Pizza Forte — Restaurant in Nevada

This is a nice little spot located inside of the Virgin Hotels Resort on the Las Vegas Strip. It was pretty easy to find once inside of the hotel. On our visit, the line was short and moved pretty fast. The staff wasn’t very warm, but they did say hello once we made it to the register.

They have precooked calzones and a variety of pizza when you enter the line, I believe they reheat them upon order. NY slice will cost you $3.75 each, and $4.25 for a roman slice. You can also order a 10” personal pizza from $10.00-$11.95, or an 18” from $24.00-$26.00. Depending on what you order, additional toppings will cost you from $0.25 to $2.50 per topping.

If pizza isn’t on your mind, they do offer a variety of Italian Street Foods and salads, such as meatball subs, Polpette, Piadina’s, Caesar and Mediterranean salads and more. They also offer Italian sausage with peppers and onions, and hotdogs. If you want something sweet, the have gelato, cannoli’s and more.

On this visit, I chose to order the Eggplant Caprese Piadina with the vegan mozzarella, and my cousin ordered the Polpette. After paying for our orders, we received our food within 5 minutes, it was very quick. We decided to take our food outside and sit in the resort’s courtyard.

As I opened my to-go box, I was shocked at how huge my Piadina was. It was really more than I expected. For $12.95, I really felt I got every penny of my money’s worth. It was stuffed with grilled eggplant, mixed greens, tomato, mozzarella, pesto, and balsamic. The combination of ingredients truly tasted like a party in my mouth. It was so delicious. I truly could’ve saved ½ of my Piadina for another meal, that’s how filling it was.

My cousin finished her Polpette (3 meatballs), and said they were great. We both had a great meal, and I will definitely come back here again and order the same thing. That Eggplant Caprese Piadina, Rocks!!!

Highly recommend Pizza Forte for a snack, or...

I was excited to take my friend to the Mexican restaurant in the Virgin Hotel and Casino, but it was closed, so we settled on getting something else since we were already on site. For some reason my overpriced food was made incorrectly not once but twice. The polpette was rung up (no sauce) per request to not have marinara. I confirmed with the cashier that the other components would still be included. She said yes. When it arrived it was 3 cold meatballs on top of unmelted chunks of mozzarella cheese ($1add on). There was no ricotta, pesto, or Parmesan cheese. My friend asked where it was and I was brought a cold plastic to go ramikin with each topping. About 5 minutes passed and I asked another employee why my food was delivered that way and cold. She said she didn't know and would remake it. It was remade with everything drowned in marinara sauce the second time. I just sat there and stared. I waited a few minutes and decided to try to blot off the sauce with napkins and transfer it to a different bowl, but it was unsuccessful and the pesto and ricotta and Parmesan cheese were lost in the process. At that point I just sat and watched my friend eat and didn't get to eat my meal. We lingered long enough that someone could have tried to correct it a third time or just offer to remove it from my bill or offer the dessert we bought after complimentary for the inconvenience, however no one seemed to care to make it right. This restaurant just took our time and money without providing what was paid for. I ended up putting my entire meal in a to go bag and no one seemed to care again. It was embarrassing to have both my friend and I separately request the meal to be corrected and it still wasn't. So much for me trying to treat my friend to a meal and not even eating during it. Extremely disappointed in my experience. Would love a refund for the...

On a whirlwind tour of NYC pizza slices in Vegas, I've now had the opportunity to try them at three different spots. Pizza Forte was the third and although it was pretty good, and legitimately a NYC slice with the requisite super thin and crispy crust, I'd have to put it as number 3, (but again still pretty good.!)

I found the place because it happened to be in the Virgin Hotel where I was staying and I thought, why not wander the casino and see if they have NYC slices. (It seems most resort casinos have everything so it was a go...umm...bet.) Sure enough Pizza Forte popped up just off the casino. It was pretty dead upon my late-night stumbling in. There were a handful of slices under the display case ready to be heated up. I had a cheese because that's the litmus test for pizza at a new place.

It did the job. Perfectly crispy just like back in the old neighborhood. (I mean someone's old neighborhood, I'm sure.) Maybe the cheese-to-sauce ratio was not quite what I wanted. (I like a little more sauce and a little less cheese.) But I devoured the whole thing.

I think there's probably an emotional component to pizza in any particular genre. Once you find your favorite slice...it will always be your favorite slice...And no matter how good another spot's slices are, if they aren't quite the same, it doesn't mean there's anything wrong with it, it's just not the pizza slice that resonates as strongly with you. This was the case for me here.

Oh, but I'd...