We were thrilled to finally get a reservation at Les Etoiles, or "the stars" in French. Located on the rooftop of the sister hotel of where we were staying, it overlooks St. Peter's Basilica and gets painfully busy during high season. At first I was apprehensive about a hotel restaurant (even though I work in one) in such a tourist city. Luckily, my expectations were instantaneously exceeded as we were greeted with Prosecco and seated at the corner table, we had the perfect view of St. Peter's. The menu was fantastic, so many amazing options. We decided to split several courses. Beginning with marinated shrimp and asparagus tips, followed by pesto pancetta pasta, and finally a steak smothered in Chianti sauce and of course contorni (side of veggies). Each course was separately plated, with generous portions. By the time we finished our secondi piatti (the meat course) we started to worry that instead of splitting each course they had indeed doubled our order. Well, another miracle happened when the bill arrived allowing each of us to take a deep breath that we had NOT spent nearly $300 on dinner. It was amazing the amount of food and quality of the food for the price we paid. If we had been there another week I know we would have returned even if just to lick the spoon that served that amazing Chianti sauce.
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