text: I have lived in Italy for months and can say that the food here is extremely authentic That said I would rather eat it in Tuscany than in Las Vegas because the portions here are small and unsatisfying and more expensive we paid for each pasta dish and granted one was the one with lb of lobster the other which just had chanterelles and charred corn did not have any expensive ingredient and was even smaller than mine Portion size aside the flavors were just not that inventive or perfected as you would expect from Batali The Paglia e Fieno was really salty the main flavor and my spaghettini was rather bland The calamari appetizer was delicious and leads me to believe there are other star dishes on the menu but when I go to a restaurant like BB I do not want to have to hunt for what is good it should all be impressive Maybe asking too much but who else to ask that from but Batali Bastianich I think I paid more for their names than their actual influence on the restaurant