| Best Italian Restaurant | 2010

2010 - Best Italian Restaurant

Readers’ Pick:

Olive Garden

Multiple locations

Rating: -146 (from 168 votes)

Family, shamily; what makes Olive Garden a success is that its many locations mean nearly everyone has one in the neighborhood, its prices are reachable even in these recessionary times and its menu is constantly evolving — and, because it’s a big-budget chain, it can remind us of all of that on TV. Dishes such as steak Gorgonzola Alfredo manage to merge lots of current trendy tastes, and that’s vastly appealing. Nora’s Cuisine and Nora’s Wine Bar and Osteria slide into second.

Our Pick:

Gina’s Bistro

4226 S. Durango Drive

Rating: +17 (from 55 votes)

At Gina’s we really do feel like family, because the old country accent is hard to miss. Gina and her employees are always warm and friendly, and we are crazy about dishes such as Brava Gina Bis Pasta, which is farfalle with creamy mushroom sauce, and strozzapreti with creamy pink sauce, sausage and black truffles. And that’s definitely not something you’d find at a chain restaurant.

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lvbabe702 wrote on May 13, 2010 at 7:27 am:

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Out of all the Italian restaurants in Vegas, cheapo Olive Garden is the best you can do? Thats disappointing, even Carrabbas has way better quality and savory food then Olive Garden.

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