text: Okay I am going to admit it I am a huge fan of Hells Kitchen and frankly the reason why we ventured off the Strip to go to this restaurant was because the winner from Season of HK Heather won a job there Yes the food was AMAZING Heather did not work there anymore but the the food was still AMAZING When you sit down they start you off with a selection of breads and a mini antipasto plate with artichoke hearts a hunk of good parm cheese these todiefor Queen olives and grilled bell peppers MMMmmmMMMnnWe started with the beef carpaccio and green bean salad The beef carpaccio was excellent and the green bean salad was a nice refreshing contrast to our later heavier pasta dishes I would definitely recommend the beef carpaccio Yummy nnThe green bean salad was good but not something that would knock your socks off It was basically blanched green beans on iceberg lettuce with shaved palm hearts small pear tomatoes and a light lemon vinagrette You could make that at homennLet me just rave about the pasta though My hubbys rigatoni with spicy sausage and peas was very good but my pasta OMG Let me say that again OMG I cannot remember the exact name of the pasta it but they are basically halfmoon shaped raviolis that are filled with this marscapone cheese and osso bucco mix Did I say OMG OMG My first bite was HEAVEN I literally was silent for the first several bites as I savored the complex flavors and textures of the pasta OMG Nuff saidnnI wish I could have ordered dessert but we were so stuffed from the generous portion sizes I was more full from that meal than from the Paris Hotel buffet that we went to the night beforennNow with that said I gave the place stars because the service was weird We are at this fine dining establishment but the wait staff seemed to be culled from a casual dining restaurant or even less I am all for womens lib but when it comes to fine dining I like to be treated like a lady So how weird was it that I was given the bill and not my husband nevermind the fact that my lovely husband did all the right chivalrous things like pull out my chair order my meal for me refreshed my other drinks from the bottlejust follow his lead And then why was it that we were waited on by our waiter AND a busser but still had to ask for my water to be refilled And how did our waiter forget what the specials were for the evening Or why was our candle never relit after it blew out halfway through our salad course And why was it that when the waiter took my knife with my salad plate that he never brought me a replacement Or that he took my bread plate but not my husbands Or that they cleared my husbands plate while I was still eating my entree Sadly the weird service took away from the entire meal experience Also note to the ownerswaiters in jeans with a collared shirt and tie Yeah no Jeans just do not work well for fine diningnnI think what killed it for us and why we probably will not make the drive out there again is that the waiter poopooed Heather from HK Yes we had to ask bc we are dorky that way He said It was just a publicity stunt She only had a year contract and was out literally to the day that her contract expired She could not cook anyway Wow that was a major disappointment At least lie to us and tell us that she was great and that she is moved onto new ventures It is not that we did not enjoy the food but since there are so many great restaurants on the Strip we did not need to make that minute drive all the way to Red Rock Resort when we could walk minutes to one of Mario Batalis new restaurants at the PalazzonnBottom line Great to eat there if you are already in that part of town Otherwise not completely worth the drive out there when there are comparable places on the Strip