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| - Really not a good airport. Las Vegas is built around you, the customer, and a good experience should be had at the place most likely to be your first and last impression of the city.
Just walk up and down the airside for Southwest and you'll see 20+ people sitting on the floor at nearly every gate. My wife had to sit on the floor when she was pregnant because none of the hung over people also waiting for the flight would give up their seat. Would it really be that difficult for the airport to install additional seating?
The security lines are horrible on a regular basis. Fortunately TSA Pre Check has helped with that a lot, but most people don't have that yet and will still get stuck in the long line.
The McCarran baggage claim is ripe with criminals stealing luggage. The airport also has woefully inadequate security camera coverage of the baggage claim area. My wife and I had our bags stolen in 2012; the criminals just took the first few bags to come off the belt, and with the very long walk from plane to claim, they were long gone before we had even gotten there to watch our own bags. The police told us that the airport used to enforce a ticketed passenger only policy, but got rid of that for budgetary reasons in 2007/2008 time frame, so now anyone can come into the claim area. They do have plain clothes police patrolling the area, but unless the same person comes to steal bags often enough, or is dumb enough to come in from outside and immediately take a bag versus coming in from the ticketing area so they appear to come from the airport side, they're not going to catch many thieves. The cameras the airport had also had no record of the people taking our bags; no view of the belt in question, no view of the exits they apparently used. How do I know the bags were stolen and the airline didn't just lose them? Because we found the criminals by way of them trying to sell our belongings at a used clothing store; they confessed to stealing them off the belt.
Food-wise, the slightly better than fast food eating options in the airport have all proven to be poor to below average. The food is typically not good, and the drinks are very expensive and not very strong. I'd recommend eating before arriving and just buy a $4.50 bottle of water once you're through security. Oh yeah, typically all the tables will be taken, so you'll probably be eating your food off the floor just like you'll be doing when waiting for your plane.
Finally, I hope you're not catching a cab. The cab line is outside, which is really pleasant in the 100 degree heat. Once you work your way to an available cab, the airport charges higher than average fees for cabs to do pickups (compared to other airports), so a rip the customer off mentality has developed amongst the cab drivers. With the confusing exits from the airport, the cab drivers have become professionals at taking longer routes out that seem to be the most ideal way to go. You'll pay a few dollars more and if you had not known better, would be none the wiser. I've had to start telling drivers explicitly that I want them to take certain streets on the way to where I'm going.
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