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| - I was excited to try Jaleo next time I was in Vegas, after making a one-time splurge at e last year. Obviously I wasn't expecting anything e-like, for an order of magnitude cheaper, but I was expecting it to be pretty tasty, which it was. I'm also rating it based on getting there for happy hour - I'd go with 4 1/2 stars if I could, but I was solidly pleased with the meal, so 4 seems low. But definitely without the happy hour prices, I'd have been a lot less pleased. Happy hour right now is until 7, and only at the bar, so not very useful for bigger groups, but excellent for a group of 2. Amusingly, I kind of feel like sitting at the bar likely gave us *better* service, since you have a bartender keeping a constant eye out for your satisfaction, plus the bartender is the most likely to be knowledgeable about the drink list. The service was solid.
For food, we shared:
* Their take on patatas bravas, $6 for happy hour. Solid, though my favorite tapas place back home still does them better, I think. The sauce was excellent; the potatos were decent, but I like them a little crispier. Good price though, and decent portion for tapas.
* Their take on calamari, $6 for happy hour. Also a good portion, not over-fried, and I could tell the calamari was quite fresh, but it was a little salty, and the sauce was a bit bland. Happily, we had leftover patatas bravas sauce, so I used that instead.
* An amazingly delicious flatbread (on the menu as "coca con escalivada"), for, yes, $6 for happy hour. The bread had the perfect consistency, and topped with a super flavorful tapanade and that same delicious light crema type cheese that was used in a few of my favorite bites in e - just without the caviar and stuff ;). I'm thinking about popping back in again today for another one of these.
* One item not from the happy menu, because their happy hour menu is sadly fairly small - I was going to try the paella, but when we were there, the paella choices were vegetarian (boring!) or rabbit and chicken (sounded exciting, until I learned that rabbit in paella is mostly bones, which no thanks), so instead, I decided to try something unique, their "paella" of toasted noodles with seafood fritters (rossejat). It was actually surprisingly substantial for $20, and delicious, though I felt for the price, there should have been a few more of the seafood fritters than we got. Still recommended, though, if you want something a bit more unique.
* Two glasses of two different bartender-recommended vermouths, $6 each - I was a *huge* fan of the "priorat natur blanco", and, again, will likely be back for today's happy hour before we leave tomorrow. Also a $4 glass of authentic dry apple cider - a bit too dry on its own, but went great with the food.
So, I'd give it maybe 3 1/2 stars for the menu with everything at full price, but 4 1/2 during happy hour. But happy hour is totally long enough that's not too much of a caveat. ;)
Edit: I totally did go back the following day. Got another flatbread, which was just as delicious, also tried the "jaleo bramble", which was omg fantastic (if you like rosemary). Also tried one of the "cones", the tuna, which... was cool, I guess, but 5$ and super tiny. You'd need to eat about 25 of them to be full, so not as recommended. Kinda tasty, just, tiny.
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