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| - My wife and I have been fans of The Hush Puppy since we discovered them nearly a decade ago. Sadly, due to issues with my health and other factors we haven't been out to eat very much at all this past few years, but that is changing, so we were really stoked to make The Hush Puppy the place for our 10th anniversary dinner.
They still have the same great specials which drew us to them to begin with; namely, the all-you-can-eat shrimp and catfish, with oysters and clam strips added for only a couple dollars more on Thursdays. Sadly, I think the quality of the seafood has declined in the last few years, but everything was certainly still palatable and the oysters are still my favorite. My personal theory is that the destruction of the Gulf of Mexico due to the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster may have a lot to do with this. Since their prices haven't increased much at all, they may be sourcing their product from China or elsewhere now out of sheer necessity. They also no longer offer frozen margaritas or mudslides like they used to. The alcoholic beverages are now only beer and wines and I'm not really partial to either, so we stuck with Diet Coke and tea.
The salad bar is also very limited now, and one thing which I found REALLY weird was that the only option for onions was whole entire scallions. Not chopped up into little bits, but the whole 7-inch stalk from green end to white. The pecan pie we had was good, but to be honest it was a bit overbaked.
Our server was a real sweetheart, and I had no problem tipping 25% rather than the normal 15. I didn't get her name, but she was very attentive and friendly and earned every penny despite some shortcomings with the food.
I give this establishment a 4-star review in spite of everything because I think that The Hush Puppy is still doing their best to deliver good food at a reasonable price in spite of likely problems with sourcing product and the fact that the Las Vegas economy is in generally horrible shape. I think if more people would support them, it would help them to survive and thrive in spite of all of this.
Give them a shot, and I sincerely hope that you will enjoy them as much as my wife and I have since 2003.
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