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| - Located on Las Vegas Boulevard, just south of Sahara, this is the second location for M&M in Vegas. If you have a hard time finding it, look for the Holiday House Motel on the East side of the road. They are in the same parking lot, which features excellent views of the Aztec Inn (which I hear has a great buffet by the way) & an Ihop...ok, kidding about the views. But this new location is definitely much larger then the first, with quite a bit more seating and a lot more of an open feeling. Everything else remains just about the same, including the styling, menu, etc.
While this was my first visit to this new location, I've been to the original a couple times. I've tried quite a few different things at the other that I wasn't happy with, but I'll save that for another review of it. At this location I ordered something I've never gotten before, Smothered Pork Chops. For $14.99 you get two pork chops and 3 sides. The pork chops themselves were on the smaller side, pretty tough and also dry. Since they were smothered, it wasn't too bad eating them, but the texture of the gravy was a bit weird and it was way too salty. Besides helping the meat be more edible, it didn't really do anything for the plate. For my 3 sides, I chose greens, cornbread dressing and fried okra. It could just be new opening issues, but besides the greens, all the sides were lacking. The dressing was extremely grainy and also covered in the overly salted gravy. Okra was basically flavorless and seemed barely fried making them too greasy. Overall, the sides just weren't what I'm used to getting from the other location.
Unfortunately, the same could be said for the service. Our waitress was friendly for the most part, but I felt a bit rushed and they were having strange issues with getting drinks. When we first sat down, they completely skipped me when taking drink orders and then brought out the wrong drink to a couple people in our party. When it came time for refills, they had almost no clue what anyone was drinking and had to come back more then once to ask. They were also bringing out warm tea without refilling ice, or even just bringing out extra glasses of ice. Some of this could have partially been the fault of the busser, who looked like he was on his first day, but with only 1 other table sat during most of our meal, it was pretty frustrating. We got checked on a couple times, but again, the service just wasn't like what we get at the original location.
There were a few things however that matched what we're used too. Maybe most importantly, but it was the cornbread pancakes and fried chicken. Those little fluffy cakes brought out before your meal are absolutely delicious and if I could, I'd probably order like a half stack of those things by themselves. They also seem to be executing the fried chicken well. I only had a small bite, but I had no complaints. It had nice crispy, salty skin and was cooked just right. Very juicy and not a hint of dryness. There's definitely a reason they're known for that chicken.
Now, when the employees at the Charleston location told us about this new one opening a couple months ago, they told us it was going to be open 24 hours. It looks like those plans changed, and they're only going to be open 24 hours during some portions of the summer. I guess at this time, they are thinking only weekends in the summer time. All other times they'll be open from 7am - 9pm. Breakfast is served up until either 10am or 11am, depending on the day of the week.
Really, I'm still torn on M&M. With as many things as I've had at the other location that I didn't like, I can't say for certain that I'd give that one any more than 3 stars either. But with this one having both service and food that just doesn't compare to the original, I'd say it's a solid 2.5 that I'm rounding up to a 3 since they're new. We may be back if we were in the area, but I'd much rather visit the original location for the time being.
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