Nines

I am not usually one to eat in the hotel restaurant when I am on the road. The food is usually sub par and room service fee’s are ridiculous when you spent 150+ a night on a room. That said, I didn’t get in until late and didn’t want to go find something.
I had a house salad and spaghetti. I can say it was better than I expected, but no Italian restaurant needs to worry they will not lose any patrons over it. The meatballs were good, but almost had a weird citrus taste and instead of round spaghetti noodles I had a flatter noodle, not fettuccine though.
The salad was a typical mixed green hotel salad with honey mustard dressing on the side. None of it was bad, but none of it was good enough to order again if I have any choice.

Our service couldn’t have been worse
We arrived at the bar at 9:30pm and Jeremiah the bartender promptly informed us that he couldn’t wait to get off… the bar doesn’t even close until 11:00pm. He frustratingly waited on the customers as if they were an inconvenience to him. I asked for a menu at 10:00pm and then had to ask if he wouldn’t mind taking my order 25 mins later… just awful

Huge wait time. Chicken marsala was bad. Bar waitresses are rude.

Its a hotel bar. Clean, fast, friendly service.

Staying at the hotel and ordered room service from «The Nines» and was pleasantly surprised. Lobster mac&cheese loaded with lobster and huge portion, goat cheese salad very good and also huge, but best part is the prices are very reasonable. Everything good quality, hot and fresh. Four stars because Nines is just as good as many so called «upscale» restaurants in Omaha.

For Hotel Food this probably deserves 3 stars for the one meal I have had here. The prices for salads and sandwiches seem inline, however the dinner prices seem outrageous, considering you can get a much better meal for the same pricing at the Boiler Room in Omaha.
However as its being judged overall, I would have to say 2, as yes, I have had better. I tried their «new» Santa Fe Chicken Salad, which was GINORMOUS. The guacamole could use some work, the chicken was creatively rolled in red, white and black tortilla strips. It was cooked pretty well for chicken. There was a lot of salad and I definitely couldn’t finish it. I also had a cup of the chicken tortilla soup which was really good, but part of it was probably the hunger that had set in.
The service was fine, but what you would expect when you were one of three tables in the entire place.

The only great thing about this place was they serve beer.

Unfortunately I’m going to have to disagree with the other review. The setting is your typical hotel, and the service is just ok. The menu is varied, but both my lemon caper chicken and my penne pesto were covered on excessive cream sauce that either hid or smothered any semblance of flavor. The French onion soup was nice but looked very uninspiring. So overall I’d say eat here I’d you are stuck at your hotel, but don’t make it a destination.

I will admit that I have a natural aversion to hotel restaurants. Typically, the food is piss-​poor, the service far less than stellar, and the prices outlandish given the first two aspects of the experience. A recent visit to the Nines did a lot to change that stereotype in my mind.
Located in the lobby of the brand new and extremely well-​appointed Embassy Suites La Vista, Nines is as unassuming as the food is impressive. The wine list is healthy, and with a full bar mere feet from the dining room, the drink orders are filled quickly. In typical Midwestern fashion, the hostess and the wait staff are friendly and knowledgeable, and given they are usually catering to business travelers, they welcome single diners (which I was) as warmly as they do large parties.
The meal began with complimentary bread accompanied by an eggplant tapenade that was out of this world. Don’t let the sound of it throw you. This tapenade was bursting with creamy eggplant goodness with just the right amount of spice. It was so good, in fact, I requested a second serving with my meal.
For the main course, I ordered the chef’s special, a 16 oz. bone-​in ribeye, cooked medium rare. The steak is served with grilled green beans, but since you can substitute sides, I ordered creamy mashed potatoes instead. Entrees are also preceded by a mixed greens house salad. It is admittedly hard to make an impression with a house salad, but what made this one stand out was the honey thyme dressing, a house specialty. Thick and creamy, sweet and spicy, this dressing is easily one of my favorites. Kudos to the chef on this creation.
Obviously, the tour de force was the bone-​in ribeye. Well-​marbled, but not overly fatty, and with just the right amount of crisp, this steak was as close as absolute perfection as you can get; and this is coming from the son-​in-​law of a cattle rancher who regularly eats beef that is as fresh off the cow as you can get. I would put this steak up against anything you could get from Ruth’s Chris, Morton’s, or III Forks any day. My only complaint is they did not substitute the green beans for the mashed potatoes, an oversight they quickly rectified, and for free.
As for the rest of the menu, although I did not try any of the other dishes, the comments I overheard from other tables were all very positive, particularly on the Mardi Gras pasta. As a New Orleans native, I am loathe to try anything with «Cajun», «New Orleans» or «Mardi Gras» in the name when I am outside of Louisiana, but judging by the comments, I’d be willing to give it a shot.
If you ever find yourself in west Omaha and are in the mood for a high quality dining experience, I would easily you keep Nines in mind. And ask for Erika. She’s a damn good waitress.