Todd English's Olives Restaurant, Bellagio - Las Vegas

Something that we have learnt from our culinary trips was not to fall easily on restaurants that named well-known celebrity chefs. Simply because, one chef cannot be cooking at more than one restaurants at the same time. So, even when you thought you are dining at a restaurant owned by famous chef, check first if he or she is actually cooking there, if not, be prepared to be disappointed.


One example is Todd English's Olives Restaurant at Bellagio Las Vegas. Thinking that the restaurant quality will represents the chef's reputation, surely the food will be quite impressive.


Well... we were wrong on that case. We had tuna carpaccio served on a bed of green leafs, it came out as a pile of leafs with thin sliced tuna on top, that was too much and completely tasteless. The octopus soup was not fresh and again, tasteless. The main course that was veal ravioli was doughy and served luke warm that gave us the impression the food was left too long. Service was slow as the staff were too busy among themselves. We did not bother with the dessert as we knew exactly what to expect. Totally not impressed.