text: Items SelectednBiscuitsnHigh Roller Tots Kalbi Cheddar Green OnionsnBlueberry Pancakes Daily SpecialnStrawberry Loaded French toast with cream cheese and whipped creamnDeep Fried Cookie Dough with Bacon nPumpkin Bread Pudding with Cinnamon Caramel SaucennThus far missed for breakfast due to its distant location an am table for three at Kailyns Diner was selected this Saturday largely because its owner Robert decided to suggest his business during a conversation about best off strip breakfasts on Yelp a nonpromotional noncomped move that seemed bold enough to justify the twentytwo minute drive to East Tropicana Small in size and cute in duecor with Robert manning the griddle while his wife Carolyn acted as the restaurants lone server it was from a large menu full of breakfast standards tinged in whimsy along with a few specials that we made our selections and opting to dine in three courses while sipping hot coffee the results were mostly impressive while prices trended low nnAdmittedly lamenting the lack of sweeteners aside from SweetnLow or granulated sugar to improve somewhat acrid brew our first round came as a duo and while the High Roller Tots were goldencrisp beneath a balanced blend of cheese beef and onion the more impressive plate was a duo of biscuits sans country gravy a buttery base permeating the rich crumb for a veritable bargain in a city where good biscuits are for lack and often eachnnProgressing to things more breakfasty our second round arrived piping hot from the griddle and although loaded French Toast was underwhelming with doughy bread quickly becoming soggy from strawberry cream cheese glaze and Rediwhip the daily special pancakes showed far better with bursting blueberries in plethora amidst airy buttermilk batter the use of artificial syrup always a petpeeve though perhaps understandable at the low cost of for a full stack nnMoving last to dessert obviously a must at any breakfast our meal concluded with vegetarianCarolyns deepfried cookie dough with bacon alongside a steamy slab of pumpkin bread pudding and while the cookie dough was perhaps a bit too sweet with little added by chopped pork the bread pudding was faultless a dense custard base with plenty of spice and enough nuance to the intensely sweet prevent it from being heavyhanded a perfect taste of fall no matter how played the pumpkin spice trend has becomennEvery bit the mom n pop operation with daughter and restaurant namesake Kailyn busying herself with a computer at a table in back Kailyns Diner is the sort of place unlikely to attract the typical tourist but with surprisingly large menu of options running the gamut of breakfast and lunch it is also the sort of place where regulars are the rule a good sign of consistency and customer service often lacking at any number of spots on The Strip