Chef Bobby Flay has brought his first Italian themed restaurant to Caesars Palace, in the previous Mesa Grill location. Inspired by his travels to the Amalfi Coast in Italy, the seafood focused restaurant includes a fresh fish display for diners to view and ask the attending fish monger for seafood recommendations.
The redesigned space from designer Olivia Jane is divided into a 40-seat lounge, 30-seat bar and a main dining room with high ceilings, wood beams, a limestone mosaic floor and beige tables and leather chairs and booths where guests can get a peak into the open kitchen.
Diners have a choice of cooking methods and sauces including having their selected fish roasted and filleted or grilled whole and served with salsa verde, Meyer lemon and capers, red pepper or Calabrian chile pesto.
When we visited the very fresh seafood options included golden and red snapper, black and striped bass, branzino, dorado, shrimp and swordfish. The fish monger, based on our answers to his questions, helped us select the perfect fish, cooking method and sauce for our main courses.
There are also plenty of fresh made pastas including squid ink fettuccine with lobster, shrimp and squid; rockfish with cherry tomatoes and saffron; shrimp scampi with basil; orecchiette with a eggplant Bolognese; agnolotti with arugula ricotta, porcini with pasta and sage brown butter sauce and spaghetti zucchini with a shishito pesto.
Starters include crispy squash blossoms, burrata, roasted prawns, salmon carpaccio, mussels and tuna tartare. There’s also a baby gem Caesar, chopped and arugula and butter lettuce salads.
A few steaks including a filet, New York strip and Ribeye are on the menu and a Jidori chicken dish. Sides include green beans with marcona almonds, charred asparagus, crispy potatoes, green peas and a mascarpone polenta.
We love Bobby’s Pistachio Sundae for dessert with a pistachio gelato, dark chocolate sauce and vanilla crema. Other sweet options include caramel espresso tiramisu, toasted hazelnut cake, chocolate budino and a blackberry crostata.
The cocktail menu also reflects Italian libations with a variety of spritzes featuring prosecco, a limonata, espresso martini and Mezcal Negroni among other drinks.
Amalfi is a quiet and elegant space, bringing fresh seafood to the Strip.
Amalfi is located in Caesars Palace at 3570 S. Las Vegas Boulevard, reservations can be made at 702.650.5965. Open daily from 4:30 to 10 pm Monday through Thursday and Sunday and 4:30 to 11pm on Friday and Saturday.
