I've never been to the original and we went here on a lark. My friends C and J and I went in looking for lunch. I had heard of Joe's and J's parents had been a few weeks before and loved it. So we knew it was probably pretty darned good.
The menu is pretty big and the prices can be off putting if you're expecting something from the old Vegas ($15 for fish and chips could freak some people out). C had a cheeseburger and asked for it to be medium but it came out a little closer to medium rare which I know he wasn't happy about. J and I had the Joe's Classic Lunch which is five stone crab claws, hash browns, cole slaw and key lime pie. The stone crabs were sweet and didn't really need the dipping sauce that came with it. The hash browns were super crispy outside and flavourfully tender inside. The cole slaw was less successful despite the tableside dressing it got from our waiter - it was better than KFC but still a bit underwhelming. I wasn't a fan of key lime pie before but that little sliver with it's massive dollop of not overly sweetened whipped cream was really wonderfully tart with a great buttery crumbly crust.
Our service was slow to start with but picked up half way through. I will come back next time I'm in Vegas.