Emery’s / La Barrista Catering Ii

I love this place! I was working in the area 3 years ago when I stumbled on this best kept secret. The atmosphere is nice, staff is knowledgeable and friendly, the food is delicious!!! This is my preferred place to eat in the entire Las Vegas area. I love that it’s not in a casino nor a strip mall. Try this place. I recommend the specials. Soooo good!!!

Came here due to $ 25 off from
. food was ok, nothing I would rant and rave over. The lasagna was very cheesy and warm, my mom ordered the chicken picatta, which she said was good, but very cold.
Service was TERRIBLE! Our waitress NEVER came back to our table after taking our order, so the busser was the one to deliver the food, and then she never came back, so my mom got stuck with cold chicken. It was ok, good to try, but not sure if I will return.

Spaghetti and meatballs, a staple Italian dish. Meatballs were on the bland side. Spaghetti sauce kinda tart.
Gave it a C–

I wish I could give it 3.5 stars. The service: 5 stars. Very attentive, polite & genuine. The food: Started out amazing with REALLY good clam appetizer & really tasty side salads. My husband’s lamb chops with mint jelly were really good too. But the lobster ravioli (special) for $ 27 was pretty disappointing. The sauce wasn’t very good & the ravioli wasn’t impressive. Dessert: tiramisu was decent. Décor wasn’t as great as I thought it would be. I was imagining a more romantic type of vibe but the bright pink paint wasn’t my thing. Only one bathroom that is for both male & females. All in all, I’d go back.

Come for the DRINKS ONLY!
I didn’t have the heart to tell the extremely polite waitress Tiffany the food sucks!
Chicken Angelo $ 17 canned mushrooms, canned artichokes drowning in blah sauce with crappy olives. (In my opinion GOOD olives have pits)
Lasagna in a BOWL? my grandmother would of smacked someone. We thought MAYBE our kids would eat it? Nope they took this picture of grease pouring out.
Tiramisu to go. Not so bad at all. That gets 2 stars!

Excellent food! The lasagna is to die for! Very friendly staff and an enjoyable experience overall. Other dishes we tried and loved: chicken fettuccine, German potatoes, tiramisu and cheesecake. Emerys is a valued treasure in Henderson!

I got the salmon and it was amazing! My husband got veal Parmesan and he liked it a lot! The service is great too and very fast we loved it!

WATER STREET ITALIAN GEM
Appetizer: Coconut Shrimp: Half a dozen served with sweet Thai chile sauce … good sized and no questions about the coconut shavings
Special of the Day: Stuffed shells with Ricotta cheese and sausage and meatballs in marinara sauce includes pasta fagoli soup … added bread to thicken the soup … marinara sauce thick and spicy. two half dollar sized meatballs … Italian sausage … three stuffed shells with charred sauce making it more memorable.
Chicken Parmesan: Breaded cutlet, baked with fresh basil, homemade red sauce, topped with fresh mozzarella and served with penne, includes house salad with oil and vinegar dressing…
Apple Tart and Ice Cream: Home made tart served piping hot topped with Matterhorn heap of smooth high quality vanilla ice cream.
Had an opportunity to spend time talking with Brenda the wife of Emery and she is a real Asian foodie too. Our server Tiffany was wonderful and caring.
Being that it was a Thursday, the restaurant was calm and both Brenda as well asTiffany were able to spoil us. On Fridays and Saturdays, when it’s reservations recommended, all bets are off that the waitstaff can do the same. Interior restaurant colors are New Orleans with the purples, green and yellow. Ambiance is suggestive casual but serious Italian cucina presence.

First visit. very pleasantly surprised. .from a warm welcome. .everyone working there was friendly and did their job well… all the food was well prepared and simple very GOOD! ! Will be coming back soon.

I stopped I with my wife to try this local restaurant. I was very pleased! The food was awesome, and the service was great! I’m only sorry that I didn’t stop in sooner.

My fiancé had veal marsala and i had the seafood diablo. Very good and fresh! The service was friendly and Emery his wife Brenda and Tiffany the waitress all were awesome!

We have always loved going to this beautiful quiet litte spot. The food and service are very good and unassuming. We are locals and like the feeling we get here. The food has never been disappointing and really has gotten even better each time we go. Try the lasagne it’s my favorite and my wife loves the ravioli.

My husband and I were super excited to try this place since it’s only a few blocks from our house, but we were thoroughly disappointed with every aspect of the experience.
The waitress who greeted us was cold and unwelcoming, and failed to mention that it was happy hour until I specifically asked her.
We ordered two glasses of wine which per the happy hour special afforded us a free cheese «tray». The Pinot Grigio tasted like a Chardonnay and the Riesling tasted like Apple juice. The cheese tray was 9 dice sized cubes of less than average cheese and two bundles of grapes.
We also ordered a caprese salad, which was comprised of cardboard out of season tomatoes, regular mozzarella cheese (not bufula as advertised) and topped with lettuce dressed with Italian dressing.
The complimentary French bread was dried out and uninspiring.
No part of our meal was enjoyable or inviting. We could have made infinitely better food at home and not have wasted $ 35 for two terrible glasses of wine, a cheap cheese plate, and a sorry salad.
Will NOT be going back!

Yuck.
My husband and I went here for a date — trying out something new. At the end of the date we had both wished we hadn’t.
To start — the location is cool, I am a fan of water street. But the inside of the restaurant looks like someone is really into going to garage sales and just keeps piling up crap upon crap upon crap to decorate. It’s terrible! There are more decorations in that one little room than there is in an entire knick knack shop! Also, the big statue in front — creepy. Not cute.
The bathroom décor is super confusing, signs for love, and then on the opposite wall old advertisements for beverage flavorings… What???
Alright lets move on to the staff. Our waitress, was terrible. We had told her it was our first time and she didn’t care to introduce us, explain anything, NOTHING. It was our first time ordering and she offered a side that neither one of us understood and after thinking that she explained it my husband just decided to order the pasta.
She never checked on us once throughout the entire evening. We got more attention from the bus boy and the hostess.
Onto the food… the bread appetizer, was the BEST part. And I’m pretty sure I’ve purchased the exact same loaf of bread at Albertsons, on many, many occasions. I ordered the chicken penne, when it came out the sauce was SUPER thin and there was tons of water and oil in the bottom of my dish. It was disgusting. The taste was non-​existant. My husband ordered the chicken parmesan. The breading of the chicken was soggy, someone does NOT know how to prepare chicken parmesan. Someone had DUMPED marinara sauce onto the chicken. Once again — disgusting.
Everything tasted frozen, pre-​bought, and canned. For the price I could have made 100x better than either what I OR my husband had ordered. It seems as though the chef doesn’t care about his or her food.
We will NOT be coming back.

Great Henderson local spot. A mom & pop place with great people! The menu is great and reasonably priced. The server talked me into the German potatoes and they were amazing! A must place to visit for Henderson locals!

What a great discovery for local Henderson as they are located at the south end of Water Street! Great ambiance, good service and food of ample portions to share.

Best little gem of a restaurant in Henderson!! Quaint and hidden in down town henderson off water street. The food was absolutely amazing and fresh! Met the owner and chatted with her a bit. really loved the one on one family feel of this place! Highly recommend!!!

I love this place. It is quiet, comfortable and cozy. If you would like a place to have a glass of wine and enjoy the best bruschetta in town. This is it. Support this small business today!

I came with a
$ 25 gift certificate in my hands and I had read the not-​so-​stellar reviews here on Unilocal,but when my husband and I entered this quaint establishment on a Saturday evening around 6:30 PM I was pleasantly surprised. It’s a small dining area with bright colors and Italian-​esque decorations covering the walls. There’s a bunch of wine lining the back walls and only about 10 white-​clothed tables. I have to admit I was comparing it to my favorite Italian place in town, which is in Downtown Las Vegas called Chicago Joe’s. There’s similarities and differences.
To start off with I ordered a glass of raspberry iced tea, my husband, sweet tea. The tea was deliciously sweet. Next we were served some nice, warm bread, about half a loaf with some delicious garlic butter. The butter was perfectly spreadable. The bread, although a bit tough on the outside, was still good. We were offered a second helping, but we declined.
I ordered the Linquine Clams with a red sauce. When I inquired as to whether or not the red sauce had a little spice, I was told it did not have any spice, but the waitress asked me if I would like the cook to make it spicy and I said yes! So that was very nice of my waitress to cater to my desires. My husband ordered the Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo and we both opted for House Salads with Ranch dressing.
The salads came out with very green leaves, shredded carrots, a few tomatoes, and a couple slices of sweet onions. In comparing this salad to the one at Chicago Joe’s — this salad wins. Definitely a better variety of green lettuce leaves and a bit fresher in my opinion.
Next our entrees arrived. They plate their pastas in bowl-​like boat plates. They were hot and fresh, my red sauce had just the enough amount of kick to my liking. What I enjoyed a bit more about this Linquine Clam over Chicago Joe’s is that there were actual clam shells with meat along with clam meat actually dispersed throughout the pasta. I think the addition of clam shells gives the dish a nice, rich oceanic flavor. It is nice to dig out the clams and get that bit of sea taste.
My husband noted that his pasta was very good, but I did not try any because I was slurping up my own. We ended up taking home leftovers and declined desert because we had a fresh pie waiting for us at home to eat.
Overall the food is A+. There’s no doubt about the authenticity of whoever is cooking here. The atmosphere is nice, the music was not too loud, and it is a family/​casual dining experience. Service was great from our main waitress. The woman who brought us out our drinks and bread was a bit cold, but nothing so much to ruin our experience.
I would certainly go back, especially if I happen to be in the Henderson area and I am craving Italian. The plus side here is that you are supporting a local mom and pop business as well. I would and will continue to gladly fork over my money to places like this over Olive Garden and Macaroni Grill.

I love checking out new places, and Unilocal has helped me find some real gems. I have had Emery’s on my radar for a bit… but the reviews on Unilocal seems to be a bit all over the place, with almost every review being either 5 star or 1 star. So I refrained from visiting until this past weekend. My husband wanted to take me to a new place, and he loves Italian food, so we went to Emery’s Saturday evening for dinner.
We started out with iced teas and an order of the bruchetta. I noticed there was a birthday party in the next room, and I hope that it would not impact the service we received. Thankfully it did not, our drinks were never empty and our appetizer came out quickly.
For dinner, my husband had linguine with marinara sauce and I went with one of the specials for the evening, lobster ravioli. We both got dinner salads with our meals, and my husband added on a bowl of soup.
Salads and the soup came out first, and again it was fairly quickly. The salads were basic, with a nice balsamic vinaigrette dressing. My husband was not thrilled with the pasta fagioli soup. He said it was clearly homemade, he just prefers a thicker soup. He would not pay the $ 5 to add on either the soup or salad again.
We were both very pleased with our entrees. My lobster ravoli was stuffed with large chunks of lobster and the pasta was obviously freshly made that evening. My husband’s linguine was also freshly made and the marinara sauce was deliciously seasoned. We finished our evening off with an order of tiramisu to go.
I am so glad I did not let the bad reviews of Emery’s keep me away any longer… We didn’t experience any of the issues mentioned in the bad reviews. Our server was friendly and food came out in a reasonable amount of time, considering we could both see and taste that the pasta was freshly made that night (which takes time). We will definitely be back.