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| - I was soooo excited to eat here. I had it on my list and was making sure I was not going to leave Vegas without trying it. It was easy to find. Just head straight through the Imperial Palace until you hit the escalators. We were are very hungry after a night of drinking and dancing and hoped to not have to wait too long to get seated. It was pretty busy and also a Friday morning. We were pleasantly surprised to get seated promptly in a nice comfy booth. I ordered coffee and it came quick enough and was quite delicious.
One thing that stuck out in my mind as odd was the waiter told us right off the bat that the kitchen does not have any heat lamps, so the food is served out as soon as it's made. I thought OK, great, that means we will have our food quickly. Eh, not so much. Our food took a bit to come out. It wasn't excessive but we definitely waited longer on our food than we did to get a seat.
Due to knowing the portion sizes are enormous we decided to split plates. My dining partner and I chose the HH original Benedict. It comes with bacon, fresh tomato, fresh spinach, and is topped with a roasted red pepper cream as well as two eggs. Additionally it sat on top of a split biscuit with griddled mashed potatoes. The potatoes reminded me of the potato pancakes my mom would make when I was a kid with leftover mashed potatoes-nice and golden browned and quite tasty. That was probably the best thing about the Benedict. The bacon was good too, but hey it's bacon.
Now for the not so good, the eggs were underdone and the parts of the white were still clear. That kind of thing doesn't bother me, but I would prefer my eggs to be cooked correctly. The thing that was the biggest bummer was that the food was luke warm. So I guess the no heat lamp thing doesn't necessarily work to their advantage because my food had to have sat back there for a bit before arriving to the table because it was not hot. Also, the fresh tomato and spinach did not bring anything to the table. Had the spinach been slightly sauteed or wilted and seasoned, it could have been a different story. I think having those put on top of the Benny just made it even colder in temp. Also, the whole thing was under-seasoned.
The red pepper cream tasted like roasted red pepper bisque that was under-seasoned and cold. I really do like the concept of having a Benedict topped with lighter ingredients and sauce, but it was all cold and under-seasoned and disappointing. I kept going back to the bacon, egg and crispy mashed potatoes. I will say that I was able to split this with another person and between the two of us couldn't even finish it. Our bill came to $12 each, and I was very happy, and even though it was underwhelming, it was still worth it for the price.
My other friends ordered the Bananas Foster French toast-also huge, as well as the Fresh Mushroom, artichoke hearts, sun-dried tomato and fresh spinach hash. My friend did not like her hash at all. I tried it and agreed with her that it was completely under-seasoned. I hate having to add salt at a restaurant. I think it should come out seasoned correctly. Also the salt shaker had course salt in in that barely came out the holes in the shaker-a huge pet peeve of mine. The bananas foster was huge but nothing out of this world. What I did really like though was the split banana topped with sugar and bruleed. It was so delicious and the banana developed a very creamy texture. It was served still in the peel, which I thought was pretty cool.
Overall, the value is great, and the quality is also good. I can only base this review on the one visit I made here, and there were definite flaws in the execution of the food. Although the plates are huge, impressive looking, the taste is what matters most, and it unfortunately was lacking. However, on a whole, due to the value of the food and he fact that one plate can be split between two people, I would like to go back and prove that Hash House can really live up to its hype.
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