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| - There's nothing spectacular about Red Sushi at the Golden Nugget.
You know those small take-out sushi joints that you find on the ground floor of office buildings, or those plodding sushi counters that frequent mall food courts? That's pretty much what you have here.
The specialty rolls were not all that special, and cost $15 on average.
The only one that really stood out was the Firecracker Roll, which included breaded, deep-fried salmon bites, some cream cheese and jalapeno, and slivers of snow crab as a topping. The Vegas Roll, which one would hope would offer up some excitement -- Vegas Sushi, Baby! -- was simply cream cheese, avocado and cucumber, all rolled up, lightly fried, and topped with spicy tuna. Not very exciting.
That said, Red Sushi does have a decent selection of hot and cold appetizers, which might make for a nice late-night snack while in the Downtown area, though not too-late-night, as they close at 11 pm. I particularly liked their ahi poke on lotus chips, the flash-fried hamachi served with a citrusy ponzu sauce, the agedashi dofu (deep fried tofu served in a delicate tentsuyu broth), and the crispy rock shrimp.
Red Sushi is also open to the casino floor and the Golden Nugget's ballroom, so if you happen to be sitting on its outer perimeter, you're also subject to a lot of smoke, noise, and drunken conventioneers.
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