Items Selected: Warm Pretzel Bites - Beer Cheese Dip Cracklin Jacks - Pork Rinds, Chipotle-Honey Roasted Peanuts Duck Confit Flatbread - Medjool Dates, Goat Cheese, Sweet and Savory Moustarda Bourbon Bread Pudding - Salted Caramel Ice Cream Located on South Jones and long on my radar as a place to watch The Buckeyes it was finally for Saturday NFL action that I stopped in to The Sporting Life, and setting aside an early service gaff that left me entirely ignored for nearly ten minutes the subsequent hundred minutes and four plates passed during the course of a Panthers victory over Atlanta was a mix of the expected, impressive, and truly surprising. Open 24/7 with packages for all the major sports allowing them to cater to all varieties of interests, it was just after 3pm that I entered the windowless tavern and with Christmas decorations still lit juxtaposing a central bar plus a few rounded booths and several tables it was suggested I seat myself - a hightop in the back with views of NBA, NHL, and playoff football action in full display as servers dressed in Scarlet and Grey and Cleveland Browns polos made me feel right at home - the lack of an annoying bar-tunes soundtrack an added bonus, though I'm told it plays on other nights when trivia or darts crowds fill the room. Treated to complimentary WiFi while sticking to water as my drink of choice it was to a wide ranging menu of bar-food staples and intriguing upscale options that I focused my attention and opting to sample a little of each a four part order was crafted, the kitchen expedient while service improved dramatically after bonding over Ohio State's New Years Day win. Starting with competent $5 Happy Hour Pretzel bites paired with hoppy melted cheese served alongside a Cracker Jack-riffing composition of pork-rinds and peanuts that tasted every bit as ludicrous and decadent as it sounds it was at a deliberately slow pace that savored each bite and eventually finding the tilted bowl empty the second part of the order was sent out, a crisp flatbread somewhat uninspired in its lightly charred crust but exponentially upgraded by toppings that walked a fine line between sweet and savory, the confit surprisingly moist while well-chopped dates and poignant goat cheese each found a willing dance partner in acid forward moustarda far more nuanced than one would ever expect in a 'bar.' Admittedly biased in my love of desserts it was still to the server that I deferred when asking which sweet ending he thought was best and although it would have been ordered anyway his strong support of the bread pudding should not go without notice, the half-melted-on-arrival ice cream a bit of a turn off, but the texture and flavor of the amalgam of butter, caramel, and flan-soft brioche truly transcendent and on par with that at Truffles n' Bacon for the best of this style served in the valley. With 24/7 bars featuring video poker, cheap drinks, smoking, and weekday party games as much a staple of Las Vegas culture as the 24/7 diner is to that of The Big Apple it is more than a little impressive to see a place like Sporting Life willing to take chances with the menu and although not everything here is perfect, particularly the smell of smoke in the air, one would be hard pressed to name another place turning out a duck confit pizza at 6am - no less a top notch bread pudding available at all hours of the day.

positive

Good "shawerma" or "shoarma" if you are european. If you like soft drinks they are by the can which can be pricey. They have hookas for rent, but ill pass on the herpes. Pretty cool place, reminds me of a hole in amsterdam. I will return.

positive

This is the latest Best Buy location in the valley. Most people are familiar with the store and this one sticks to the formula. This is a huge building, but it feels like a big empty warehouse rather than a store full of goodies. A lot of stuff is out of stock and this particular Best Buy simply doesn't carry everything that most of their stores carry. I waited awhile to review this one because I thought I would give them some time to see if they would eventually fill out. Nope. It's still sparse on many things. Many of the items they have on display they don't even carry stock of and many of the items Best Buy sells aren't even sold at this location. I gave this location one star, but all of the things wrong with this site only knock off one star from Best Buy in general... the average example of the store would earn only two stars. My problems with Best Buy as a concept exist at this particular location as well - smarty-pants employees who are either rude and condescending or "special" in a retarded sort of way. Corporate gives the employees study materials on new products and the information is often flawed or wrong or incomplete leading to the employees having bad information or else having no clue at all. This means that when you ask a blue shirt to help you in your television selection, they will give you crap information with confident bravado and if you disagree, they act like you're a moron and dismiss you with righteous impunity. Either that or they act confused and helpless. When the store has no customers besides you and you're wandering around the store, you are approached every 20 seconds by someone asking if you need help finding anything. Leave me alone! Ack! One of the most annoying things about Best Buy in general for me is how they must police my purchase. It's like - "welcome to our store, please feel free to browse and touch and buy whatever you want... on your way out, we're gonna frisk you like the dirty thief you are." I just bought this shit 10 feet from here - right over there *points*... you WATCHED me buy it. Why should I have to submit to a search and receipt scrutiny? I'd say the very best example of a Best Buy would earn 3 stars - I just don't like their business model... but this new spot is among the worst examples. This store annoys me - I shop online for pretty much everything and I pay less.

negative

I rarely ever say this about a restaurant, but this is one is way overrated. It was a letdown, considering the Yelp reviews. But I'm beginning to not trust any Yelp reviews for Vegas spots. Something about Vegas and inflated Yelp scores... I got a $40-$50 steak. I was expecting awesome. I got "meh". My girlfriend didn't enjoy her overly-priced food either. I enjoyed the buffets way more than Sensi. I don't mind paying a lot for food, but the quality has to at least somewhat match. Not even close. I was so unimpressed that I still remember how disappointed I was a couple months later, as I write this review.
negative