Love the food at this place. The bar itself truly is not that Smokey, as long as you are not sitting with someone smoking. We've only ever really come late night for food. It was never too busy, so I can't review the probably busy times. We also went for lunch there 2 weekends ago, since my daughters dance recital was at unlv. It was very busy in the little restaurant area, but we were able to get a table. The service was a bit slow, but there were only 2 servers for the whole area.