Hey there world travelers hey there I'm Tanya and I'm Dave and we are Turn It Up
World welcome back to Las Vegas
so tonight we're taking you guys to a special place it's kind of long overdue
for us and it's also our birthday celebration
we are headed to the grand opening of Elio restaurant here at the Wynn Encore
it's really in the Encore but it's a part of Wynn Encore
and we are stoked to try this tonight, exactly this great modern Mexican
cuisine one of the most highly anticipated
openings of 2020 tonight, yes and we are set and a little
bit late for our reservation so we're gonna get down there right now
and see if we can catch this grand opening, you ready to rock? I am ready
let's go, let's go
bienvenidos bienvenidos how exciting is it, it was really really quite
impressive walking into here the decor here at Elio is unbelievable so
inviting oh it's really really it's really kind of dimly lit
very romantic the music is blaring pretty loud
yes right but great music gets into the whole spirit yeah of that kind of modern
mexican restaurant right so really cool and it does seem like
there's two dining areas the dining area that we're sitting right now basically
has a really long bar that you can come in and have
cocktails they definitely are taking the social distancing very seriously we
actually have a section all to ourselves which is wonderful
and the other dining room according to our, the manager
she informed us that it does get as the night goes on the lights get darker and
the music gets turned up because you know
how they do in Mexico honey they like party, party, party, party
exactly we thought it would be nice we're actually gonna stay in the lounge
tonight yes for the dinner so it's gonna be great I'm so excited the
menu options look great the drink options look phenomenal
so we're gonna really put this to the test we've been waiting for this for so
long yes I am excited, they have a great welcome
back menu here $70 per person which is really reasonable
yes for one of the hottest new openings here in Vegas in 2020
and it's three courses we'll kind of walk through that
the first course is actually striped bass
nice, right and tuna tataki, your choice of striped bass, tuna tataki
or carrots al pastor, really nice right, and the second course is a choice of
branzino a la talla nice right or lamb barbacoa, which we like that
yes exactly and then dessert you have a choice of churros
and we're experts in making those we are definitely experts
and also tres leches, so for dessert interesting, I'm liking the sound of that
right I'm really excited and you're also getting these paper menus here
yes so it looks like these are kind of your menus for the evening you're gonna
have, we could even take them home this is
the grand opening I mean, we're one of the first to touch these dang
menus exactly but it's nice and there's a qr code also
yes exactly it's really cool and of course also there's many other items on
the menu but the welcome back menu is it's pretty nice, a pretty nice deal but there's
a lot of other things to choose from if you want to go for something different
yes there's quite a few options but it's really nice to, oh wow thank you so much
wow so I'm gonna start before we talk about what we got I'm gonna tell you
what we're drinking here this is like a a Jazmine Cooler and I'm gonna look at
the menu so I don't get it wrong but it's from Tito's Vodka I mean hello
Austin Texas, Austin Texas in the house it's got cucumber water jasmine orange
blossom and lime and it is so refreshing but I love how they have
this giant ice cube in there yeah this really cute giant ice cube but
it's really refreshing right it's super refreshing
we're gonna share it right now we got another one coming we have another one
coming that is good really really good I love the cucumber
right you can taste that, really refreshing yeah and the vodka it's strong but not super
strong yeah I know, but you know that you got some Tito's in
there with, we went with a three-course chef tasting option for $70 yes
and what did you get sure well I got for the first course the striped bass I
know that it's gonna be really good I'm definitely excited for that, it has
ginger, it has mojo and cucumber in there as well yeah and we're kind of splitting
like carrots kind of marinated into the uh
um like a pina it's really really good it's actually one of our hosts she said
it's her favorite so we're going to mix this up a bit and
really try this together and what did you get for the second
second course well I mean come on lamb barbacoa was definitely calling me so
yes, I got the lamb barbacoa really looking forward to that and I got the branzino
which is like a nice fish from the mediterranean they kind of
deboned it so it's going to be nice and flaky really delicious
so we're going to kind of split that as well I mean it makes sense if we're
going to do it we get all these dishes right exactly and
of course and then for dessert well I gotta go for the churros gotta see how
they make churros here in this really really nice restaurant we just
might have them on that one we might have them better than, oh yeah exactly
we know how to make these things and of course I ended up getting the other
dessert which is part of this menu which is called the tres leches
which is kind of like a sponge cake that has white chocolate on top of it
and a little bit of lime so this is going to be great maybe we actually went
to earlier today we went to the Buffet at the Wynn and if
you haven't seen that video you should definitely go check that out for sure
we ate like kings and queens at the Buffet, that's right
so I'm excited to try this one here, this is awesome, yeah we are eating very
well today we are definitely eating very well today
and this salsa macha with the blue corn tostada is unbelievable, it has a nice spice to it great
oh so good it goes down smooth now yours looks interesting that looks like a
ceviche style I am very surprised I thought it was going to be calamari
style like fried but not at all yes this looks
like really more like ceviche like striped bass ceviche
straight up fresh caught today honey never thought we'd be having ceviche
tonight in Las Vegas but it sure looks like it you got to mix it up, do you want to
try some? let's do it all right here we go, here we go, cheers
oh wow, this is really good
that is so nice, really nice bites you can definitely taste how the
the lime is kind of clearing the bass oh the cucumber pieces are delicious and
it's so so good it's so sweet
and tender wow so we've never had like a striped bass ceviche before, right and
there's a little, a little jalapeno or what that is, of course,
that's a jalapeno right in there a little spiciness to this really really good, you
gotta give it that kick honey that little Mexican kick, oh
so good wow so far things have been dynamite now I have to show you guys
this here this is a dehydrated carrot with an al
pastor rub oh my goodness Dave I can't wait to
try this with the sauce so I'm gonna give this a shot
I'm gonna dip that right in the sauce no shame in my game
oh my god
it looks really good wow and I know our waitress said it actually was her
favorite item on the menu which is incredible, I know, David
that is really really nice there's a little bit of a spice the carrots are
still super sweet, has like that dehydrated
flavor dehydrated flavor now I don't know what
this is on top let me just see
that is delicious it's like an onion and parsley
kind of mixed in vinaigrette really nice little rub on top of that for sure with
the sauce it's a little bit of a spicy kick
I got the lamb barbacoa and I gotta say it looks amazing under there if you kind
of peel that back and look the lamb looks
so incredibly moist smells so good incredible juices in there you got some
onions some cilantro this looks really really good a real
simple dish but boy really great flavors I think are gonna
come out of that but I'm gonna make a taco too
so not gonna be shy I might like yours a little better that looks
so good, oh man what do you think? I gotta throw some of this,
I definitely want some nice spiciness here so let me, we got some onions some
cilantro, I want some of the salsa verde gotta
have some of that put that right down over that maybe a
little bit of this guy here too, what's this called again babe? that is
the sriracha mayo, sriracha mayo, yes you got a little spice going on there for sure, I'm
gonna like that you love that yeah I'm gonna love that
so here we go
wow oh yeah that lamb barbacoa is just done to perfection the spice
from the salsa is really nice too it's just really really nice stuff great
flavors in the lamb incredible juices kind of poured all over my
hand, I made a little bit of a mess but hey nice
it's good I am so excited to try this here this fish I was just saying to Dave
it almost reminds me of Tikinxic we actually had this fish
in the on the island of Isla Mujeres and actually this branzino fish is actually Acapulco
style which has the adobo rub on top of it they de-bone it so really great
and fresh kind of fish and I am definitely feeling I'm gonna
mix a little bit of this here which is the
salsa macha it almost looks like it has like the sesame seeds it's a really
smoky kind of flavor and vibe in that one as well you can't
go wrong with that I mean you can almost add that on anything in
my opinion
that is really really nice definitely a little bit of a spice you
can feel the kick hitting your throat the fish has a really nice buttery kind
of texture to it the adobo red sauce that they put on top
of there really does bring the flavor out of the fish
and of course that corn tortilla is so soft it really kind of brings all the
flavors together but I especially like having it with the
sriracha mayo and the salsa macha really really nice kind of combination
of flavors excellent it's almost time for dessert exactly no
this is a great spot, great food, brings us back to Mexico a little bit it
really does, a little bit, it's obviously it's very fancy
very Vegas style Mexico, yeah, Vegas style Mexico, but it tastes really really good
super fresh, the barbacoa was awesome it really was
so we are back where it started because it's much quieter here than it was in
the restaurant but I have to say the food at Elio was amazing y'all oh it
really was really great it was also great to be at
the grand opening of Elio yes it really was exciting to be there and I want to
ask you guys if you plan on going to Las Vegas and
checking out Elio let us know in the comments below what some of your
favorite dishes will be I know some of our favorite choices that
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wow choose whatever you want, I know, just dip that puppy
dang that is so good