When Derek Stevens opened The D in 2012, he had a vision of bringing over the spirit of his hometown of Detroit (where his property gets its name). You’ll find plenty of that at Andiamo Steakhouse, a classic steakhouse experience.
The restaurant is the brainchild of Joe Vicari, whose restaurant group owns several Andiamo restaurants in Detroit. He stresses perfection at every one of his establishments, and at the Las Vegas location that includes buying the freshest ingredients and purchasing beef from top butchers like Pat LaFrieda and Stock Yards.
From top to bottom, Andiamo oozes old-school elegance, from the dark woods to the servers who prepare your Caesar salad tableside. As you sip on an Old-Fashioned, try a true Andiamo classic guaranteed to turn heads: The Grande Meatball, smothered with tomato sauce and ricotta cheese. For a lighter starter, try the calamari fritti, flash-fried with banana peppers and ammoglio sauce.
As you’d expect, the meat selection here is terrific, from porterhouse and filet mignon to veal osso buco. There’s plenty of steak add-ons, including bearnaise and gorgonzola dolce crusted, but we really recommend the signature “zip” sauce. You may never want your steak served with anything else again.
If your tastes veer more toward seafood, no problem whatsoever. Andiamo offers sensational pan-roasted scallops, served with ricotta gnudi, asparagus, sweet corn, roasted tomatoes and white truffle essence, as well as Chilean sea bass on a pea risotto cake and topped with a beurre blanc sauce, garlic and roasted tomatoes.
How about pasta? Agnolotti, handmade pasta filled with ground veal, spinach mascarpone crème, black truffle and wild mushrooms, will have you smiling ear to ear, and the ever-popular shrimp scampi is served here over house-made linguini in a garlic-butter sauce. –Ken Miller
The D, 702.388.2220
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