Avoiding dinner first date — how would you guys handle this?

I Met a woman who’s going on holiday soon. I suggested we meet up when she’s back, and she said ‘yeah maybe we can get nice food.’

Thing is, I’m not keen on doing dinner as a first date. Recently I’ve had a woman happily go out for drinks, then block me a couple days later without saying anything. I’d rather avoid the whole ‘free food’ situation and do something more chilled (like drinks at mine) to see if she is actually interested first. If it goes well, I’m happy to take her for food another time.

How would you guys handle this? Would you redirect it to something casual, or roll with her suggestion? suggested we meet up when she’s back, and she said ‘yeah maybe we can get nice food.’

Thing is, I’m not keen on doing dinner as a first date. Recently I’ve had a woman happily go out for drinks, then block me a couple days later without saying anything. I’d rather avoid a repeat or the whole ‘free food’ situation and do something more chilled (like drinks at mine) to see if she is actually interested first. If it goes well, I’m happy to take her for food another time.

How would you guys handle this? Would you redirect it to something casual, or roll with her