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| - This business listing might as well be called Binion's Cafe-The Third Incarnation on account of the fact that this is the third location of the Binions Cafe. Before this one opened up in the Winter of 2014, there was a self serve Binion's Cafe where you would order at the counter then bring the food to your table. Going back even further there was a full service Binion's Cafe down the stairs in the northeast corner of the casino. This was the Binion's Cafe that I grew to love and that the new Binion's Cafe couldn't hold a candle to. This was in the days when the majority of the casino cafes offered a vast menu with reasonably priced delicious food served all hours of the day. The limited menu at today's Binion's Cafe is a skeleton of the original location's. Gone are the Chinese food specials, prime rib specials, and a few more menu pages of food. And with all this said, when I recently dined in the new Binion's Cafe it was an ordinary experience with memories of extraordinary dining experiences in the first location.
Time flies by so fast that it feels like yesterday that I gave a tip that Binion's Casino (the hotel is presently dark) is going through a refurbishment. The refurbishment included the relocation of Binion's Cafe in early 2014. Blending in with the casino, the cafe was designed with brick walls interspersed with pictures of old Las Vegas and video menus. It was on a recent Saturday night chilling out on Fremont Street that I stepped behind these brick walls for dinner.
I can't complain or compliment the hostess owing to the fact that there was none. The sign said "seat yourself," and the two in my party did just that. Two would be the number of the night. The menu was two pages. And there were two issues with phone service being that this is a Verizon dead spot and there was no WiFi.
Within a few minutes of seating ourselves, our server Jerry introduced himself and from that point forward the poor man provided decent service. I say poor man because the table of drunk people that sat themselves in back of us were harassing him. That brings up the point that when dining off the Fremont Street Experience it is a strong possibility that the restaurant your dining in could suddenly take on the environment of a Junior High school cafeteria.
When I perused the menu, I was thinking to myself that this is not Old School Las Vegas. On the night that I visited there were zero signs of a prime rib special, steak and shrimp special, or any value. As a matter of fact the five entrees that I saw required an additional $1.99 for a soup or salad. There were zero entrees that caught my eye. I resorted to the World Famous Binion's Burger.
The World Famous Binion's Burger started off at $5.95. The deal is that it came with potato chips or potato salad. Personally I like French fries with my burger. Substituting fries added an additional $1.49. The deal is that I also like cheese on my burger. That was an additional $1.25. Bottomless Coke was not included. The Binion's website alleges that every burger is made daily at Binion's Butcher Shop (Where!?), never frozen and prepared to order. I allege that the World Famous Binion's Burger was solid yet nothing exceptional. Just like the cafe that serves it.
After paying the bill and walking towards the neon lights of Fremont Street, I left with some thoughts on Binion's Cafe. I think that the new Binion's Cafe is a shadow of its former self. Most importantly I think that their menu needs to be expanded with more entrees and specials. What is a Las Vegas casino cafe without a prime rib special? It wouldn't be a bad idea to hire a hostess to greet the guests. Isn't this Las Vegas? My ultimate thought is that there are zero redeeming qualities that would lead me to go out of my way to eat in the third incarnation of the Binion's Cafe.
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