text: I wanted to love Scarpetta I really did I was still mesmerized by the striking view I got to take in during the grand opening and determined to prove all of the reviews about the mediocre service wrong but our waiter left me no choice but to report otherwisennI want to point out the highlights before I rip Scarpetta to shreds I came in for Restaurant Week so got the prefixe menu and chose the yellowtail short rib agnolotti and coconut panna cotta I thought the yellowtail had great flavor and was presented beautifully My only complaint was that it seemed to be served a little on the warm side to me which is a concern when it comes to raw fishnnThe coconut panna cottaguava soup was not only delicious but beautiful too The almost tart soup was a nice contrast to the creamy panna cottaprobably the best panna cotta I have ever had Not too rich or too sweet and again perfectly balanced with the cold fruit soup I usually do not go for dessert soups but I would probably come back just for thatnnThe view is killergreat front row seats to the Bellagio water shownnNow for the badnnStrike one Maybe this is just me being very nitpicky but the presentation of the short rib agnolotti was just gross The pasta was served in a wide shallow bowl and the appearance of pasta in one thin layer with hardly any garnish save the breadcrumbs which had a nice flavor was just unappetizing Also the pasta was incredibly greasy I have had pasta in brown butter sauce before that did not look like that The filling was good very rich and flavorful but the sauce was just offputting nnStrike two for the duration of our dinner a toddler continuously screamed at the top of his lungs banged on the table stood on the booth in which his family was sitting and annoyed the crap out of the surrounding diners As a fine dining restaurant it is your responsibility to make sure that the experience is just that fine dining Which means if you need to tell this family who cannot control their spoiled infant to beat it in the interest of preserving the experience for surrounding diners then do it After an hour of embarrassing behavior and ugly stares from other tables the dad who was elegantly dressed in board shorts shower shoes and a baseball cap removed the child from the fine dining situation I feel like the management should have handled this earlier but God forbid they offend one person who is offending the entire restaurant nnStrike three our waiter was a dud I get it everyone has their off days but I think this waiters life was a series of off days I am hoping that his service standards were not lowered because we were getting what was essentially a discounted menu but I cannot help that think this was the case Discounted menuless tip Not always But if your behavior warrants a tip to match the discounted bill then that is what you will get It took about minutes for bread to come out and for the waiter to bring water Then another minutes for him to take our order for wine And about another minutes to take our food order I should not have to flag you down and tell you we are ready to order That is not my job as a patron of the restaurant I was not in any rush but those lapses in time mean either this dude was just straight up inattentive or suffering the early stages of dementia Everything about the dinner just dragged on unnecessarily He was inattentive and seemed disinterested in our tablethere were only two of us and we are definitely not high maintenance so I am not sure what the issue wasnnOur waiter was in no way personable and just rubbed me the wrong way Maybe we caught him on a bad night Maybe he did not feel like we deserved the attention that someone who was ordering off of the regular menu did Regardless in these economically unbalanced times when so many people are opting to eat cheaper or stay home and cook I feel like the restaurant industry should feel the pressure to give diners the experience they pay for Even if we were getting your dishes for a reduced pricewe are still dining in your restaurant and your standard of service should be equal across the board You are a fine dining restaurant and I hold you to a higher standard than say a Dennys But if you perform like a Dennys waiter I will tip you like a Dennys waiter nnnIm not sure I would come back because I was truly annoyed with the service Maybe I would come back for the guava soupand have it at the bar