text: FOOD REVIEW ONLYnnI went on Friday afternoon with my friend from California I used to work at Mandalay Bay but had never been inside HOB before not even to the venue I decided to try to the restaurant since we were playing tourist that day and we had an event to go to afterwardsnnThe ambiance of the place was nice The host and wait staff were okay Not great not terrible just okay The waiter could have been a little friendlier and more attentive but he was not bad The same could be said for the food We went during happy hour and the last three appetizers on the menu were a piece My friend ordered chips with spinach dip and I ordered some chicken tenders with ranch dip and celery sticks The chicken tenders were a little too spicy for my taste but that is expected in a place like this His spinach dip was slightly better and I wish I had gotten that insteadnnI contemplated getting jambalaya but I got the ChickenFried Chicken instead It was just mediocre It was nothing to write home about My friend got the bayou shrimp and cheese grits He liked the shrimp but he said the cheese grits were just average We each got chocolate cheesecake for dessert I think the dessert was the best part of the meal which is not saying much However our server redeemed himself when he told us about the for breakfast special the next morning if we brought our receipt Too bad we were not able to make it over the next day otherwise I would have tried it out Our check came to about including tip for the both of us Having the happy hour specials relieved some of it but I thought it was kind of pricey for that type of casual dining place but if you are on the Strip that goes without sayingnnHOB is good to try at least once but if I were to go again it would be to go to the venue to try the Gospel Brunch on Sunday morning the regular breakfast or maybe even lunch or dinner again but I would order something other than chicken I would not write the restaurant off just yet I will give it a second chance in the future and write an updated review