The Las Vegas Grille

YUM! My friend and I went to the Las Vegas Grille for lunch today after she found a coupon and we checked them out on Unilocal and saw all of the favorable reviews.
We both ordered a homemade sausage on pretzel rolls; I had the Turkey & Chicken New Mexico Chile sausage and she had the Turkey & Chicken Mediterranean Sundried Tomato sausage on pretzel rolls. There were no condiments or extras of any type on the rolls, and they didn’t need it because the sausages had amazing flavor on their own. My sausage had a bit of a kick to it but nothing too bad since I’m kind of a wimp when it comes to spicy food. We also both ordered side salads and were surprised by how large they were. The salads, while fairly basic, were not just the typical iceburg lettuce salad; they had field greens, tomatoes, onions and what seemed to be homemade croutons. The balsamic vinaigrette served on the side was one of the best dressings I’ve had and I want a bottle of it with me at all times.
Service was great. You order at the counter and then the food is brought to you. The girl taking our order (I wish I had gotten her name!) was very helpful and had suggestions for us since we hadn’t been there before. I had read a few reviews that said there was a lengthy wait to get food because everything is cooked to order, but we were in and out pretty quickly. Also, as soon as we had ordered our food and sat down, our server brought us warm rolls right out of the oven first and then our salads next, so we had food while we were waiting for our sausages.
I can’t wait to go back and take my (meat loving husband) with me. I expect this will be one of our favorite places to go, and I plan on checking out the Saturday night stand-​up comedy soon.

As soon as I walked in the door the smell slapped me silly! Was greeted by the owner Phil. Very nice and comfy atmosphere.
I got the pineapple jerk chicken. Nice char on it, juicy, and could taste the smokiness which I appreciated, chicken was very tasty and has a little kick to it. The two sides were great as well got the potatoes, and veggies. Excellent dish!
Would definitely go back and try other things on the menu.

I’ve been here a couple times now. The owner always takes time to come out and talk to the customers and his passion for his business is evident in his food. There’s plenty of well crafted, well executed dishes on the menu.
Sirloin on sourdough — plenty of tender and juicy beef, nicely toasted bread; with a side of Bavarian potato salad that tasted heavily of paprika or a similar spice.
¼ white chicken ($ 6.99) — breast and wing. I got it plain (for my kid) with the BBQ sauce on the side. Plenty of juicy meat and it came with one side.
½ rack of St. Louis style ribs ($ 16.99) — the meat wasn’t fall-​off-​the-​bone tender, but it was good, smokey, and very meaty. The ribs are smoked for several hours then finished on the grill with your choice of sauce. I loved the bbq sauce — a touch sweet with plenty of depth in flavor. The meal came with one side.
Red potato salad — plenty of acidity plus eggy-​mayonaise taste. It was ok.
Herb roasted potatoes — excellent. slightly crispy exterior/​soft interior, well seasoned.
I haven’t tried the sausages yet, but will soon. The owner mentioned that they’re made in-​house.

I am always in search of some great Q. Decided to check out The Las Vegas Grill after reading about it. Went for lunch and had a hard time choosing. You order from a large menu board at the counter and the food is delivered to your table. I decided on the 2 meat and 1 side combo. The 2 meats were chopped pork in BBQ sauce and smoked kielbasa sausage. The side was spicy baked beans. The pork was very tender and the kielbasa had great smoke and garlic. The beans were better than most and had a nice tang. The portions were ample and allowed for some kielbasa to go home.
I plan to return for dinner to check out some the other meats. This is another great addition to the BBQ places around town. With many choices for dining I hope these guys make it. Keep smokin!

Finally got to try the Thai sausage. I love any type of sausage and when we came here last time, they were out, so when they told us they had two left, we took both. It was great. I love the spicy mix flavor.
My husband got some of the ribs, he’s had them before and they are still very good, actually fell off the bone. And as a side, we love the cole slaw. Good service, not very crowded, and great food.

* Sorry guys this review has been stewing in my draft bin since 3÷25÷12…
I’m gonna go out on a limb here by saying this but this is probably one of the best BBQ places in Vegas.
I tried this place because they were on groupon a few moths ago. As most people know its a 50 – 50 thing with groupon, sometimes it’s not worth the paper it was printed on and other times you thank yourself for being adventurous and cheap at the same time.
This place was truly a groupon gem! I see them from time to time on groupon now as well. Ok from this point forward I won’t mention the word groupon in the rest of the review.
The food:
All of it was Broke da mout’ nom nom! We wanted to try as much as we could so we both ordered a 3 choice plate.
The smoked wings were phenomenal! No need for sauce on the bad boys. You can taste the smoked in goodness…
I had some ribs, sirloin and some chicken. All of the meats had a great smokey flavor. Each meat was very distinctive in taste
The shining stars on the menu was their home made sausages!

Haven’t really eaten much meat til recently, but a meat bacchanalia sounded good to the BF. This place seemed to get positive reviews as of late, ironed out the details of being the new guy and we were pleasantly surprised.
We decided on sharing a 3meat, 2 sides combo. I read through the reviews to find out which meats were the hits and it did not disappoint. The Thai sausage was lovely. Nice snap when you bite, lightly smokey, has a nice lemongrassy, cilantro, minty flavor to it. The ribs were juicy, perfectly smoked through and the BBQ sauce was tangy and a little sweet. Normally I want more sauce on most ribs, but these didn’t need it. BBQ chicken with the pineapple jerk sauce is everything you want in chicken. The skin was crispy while the meat was absolutely juicy! I’m a sauce person, but the little baste was good enough since it was really well seasoned.
I LOVE the fact that all the meats are smoked separately, with different wood. Phil is serious about his BBQ as many established places around town do not really do this.
The Bavarian potato salad was delish. I love myself vinegar based taters and this was definitely one of the better ones I’ve had. The spicy baked beans were pleasantly unique. I love that it’s a mix of beans! The spice isn’t spicy but spice filled and had a slightly sweet aftertaste that seemed to be like nutmeg/cinnamon’s doing. It’s a bit like Carribean beans my friends mom makes which I happen to adore.
Phil and his staff were very nice and friendly. I just love really cool owners that really is proud of their product and happy to make this a positive experience. These are the type of places that should be supported.
I’ve been keeping to a 4star first visit with a several visit bump to 5stars, but this was seriously «as good as it gets». Being a «weekday vegetarian» I think this will be a splurge in my rotation. I think one of our friends who is a BBQ geek would really like this place so we will definitely be back for more!

Anyone who knows me knows I am a barbeque fanatic. Traditionally drawn to Texas style barbeque, I have also developed a great appreciation for both Kansas City and Carolina barbeques throughout the years. There’s just something about that slow cooked cut that makes my mouth water.
In my opinion, when you do barbeque good, it feels so natural going down that you can sometimes enjoy and entire meal with friends and never realize, until it over, just how wonderful the food was. I know I am supposed to feel guilty about not recognizing the tender, juicy cuts of pork, beef or chicken while they make their way down my gullet, but I honestly feel so at home enjoying great barbeque that I can easily get lost in some sort of euphoria.
By the way, bad barbeque (which Vegas has plenty of) is so offensive to my pallet that I can notice nothing else and I want to stand up and throw it back at the moron who cooked it.
In all my years of enjoying some of the world’s best (and not enjoying its worst), I have to admit that I never expected what I found at The Las Vegas Grille (with an e). I am still adamant that there are only three types of barbeque (as previously mentioned), but I will hereby acknowledge that you can do some great things with slow smoked meats and I will still call it barbeque.
That’s exactly what you will find at The Las Vegas Grille, excellent slow smoked meats that challenge every notion of traditional barbeque. The choices will leave you baffled for a time, and the menu is a little difficult to navigate, but the end result is definitely worth the adventure.
You won’t find any barbeque sauces littering the tables at The Las Vegas Grille, although I expect you could ask for them if you truly want. But what you will find is some quite delicious selections of non-​traditional meat items ranging from tri-​tip to meatballs to chicken/​turkey sausages that are all smoked with an impressive variety of wood chips. From grape to apricot to just about everything imaginable, The Las Vegas Grille uses these woods to smoke its equally interesting variety of meats and the result is something you just have to try.
I will not go so far as to say that I am convert to this new and intriguing style of barbeque, as I will always be emotionally tied to true Texas barbeque, but I will say that The Las Vegas Grille is definitely something that is very welcome to the Vegas culinary scene.

Beer is now in the building! That is update worthy alone, but over the weekend, I had an idea: side salad and a side of their spicy baked beans for a twist on a soup and salad lunch. This was one of my better ideas of the week. Their spicy baked beans are not traditional baked beans. They are a spicy mixture of a wide variety of my favorite beans, and by spicy, it is more of a explosion of spices vs a hot spicy. I was informed that they use dried beans, which means more good vitamins for my body, and I really enjoy the complex flavors in the dish. It was the perfect thing for a light lunch.

Thai Green Chili Sausages! Best I have ever had! Well, this is the first place that I have ever had such sausage, but I can confidently say that no one can make a Thai Green Chili Sausage, as flavorful as LVG!
I have also tried the chicken and rib with the pineapple crack… um…jerk sauce. Wow, I can sip on that pineapple jerk sauce all day! The rib was tender fall off the bone good, and chicken was moist and delicious.
I also enjoyed the Bavarian potato salad because it’s one of a kind, no mayo type of potato salad. I am glad LVG offers this.
Side note: I reward myself with food from LVG after my intense training session at Round 1 Boxing. That’s how much I prize Phil’s delicious food.

Went back again after my last review. As I had hoped, the place improved by about 1,000%. This is now easily the best BBQ place in Las Vegas. Easily. The ribs were fantastic — nice smoky flavor with a nice combo of spices and some interesting sauce options. Meat was tender but still had texture. That comes from hours of good old fashioned smokin’
Sausage was awesome — as it was when I last reviewed.
Can’t give this place enough props. They kept refining and refining their product and now are second to none. Hope they are the big success they deserve to be.

I love the fact that you don’t have to worry about second hand smoke while having a meal in most restaurants around town.
As for the smoke that is coming from LVG’s huge in-​house smoker, it doesn’t bother me at all! It actually adds to your dining experience. We were on our way to see Carlos Mencia, So we made plans to stop in for dinner.
We decided to share the 4 meat and 3 sides combo. For our meats, we chose Beef Sirloin, Thai Green Chili Sausage, BBQ Ribs, and Bobby Y.‘s highly recommended
Roast Chicken with Pineapple Jerk Sauce. We got the Roasted Potatoes, Pasta Salad, and Braised Red Cabbage for our sides.
It was cool because we practically had the whole restaurant to ourselves with only one other diner. Phil came out to greet us, and was happy we found out about LVG through
Unilocal, went over the different woods they use, and the different applications for all the meats.
Our meal arrives, and everything looks awesome. I take a bite of the sirloin and wow!
smokey, juicy, yummy goodness! The Thai sausage had a very nice heat and the fish sauce and lemongrass was also evident. Phil thought that the sausage was on the small side, so he brought us another one-​OH YEAH! The Ribs… The …OOPS! got side tracked thinking of the fall-​off-​the-​bone goodness!!! Where was I? Oh, I took one bite and the rest of the rib fell clean off the bone-​ABSOLUTE PERFECTION! The chicken? I didn’t put that bad boy down until it was all bones! all the sides complemented the meats so well, and we’ll definitely take Phil’s suggestion and come back to try the wings, and I’ll be having a rack of ribs and a bucket of Pineapple Crack Sauce on the side… ALOHA!!!
Unilocal 365 CHALLENGE-(206/365) «Awesome Second Hand Smoke»

Hubby and I were desiring bbq after watching numerous episodes of Man vs Food. Viewing a grown adult man consume pounds of smoky bbq’ed beef sounds distasteful at first… until the countless close-​up shots of juicy pork and chicken and beef start to invade one’s consciousness. Gah. We dropped into the Las Vegas Grille and were happily surprised by the cheeriness of the interior and the friendliness of the owner.
This place is super fun and serves up delectable food. The wings are smoked which results in less fat! Healthy (ish) wings! I ordered the brat and 3 Hawaiian meatballs and both were so flavourful and fresh. Since the sausages are made in-​house, there are no bad-​for-​you chemicals in the food. Hubby’s chicken was crispy and juicy and the various sides we ordered were tangy, provided ample textural contrast (rainbow coleslaw, braised red cabbage, Bavarian potato salad), and were not dripping in mayo/​other sauces. The Thai curry sausage was yummy and spicy.
Phil, the owner, takes such pride in his craft which is a delight to behold (and consume). He also has a sense of humour; after ordering my brat and meatballs, he replied, with an evil grin: «so, you want a sausage and balls?» Hee hee. Ok, yes, that appealed to my inner 12 year old boy. ;)
Prices are very reasonable for the amount of food you get (lots) and the type (meat). Not a lot of veggie-​friendly options, as the joint is a BBQ place, but there are a few sides and salads that fit that bill.
Go and support this fantastic local business!

Sigh… apple wood roasted pork loin, white oak roasted beef stirloin, and thai green chili curry sausage… the perfect trifecta that will lead to a nirvana of smokey goodness. This meal definitely led me to a smokey high (drug free!), and a food coma. Can a good meal change the way you feel about your day? It sure can. While my day was already going so well, this dinner certainly was the crème dela crème of my perfect day.
I just needed to indulge my curiousity for this place since I hear Unilocalers raving about the awesome smokey goodness of their dishes. I had the Three meal two side combo for $ 15.99.
White Oak Roasted Beef Stirloin: The hard smokey flavor from the White Oak just really stood out and blended so well with the stirloin. On top of that, the meat was so tender, and flavor although full, was light and soft.. Just the subtle taste of light herbs and smokey white oak.
Thai Green Chili Curry Sausage: Hand made with chicken turkey meat with thai green chili. It was REALLY spicy, but I loved that the meat didn’t overpower the spice of the chili since the chili was the focal point of the whole sausage. In most places, you can’t really enjoy the wonderful spice of the thai chili since most condiments in various dishes take over the taste of the chili. Here, you can definitely enjoy the taste of the chili.
Apple wood roasted pork loin: The sweet and denser smoke flavor went so well with the pork loin. The loin was also tender, and if you squint your eyes and scrunch up your nose, you can feel that light sweetness in your taste buds.
BBQ St. Louis Ribs with traditional sauce: I loved the smoke flavor in the baby back ribs. I had a bite, and you can really taste the powerful smokey flavor of the Walnut wood. So good I didn’t even need extra BBQ sauce for extra kick.
Everyone is so friendly here, and accomodating. Phil takes the extra effort to speak to the customers about the process of these wonderful culidary dishes. Knowledge is what makes the world go round!
Oh Phil. Hat tipped to you. You are like the Bill Nye the Science guy of meat smoking chemistry. Your formula, wood and meat combinations are on point! It’s not just about the quality of how the meats are prepared here, it’s about how you can taste the passion of the cooking in the food, and that is what is part of what makes food legendary and memorable!

I come in regularly to place pick up orders! My favorite is the two meat combo + 1 side. I like to change up the meats that I order but always get the side salad with house vinagrette as the side. My meal is complete!
As far as my current favorite protein goes:
The Thai sausages tops the list! We were able to sample this during a special Unilocal event, mmm! The other sausages are good but can be considered walking in a marathon race to catch up to the thai sausage. Next favorite protein is the whole BBQ Chicken with the pineapple jerk sauce.
The owner, Phil, is a really cool guy. He will explain the effort into making everything that’s served. And there’s a lot to talk about, especially the different types of wood used to create the different added flavor!
Keep up the great flavor LV Grille!

This is a hard review to write. Not because I don’t know what to say, or how to say it. No, this is a hard review to write because all I will be thinking about for the rest of the day is The Las Vegas Grille’s BBQ. After trying Phil’s homemade sausages, I feel like every sausage I’ve had up to this point has been a lie. These are the links you’ve been looking for.
The sausages here are truly homemade, from the grinding to the smoking. Phil, Las Vegas Grille’s owner, has absolute control over his final product. The first half of the equation is what to put inside the sausage. The other half is the wood he uses to smoke the meat. It may be cliché to say «quality over quanity,» but it totally applies here! The easy way out would be to throw all of your different meats into the smoker, and cook them all at the same time, which would give a similar flavor profile to all the meats. Instead, Phil takes care to pair each meat with a specific type of wood and smoke them separately. Longer process? Yes. More unique and distinct flavors? Absolutely!
My favorites have been the Thai Curry sausage and the Sundried Tomato sausage. Yes, they really do taste like curry and sundried tomatoes, and have an awesome smoked flavor as well. In my pre-​LVG life I would have said that sausages came in two varieties: plain or spicy. Phil has opened the door to artisan sausages, and there is no turning back. Sausage sandwiches? Not no more. You don’t need bread interfering with what these sausages offer.
You can also order combos and get different meats for your meal. On my most recent visit I went with a 2-​meat 1-​side combo for $ 9.99: Thai Curry Sausage, Sirloin with red wine sauce, and herb roasted potatoes (
). The sirloin was oh so tender and came with a swiss and horseradish aioli. I found myself using a lot of the aioli, as the red wine sauce on the sirloin was a bit sweet for my tastes.
Excellent experience all around. Friendly service that will walk you through the menu. Be sure to talk to Phil to truly see what makes this place so special. One of his newest menu items are smoked chicken wings, which I haven’t tried yet. Looks like I’ll be making another trip to The Las Vegas Grille real soon…

Been DYING to come back here after Misti’s wonderful CMYE at LVG last month. The
coupon made the meal even better although $ 35 worth of food for 2 is basically a buffet at the table: P
LVG has the best ribs I’ve eaten in Las Vegas. It’s true! I’m all about St. Louis style ribs now and on the verge of texting baby back ribs to tell them we’re through. The juicy tenderness and smokey flavor make them truly unbeatable.
That’s not the only thing that’s awesome here. Thai green curry sausage! Amazing. Phil’s a genius! Not me but the owner haha. The bbq chicken is also super good. The breast was actually juicier than the thigh somehow. The red cabbage, red potato salad and pasta salad sides accompanied all the meats perfectly with the pasta being our top favorite of the 3.
We were on senior citizen time and ate dinner around 4pm so we were the only ones in there. We chatted it up with Phil for a good part of the dinner and he informed us of some great new additions to the menu coming up in December like prime rib and double smoked ham. Like you needed more of a reason to come here… more of a reason to come here everyday!!!

Our first visit to Las Vegas Grille was a pleasant surprise: the food was delicious! I like my ribs dry and not dripping with barbecue sauce, and these were just like that, but moist, tender, and meaty. The chicken, smoked over pecan wood, had a delectable smoky flavor. Everything on the menu is smoked on the premises.
A few nights ago I made sausage and peppers, using Trader Joe’s turkey sausage; even though we ate it for two nights, we hated the sausage’s mushy consistency and lack of flavor. At LVG, the turkey sausage was firm, spicy, and delicious.
I loved the mixed bean side dish — none of that overly-​sweet, gloppy canned baked beans here. And the salad was a very fresh, nice mix of spring greens and iceberg lettuce, with a phenomenal homemade balsamic dressing.
I wish Las Vegas Grille a long and successful tenure on Sahara, and hope the road construction will end soon, so that people can find it more easily.

The Sirloin sandwich could become a definite addiction for me. The bread was golden, the meat juicy and the cheese was gooey! I had to eat the second half of the sandwich with a fork and knife because all of the juice! It is crave worthy in my book ! I absolutely loved the Bavarian Potato Salad it was nice and zingy. This may not be for those who like a creamy potato salad but their Red Potato salad on their menu is equally delicious!
Their Mega Apple Tart wasn’t mega in size but it was in taste! Loved the mixture of the apple, caramel and ice cream! I can’t vouch for everything else on the menu but I will happily stand behind the sandwich !

Driving to the library I noticed a white banner advertising the opening of another new restaurant on W. Sahara Ave (same strip mall as Swish). So I decided to give The Las Vegas Grille (former site of CJ Texas BBQ) a try on my way back.
The restaurant looks spacious, tables are not crowded together, and the chalkboard menu looks beautiful, and there is a big smoker near the cashier. It is a barbecue restaurant with a menu that can be categorized into the following major groups: barbecue meats, handmade sausages, meatballs, and sandwiches made from barbecue meats or meatballs, salads, side items, and desserts.
The lady at the counter plus all the staff at the restaurant were all very nice. As this was my first visit, it took me awhile to look at the entire menu, but they were patient and offered suggestions to help me decide on what to try. I was thinking about the St. Louis BBQ Ribs, but ultimately went with the 4 Meats 3 Sides Combo, which consisted of Beef Sirloin, BBQ Chicken with Pineapple Ginger Jerk Sauce, Applewood Roasted Herb Crusted Pork Loin, and Handmade Sausage (Artisan’s Bratwurst) for the meats, and Bavarian Potato Salad, Rainbow Slaw and Rotini Pasta Salad for the sides. Before I was done with my meal, I also ordered all three of their meatballs (Arisan’s Fusion Meatball made with beef and pork, Sweet & Sour Hawaiian made with pork, beef and ham, and finally the Southwest Green Chile Meatball made with chicken and turkey).
As long as I can remember, I have always enjoyed charcuterie items, from Taiwanese and Chinese sausages to artisan German and Italian sausages and hot links from the South. After culinary school and having had the opportunity to attend a master’s class on charcuterie taught by CMC Fritz Sonnenschmidt (master chef, author and leading authority on the subject), I learned to appreciate it even more. And out of all the items I ordered, I would say that their Artisan Bratwurst was my favorite. It is also very healthy, as far as cured meat products goes, as they do not use nitrites, nitrates or MSG in their curing process, instead they utilized a high heat smoke curing method. The result is sausages that have a nice flavor, good smokiness, and not overly salty.
The Applewood Roasted Herb Crusted Pork Loin was also very good. It has the nice smoke ring, indicative of true barbecue, and the pork was still juicy and packed with flavor. Undoubtedly, it would be great in a sandwich as well.
The BBQ Chicken with Pineapple Ginger Jerk Sauce has nice flavor, but was a little on the dried side. The White Oak Roasted Beef Sirloin was okay, it definitely has the smoky flavor, but was otherwise too much on the well done and dried side for me to appreciate or enjoy it.
The meatballs were pretty good. Served as it, it is too salty for me (but my personal preference leans towards less salt), but serve it in a sandwich it will be just right.
I like restaurants that strive to serve healthier and more natural foods, and this place definitely does that! Although they do not make their own breads, they do sourced them from a local artisan bakery (Great Buns Bakery), which makes a good pretzel bread.
Overall, it is a good barbecue restaurant that can be even better with more fine tuning. And personally I would be here just for their sausage sandwiches, which currently is available in the following selections: Artisan’s Bratwurst, Italian Fennel Sausage, Keilbasa Polska, Kids Beef Frankfurter, Mediterranean Sun-​dried Tomato, and New Mexico Chile.
Food: ³⁄₅ Some items are super good, while others were okay.
Price: ³⁄₅ Reasonable.
Ambiance and décor: ³⁄₅ Spacious arrangement, minimally decorated restaurant with a giant shinny barbecue smoker right inside the restaurant, staffed by friendly restaurant personnel.
Location: West side, just down the street from the car dealerships on W. Sahara Ave.
Parking: ⁴⁄₅ Plentiful parking.
Cleanliness: ⁵⁄₅ New, and kept in pristine condition by the restaurant staff.
A-​OK!