Q: If I was at MGM, bored, feeling rapisty, and wanted to drug a girl's drink and haul her away to my baller-ass Skyloft, I'd come to Rouge. I don't know why, but it seems like the perfect spot for it. In fact, I feel like it almost encourages it. The whole place just screams of rufies. Also, the drinks are overpriced. Also, I'd have nowhere to use my rufies because it always seems to be only dudes sitting in this place. Maybe if I really wanted to rufie a dude just for the fuck of it... I don't know...

A: negative

Q: The food here may not be the best or most authentic in the Valley but it is pretty good and fresh and, once you factor in the great prices, an excellent value! The chips and salsa were fresh and tasted great. I ordered the Steak Picado and it was really good! The inside might have been a little run down, but the atmosphere was bright and cheery and the staff, though hurried, were very friendly. The food came out hot and quick. I definitely plan on going here again!

A: positive

Q: For $10 in 2011 you get all you can eat from the finest the Biltmore area has to offer for a few hours in the parking lot of the National Bank of Arizona. The food--what can I say?--was superb! Everything from Ruth Chris to Mojo Yogurt was there. Plenty of steaks were served there as that must be the "it" item in that area. I was chomping them down so fast as I could go from booth to booth, and there were free food samplings in all the booths that lined the long walkway. Fabulous food, too, and each one tasting better than the next. This is an event that a friend told me about as she visited it last year. Boy! Am I ever glad she did. Sooooooooooooooo worth a tiny $10 which goes to charity. Good music and great food made me extremely happy....particularly since I could chow down on however much I wanted there just going from booth to booth. It was heaven! Really!!!! My entire group had a blast tasting everything there was and sometimes together like ceviche and meatballs but, what the heck, it was fun and so darn delicious! If you get a chance to attend this next year do so. You won't be sorry one bit. By the way, tons of people here come, so parking gets tight; but, they offer free valet parking if you are interested and get there early enough not to have to park on the street. But, if you're really smart, you will come when it starts and avoid the crowd because it doooo get realllllllly crowded. (You know, for all you Devoured fans that go annually to that food fest at the Phoenix Art Museum, this is like a mini-Devoured. And just so good, too!)

A: positive

Q: Okay, admission up front, we saw Rao's on Throwdown on the Food Channel too. That out of the way, we had a very good meal - not sublime, but very good. The insalata de frutti de mare is very nice, everything is very fresh and light, and the dressing was very good. The gnocci bolognese was very good (probably top dish), and the meatballs were a very nice companion (not the best meatballs I've ever had, those would be Arturo's mama's at Amalfi in Indianapolis of all places, but still very tasty), and then the veal chop was also a very nice finish to the evening. We also enjoyed a very nice and very reasonably priced bottle of Amarone to go with the meal. Despite some of the other comments, service was very good, even though we were there on a Friday night and it was quite busy (is it never not busy here?). All in all, a fun evening, and certainly easier than hassling "Frankie No" for a reservation for 6 months to eat in New York!

A:
positive