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| - I visited Amber's the week of Memorial Day, and I was excited to try a new vegan spot in Vegas specializing in southern bbq. I'm rating the business 3 of 5 stars because they have some improving to do.
Apart from my review, you should still go to Amber's and try their food, because it's a great concept.
I ordered 2 entrees and the first was the fried chicken entree with cornbread, greens, and mac & cheese(pictured). The vegan chicken was delicious and fried perfectly. They give you two medium sized pieces which is very nice. I don't know if the chicken is seitan or not, but it had a great texture and tenderness. The only other thing in this player that was good was the cornbread, which could have been a little larger, but it had a perfect sweetness and texture as well. They need to go back to the cutting room floor when it comes to their greens and Mac & cheese recipes. The greens were bland and needed some more seasoning to bring the dish to life, and the Mac & cheese was flavorless. I didn't have high hopes to start for the Mac & cheese, because even when I was an omnivore, white folks could never win me over with their Mac & Cheese recipes Lol, so to make a vegan one that's actually good would be a little harder. The cheese sauce had no flavor, and not even hot sauce or their bbq sauce helped. It basically tasted as if I were eating noodles with a flavorless sauce.
The second entree I tried was a kids grilled cheese sandwich with French fries and beans and rice. I always like to try a kids meal, if I can, to see what type of quality they're offering to children. The fries were decent, and the beans and rice were good, seasoned well but some bites were a little too salty. The grilled cheese was made on white bread, which is a major letdown for me. As a vegan restaurant, you shouldn't be serving bread with absolutely no nutritional value and something that is known for constipating children. I was disappointed in that. They could have used a better bread I thought. The cheese wasn't melted very well either.
So out of all the food I tried I only really liked 3 out of 7 items. If they improve on they're seasoning and some ingredients they use, I would love to give them 4-5 stars, it'll just take some time and testing to get there.
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