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| - Billy's is one of those places I really wanted to like. We already have a pretty disappointing BBQ scene in Vegas, but Billy's hasn't been open long and seemed to be getting mostly positive reviews. It's been one of my bookmarks pretty much since their opening week . Lately though, I've noticed more negative reviews popping up, so when I walked in and the first thing I heard was a customer asking "is this supposed to be cold too?" I had a feeling why...only confirmed after our experience started.
The restaurant is fast casual style where you order at the counter and they bring the food to you. There's not a whole lot to it, but I liked how it has a locals feel to it. After browsing the menu, I walked up to start placing our order and it turned into a back and forth ordeal. The wifey wanted a pulled pork sandwich with mac and cheese, no mac and cheese. Someone at our table wanted chicken breast, out of chicken breast. When they wanted to switch to the wrap, it's made with that same chicken so they could only do it with pulled chicken. My order was the 2 Meat Plate which they thankfully had, but out of greens for one of the sides. I then went to order my son the Super Mac & Cheese forgetting that they just said they were out, but she put it in no problem. I didn't end up putting the two together until after I sat down, but it ended up coming out without a problem. Unless it's just frozen and put into the right size bowl, it was pretty confusing.
Our food didn't take long to come out, but came out in weird strides. I had my sides of fried okra and sweet potato fries a good 5 minutes before my meat came out. Both sides were okay, but the wife's fried pickles were the best side of the night. I do like that they give you a good size portion on the sides though. If anything, it was maybe even a little too much, as I couldn't even finish mine.
After we got all of our food, I figured out what the customer I overheard was talking about being cold. My sons Super Mac & Cheese was cold to the touch. Even the meat on top of it was cold, so I don't know if they made it first and let it sit, or what happened...but it wasn't good at all. Even he barely touched it.
The meat was definitely the star of the show, but it wasn't necessarily shining. Their brisket had a great smokey flavor, and it was tender, but it was much dryer than I thought it would be. I really enjoyed their sausage though, and is my biggest reasoning behind the 3 star review. It's a little tough on the exterior, possibly just a tad overdone that day, but had absolutely amazing flavor. There was great smoke flavor, a really bold peppery taste, and it was probably one of the best sausages I've ever had. It may not look it, but it's not even the least bit dry either. Thankfully so, because I wasn't a huge fan of their sauces. The hot had pretty much no heat, and even though I thought their original was the better of the 3, I couldn't help but feel like they were all just straight from a branded bottle. Had the brisket not been on the dry side, I would have stayed away from the sauce altogether.
Aside from the food, their service isn't the greatest. They have a lot of younger kids working in here, but they didn't seem too familiar with the menu and they seemed more interested in loudly goofing off with each other. We also saw some kid walk in who supposedly use to work there, and walked right into the kitchen. I even heard one of the girls say "he used to work here, I'm not just letting some random guy in the kitchen"...but then he was kinda wandering around, messing with their POS system and making jokes that they already took him out of it. I don't know if they have a management issue, or don't have one at all, but they kinda just do whatever they want. At least it's a clean restaurant though.
For 3 adults, and 1 kid, we spent about $50. I like that they give you big portions on the meat and sides, but I wouldn't say the food justifies it, or the drive we have to make to get here. Because the sausage was so good, I'd recommend at least trying that. I myself would come back for it, and maybe even try the ribs that seem to get great reviews...but it probably won't be anytime soon.
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