Dining Out? Try "Carmine’s The Best Place To Pick Up The Check!"

Do you have a special occasion coming up? Or maybe you have friends or family coming into town and you want to share a home-style dinner without the hassle of cooking, cleaning up. Then the perfect dining spot is waiting for you at Carmine’s at The Forum Shops at Caesar’s Palace. They recently celebrated their 1^st Anniversary.  Talk about a “wow” factor! Family sized portions will have your eyes popping out of your head and you nose will appreciate the delicious Italian smells wafting off the plates.

Start your meal off with a refreshing cocktail or a glass of wine. The drink menu is quite extensive and I really enjoyed the Sinatra Iced Tea made with Bulleit Rye Whisky, Fresh Lemon Juice Maraschino Cherry Juice, on the rocks and extremely refreshing!   However since one of my favorite drinks is a Manhattan it is always a test to see what type of cherries are used in making one, a nice brandied cherry is the best choice, if you run into a Manhattan made with a maraschino cherry sadly to say not up to par! Well order a Manhattan at Carmine’s and it comes with a brandied cherry. Score a point for Carmine’s.
  

Eggplant Parmesan

Cold Antipasto Platter

Next what type of appetizer would you like? They have eighteen to choose from and all are simply delicious. If you order the Caesar salad remember it can feed up to six and is covered with fresh mozzarella cheese. A mountain! The fried zucchini is freshly breaded and is thin not the thickly breaded spears that you might experience somewhere else.   If a Cold Antipasto plate is on your list of favorite appetizers then you will be delighted with this gargantuan sized serving.  My favorite appetizer is the calamari, which is fresh and tender and not over breaded. It is served with a spicy marinara sauce that compliments this tender seafood which when cooked correctly is so so very good. After tasting Carmine’s calamari you will become a tad spoiled.

Keep in mind that these dishes are all family sized so an appetizer or two and two main courses will feed a party of 4-6 comfortably. Now on to the main course. All of the favorites are well represented on this menu, pasta, chicken, seafood, beef and house specialties. We had three of the dishes including Eggplant Parmesan, Chicken Marsala and the Porterhouse Contadina.

Porterhouse Contadina

 The Eggplant Parmesan is a tower of food. Thinly sliced and covered with fresh mozzarella, fabulous!  Some Chicken Marsala can be sauce heavy but this sauce is divine. The chicken is so tender it literally melts in your mouth with the Marsala sauce which has the perfect tastes of butter, olive oil and mushrooms a little piece of heaven right there in the plate right in front of you.  BEEF! The Porterhouse Contadina consists of a 45 oz. sliced porterhouse steak and is served with sweet Italian fennel sausage, onions, peppers and potatoes.  You cannot go wrong with a porterhouse steak, well I guess you could but Carmine’s serves this dish perfectly.  You can cut the steak with your fork.    

Bread Pudding

The Titanic

After all of this food you had better keep a little room left for dessert.  They have nine desserts to choose from and we had the Bread Pudding and the Titanic.  Bread pudding happens to be one of my favorite desserts but yes it can be quite heavy and gooey. NOT here!  They use fresh bread and it is light airy and decadent. Even people at our table who were not so keen on bread pudding were oohing and ahhing over this dish.  I can say, the best Bread Pudding I have ever had.  Oh and by the way I hear that they "individually toast and butter each slice of bread" for the pudding. TRY IT!!  Another popular dessert here is the Titanic, which is just that, Titanic sized!  What is in this famous dessert?  Try a flourless Chocolate Torte, 3 scoops of Vanilla Ice Cream, 2 scoops of Chocolate Ice Cream,  fresh whipped cream,  freshly sliced strawberries and bananas, pineapple roasted with cinnamon, chocolate syrup and chopped hazelnuts and 4 Ferraro hazelnut chocolate swirls that  make up the smoke stacks. If a family of 4-6 could finish all of the food in this article then hats off to you.

Carmine’s the best place to pick up the check!

Takes Reservations

Walk-Ins Welcome

Good For Groups

Good For Kids

Take Out

Delivery

Catering

Waiter Service

Outdoor Seating

3500 Las Vegas Blvd S

Las Vegas, Nevada 89109

(702) 473-9700

www.carminesnyc.com/locations/las-vegas/