text: I have friends who absolutely love Spago and continually rave about the short ribs So when another friend came into town for the weekend I decided we should try it out based on their recommendations nI knew Spago was going to be pricy but every dish was about more than I was expecting still A dish I expected based on similar surrounding restaurants to be about was and this was true across the menu Because of that we had to skip our appetizers nI had the short rib and my friend had the lamb chops My short ribs were good but did not live up to the expectations I had which were admittedly high The flavor was great but they were the fattiest short ribs I have ever had so I had to cut large sections out nMy friends lamb chops were fantastic but they came with risotto This is when things went downhill The risotto was forgotten at first They then admitted the mistake and brought some risotto However the risotto they brought after they forgot it was undercooked noticeably undercooked We complained and they took it back and brought some new risotto it seemed to be the same risotto but a helluva lot hotter Maybe they just undercooked a large batch of risotto and scooped out some more undercooked risotto or maybe they just zapped it in a micro We gave up on the risottonnThe service was another issue The chef came out briefly and said how was our meal He said this before we had gotten any food so he just turned and walked away Very awkward And we never had the same waiter It was someone different doing everything so when we had the issue with the risotto it was very difficult to correct itnnMaybe it was an off night everyone I talk to seems to love it and the food was not bad just nowhere near as good as expected But for that price you should not have an off night like that