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Restaurant Review: Ellis Island BBQ

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On the Hungry Detective, Chris Cognac reviewed the Ellis Island Casino’s BBQ. Living in Las Vegas I have heard a lot of good things about Ellis Island, which is a very small hole in the wall casino that most tourists wouldn’t even notice. Located on Koval about a half mile from the Hard Rock Hotel, Ellis Island has a friendly locals atmosphere.

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A friend of mine from the Good Eats Fan Page came into town, and since I still hadn’t given her her gifts from the Christmas gift exchange, we decided to meet up for dinner. I bundled my baby up, grabbed the Hubby and off we were. When we arrived at the Ellis Island, I quickly discovered that perhaps this should have been a night to leave the Little Dude at home. The casino itself is very smally, and the area with the BBQ is not seperated from the casino area. We dragged some chairs over to where we were waiting for our table, so as not to be breaking the underage kids in a casino laws, and took a seat. In the hour or so wait for a table, my friend opened her Christmas gifts.

Finally our name was called, and we got to a table. It was much more quiet there, and we had opportunity to actually sit. The menu consisted of bbq chicken & ribs. You could get a half rack, full rack, half chicken, or half rack & half chicken. Every plate comes with the same sides. Baked Beans, coleslaw, 2 corn on the cobbettes and “garlic” bread.

While the chicken I had was really good, and the sauce was awesome, I did not care at all for the sides. The beans were ok, as was the coleslaw, the corn had been left on the steamer waaaay too long and was somewhat wilted. The reason I put the garlic in quotes is that I didn’t taste it at all in the bread. The bread did have a strange taste though as though it had been burnt, although it was hardly toasted at all. Hubby says the ribs were awesome, and he also says that you don’t go to a place like that for the sides. Personally, I won’t be back, but he might. It was good, but I’ve had much better, for about the same amount of money, with much better service. That’s just my opinion though. The place was PACKED and people were saying that they had been there 4 times that week. I guess it’s just not my kind of place.

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4 Responses to “Restaurant Review: Ellis Island BBQ”

  1. Chris Cognac Says:

    Sorry you didnt like Ellis island, for 7 bucks, its the best thing in Vegas as far as I am concerned….oh well…maybe you will like the Chicken Fried Lobster at Binions….anyway, glad you watched the show….

    Chris

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