Las Vegas: Trattoria del Lupo (May 2005)

My spouse and I dined at Trattoria del Lupo with another couple in late May 2005. Wolfgang Puck's first Italian restaurant, Trattoria del Lupo, opened at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in 1999 and offers guests new tastes of authentic Italy. The newly remodeled dining room offers guests a stunning, contemporary interior with a palette of warm chocolate brown and cool white. The restaurant boasts exhibition pizza, antipasto, and dessert stations, a glass-enclosed area where fresh pasta is made daily and a wine room that is surrounded by a spacious bar in the center of the restaurant. In addition to the main dining room and banquet facilities, Lupo’s indoor patio provides a perfect setting for people watching without leaving the hotel. Its name means "restaurant of the wolf" in Italian. It reminds you of a rustic Milanese piazza, with lots of antiques and unique lighting fixtures. Puck made himself famous with pizzas and you'll find an open, exhibition pizza station at del Lupo.