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| - My perspective is from die-hard N.Y. Giants fan and all around bar fan. This bar is the only bar in town listed as a 'NY Giants' bar. As you read this review, keep in mind that this was an early game but this is football season in Vegas and I have been to bars for early games and they were as busy as if it were Monday Night Football.
CONS:
This place is advertised as the only NYGiants themed bar in the Las Vegas area, but I wouldn't exactly call it a Giants bar, they do favor the team on football Sunday, but I have been to a few other NFL themed bars in town and they are really team bars. They have more beach themed decor than anything else. I do realize the word beach is in the name but truth be told, there's nothing 'beachy' about it bar either accept beach like decor. They don't even have an outdoor seating area. As soon as I walked in, the atmoshpere was not that of football Sunday, it was like walking into any other local dive. The place was too dark, too dark even for a bar. It has a rectanglar shaped bar right in the middle with about 3 what seem to be 40" TVs on only one side of it. You can only sit on one side of the bar to be able to see them, if you sit on the ends, there is no view. The bar is rectangular in shape but the seating does not go all the way around the bar because the other side has some sort of wall that creates a division so it eliminates quite a bit of seating. There was some sort of car race on the TV on that other side of the bar. It almost looks like they are trying to create a seperate area for those not there to watch football, but there was no one sitting there and watching the race.
There is a couch area in the back corner which is pretty cool but the TV is about 40". That's too small for a couch area that size. The couches are set up in a manner that 'encloses' the area and the owners of the bar were sitting on the couches so the immediate impression I got was that the area was for them to sit in.
There's a small bar in the other back corner that wasn't active, You can sit at that bar and there's TV behind it but you have to strain your neck to look up at it because the bar is too close to it and the TV is so small. All the TVs were about the same size and really far apart so there are only a few choice seats in the bar that if you don't grab them early enough you'll be watching the game at an angle.
They raffle prizes at half-time but some of them seem to be freebies they get from vendors and half of them were not Giants related.
The sound system is muffled and you could here people talking over the game. Keep in mind the place wasn't even that crowded.
Smoking is allowed and ventilation is definitely lacking.
PROS:
Because its definitely a locals place, the price is right. The service was excellent. The staff is welcoming. The menu is pretty good, I'd already had breakfast so I just had the potato chip fries. These chips are very good. They are cut and cooked well and are not greasy at all. The serving is for about four people (or one very hungry person) but I took the rest home and they held up excellent in the fridge. When I ate some the next day I realized they didn't even need to be warmed. They were still as crisp as a bagged potato chips and just as delicious. I have not tried any main meals but if the chips are any indicator for how they cook in general I'd be willing to go back for a late game and check it out.
They raffled prizes at half time and they give you a raffle ticket for each beer you buy so it increases your chances of winning.
CONCLUSION:
I gave the place three stars instead of two because it is as close to a Giants bar as any other bar gets in this town and beggers can't be choosers. I plan on attending a late or evening game to see how that works out.
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