Laughlin
The Vineyard

The Vineyard

89029 Laughlin, United States

Vegan • Pasta • Salad • Italian


"I walked to the entrance with no reservation and it turned out that although the Aquarius was filled with tourists, they weren't eating here this Friday evening. I was seated at a window table in no time at all. Because of the early sunsets at this time of the year, the view wasn't as good as other times of the year. It was soon dark and I could see some lights and a dark river. Regardless, it was a relaxing, quiet restaurant. My server was a very friendly woman. I noticed that the menu stated that if a pasta specialty is ordered, it comes with soup or salad. When I asked for the soup of the day, I really didn't want minestrone, so I went with the house salad which is greens with some black olive slices, some chick peas, grape tomatoes tossed in their Asiago dressing. It was a good sized salad and was a nice start. For the main course, I ordered pollo de Bella which the menu describes as: Roasted chicken, pear tomatoes and organic mushroom Marsala cream sauce tossed in penne pasta. For this and the salad, a server asked if I wanted freshly grated cheese and pepper. I got both and it added to the flavor of the dishes. For dessert, I got what was described as a chocolate Oreo cheesecake. It was very rich and quite good! The check called it German chocolate cheesecake so I'm not sure of the correct name. There were chocolate pieces with Oreo cookie crumbles, and it was very good! This was something new to try at the Aquarius. Because Laughlin is such a river town with water sports, winter is really off season and many restaurants close during the first weeks of December to open before Christmas and stay open through New Years. One must check to see what's available. I definitely will be back to the Vineyard. Hopefully it will be when I can see the scenery for a longer period of time. Planning on my part will be needed!"