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| - If you were a visitor looking to tell everyone at home you went to a Gordon Ramsay eatery while in Vegas, this would be at the bottom of the four GR restaurants to visit or brag about. At $16 for the fish and chips combo, which includes 2 dipping sauces and a small drink, I'd rather a "Farm Burger" from his Planet Hollywood location. Throw in the cramped dining area, the condiment section being jammed into a stupidly small section by the soda machine, and eating at Crown & Anchor off the strip while throwing back a few pints from actual glass sounds like a way better plan.
The only highlight was fortunately the fish; three hot, delightfully crispy and lovingly breaded pieces with nice tender meat inside. The fries were just fries, and I could have easily gone for a double serving of the sauces (tartar and curry mango) that were better portioned for a 4 piece Mcnugget meal. I wanted all my fish covered in sauce and it was all but gone before the second piece was even finished.
And isn't it weird that the recipe for this same dish at his pub at Caesars Palace is totally different? It's definitely better here and his pub should just replicate these ones. As mentioned by a few other reviewers, the chips aren't authentically British, lacking thickness and shape, but who is really in the business of being "authentic anything" in a town where fake Paris, fake New York and fake Egypt are right down the street?
Remove the famous name off the sign and call it something like "Fred's Fried Fish" and this place probably wouldn't last a year on the Linq promenade. That being said, it's not a bad spot for a quick bite in what is quickly turning into an alley for uppity junk food.
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