no questions asked! The appetizers, drinks, and meal were served within a reasonable time considering it was a Friday night. Erica did an outstanding job with all of our requests and provided excellent customer service with a smile!More

Date of visit: February 2020
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Reviewed 2 February 2020

Food always wonderful. Great service. Our favorite place to go for a really nice upscale meal. Good wines. We enjoyed the extras for the birthday party. Thanks to the chef and Maria.

Date of visit: February 2020
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Reviewed 2 February 2020

Snapper, salmon, seafood ravioli was all fabulous...perfectly done. Great wine selections with food. Extraordinarily kind, attentive, and friendly service...thanks Oksana. Chef even came out to offer and fulfill special dietary requests. Maria an amazing hostess as always. All the special attention made it an amazing...birthday party. Thank you!!!More

Date of visit: February 2020
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Reviewed 30 January 2020 via mobile

Outstanding service. Chef Mimi is fabulous helped us out so much on suggestions for celiac/ gluten and prepared a fabulous meal for us.Can not say enough how wonderful she and Marie, Erica and staff were. I highly recommend Grotto and Chef Mimi. Will be back...soon.More

Date of visit: January 2020
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Reviewed 28 January 2020

Atmosphere and bar were great, service is excellent as usual. Unfortunately my meal was not good, ordered a new dish (fritto misto) which is a combination fried seafood platter, no seasoning, bland and soggy.

Date of visit: January 2020
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Reviewed 1 December 2019 via mobile

We were surprised by the extensive menu of Italian specialties on the menu. The atmosphere was subdued and relatively quiet considering the casino very near its entrance. We split the fried calamari appetizer (very large) and it was very good. We both had the Shrimp...& Crab Capellini entree and it was outstanding. The pasta was cooked perfectly and the sauce was light and very favorable and there was a generous amount of lump white crabmeat in the dish along with the grilled shrimp. The warm homemade bread slices with an olive oil dip was also very tasty. This place is more like an old fashioned Italian restaurant than a casino operation.More

Date of visit: November 2019
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Reviewed 14 October 2019

The food and service are always delicious. I especially like the pizza's and sausage pasta. Lunch or dinner is always a good time for their "WOW" deserts!

Date of visit: September 2019
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Reviewed 26 August 2019

I've been going to the Golden Nugget for years. Today, 8/23/19, I received the best service I have ever received at any restaurant. Erica and Maria were the most pleasant people I could have ever had a dining experience with.

Date of visit: August 2019
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Reviewed 7 August 2019 via mobile

This was our first visit, wait staff very professional and knowledgeable. The bread they brought out before our dinner was hot from their brick oven, the dipping sauce was excellent it had garlic, basil and red pepper flakes, great combination. My wife ordered the Lasagna,...I had a taste of the sauce it was in, best marinera sauce I have ever tasted, and the Lasagna was flavorful. My dinner was the Veal Luis, it was also great tasting, it was Parmasan lightly crusted, with mushrooms, fettuccine Alfredo, lemon and spinach. I would recommend anything with their home made sauce. Great atmosphere, noise level average.More

Date of visit: August 2019
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Reviewed 20 July 2019 via mobile

With much excitement, only because I have eaten MANY times at The Grotto in Las Vegas and love it, I was looking forward to eating here. By far not the best experience or up to par service that you would want to deal with. Started...off by being told that my wait for a table would be up to a 45 minutes, after well over a hour I question how much longer to be told, they forget about me. After being seated and asked what to drink, we again waited 20 mins to actually get drinks. Dinner was brought out one dish at a time with a 15 minute wait between that the waitress seemed to forget that we were still waiting on. Refills on drinks were only gotten by my husband going up to the bar to order another one. When lack of service was brought up to the attention of the waitress, she seemed completely puzzled and unbothered that only next step was to talk to the manager Alexander. This visit left me completely disappointed.More

Date of visit: July 2019
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Reviewed 3 July 2019

Ok, I am not Italian BUT this food is delicious regardless of my cultural food tradition. Our second time to eat here. On our first visit many months ago, we had their delicious wood fired pizza... crispy delicious crust and fresh, quality toppings. This recent...second visit had us choosing the fixed price date night menu that was offered in addition to the regular menu. First course items we chose were the salad (just ok) and the lobster bisque (outstanding!) Second course - we ordered he salmon with spinach risotto was "the bomb". Risotto was perfectly prepared and the salmon seasoned but not over salted. The other entree was the lasagna with appeared to be handmade pasta and a fine ground meat filling... not your typical lasagna. Well balanced between the noodle, meat and sauce. Sauce was a bit on the sweeter side. Service was very good. We will be back sooner rather than later.More

Date of visit: June 2019
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  • Food: 4
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  • Value: 4
  • Atmosphere: 4