Habanero’s Taco Grill is a group of casual Mexican Restaurants with (at the moment subject to change) with eleven locations in Nevada (10 Las Vegas). They offer a wide variety of Mexican Food on the menu. They offer twenty six different combo plates, taco salads, super combos, a birria menu, all day breakfast, wings, soft beverages, and much more. You can dine inside but I noticed that most people do take out here. Outside is one table and one bench.

It’s very casual. You order and pay at the counter.

They run your order to you when it’s ready. You can embellish your meal with salsas and pickled vegetables from the salsa bar at the end of the counter. (guacamole was an extra side order)

We tried a few plates.

Carne Asada Taco

Fish Tacos

Combo #14 – Green Chile Pork Plate – Tonight the pork was very good. (My husband thought this pork was the best he has tasted in Nevada so far. The rest was reasonably good.

Portions are large and prices are very reasonable.

Habanero’s Taco Grill #5 is Worth a Try!

171 Centennial Parkway North Las Vegas NV

702-331-4498

www.HabanerosTacoGrill.com

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Chabelitas Mexican Grill is a very casual 24/7 Mexican Restaurant with three locations in Las Vegas Nevada. The #3 Craig Road location does not serve alcohol but does have many signs for beer so either beer is coming or the signs are confusing.

It’s a very casual place. You order and pay at the counter and seat yourself. Someone runs the food out when it’s ready.

I tried the Birria Ramen.

It is packed with a generous amount of Birria that is tender.

BUT-

It’s a FORKING SALT BOMB. I can’t eat it.

I do note that I might be more sensitive to salt than most people. My husband who not sensitive to salt tries this. He said that it is also too salty for him and he can not eat this bowl either so it indeed is not edible.

My husband got the Beef Burrito with Cheese Enchilada Combo.

They give you limes, green sauce, and red sauce to embellish the plate. My husband didn’t say much about this plate. He said that the red sauce was very spicy, the beans were very loose, and the cheese in the cheese enchilada was hard and not melty.

My husband was very thoughtful and ordered a fish taco for me because he had a feeling that I wouldn’t like the Birria Ramen here.

The fish taco isn’t bad. It’s breaded and fried mild tasting white fish. The taco is sauced with a tasty creamy chipotle sauce. It’s also stuffed with Mexican Rice and sits in double shelled white tortillas. It’s very filling for a taco.

Chabelita’s might be on the very average side but it’s open 24 hours 7 days a week.

Chabelta’s Mexican Grill #3 4348 E Craig Rd Las Vegas NV

702-834-7998

www.ChabelitasMexGrill.com

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The 702 Sandwich Shop is located in the North Summerlin part of Las Vegas Nevada. This was formally known as La Cantine French Sandwich Shop. This is currently the same ownership but just the name has been changed. This small sandwich shop that does mainly take out business. They offer a variety of sandwiches, sides, salads, specials, French Macarons and more. The breads and macarons are made in-house.

So far we tried-

Ham and Cheese Sandwich

Lox on a Croissant – Special

The Italian

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Earl Grey Macaron

Strawberry Macaron

Everything food and service top notch!

702 Sandwich Shop is Worth a Fork!

702 Sandwich Shop

3250 Tenya Way Las Vegas Nevada

702-749-7400

I haven’t found a website for this business. I note that they are listed on Facebook but don’t appear to be active there.

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The Charcoal Room is an “OffStrip” Steakhouse with at least two locations in Las Vegas Nevada (Santa Fe Station and Palace Station). At the Santa Fe Station Location lots of wine bottles are on display. Linen and Wines are set on the tables. A large bar is in the center of the dining area surrounded by traditional tables and booths.

They start you off with a basket of warm bread and some butter.

For our starter we split a gem salad (greens, poached pears, hazelnuts, goat cheese, dijon vinaigrette).

Our waiter Justin raved and raved about the Chilean Sea Bass Special so I had to get it.

WOW! Justin wasn’t kidding. This sea bass is real perfection. When seafood is really great it just melts in your mouth. This really was amazing. To the side is a buttery mustardy sauce. Under the fish is delicious baby carrots with fresh cooked spinach. It’s also a large portion and I have enough for dinner and a lunch.

The Bone In Ribeye is just as perfect.

I tried a bite. I usually hate ribeye steaks but this one is really tender and also delicious.

We also had a side order of macaroni and cheese.

It was creamy and was made with lots of tasty cheese.

We were too full to try dessert.

The Charcoal Room at Santa Fe Station is Worth a Fork!

The Charcoal Room at Santa Fe Station 4949 N Rancho Dr Las Vegas NV

702-515-4385

www.SantaFeStation.com

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Gyro Philly Steak Express is a small casual Mediterranean Restaurant located in The Centennial Part of Las Vegas Nevada. They offer Kabobs, Gyros, Philly Steaks, Burgers, Salad, a Kids Menu, and MORE! It casual and you order and pay at the counter. You get your beverage and seat yourself. They will run your order to you after they cook it.

I Tried a combination Kabob Plate with Spicy Chicken, Regular Chicken, Salad, Rice, and what they call creamy sauce. It’s a very large portion that was two meals for me.

The plate also came with flat pita breads, a fire roasted tomato, and a packet of sumac. Everything is nice and very fresh tasting. I think both the spicy chicken and the regular chicken are good but I like the spices in the regular chicken more. I guess you need to use the garlic creamy sauce (not sure but I think it was seasoned labneh? It was something like toum sauce) to cool off the spicy chicken because it is very spicy. But the next day I liked the spicy chicken better sliced thin in a salad. I really enjoyed the fire roasted tomato. It was so delicious that it elevated the whole plate.

My husband tried the same plate but instead of regular chicken he special ordered lamb gyro.

He enjoyed it very much and said that the gyro meat was better than from most places because it wasn’t dry like it often is. Instead it was juicy and delicious.

Gyro Philly Steak Express is Worth a Try!

Gyro Philly Steak Express

6446 Durango Dr Las Vegas NV

702-816-3000

I haven’t found a website for Gyro Express

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Carve Prime Rib is a steakhouse that specializes in serving Prime Rib. This steakhouse is located in the Cannery Hotel/Casino in North Las Vegas Nevada. I’ve enjoyed the service and the 10 ounce Ground-In-House Prime Rib Burger several times. But this time both were very different.

We start out by ordering a bottle of wine. We get glasses with water in them. I spill out the water and the server said that is just from cleaning. She acted like nothing was wrong with having water in the wine glasses. Incase you don’t know……NOBODY wants any kind of added water in their wine glasses.

Anyways-

We usually get the 10 oz ground-in-house Prime Rib Burgers here. Last time my burger looked like this.

Maybe I’m wrong? But I think this burger I just got looks smaller? (maybe? from being over cooked?)

Anyways size is not the problem. The problem is that this burger is over cooked, dense, and dry and doesn’t taste great like usually does. It can pass as a dried out fast food type burger. It doesn’t taste like Prime Rib and was packed so tight it has a different texture. It’s not a good burger ($24.).

We tell our server that the burgers are over cooked. (mine was suppose to be medium and my husband’s burger was suppose to be medium-rare). A manager comes by. Nobody offers to make new burgers instead of replacement burgers he says that he is taking one burger off the bill. We do tell him that we don’t plan to come back since the last few times the burger were over cooked but those burgers were still juicy and still tasted good (that’s why we came back). Tonights burgers were horrible. (I can’t say for sure but I don’t believe tonights burgers were ground Prime Rib because they don’t taste like prime rib (and it was the day after Valentine’s Day so they should have had lots of steak ends around to make these burgers). These burgers taste like from frozen commercial ground beef that are over cooked and awful) If they were out of ground prime rib the right thing to do is to not offer the burgers tonight.

Our bill comes…..but it’s not OUR BILL. It’s someone else’s bill that is about $100.00 more. I’m glad my husband noticed. (and we were only one of two tables inside so how hard can it be to give out the correct check?).

Well that was Crave Prime Rib. For us they went from Hero to ZERO. I must note that I have no idea if this was a one day problem or the way they do things now.

Carve Prime Rib

2121 E Craig Rd North Las Vegas NV (at The Cannery)

702-507-5777

www.Cannery.BoydGaming.com

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Wild Fig BBQ is BBQ Restaurant that is mostly take out. No seating inside-

And only five picnic tables to sit at outside. They are located in the Summerlin part of Las Vegas. They offer BBQ meats (brisket, pulled pork, smoked turkey breast, PASTRAMI, pork spare ribs, house made sausage, & smoked tri tip), Sandwiches, combo plates, side dishes, and party platters, desserts, and more!

We didn’t try everything but we tried a lot!

We tried a three meat plate with pulled pork, turkey breast, and brisket (they give you a 1/2 lb. of each!) and that platter comes with two sides (we picked macaroni and cheese and also the Brussels sprouts) 3 corn muffins, and pickles. We also had the made-in-house PASTRAMI sandwich on a thick rye bread.

I am please to say everything was good. But the PASTRAMI was FORKING PHENOMENAL! WOW! it gotta be one of the best pastrami that you can get anywhere in Nevada. Even my husband thought so. He liked the pulled pork as second best. We both also thought the turkey was especially good. The Brisket also was good.

Really liked the orange chipotle BBQ sauce on the turkey.

Wild Fig BBQ is certainly Worth a Fork! (but you MUST try the pastrami)

Wild Fig BBQ

9555 Del Webb Blvd Las Vegas Nevada

702-575-9515

www.WildFigBBQ.com

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Naan & Curry is a casual Indian Restaurant with four locations in Las Vegas Nevada. The North Summerlin Location is bright and airy inside. They also share a sort of food court community patio with a few other eateries and a coffee shop.

It’s casual. You order and pay at the counter and the cashier runs your food to you when it’s ready.

We shared two appetizers and two entrees and had enough for more than two leftover meals. Portions are generous here.

Chicken 65 (appetizer) is spicy. It differs very much in taste and texture from other Chicken 65 appetizers I tried from other Indian Restaurants. Maybe it’s just a different style I’m not used to.?

The Onion Bhaji (onions fried in spices and garam and chickpea flour) Is more bread-ee than others I’ve tried. For my taste it’s too much breading. I like them better when it’s more onions. The tasty mint and tamarind chutneys help it to go down.

The last two plates were the best plates for my taste.

The Chana Masala was made with fresh tasting chickpeas and was stewed in a spicy, flavorful tomato onion sauce.

We also shared the Vindaloo with Chicken (a spicy dish in a tomato stew with potatoes, ginger, and spices)

This was very good and the chicken was tender and juicy. They also gave us a generous amount of food here too.

We also got rice and buttered naan breads.

Just like most places you will like some dishes more than others.

Naan & Curry is Worth a Try!

Naan & Curry

7660 W Cheyenne Ave Las Vegas NV

702-780-5785

www.NaanCurryLV.com

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Ton Shou is a Japanese Tapas and Izakaya Restaurant located in Las Vegas Chinatown in Nevada not far from the Las Vegas Strip. The specialties of the house are the Katsu…particularly the pork katsu. They offer a wide variety of all kinds of plates to please most appetites. A few of the other offerings are sashimi, sushi rolls, seafood, beef, chicken, pork, salads, rice bowls, curry, noodles, sando (sandwiches), bar drinks and more! BUT the whole menu is only available 5pm and latter. During the day only the first two pages of menu are offered. During the day they offer some appetizers, a whole page of katsu, sando (sandwiches), udon, and a few other things.

Near the entrance they have a small lobby.

The dining area is mostly half booths with some counter seating.

We started out by sharing the Chicken Karaage.

I don’t know if what I received was typical or not but if it is I do NOT recommend The Chicken Karaage. It’s a mystery to me….The exterior is shattering crisp and fried to perfection. Inside is chicken that is cooked (also is somewhat flavorless) but also inside is rubbery chicken skin that is unappetizing to me and my husband. I took this home for my dogs.

The Good News is both Katsu dishes we tried were spectacular!

They start katsu service with a small bowl of sesame seeds that you mash up.

Then they add the katsu sauce to your mashed sesame seeds.

Now you are ready for your katsu platter.

I tried the salmon katsu minus the pork soup.

There is a lot here. I got breaded, plump meaty, moist, medium/rare-ish salmon…That is really great!!!!! There is also cabbage salad that you adjust to your taste with 5 condiments and a generous pot of steamed sticky rice.

My husband the Rosu (pork loin) Katsu.

He said it all was really great and also enjoyed the pork soup.

Ton Shou Katsu and Izakaya is Work a Fork (If you get the Katsu)

Ton Shou Katsu and Izakaya

4049 Spring Mountain Rd Las Vegas NV

702-202-2182

www.TonShouVegas.com

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