This Vegas Restaurant Is Nothing Special. And I Mean That as a Compliment.

Not every Vegas meal needs to be an experience. Sometimes you just want a place that gets the job done with good food, decent drinks and zero bullshit.

I don’t know when Vegas decided every meal had to feel like the best meal of your life.

Or at least the most expensive one.

We cook at home a lot. Not just to save money. Because the food is usually better. So when we drop $350 to $500 on dinner on vacation, I want to be impressed. For the last several years, I’m not. A handful of places still hit. The rest is one of the bigger letdowns on the Strip.

That’s why I don’t do star reviews anymore. I do the Vegas Return Test.

Would I spend my own money and happily go back?

For this one the question is even more useful.

Would I actually choose this place again when I already have somewhere to be?

You Don’t Need a Destination. You Need Dinner.

Knights game. Concert. You’re staying at New York-New York. You’re three drinks in and realize lunch was a bag of something from the room.

You don’t need sparklers and a dance routine with the entrée.

You need food.

That’s Gonzalez y Gonzalez.