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| - A friend and I recently ended up here before going to the Katy Perry concert at Mandalay Bay. We had initially planned on dinner at Burger Bar, but that was a bust when we found out there was a one hour wait and tummy's were a rumbling!
Enter Rí Rá. I wasn't sure what to expect...but to be honest, at the time, I didn't care as I was starving. Because there was also a wait at the pub, we ended up sitting at the bar. Go figure.
Oh my, was I pleasantly surprised! I had the Irish Potato Cakes (ok, I'm an appetizer kind of gal), and they were soooooooo good. I love potatoes (hence, my obsession with french fries), and the cakes were soft, but not mushy, and had just the right amount of saltiness with the balsamic glaze. I also had the chips and malt vinegar mayo (yeah, ok, there was a bit of potato overload). The mayo was de-li-cious! A nice contrast with the chips and change of pace from ketchup. I was so stuffed I decided not to have an entree.
The drinks department also did not disappoint. My friend had some beers and I had a couple of Dark and Stormy's, which I'm not used to seeing on menus that often. The drinks were good, not too strong. Best of all, our bartender/server was Irish and fun to chat with.
I agree that the pub is noisy, but in a good way. This is not somewhere you'd go to catch up with a long lost friend; it's somewhere you'd go to have fun with a smaller group of fun people.
But the best part was that as a local, I got to sign up for a "Green Card." The Green Card equates to a 20% discount off food/drinks for locals. Yay for discounts and yay for locals!
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