Tommy P.
Yelp
Everything about the Promenade at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas is pretty decent - there's a decent variety of seating, it's cleaned like crazy and it's just comfortable. There's a decent selection of eats. (The music is perhaps too loud and too - lowbrow, but what are you gonna do?)
But El Bagel? Well, no one seems like they're in a hurry to take your order, but when they do, they're super nice. And no one behind the counter seems to be hustling, but somehow they crank the food out a lot faster than you'd expect. Great, right?
If only the eats were better. The $15 everything bagel with pastrami and egg was . . . fine. The bagel was actually pretty good . . . but not great. (Great coverage of somehow tame-tasting toppings, not enough tear (are these even boiled?), okay flavor for the bread itself.) The pastrami was - blah. The eggs were eggs. The cheese was the same American cheese you have at home - nothing wrong with that. It wasn't particularly large. Or tasty. Fine, it was all fine. Was it $15-plus-tip-fine? Well, it's 2024 and we've been printing money like it's going out of style, so I guess so . . . but, it wasn't anything beyond just kinda okay. The $6 bagel-with-cream-cheese actually is a solidly good deal, but you had better remember to ask them to toast it and cut it in half if that's how you want it.
We went by twice, and it's good. Could be better, but it's good.