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| - Eating at the Las Vegas Grille was like watching the first season of the Simpsons. Very, Very rough around the edges but you can tell there is a lot of potential there.
My first visit to this new entry on the Westside dining scene was on a Saturday night and I found the place to be more on the empty side. I attribute this to a an odd location within a non-descript strip mall on Sahara. I was impressed however with the gigantic electric smoker they have staring down at you as you walk through the doors. The menu immediately strikes you as shouting "not your typical bbq place." Sure they offer standards like Ribs & Chicken, but they also have a selection of fresh made sausages, meatballs and other non-traditional bbq meats like pork loin. You can order the meats a la carte, in sandwich form as as combo. Rather than bore everyone with the fine details of the meal, here were the highlights:
-The side options are phenomenal. Not only do the offer a unique variety, everything we had was top notch. I absolutely loved the Bavarian Potato Salad (no mayo, with vinegar) and the Red Cabbage.
-The Kielbasa on the pretzel roll was tasty, large, and a definite value at 7.99
-The pork loin and sirloin were both captured the essence of properly smoked meats. I could tasted the rich earthy taste that smoking gives meat.
-The guys running the place seem passionate about making the restaurant into something great. They were friendly and genuinely wanted us to understand their menu.
-Prices were reasonable for a meat joint.
But there were some lowlights as well:
-The ribs had a great rub on them, the sauce was tasty but there was very little meat. By that I mean they give you a fair number of ribs per se, they just use really small ribs.
-Speed of service. You order at a counter giving the impression the food will be coming out relatively fast, yet we waited 1 minutes despite their being only one other table. Im all for waiting for quality, but let the customers know that it might take that long and perhaps offer free biscuits or cornbread....just a thought.
I really liked a number of things at the Las Vegas Grille, but you can tell they still haven't found their feet yet. I hold out high hopes for them because its always good to see the Vegas dining scene diversify with unique choices. My 3 stars represents a restaurant in their first month, but it certainly doesnt capture all the potential that is there.
The Simpsons were able to refine their show before they got canceled, lets hope the Las Vegas Grille can do the same!
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