Once is hard to describe as a restaurant. Its not a cuisine or flavor profile youll have ever experienced before, at least in Las Vegas. The food should taste like a mix between Peruvian and Japanese and im not sure i even know what thats suppose to taste like. My brain, eyes and my mouth couldnt figure it out either when i was eating which is likely why i didnt think much of it.
The presentations were very pretty and the food was tasty but i hate that they describe everything as tapas or shareable when thats not really the case. You share chips and salsa or you share a brick oven pizza because there are many slices but its hard to share a salad unless i specifically offer it to the rest of the table. We ordered a potato dish and a beet salad to start. There was nothing shareable about either one. The potato was covered in some odd purple sauce and had olives running through it. so it was salty and soft and crunchy at the same time. the beet salad had three different types of beets, hard quinoa and mild flavored burrata cheese. both dishes were pretty to look at and very light dishes.
the entrees- pumpkin stew and filet mignon were interesting dishes. i didnt try the pumpkin stew but my friend said it was the best dish he had that night and he finished his plate. i had the filet mignon that wasnt presented in typical american fashion -meat on a plate. this was probably the tastiest steak dish ive had in a long time. it was presented in a wide bowl with stewed tomatoes, cilantro, red onions and handcut fries. fries were thick and werent cooked long enough but the whole dish came together nicely. they served it with a side of this smokey white rice that complimented the dish well.
desert menu is non existent which is crazy considering thats where restaurants make a good portion of their money. the server told us off the top of his head the five items they offered. we went with the churro balls and they were good. nothing too ground breaking.
would i go back? absolutely! its the beauty of the hunt and trying something new.