Caribe Cafe
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3400 Las Vegas Boulevard SLas Vegas, NV 89109 (702) 791-7111
- Price Range: $$
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Attire: Casual
- Good for Groups: Yes
- Good for Kids: Yes
- Takes Reservations: No
- Delivers: No
- Take-out: No
- Waiter Service: Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: No
11 Reviews for Caribe Cafe
Horrible. If you can't even get the basics right like chicken noodle soup or French onion soup (which had a huge blob of cheese on top and a slice of bread soaking in between) - both were way too salty - what's the point of opening a restaurant? I'd rather go to Denny's.
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So on my last DAY before I had to catch a noon flight out of LAS, I get my ass up at 2:30am and do my hair and make up.
Drais hasn't seen the last of me!
Hungry from dancing 6 hours straight at Wet, one of my girls and I went out for a CHEESE BURGER.
Weird that this place has such terrible reviews. I was glad we found something open and decent to eat.
We ordered a fresh jicama and mandarin salad, which to my surprise was reallllly good. I was expecting something yucky given the hour but again, its Vegas so it was good!
15 minutes later my huge, juicy cheeseburger with swiss and sauteed mushrooms arrives in all its glory... after 3 bites I'm full. I felt like such a sinner wasting 2 perfectly good burgers (my friend only took a few bites of hers too) I guess that happens when you deprive yourself of a normal eating schedule.
Oh well. At least next time I know where to grab a burger and salad at any hour in a nice hotel.
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**Actual occurrences that took place between me and Keri in Las Vegas during our search for somewhere - anywhere! - that would serve lunch before 11am. Perhaps or perhaps not after 16 hours of boozing and 1 hour before we had to fly back to NYC**
Act 1, Scene 1
Setting: 10am, Vegas. Poolside Cafe. Cue Keri:
Keri (to waitress): "Hi, can I have a Diet Coke and BLT?"
Waitress: "Sorry," pops gum. "We don't serve lunch until 11am."[Looks at Keri and CK condescendingly. Thinks: fatties.]
Keri: "Well do you have the ingredients???"
Waitress: "Yes."
Keri: "Then I don't understand why you can't make me a BLT? Now."
Waitress: "Because it's not 11am." [CK starts to cry. Waitress takes pity] "OK, if you want lunch food, you should go to Crepe Cafe in the hotel."
Keri: "Crepes? CREPES? So what, I go there and get a bunch of crepes?"
Waitress: "Uh, I mean if you want." [Looks confused] But they serve burgers and fries and stuff 24 hours."
[CK rips up menu and throws water on the ground. Keri tosses over the table. Exit.]
Act 1, Scene 2.
Setting: Crepe Cafe is actually Caribe Cafe. 10 people stand in line for a half empty dining room.
CK: "Uh. What's the deal with this line? I see about 42 free tables?"
Person in Front: "I don't know."
CK: "What do you mean you don't know?"
Person in Front: "Uh, I mean I don't know..." [CK rolls eyes, nudges Keri, points at Person in Front. Swears.]
Fast forward 15 minutes.
Hostess: "Hi! We can seat you now! Follow me!"
[Keri and CK race after hostess. Jump in booth. Clap hands. Grab menus. Talk about burgers and fries. Stop. No lunch food on menu. Freak out commences.]
CK: "Keri! Did you ask them if they serve lunch food?" [CK agitated. Eye twitching.]
Keri: "Well the other woman told me they did!" [Keri starts to panic. Turns over menu. Grabs another.]
CK: "I did NOT just wait 15 min in line to not get a burger!"
[Enter unsuspecting Salvadorean waiter.]
CK: "Hey! You! They told us there'd be burgers here."
Keri: "And fries!!!!!!"
Waiter: "I just take drink orders."
[CK throws menu on ground again. Swears. Curtains close.]
Act 1, Scene 3
Setting: Keri is rocking back and forth in her chair. CK is lying on the ground, crying. Clouds part, Heavens open, Angels start to sing. Enter our savior, Lai, The Wonder Waitress.
Lai: You want burgers?
Keri and CK: YES!
Lai: You want BLT?
Keri and CK: YES!
Lai: Fries?
Keri and CK: YES, YES, YES!!!!
[Wait at least another 30 min. Food arrives. In any other setting, no self-respecting human being would touch with a 10 foot pole.]
Final Act:
Setting: Keri and CK shoveling food, quietly, into mouths. CK unbuttons pants. Keri steals fries when not looking. Lai gets big tip.
Le Fin.
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i've been eating at Caribe since I can remember (my gparents used to live in Vegas). My dad used to take my sister and I there so that we felt "included" in the Vegas experience since we couldn't gamble, stand there while my dad gambled....basically do the things the adults could do.
It's changed a few times (decor and menu) but I will always have a bit of a soft spot for it in my heart. I ate a very late night/early morning meal there this weekend (grilled cheese and cole slaw). I think the grilled cheese could have tasted better (how do you mess that up) but the cole slaw was great. My friend's chicken fingers were great, and my other friends omelette was almost tasteless according to her. Not so good this time.
I've been many times and for the most part it lives up to high expectations.
Service isn't always the greatest and the prices seem to sky rocket each time I come back....$12 for grilled cheese? We were hungry...what can I say? : )
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It was early in the morning at 3am. We stayed at Mirage so we didn't want to go far and had to go into this cafe. The price was reasonable.
HOWEVER, I had the worse soup ever in my life here. I ordered a bowl of French onion soup (basic, right?) and when the waiter took the soup out I was so shocked that even my friends noticed.
"Dude, you have the most surprised expression on your face!" - My friend
"What did I order again?" - Me
"Onion soup." - The waiter from the back replied and left right after.
Visually: The soup had a huge blob of cheese all burn-melted on top and a slice of bread ALREADY soaked in it. Okay, whatever, maybe the chef was drunk. I mean who the hell would present a simple everywhere soup like that??!
Taste: I took a sip of the soup, it was really salty. My other friend Jonas ordered a normal chicken noodle soup and his soup was salty too. I made everyone at the table take a sip of my soup and everyone agree the soup tasted horrible and salty!
Service & Overall: I was so angry that I was complaining the whole time at the table (in which the waiter NEVER come back to the table to check on us so that I can complain through out the whole dinning experience). When I got back to the hotel room around 4 or 5AM in the morning, I was just so dissatisfy and in disbelieve that I just have to share my worse soup experience with my roommates waking them up!
So here I am, BE WARN, fellow Yelpers!
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This place is ok. Decided to go here since we were staying at the Mirage. So it was convenient. We thought it would be fast to eat at a cafe, but man the service took forever. We were all starving and the food took more than half an hour to get to us.
I had the ahi poke and ahi sandwhich. The ahi poke was ok, nothing like Roy's. The sandwhich was better, but not superb. A bit disappointed.
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I was expecting an absolutely horrible time and horrible service after reading all of the reviews! I had the complete opposite experience of everyone else on Yelp.
I was seated immediately upon arrival. The staff was very friendly!
Starting with the rolls! They were perfect....the crust was hard and the inside was perfectly soft! I couldn't believe how good they were.
The service was fast and good! They refilled my drinks and even brought me my own pitcher of coke (cute little personal pitcher) in case I wanted it.
Before my meal arrived, they brought me my own personal ketchup, mayo and little bowl of mustard and told me that my meal would be right up. That was service! My meal arrived so quickly!
The food was excellent! Everything was tasty and my waiter was helpful, delightful and fast!
I have eaten at almost every 24 cafe on the strip (tradition before seeing a show) and this was the best one! BY FAR! This one also has the best decor of any 24 cafe on the strip. The other 24 cafes seem like a glorified Dennys, this had a more elegant feel to it.
This place has some of the best prices of any 24 hour cafe on the strip! I ate at the Carnegie Delicatessen (also located inside the Mirage) a few days before eating here and I will never eat there again after discovering this place. Better service, better food, better prices, better decor...everything was better!
I don't have a single complaint and I cannot wait to dine here again!
Considering I have eaten at most 24 hour cafes on the strip, this place comes in at number one!
Update: I have eaten here 5 times and the service and food have been amazing each and every time. The last time I ate here, our food arrived so quickly, I couldn't believe it!
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I thought this was the 'City that Never Sleeps.' Crap! I guess that is actually New York, but what gives? It's 12:30am and I want some damn dinner! This is the only place at the Mirage that we could find that was still slinging it. In fact, I think it's only open from 11pm to 6am, and their service here knows they are the only game in town, well, in this casino anyway, so they don't particularly care that they're rather slow.
Anyway, this is Vegas, and I am keeping some random hours, so I end up eating here twice. Both times I had the strawberry Belgian waffles. What can I say; it was pretty good and decently priced. Their coffee was good too; kept me going anyway :)
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Reason:
Breakfast....and we didn't want to head outside, haha.
Bueno:
Good prices for some pretty good food. My corned beef hash had a little too much onion for my taste, but my mom's Belgian waffle was rockin' and so was my sister's poached eggs.
No Bueno:
Service was spotty and slow...they're some lazy ones.
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I think this may be the worst hotel cafe in Vegas. Not only was it insanely overpriced, something that I was expecting to happen, the quality was actually below that of Denny's. The only reason we went in was to kill some time while the boys gambled. Our food was delivered quickly which was nice but there was nothing satisfying about it. (Which is really saying a lot since it was 6 am and we had been out for the entire night...)
Wow. Why do they have this restaurant at the Mirage? I ate here for breakfast with my fiancee, and we highly regret it. We waited in line for about 30 minutes, and the service was even slower. Once we got seated, it took us about 15 minutes to get our drink orders. Once we got our drinks, it took another 15 minutes to get our food orders. We both ordered the complete breakfasts and it tasted horrible. The eggs were soggy, the potatoes were mushy, and the ham steak was disgusting. Don't get me started on the prices. It cost $6.50 for a glass of orange juice! Horrible...just plain horrible. We ended up paying for food that was similar to what we paid for in room service.
By all means, do not eat here. The service is slow and the waiters are very, very rude. This is unacceptable, especially at the Mirage. Do yourself a favor and walk across the street to McDonald's. Trust me.
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