It all started as a mistake. I clicked "buy" on a Groupon offer for Rock And Rita's. There was to be a $10 discount and I was curious. Little did I know that when I clicked it I would not be given a chance to confirm. And so I bought. Then came my research on Yelp. Rock And Rita's has a less than stellar star rating. But I am committed. I have a certificate that I paid for and so dinner was on its way.
When I arrived to the restaurant, deep inside the big top of Circus Circus, I was not impressed having to stand at the podium waiting for a missing hostess. I had read reviews that led me to believe it could take a while. She actually came back rather quickly and I was seated. My friend and I checked out the menu for a bit and joked about the toilet bowl options available before placing our order. He ordered the Ulcerator buger. I ordered a tri tip sandwich. His burger looked great and he was happy with it. My sandwich was good but not great. The meat did not taste freshly smoked. And I prefer more BBQ sauce. The fries, however, were awesome. Crunchy shoe string potatoes with tons of flavor.
My friend ordered a couple of drinks. A pina colada to start with some Malibu rum in a test tube to mix in. But when our bill came, and with this initial drink plus our food, the value of my certificate was still not used up. So another drink was ordered. The waiter tried to bring it free of charge. That is cool and all but we were trying to get an actual bill rather than a free meal because neither of us had cash for a tip. We wanted to put it on a card. So the waiter brought us a seperate bill charging $0.01 for the second drink and then we left the tip. Kind of a round about way of doing it but hey, whatever works right?