Tuscany Grill — Restaurant in Henderson

We noticed something as we ate the food at Tuscany Grill in Henderson. There was an award from about 12 or 15 years ago for something like "best Italian restaurant". That simple little award is indicative of the Tuscany Grill experience.

The food was good. I wouldn't call it mind blowing or exceptional, but what I would call standard, good, restaurant quality italian food. However, there were definitely hints that some budget cutting has been going on.

For example, I ordered the salad with blue cheese dressing, and my wife had ranch. The salad itself was nothing but lettuce drenched in dressing and a single thick slice of tomato. I noticed that my dressing wasn't really blue cheese dressing, but ranch dressing with a few blue cheese crumbles thrown in.

We were offered bread, which we gladly accepted, but it was nothing beyond what you might pick up at the corner supermarket.

Not huge problems, obviously, but little things that took away from making the meal "special."

As we waited for our entrees, we looked around. It was dinner service on a Friday night. The restaurant wasn't quite full, and the only people in the room under age 50 were my wife and I.

The entrees were great. We both chose to have fettuccine alfredo as our side-dishes instead of the regular pasta. The sauce was great, but we should have selected the tomato sauce to lighten up the meal!

I had the filet medallions with asparagus and hollandaise. It was great. My wife, though had the chicken with lemon butter sauce, and it was delicious. We tried not to think about how much butter the chicken was swimming in as we ate every last bite. It was a very heavy meal.

That award really sums up the restaurant. It feels like a place that hit its peak about 15 years ago. The decor, the food, the clientele, the service style and appearance of the wait-staff, all seemed to fit perfectly in 1999. Thank goodness the food was good, or else Robert Irvine would have been walking through the door doing a "restaurant makeover." I did notice, as we left, that the bar area had a younger crowd.

Summing up: would I eat there again? Sure, if somebody else wanted to go there. It's just not my...

This review is two tiers. The first part is service. Part two is the food. This was also our first time eating here. You know what they say about first impressions.

We arrived at 6:20pm for a 6:30pm reservation. We were seated promptly, and then the night went downhill.

It took 10 minutes before we gave our drink order. The lady apologized for the delay. They were really busy. We also gave her our full order at this time.

Our drink came out 5 minutes later. It took another 10 minutes to get some bread. Our appetizers came out 15 minutes after they ordered.

Our soups came out 10 minutes after the appetizers. Then we waited. It took a full 15 to 20 minutes to get our entrees. At this point, I was ready to take them to go.

When we got the check, the waitress explained she was helping in a private party and thought someone else would have grabbed our table. This wasn't her fault. This was bad management.

If you know you having a large, private party coming in during the busiest time, you put more people on the clock.

The waitress did deduct the cost of the appetizers from the check . I only left a $10 tip on a $76 bill. The reason was the very slow service, and being told our main course would be up in a few minutes by two different people. From the time the first person said a few minutes, I clocked it to be almost 15 minutes.

Now for part two,

We just moved here to Henderson from New Jersey. Finding good Italian food that measures up to NJ italian is not easy.

The food here is amazing. It had great flavor, and the portions were nice sized.

My wife had the Shrimp Fra-Diavolo. She enjoyed it. She didn't think it was spicy enough. In all honesty, she was ready to leave by the time we got the food, and she never asked for red pepper seed.

I had the Shrimp Parmigian. It was very good. I was shocked the shrimp weren't breaded. Other than that, oh, so good.

So we will try this establishment one more time to see how it really is. Being a big baseball fan, I'll give a place up to three strikes. After that, they are out.

So far, the count is 1-1. One ball for the qualify of the food. One strike for the...

It has been over 8 years since I was at Tuscany Grill. I always had fond memories of this place. Food was amazing. When we arrived we sat immediately. We were served a soft loaf of bread with pads of butter. Bread is so fresh and a bit dense so you know it’s made in house. It should be illegal to be that delicious. Salads were great and chopped perfectly bite size. The ranch was one of the best salads ever tasted.

Bruschetta was perfect! Garlicky, juicy tomatoes and basil….they could go a bit heavier on the basil imo. Pasta meals were spectacular and great size portions! Now let me tell you about the staff who work here. Kyle was tending our table and gave us recommendations on casinos to go to to get outa the rat race in town. Eve was a ninja. You drink any of your water…she’ll vamp on you and fill it. You won’t even see her until your glass is in her hand. We saw her clean a table after people left and you’d think she was cleaning her own table at home. She was so thorough and cleans around the sides and edges of the table. They know many of the customers who come in. You can compare this place to a well oiled machine. They all work and flow together perfectly and it’s a beautiful thing to see. I wish I had this restaurant near my home. I’d be here all the time. I will always recommend this establishment if I know of anyone going to Vegas and wanna get off the strip. I give 12...