Brezza — Restaurant in Las Vegas

Been back several times and every time I love the food and service. On Saturday, we celebrated my graduation and everything was so incredible! We started on the patio outside of the private dining room with prosecco and small bites. The carne crudo was fresh and delicately seasoned - perfect! We also enjoyed peppadews with goat cheese drizzled with a 15-year balsamic and little red bell peppers with tuna. We then went inside to begin our first course of grilled octopus with fava beans (a family fav that Brezza does so well), caprese with heirloom tomatoes, basil and the most gorgeous, fresh pesto, and tempesta cullatello with mission figs, baby kale and a date vinaigrette. The figs were perfectly ripened - fantastic appetizer that I want again! For our primi we enjoyed 3 pastas, of which the pea agnolotti with morels, porcini, and Meyer lemon was a hands-down favorite. Crazy considering there was beef cheek ravioli drizzled with the aged balasamic and a flavorful bolognese. SMH it was so good! Our secondi included a 145-day dry-aged tomahawk, whole branzino, and Heritage Farms pork chop. So surprised at the flavor of the tomahawk; I expected it to be overly strong or funky, but it was none of those things. Chef Brisson has her own dry-age facility and the care she takes came out in the flavorful, tender tomahawk. Yes, we got some good pics of gnawing on the Fred Flinstone-like bone. And the branzino! The skin was seasoned perfectly and the fish was so tender. Did I mention how good the skin was? The Heritage Farms pork is always very, very good (kinda spoiled now). We enjoyed asparagus, carrots, and fried artichokes as sides and the carrot sformato was another surprising hit! Who knew carrots could taste so good?! We ended the evening with a trio of desserts: tiramisu, cannoli, and panna cotta. Forget your expectations, these desserts were transcendent. The attention to detail and subtlety of flavors was so well executed! I’ve never had a cannoli with a shell as delicate and flavorful as this, and the sauce served with the panna cotta was addicting. The coffee bean with tiramisu inside was such a nice touch! A little amaro and our evening was simply perfect. The sommeliers Wayne (still thinking about that gorgeous white!) and Lexi were extraordinary (the care Lexi took with a bottle of 1992 Schioppettino was artistic. The staff were so accommodating, sincere, and just overall incredible. Brendan was so interesting to talk to about wine! And Xavier was so sweet! Congratulations to Brendan and Lexi on your engagement - what a lovely, lovely couple. Thank you Chef Nicole, Jason R. (no need to call me “Dr.” - lol), and Brezza staff. You made a special but difficult day better than I could have hoped.

PREVIOUS REVIEW The Italian food at Brezza is authentic, fresh, and from sustainable and heritage sources, such as their heritage meat and locally-sourced produce. The appetizers are aMAZing (had the chicken liver last night and O.M.G.), and the pastas are so damn good. I must save room for meat dishes next time! Chef Brisson is known for her dry-aged beef. Thank you to the wonderful service and for making me...

On 5/2/23 at around 5:30 my queen & I were enjoying ourselves at Area 15 in clothing fit for the afternoon 80° weather that day we called Brezza just to double check if there is any way we could dine in. We were told there wouldn't be an issue & there was room at the bar, but it was first come first serve. When we arrived approx. An hour later we came into contact at the front podium with a young female standing right next to two other female rep. Inform them we called & the Young hostess replied yes you spoke with me right after we hung up I was informed that we were booked due to a private event I'm sorry. I took a second to take a breath look around in which I found a man in a suit on the opposite side of the entrance walkway looking towards me. I turned around & in about 5 seconds of time I looked into the very unoccupied front part of the restaurant and in a outdoor voice wished everybody a nice evening and then look back at the podium and said you'll hear about my experience with a negative review. My queen and I were very distraught. She kept walking towards Wally's to see if she could get us in there and I went back to the podium in a calm voice told the now loner Young host I wanted to talk to the manager. Man in the suit came right on up to me and asked me how I could help him explain my situation in which he said that if I wanted to come inside they would serve us. I was a little bewildered I told him you just stood right there and let us be turned away and didn't do anything about it and now you're going to serve us. I don't know what you might do to our food. He then look confused. Then I said do you see the situation you've put me in he replied no you put yourself in this situation. I looked up this restaurants website before writing this & noticed that they advertise an Italian way of life that's inviting and uplifting. Well they are certainly inviting an uplifted $250 into Wally's restaurants pocketbook. I'm 75% Italian myself & my queen is from just on the other side of the Mediterranean Sea in Tunisia. This isn't how I would want my restaurant run if I owned one. This was a piss poor job all around including the other two women that were standing right there that could have spoke up & said anything. I personally wouldn't necessarily be all that concerned about one person's negative review I'd be more concerned about karma & this happening to one of them or their family members wasting their time & money on top of their not being a nice alternative place nearby to enjoy a special occasion/vacation. If you keep treating people like this this place will be a breeze...

We ate at this restaurant with a large group. We did a ton of research and decided on this restaurant because we were told they did not have a surcharge.

We got our food and there is no nice ways to say this, but every single thing was absolutely terrible. I am not sure what their aging process is with their meat, but it tasted like wet socks. The water smelled like dirty dishes, and when I asked our waitress to bring me a new glass of water, she never came back. In addition, every single person at our table agreed the food was not worth the money they are charging. We asked our bills to be separate based on each individual family and they only gave us one bill. When we asked to have it split up, nothing made sense. They added a bunch of stuff on the tab that we did not eat and when we asked them to correct it, they brought the bill back with a 20% surcharge. They were literally not going to let us out of the restaurant without paying that. It ruined the evening for a lot of people not only because they had upset stomachs, but we had to pay a ton of money for food that was not good!

The managers and the server were very short and matter-of-fact about the bill and it got so weird we decided to pay it so we could leave.

I do not recommend this restaurant for any occasion. It’s poorly managed with untrained waitresses and they are overcharging by a ton! Pay attention to your bill if you do go here they tend to add stuff on when you’re not paying attention. I believe hoping that you have been drinking and won’t notice.

I have never given a bad review because I realize there are going to be good and bad experiences and there’s no point in complaining however this was such a terrible experience that we most definitely as a family agreed it needed to be put public.

This is not about money! It’s about being taken advantage of and people need to know the food is not good here.

My brother went to the restaurant the next day to talk to the manager and I’m pretty sure they thought we wanted money back, but my brother made it very clear that that was not what this was about. They needed to know why they were getting a bad review. We have been coming to Las Vegas every year for the past 5 years for a family reunion and have never had an experience like this.

Beware of this restaurant! Not only will you feel like you wasted your money, but you will walk away with an...