Q: Friendly staff. Food wasn't the best quality. For the price, expected higher quality and fresh food.

A: negative

Q: Great now that another company bought them, lower prices and no card needed to get the sales prices. A very clean and nice store, friendly staff.

A: positive

Q: Yelpers, I love ya, I really used your feedback to plan my latest trip to Vegas. So take it from me, this place sucks. We were staying at Bally's, upgraded to a great suite, having a great time. Also having fun finding the best low-cost meals (see Ellis Island and Gold Coast reviews). But we had a hankering for Italian and the restaurant inside the Bally's (for which we had scored 1/2 price coupons) was closed (!). We had seen Battista's on our way to Ellis Island, and decided to try it, despite not-so-stellar reviews. The outside is ugly, but the inside atmosphere isn't bad, typically Italian, pictures on the wall, old menus, photos of old Vegas, whatever. Oddly, fishing nets on the ceiling -- did this used to be a fish joint? Impossible to know. Now one of the problems with this place is -- entrees are expensive. But, that's because salad and hosue wine are included. Big deal. We order, and the waitress asks us if we want red or white. Me -- white, wife -- red. So she brings two full carafes! We barely drank 1/10 of each -- there goes most of our money. The wine wasn't that good, BTW. Then the fabled little man with the accordion stops by. Seriously, he is old and bent over. It's like having Gollum come to your table to play music. To be honest, he wasn't as creepy or disturbing as we feared, given previous reviews, but he definitely plays a few moments of a tune and then wants a tip. I gave him three bucks and thankfully he went away permenently. Then we got our food. I got fettucine alfredo with chicken, and I did not like it. It tasted like the kind you would get from Sbarro (a place we had considered) -- not cheesy enough. Admittedly, the wife really liked her eggplant parmesan. But I almost immediately started feeling sick. We got the check, and hopped the monorail to the tropicana to see Bobby Slayton, but by then I was feeling pretty bad and we ended up skipping the show. We didn't care -- Slayton was a cheap ticket and just a way to fill time. But as far as Battista's goes -- I don't recommend it. There must be better opportunities. P.S. Bally's rocks, and for dinner, Ellis Island and the Gold Coast buffet rock.

A: negative

Q: Average at best. Very very nice people, but just average taste at well above average cost.

A:
negative