The Werewolf

Review of Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas

I was really eager to go to this restaurant - as a...

I was really eager to go to this restaurant - as a vegetarian, for one, it looked like a clever bar with good music that had good dishes for the vegetarian crowd. I had the knishes and the vegetarian 'blaster'. I asked the waiter if I could have the salad replaces with fries and he said yes.

The knishes were ok - if a little bland, but when the vegetarian blaster came out - there was a huge pile of salad next to it. When I reminded the waiter I'd asked for fries, he went to check and then blamed the kitchen for the mistake. He went away, then came back to offer me fries.

Onto the actual sandwich.. this was two slices of the rubberiest, hardest ciabata bread wrapped around what was, quite literally a thick pile of .. well.. cold, cooked, sliced vegetables that were dripping in some kind of slimy sauce. It was impossible to eat as an actual sandwich, so I disassembled it and started eating layers off it and each one was kind of worse than the one before it. Clearly, this was a sandwich invented by someone who truly despises vegetables (or vegetarians)...

Then the fries finally made an appearance and they were thin julienne cut fries which were ok - but clumsy to eat.

In the end, I gave up and left more than half of my meal at the table.

To compound things - the DJ was playing kind of generic rappish music VERY loudly and the constant thumping left me with a bad headache. It also made it impossible to have a conversation with my friend across the table. The restaurant was mostly empty and they seemed to be going for a 'brooklyn hangout' look which ended up mostly just being uncomfortable and unenjoyable.

It's a pity because I was really excited about going to this restaurant. I'd set it out as one of my 'must see' stops on this trip. I should have gone to the Yard House across the street.