One chilly Sunday AM that we happen to be on the Eastside of town, we dec'd that we wanted to have breakfast and try something new. My husband wanted to go to Ellis Island, always a safe choice and unfortunately, would've probably been better off going there. So to start, it's downtown. Parking can be difficult, the crazies roam around-- deal with it, they're about to pass out to sleep lol. It was about 9:00am so there was a little bit of a wait, 20 mins for us. SERVICE: We were greeted by someone who we thought was our sever, turns out she only brought out drinks, ok. Server finally made his way over to our table and he was a borderline D. We were greeted with a very bland "Ready to order or do you need more time?", took out order and we rarely saw him after that. Everyone else other than our server was attentive and very nice. SHRIMP & GRITS: Lacked the flavor that I was looking for. Lola's has their version of Shrimp & Grits that blows this one out of the water. The shrimp was way overcooked, practically rubbery. Grits is flavorless so you have to add things to it to give it some taste and it usually mellows out a dish and takes on the flavor of the sauce that the shrimp is cooked in. Unfortunately, the grits muted the flavor of the shrimp rendering it to be practically bland and an all around disappointment. CHICKEN FRIED STEAK: Tasted like it was a few days past its use by date, husband was so disappointed in it. PASSION FRUIT ICED TEA: The best part of my meal. WTF. AMBIANCE: Hipster and beyond. This is something that reminds me of what you'd find out in SF or SoCal. Menu's presented on clipboards, urban chic decor, great idea and if we went by ambiance alone, then this place would be 5 stars! Too bad, so sad it's not.

negative

This was my first time to Vegas and I had the good fortune of traveling with someone who use to live here. On our last night here, she asked me if we could eat here as she missed this place. I was down and even though my boyfriend doesn't like BBQ he agreed to it as well. We had a 30 minute wait but by the time we were seated we overhead the wait was an hour. Glad we got here when we did. Our server was SUPER friendly. Service was a tad bit slow, but the place was busy. We decided to our the combo platter and just share everything. We got the beef rips, tri tip and chicken with cole slaw, mashed sweet potatoes and the baked beans. Everything was sooooo yum! The chicken was so moist and flavorful. The mash tasted like Thanksgivings and the beans were nice and smokey. After the meal, a hot towel is brought to you to clean off all that sticky sweet sauce. Even the non-BBQ loving boyfriend said the food was amazing and that's telling you something!

positive

Just when I thought that I had found the best Puerto Rican food in the Phoenix area at Safrita in Fountain Hills, I wandered in to El Coquito in Phoenix two days later. Safrita is a Mercedes-Benz of Puerto Rican food, but El Coquito is a Rolls Royce! I split an order of mofongo topped with chicken and for my main course I had bistec encebollado (tender beef steak) and orroz blanco con habichuela (white rice with beans). This was home cooking at its best! Coquito is nothing fancy, but the focus here is on the Puerto Rican cuisine. I am eager to have the flan for dessert on a future visit. My only regret is that I am limited to just five stars, otherwise I would give Coquito more!

positive

Yikes. We came here for breakfast one morning and man did we regret it. The worst service I've ever experienced and the worst food. Everything was very greasy... Actually, greasy is the wrong word... It was oily. Very oily. Ew. We had basic eggs, bacon, toast and hashbrowns which I thought was hard to screw up but somehow they went above and beyond. Took an entire napkin to soak up the oil from my easy over eggs. My friend had the scrambled eggs which were clearly scooped from a bucket of pre-made, and gooey, eggs. Makes me shudder to think of it. The service was brutal. She forgot to bring us knives and forks, then forgot salt and pepper, and the ketchup and then she sat in the corner giggling with the rest of the staff until we finally asked someone else. What a joke. Avoid at all costs.
negative