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    The Skillet

    4.3 (256 reviews)
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    Vegetarian catering

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    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Good for groups
    Good for kids
    Outdoor seating

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    Margarita
    Laura M.

    When staying in Las Vegas last week, we decided to check this place out for dinner. Walking in, this place has a super funky vibe, including the oversized donkey head above the bar (we later found out that the owner owns a metal work shop next door, and it's his artwork on the walls). We decided to sit at the bar. The bartenders were great - super helpful, checked in regularly, made recommendations, and poured us 'mystery shots' (I won't ruin it, but we tried two different mystery shots, and they were vastly different from one another in a fun way). I started with a margarita, then opted for a beer (pretty good tap list/options). On the food front, I opted for tacos - and picked three different ones. I had the pork belly taco (pork belly, cheese, lettuce, pickled cabbage and spicy mayo), shrimp and corn taco (shrimp, corn, feta, pickled onion, cabbage and chipotle ranch), and the townie (ground beef, cheese, lettuce, pico de gallo, sour cream). They were all very flavorful, and filling. My husband opted for the dragon bowl (chicken, rice, bell peppers, cabbage, snap peas, scrambled eggs, and topped generously with cheese). It was also very tasty, and extremely generously sized (we could have split it and still had leftovers). We enjoyed our meal, and experience, and would come back when in the area again.

    Good Grub Good Time
    Avram L.

    "Wild Juanita's Cactus Juice".. In a lean-two shack by an old garage.. With a fruit stand out front for camouflage.. And you might think it's just a mirage.. But I'll tell you first hand that it isn't.. But the best kept secret.. Is the.. Wild Juanita's Cactus Juice.. We settled into the fun, crazy dive bar like restaurant called.. "The Skillet". We shared a most delicious Brisket Burrito w. basmati rice and beans. W. a side of the best homemade Potato Frys had. We gobbled them up like we just came in from being lost in the local Hot Springs..:) The Lassie washed her grub down w. "Lavender Fields Forever" very smooth and refreshing; The Lad washed his grub down w. a nice coconutty "Pina Colada" quite slurpy. The Skillet was a funky good-time restaurant w. friendly attentive service. "Wild Juanita's Cactus juice" Got y'all feelin' all loosey goose It could make enemies call a truce.. It'll make you feel good but you don't have to fear it.. It enlivens your body, mind, and spirit.. Wild Juanita's cactus juice It just might save the world.:) Best, Avram K. Butts jr.

    Three Sister's Taco
    Terri B.

    The staff at our hotel and the staff at the visitor's center all recommended The Skillet for lunch or dinner. With that many recommendations, we had to check it out. We went for a late lunch and early dinner. The restaurant is artsy, eclectic and very cool. You order at the counter and then take a seat. Mr. B ordered the Kronic Chicken Burrito. A flour tortilla filled with mashed potatoes, corn, fried chicken and gravy. It was really quite good. I ordered the Three Sister's Taco. A vegetarian taco filled with green chile, black beans, corn, zucchini, and cheese. We shared the Elote Fries. An unhealthy, but scrumptious plate of crispy fries covered in cheese sauce, corn, and feta cheese. We would definitely eat here again.

    Completely inedible meat in the carne asada taco-- solid gristle, spit out into 4 napkins. About $2.50 in each napkin.
    Jonathan R.

    Horrendous. Low grade meat in the tacos and unpleasant, dirty interior. Bad food. Inedible tacos. Upon admiring the glowing reviews of this place, in the 4.5 star range, I was compelled to stop in and try it on my way from Colorado Springs to Clovis, NM tonight. To do so, I was forced to muster enough enthusiasm to ignore the uninviting exterior, the horrendously tacky and dirty interior, the chairs and tables that all rock amply; one table I sat at nearly fell over. It's as though no one cares about their own restaurant, or in the ?? 100 years that they've been open? No one ever remembered to check for wobbly tables and poor lighting. The decor, if there could be intentionality in all of this chaos might be summed up as Mexico Mardi Gras, if such a thing exists. But with 4.5 reviews, I ignore all of this and hold out faith for the food. There must be something redeeming about this establishment to get 4.5 stars. The food: rare is it to find a place specializing, in this case, in tacos where they're patently inedible. If all I served was pancakes and I couldn't make a decent pancake, I'd be in a world of trouble. The first bite: Solid Gristle, like biting into a bicycle inner tube. I spit it out into a napkin. (see photo) The second bite: solid gristle. Napkin 2. The third bite, solid gristle. Napkin 3. The fourth bite: edible, but it wasn't tasty and had a strange odor and taste to it. I left with more inedible pieces of rubbery, low grade reject meat wrapped in napkins on the table than I consumed. And this came to with 2 tiny dishes of canned-quality beans and rice?: $14.86. I can honestly say that I was hankering for a Del taco or even Taco Bell after this putrid food. I must conclude that the ownership thought that by delivering a bohemian "cool" interior that somehow no one would notice the food? Were they ever mistaken.

    Sarah D.

    Stopped by for a drink while on a road trip pit stop. Such a cool vibe and location. Would have loved to arrive hungry, they had so many cool tacos I wanted to try. Good selection of beers on tap. Definitely stop here! Worth a quick detour off the interstate.

    Wings
    Eric F.

    From the prompt service to the friendly staff, everything went really well. The wings were fantastic as were the drinks that I ordered. I'll definitely go back.

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    Mariska W.

    We found this funky and fun restaurant while walking around exploring old town Las Vegas and decided to stop in for a drink. Decor was very fun, staff friendly and helpful and food good with large portion sizes. They have a nice outdoor area, but we found a spot inside as it was raining.

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    Angel A.

    Food was interesting and delicious! The service was great and the ambiance was unlike anything I've ever experienced! Worth a try!

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    The food was excellent. The servers was normal and the ambience was good outside, but inside it was rather dark into much like a bar room.

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    Fun atmosphere, delicious food, and a small but good selection of craft beers, if that's your thing.

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    Beware... Severe food poisoning here. Good food, just crippling aftermath. If you eat here I hope you have better luck than I did.

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    I gave this place one star because the guacamole was good and the interior is clean.. Everything…read moreelse: service, presentation and actual food was bad. We're vegetarians, who don't make a lot of demands. We asked if we could get a taco without ground meat. We were told no. We tried small changes (beans instead of meat, no meat added, etc.) but the waitress said she wouldn't even put it on the ticket because the "cook would just ignore it" as she made motion of throwing a ticket over her shoulder. She seemed a little irritated that we asked about items on the menu. Each time came by, she would say in an irritated tone "are you ready YET" . Since it was obvious this restaurant was not interested in meeting any dietary needs of their customers, we decided to just order something we could eat without asking any more questions. My husband got chips and salsa, and the cheese chile relleno with rice and beans. Since I couldn't substitute anything and I would end up giving my husband my rice, I ordered the papitas à la carte and the cheese enchilada plate with rice and beans. I also got a small (VERY small) guacamole. Now that the ordeal of ordering was over we relaxed and enjoyed the ambience. It is a clean little place and although they were several people dining it was quiet. The chairs were comfortable the tables were big enough. The interior was nicely decorated. One of the things that drew us to the restaurant was that Yelp stated they had outdoor patio. We didn't go to the patio but my husband looked at it before we ate and said that it was a nice, separate area across the parking lot. I told him we'd have to try it the next time we came. Then our food arrived. It's always been my opinion that it's very hard to mess up Mexican food, whether it's New Mexican or Tex-Mex. Basically it's corn, beans, rice, posole, salsas, with cheese or meat. Kocina de Rapfael proved me wrong! Without having been in the kitchen I can't swear, but I strongly believe that they had pre-cooked the food and put it somewhere to sit until somebody ordered it. I suspected it when they wouldn't make even the most simple substitution that every Mexican restaurant has always been willing to do. But when the food came my suspicion grew into a certainty. You could beat on my enchiladas with a fork (see video) and it would literally make a sound like hitting a hard surface. I've never been given a steak knife for cheese enchiladas before, but I needed it to cut through the laminated tortillas that they had wrapped around a big glom of cheese that was so hard it made me gag to swallow it. The cheese on top was burnt to the plate and made a solid, inedible surface on top of the tortillas. I managed to cut a bite, but I couldn't chew it. I had to do that awkward spit it in your napkin thing, hoping that the surrounding diners wouldn't see it and be grossed out. I tried cutting the side of the enchilada open and just eating some of the cheese and it was another disaster. The cheese inside the enchilada was something I've never encountered. It was cheddar, it tasted like cheddar, but it was such a big glob and was so hard that it was making me gag to try and chew it. The papitas tasted like old MacDonald fries that had been put back in the fryer for a minute then served. Instead of being crunchy or crispy they were soft in the middle and hard to chew around the edges. The beans were a pile of dry, smashed up refried beans with no flavor, no seasoning. I don't think they used cumin or other traditional spices and it's doubtful they used lard because they were tasteless and so dry you had to take a sip of your drink to choke them down. I didn't taste the Spanish rice because I don't like it, but it was drenched in tomato sauce to such an extent that it was not even a semblance of light and fluffy rice, more like tomato rice soup. My husband's chile relleno was not that great either. He said it tasted like it came frozen out of a box, heated up and smothered in green and red sauce. He said the breading on the chile relleno was doughy with no flavor just a huge portion of cheese in the relleno and then smothered in hot sauces. They warn on their menu to be very careful because their sauces are so hot.. My husband will eat hot sauce so hot it makes his nose sweat! He said it wasn't very hot so I tasted it. I'm the person who gets the mild salsa from Taco Bell and the grocery store. I can't take any heat and I was eating that sauce just fine. Must've been an off day in the heat department. I've never had such badly prepared food in a restaurant in my life. What a disappointment! We immediately asked for a to go box to bring it home and see if the dogs liked it. They didn't. I don't recommend this restaurant to anyone under any circumstances even if you're starving and it's the only place open I would recommend you go to Walmart and get some at the deli.

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