Esther's Kitchen Italian Restaurant in Las Vegas 🇮🇹✨

Visited here while in Las Vegas for a concert. Originally came for brunch (like dim sum but Italian-style), but they only serve it on weekends, so we tried the lunch menu instead. Still amazing! 🍞 First, the Italian staple: Appetizer + Bread • Sourdough Bread – House-made! Served with a side of buttered cheese, but you can also order extra dips. From the top-left corner of the menu, we chose: • Basil Ricotta 🌿 • Cannellini Beans 🫘 • Anchovy Butter 🐟 Eating it felt like a fancy version of “scallion & bean paste dip” — the bread is the scallion (not really, but you get it 😂), and the spreads are the flavor bombs! 🍗 Mains – Only two on the menu, so we got both: • Wood Grilled Half Mary's Chicken – Marinated and full of flavor, nothing like bland supermarket roast chicken. • Wild Caught Branzino – Fresh, flaky, and perfectly cooked. Both were absolutely delicious! 🍴 🍝 Pasta pick: • Chitarra Verde – “Chitarra” means guitar in Italian (named after the string-like pasta tool), and “verde” means green/vegetarian. There’s also a non-veg version: Chitarra Cacio e Pepe. 🍸 Cocktail: • Stalk D*rty to Me – A playful twist on “Talk Dirty to Me” 😉. “Stalk” hints at herbal ingredients, and “dirty” refers to the salted rim. Made with London dry gin, génépy (a French/Italian alpine liqueur), mint, celery, and lemon. Crisp, slightly bitter, tangy, and subtly salty—refreshingly complex! 💭 Final thoughts: A month later, I’m still dreaming about their sourdough bread and dips! Not that the other dishes weren’t great—they were—but that bread was next-level good. Authentic Italian food truly is the king of “white people food” 👑🍞. #Food #RestaurantWorthRepeating #ItalianCuisine #ItalianFood #PastaLove #VegasEats