text: We stopped here while visiting Fremont Street As an aside the Golden Nugget has been nicely kept up through the years and holds its own with resorts on the Strip Anyway we expected Grotto to be an expensive version of Olive Garden but we were pleasantly surprised nnFirst of all our waitress was wonderful She helped us choose entrees and suggested that we split a salad Hubby had a sea bass encrusted with a pastatype coating He thought it was terrific I had a veal marsala which was very good Our side dishes were also very well done nnThe desserts were the best When you are done eating they wheel out a dessert cart Naturally everything makes your mouth water We shared a cake layered with cream and strawberries Light and decadent nnThe atmosphere was okay we got to look out into the pool and fish tank area My only complaint would be the noise Like most restaurants in Vegas the restaurant is open to a corridor with people constantly walking through nnIf you are downtown and want to eat at a nice Italian restaurant I would highly recommend Grotto