Bartolotta at Wynn
 

Was looking through the Wynn website last night and noticed that at the restaurant Bartolotta there are cabanas outside next to a lagoon for private dining. Anyone ever eat at one of these? Can they just be reserved? Any special things you need to do to get one?

I never have but I would call ahead to the concierge at the hotel or just try booking directly with the restaurant.

Bartolotta is so expensive, even for Wynn, that I can't imagine many people are booking cabanas these days.

Last time I was there we got charged $400 for a fish. Granted it was a big fish and quite good (and plucked out of the Mediterranean sea a day prior)...but $400 had me considering eating the eyes, head and tail.

Cabanas are available by request--no extra charge, minimum, etc. required. The only people that are guaranteed reservations for one are those that book through their hosts.

What kind of fish was it?

That had to be some fish! Any chance of the details of this meal?

I believe it was Orata. It was huge, probably about 24 inches from head to tail. The waiter brought it out on a large cart and proceeded to skin/debone it table side.

It was superb, but at the end of the day...it's fish and definitely was not worth $400. (it was something like $14-$15 per 100 grams of weight)

Sides were, of course, ala carte. Thankfully we ordered a bunch of them or I would have left hungry! :)

menu shows whole fish/etc run $14>$22 per 100 grams / 3 ounces.
orata is $15. ($5/ounce)

$400 would mean 5 lbs. :eek:

Yeah, that sounds about right....and for 6 guys kicking off a bachelor party weekend it didn't go very far!

I wonder what the wholesale cost of that fish was.

next day air certainly isnt cheap.

i guess big question is what kind of bone:meat ratio. :D

There was enough bone and skin left on the serving plate that the same thought crossed my mind!