Cafe Vettro [Las Vegas, NV]

Aria Resort & Casino

Las Vegas, NV

 

After checking in and getting our luggage settled in our room, W and I were hungry so we didn't feel like venturing out far for some eats. We decided to hoof downstairs to Cafe Vettro which is Aria's 24-hour cafe.

 

We were seated quickly at a booth which faced the hotel's back taxi and valet area as well as one of Vdara's entrance. It was light and bright at first but somehow some lights around our table were turned off so it became dark. Boo! Bad for picture taking!

  

Coke ($4.50) and Chocolate Milk ($4)

$7 for a glass of juice?!? Are you kidding me!?! That was my reaction when I looked at the drinks menu. So, wanting to be cheap and "healthy", I opted for a glass of chocolate milk while W had his usual Coke.

Philly Cheese Steak ($16)

Grilled shaved beef, American cheese, onions, green peppers on a French roll; with side of cole slaw and pickle

It was already late in the afternoon. W and I didn't want to fill up our tummies too much since dinner time wasn't very far away so we decided to share a sandwich. The Philly cheese steak sounded good on the menu so we went with that. The kitchen was nice enough to split the order onto two plates for us! Then we looked at the actual sandwich on the plate... Wow that's pretty big! Ummmm...that looks like Kraft processed cheese slices melted on the beef....which then cooled off forming a gummy cover...

Hmmm, I guess American cheese = Kraft processed cheese! Nothing wrong with that; I love Kraft cheddar cheese! But I just didn't expect a nice cafe like this one to serve processed cheese that's all. The sandwich was alright. The beef was nicely seasoned  but it was kind of dry. We added mushrooms to the sandwich which helped add some juiciness to it. The pickle helped alleviate the saltiness of the beef and cheese but the coleslaw was flat and the dressing was watery. At least the bread was soft and buttery so cutting it with the knife was not hard to do.

In the end, we finished up everything and got so full that we skipped dinner. Oops! Well, not really...we anticipated that something like this would happen so we brought cup noodles in our luggage LOL!! Later at night we boiled some water in our room and made cup noodles as a late dinner.

Our meal at Cafe Vettro was pretty average. It didn't taste bad but it didn't really impress me that much either. If it wasn't for convenience, I might not have chosen this place.