Whenever I mention the Longhorn Casino people look at me one of two ways...A skeptical "surely he's joking" face, or a confused "what is the longhorn casino?" face.
Rightly so on both counts.
The Longhorn is the type of place that can only survive in Vegas. It's a very small basic casino, and the type of place you can drive right by and never notice. But if you are ever drunk late at night on the east side of town near Boulder Hwy this place is a little slice of Heaven
$2 for any bottled beer, and they have a decent selection, but what kept us coming back were the $2 modelos...both varietals.
$2 Blackjack ( I can't tell you how much I love playing blackjack with the old style metal chips)
and $3.99 country fried steak and eggs. Comes with Hashbrowns and choice of toast.
The food is not exceptional but it gets the job done, and when I lived on the east side when I first moved here from Atlanta this place served as my substitute waffle house.
The service is typically god awful. If you are under the age of 50 expect them to treat you like an uninvited guest (although I can only speak for the late night staff.) We turned it into a game of how irritated can we make the server. I typically don't condone this type of behavior but sometimes an over the top sneer from a server calls for retaliation.
Despite these woes take the time to stop in with a group. Sit down and order. The food comes out somewhat slow...then slip out grab a $2 beer and play a couple of hands of $2 blackjack. It's one of the best times you can have at 3am with only $10 in your pocket.