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12-10-2015 , 05:32 AM

#3076

Glowingmind

newbie

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 30

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Originally Posted by Bloobird

The Pub is decent enough and has great beer, and I've heard good things about Yusho.

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Originally Posted by grando1.0

Double barrel roadhouse is actually decent - my two friends swear by the pork sliders

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Originally Posted by El Diablo

Glow,

My cantina there has pretty good nachos.

Thanks for that

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12-10-2015 , 06:08 AM

#3077

madlex

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 17,435

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Originally Posted by Malucci

Also, pro play is to go to the Charleston location of El Gordo, or North Town. Unless you love waiting in lines, then sit at the strip location with the other suckers.

For most tourists, it's probably easier and way faster to go to the strip location and pay $5 to the guys who are next in line to add your stuff to their order.

Haven't done that at tacos el gordo, but at other places with huge lines and never had a problem with it.

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12-10-2015 , 07:56 PM

#3078

Malucci

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 12,648

Interesting move

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12-10-2015 , 10:50 PM

#3079

OPportunist

enthusiast

Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 86

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Originally Posted by Spike McAwesome

For Jjanga - there are three locations now. Decatur and Twain is AYCE. Ft. Apache and Sunset is AYCE and hibachi. Sahara and Jones is... well it's just weird. No sushi as of a couple of weeks ago (but supposedly that's changing). It's a fusion restaurant. I ordered a tonkatsu pizza thinking it'd be pizza with chunks of tonkatsu on it. Instead, it was tonkatsu with marinara, mozzarella, corn, olives and maybe mushrooms on it. The bulgogi dish was amazing, but everything was just not what I expected from a Jjanga.

Still, it's far and away the best AYCE in town. Every time I see someone who is still recommending Oyshi or Goyemon, I laugh in their face. Hard.

On the boldness of the laughing in their face comments, which cracked me up, I've tried Jjanga twice and I have to disagree.

The quality of some of the fish is not as good as Goyemon, and there's a substantial quality difference in the masago, ikura, crab and some of the fish. The halibut is low quality. Some of the jjanga fish was fishy.

Goyemon is still the champ IMHO, though it's lame they rarely have salmon belly.

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12-10-2015 , 10:57 PM

#3080

gobbo

Trust the fat man.

Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 15,623

Oyshi is lightyears beyond goyemon imo. Goyemon was king for a year like 3-4 years ago but it dropped considerably in quality after losing a few chefs.

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12-11-2015 , 07:28 AM

#3081

Malucci

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 12,648

I don't care for Oyshi personally. I don't find their nigiri to be any better than the competition and they have fewer rolls that appeal to me vs the other spots.

Jjanga has supplanted Goyemon for my sushi dollars these days.

I wanted to try Sushi Koma but I had a friend tell me that they've just begun dousing everything in yum yum sauce which is a practice I find quite unappealing. I feel like Kaya did the same thing.

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12-11-2015 , 05:47 PM

#3082

eco74

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 10,116

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Originally Posted by Malucci

Also, pro play is to go to the Charleston location of El Gordo, or North Town. Unless you love waiting in lines, then sit at the strip location with the other suckers.

I was at the Charleston location, and the lines were insane.

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12-11-2015 , 05:53 PM

#3083

BrianTheMick2

Long way to go and a short time to get there.

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 19,410

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Originally Posted by eco74

I was at the Charleston location, and the lines were insane.

They have a shuttle bus to take people to the Charleston location for when the lines get too long at the LVB location.

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12-11-2015 , 10:39 PM

#3084

Nick3336

newbie

Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 22

Going to Mint Indian Bistro when I get into Vegas. What should I order there? I've only had Indian food once.

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12-11-2015 , 10:56 PM

#3085

REDeYeS00

always sloppy

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 22,767

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Originally Posted by Nick3336

Going to Mint Indian Bistro when I get into Vegas. What should I order there? I've only had Indian food once.

i've never been, but after a quick review of their menu i'd suggest getting something from the chef's tasting menu and let them introduce you to indian food. the non-vegetarian dinner for 2 looks great.
if you're there solo, then use the chef's menu to suggest what you order.

any of these proteins would be good if you eat meat:
Chicken Tikka Masala
Lamb Vindaloo
Organic Tandoori Chicken
Dal Tadka

eat with naan and rice.

this looks like a decent intro guide to indian food: http://firstwefeast.com/eat/essentia...ndian-buffets/

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12-12-2015 , 12:58 AM

#3086

gobbo

Trust the fat man.

Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 15,623

Are you going for dinner or lunch? Their lunch buffet is fantastic and it's dirt cheap. Go and get a great variety of things that are super high quality because they last for like 5 minutes before they need to put out more.

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12-15-2015 , 03:05 PM

#3087

Nick3336

newbie

Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 22

Not sure yet, probably for lunch. And if I love it I'll go another day for dinner and try some more stuff. Thanks for the advice.

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12-17-2015 , 03:10 AM

#3088

Brown Keeper

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 4,542

Pasta Idea
Corner of Buffalo and Lake Mead
Cheap, authentic Italian food at a family owned joint.
Dozen or so fresh pastas that can be paired with a few dozen sauces.

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12-21-2015 , 05:54 PM

#3089

foatie

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 5,290

Has anyone had a good Loaded Baked Potato soup in town? There used to be a place in Ocean City, Maryland that used to make it on Tuesdays and Fridays and it was 5-stars. It even had crushed Jalepeno Potato Chips on top of the dollop of sour cream on it.

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12-21-2015 , 08:11 PM

#3090

BrianTheMick2

Long way to go and a short time to get there.

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 19,410

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Originally Posted by foatie

This is a good question, but how much weed did you smoke in the hour prior to you writing it?

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12-21-2015 , 08:24 PM

#3091

foatie

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 5,290

None but I smoked a lot since reading your reply.

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12-22-2015 , 05:25 AM

#3092

BrianTheMick2

Long way to go and a short time to get there.

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 19,410

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Originally Posted by foatie

None but I smoked a lot since reading your reply.

Without first gaining access to baked potato soup?

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12-22-2015 , 09:47 PM

#3093

Eder

veteran

Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,313

Went out to try Echo & Rig...the waiter did a good job of getting us hungry by explaining why their steaks are so good.

Had the grilled octopus which was very tasty but the Spencer steak was underwhelming. Maybe I wasn't hungry enough but it was a bit under cooked while slightly tougher than it should be.

Most of the red wines were about 2.5x retail...not too bad. We had the Peachy Canyon Paso Robles Zin ... best part of the meal.

At any rate the price was certainly reasonable enough to try again in the future.

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12-22-2015 , 11:59 PM

#3094

Wyman

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 13,011

And don't forget: no corkage at Echo and Rig so you can go next door to total wine and either buy your bottle at retail or buy a bottle 2.5x as good.

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12-25-2015 , 03:24 AM

#3095

Balbomb

old hand

Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 1,489

Hey guys, hoping someone had some tips on good sushi in the Henderson/green valley area that is not I love sushi, feels like i am always going across town to get the good stuff.

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12-26-2015 , 09:03 PM

#3096

Thousand Tigers

veteran

Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2,570

I tried Jaburritos and I'll definitely go back. Everything was super fresh, the employees were great, overall really fun vibe in there.

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12-27-2015 , 11:42 AM

#3097

BrianTheMick2

Long way to go and a short time to get there.

Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 19,410

Had lunch at Mount Everest Indian on West Sahara for lunch yesterday.

It wasn't very good.

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01-04-2016 , 09:39 PM

#3098

McMelchior

veteran

Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 2,699

Warning: Ellis Island Top Steak deal no longer includes the brew!

Just came from there, was served the lowest quality cut of meat ever (barely edible), and then the check comes with the beer added on top ($2.45 each), and the waiter explains that the included drink was terminated three months ago.

IMO a salad and a chewy steak for $10 is not worth the wait.

End of an era, sadly.