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| - My cousin plus her married couple friends were in town the past few days. My husband and I met up with them Downtown to enjoy Fremont Street and to get some quick, cheap "old Vegas style" dinner. We meandered around trying to find a steak and lobster special, but we realized that deal didn't happen until 9 PM and we were hungry.
We noticed the "9.95" prime rib special at Magnolia's, which is located in the Four Queens so we decided, hey why not. The place is definitely old school. But it's also a casino cafe trying desperately to be kind of like a diner. It's odd. Either be a cafe or a diner. There is a subtle difference and Magnolia's does not blend it well. Also, Magnolia's offers Hawaiian food, which I was surprised by - a Hawaiian skirt steak special and a Loco Moco. Interesting.
Also of note is the fact that we were definitely the youngest people there by far. I had to navigate around walkers to get through the entrance. No, I am not joking or being funny. Seriously. I had to walk around walkers to get to my table.
Onward - the food.
All of us ordered the same thing - Prime Rib Special, which comes with a potato side and a serving vegetables. It was green beans when we were there. I ordered mine medium and it came out decent. There was quite a bit of fat, but overall the meat was not bad. It is certainly a lot food. I did not finish my plate. In fact, none of us did. So, for the price, I guess it is worth it if you are looking for that Vegas-y cheap protein meal type thing.
BEWARE - you only get the special pricing if you have a player's club card, which none of us had until we specifically asked if we were getting the right price. Had we not asked, we would have never known and would have been charged $11.95. Lame. Why not just come out and say it? You have to have a player's club card prime rib. There.
Service - Pretty dang bad. Hence my super low rating. Paired with the ambiance and the oldness of the place and the "eh, okay food". But man, service was weird. Our server was nice, but we could barely understand him. Our drinks weren't refilled and we were brought our lemons instead of limes on two occasions. Lastly, the cashier was horribly rude when we went up and asked to split the check. She kept saying, "You want to split down the middle?" And we were like, no. We want it completely split. Look, it was only five people not 15. Split the freaking check! She also snatched the receipt out of my hand twice during the process.
I could forgive Magnolia's for being old and just take it as what it is - an old Vegas restaurant, it's an experience! But the service and haughty attitude of the cashier and the hostess was really off-putting. If you're going to run this kind of establishment where your food is mediocre, your service could at least be nicer. Just my two cents.
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