I don’t know about the rest of the country, but here in Tucson RL’s prices are right in line with some of the best restaurants, almost the same as Cafe Poca Cosa, slightly cheaper than Kingfisher. Problem is the food at RL isn’t in that league. If you’re going to charge best restaurant in Tucson prices you need to actually be one of the best restaurants in Tucson. If they dropped their price 25 or 30% they’d be equitable.
Much cheaper to go eat at Mi Niditos. Oh how we miss that place!