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5 reviews for Jerry's Nugget
Jerry's Nugget is a very pleasant locals' casino and a real find for tourists. If you love good food, you'll love it. (If you love crowds, waits, and struggles to get in, if you go out to see and be seen, and if you only like spendy status eating, this is not the place for you.)
Jerry's Nugget is a quick drive about 12 blocks north of downtown on Las Vegas Blvd. There is plenty of parking around the building and in the lot next door. The area is clean and well-lit and looked fine to us, everything neat and occupied. Our second dinner there was on a Friday night during Bikefest. There was no crowd to fight for one of the finest meals you'll ever get.
Definitely try whatever specials are offered at Jerry's Famous Coffee House. Excellent food at amazing prices, and lots of variety on the regular menu. We had the steak and king crab special -- half a pound of each, a full dinner for $7.89, and easily worth much more. There is also the option of a pound of king crab for $9.89. Everything was delicious. The outstanding soups are homemade, as are the delectable looking desserts. There's also a bake shop and Uncle Angelo's Pizza to tempt you.
Neighborhood, not so good. Does it matter? Not really.
Note: This is only pertaining to the restaurant portion, I've never bothered to play in the casino or even wander around it for that matter.
After the impressive remodel this place really looks really nice inside. The staff is extra courteous and attentive, which is a rarity these days, no matter where you go. (They may actually have a manager who trains them and tells them that they should treat the customer nicely?? What a concept!)
But the real story...THE PRIME RIB! Oh yes! Unless you are a starving carnivore, the size large thick cut will be way too much. I did get it once and I was much more full than I wanted to be, I think it is closing in on being somewhere around 3" thick! The middle size should suffice for most big eaters. And let me tell you, it is G-O-O-D-!-!-! Make sure to get the raw horseradish, it has some serious kick but there's nothing better. I usually get the creamy horseradish and the raw, and mix them together.
The accessories (soup/salad/potato/bread) are all very well prepared, so you can't go wrong with any of the various choices. And if you have room after the carnage...
The dessert!!!!!! Yes, they have an EXTENSIVE dessert menu, more pies than you can think of and they are all good! I once went with a bunch of people who ordered the dessert because they couldn't resist, but were too full to eat much more than a couple bites. Lucky me, I ended up with 5 different slices of yummy pies! Gosh I did eat a lot that day, after polishing off my own prime rib and that of two other people, and then that crazy dessert.
I don't know if that was impressive or just plain stupid. O_o
In any case, I especially love the banana cream pie and I think it was a blueberry sour cream pie. But any of the other pie choices would be equally yummy yum yum!
This is definitely a "local" place that out of towners would know nothing about, and definitely worth the journey north of downtown to get to.
During each and every trip to Vegas, I make sure to eat here at LEAST one time!
No Frills Local Action.
I primarily came to Jerry's Nugget for a prime rib dinner at the Jerry's Coffee Shop. I have relatives in LV and they wanted something less fancy and less-expensive than Lawry's, so we ended up here. See my other [forthcoming] review on the dining experience. This is certainly not the _best_ Vegas has to offer from a gaming or dining perspective.
I got spanked at the craps table at this joint. Jerry's Nugget proved that the house always wins over the long run. Only ONE craps pit here. The whole family was here and we took up the table for ourselves and probably donated a G to Jerry's that night just at craps. The only good rolls came from the only non-family member at the table, I made more money off of him than he did on himselft. Unfortunately, I was too optimistic of everyone else in the family's ability to pass and gave it all back to Mr. Jerry.
Dealers and Pit Bosses are super friendly. Props to Kevin - he'll talk your ear off and help you when things get good.
Made up for the punishment at the craps table with some action at the blackjack table. This made me want to re-evaluate where I find the entertainment value of gaming in Vegas. Craps is still my main vice.
Pros -
-locals, locals, locals
-small and intimate
-little to no tourists
-friendly dealers and wait staff
-low table minimums
-good for groups (you can't lose anyone here - try finding someone in a group of 10 in the MGM!!!)
-great coffee shop!
Cons -
-sketchy neighborhood
-out of the way && in the middle of nowhere "old las vegas"
-little to no tourists
-ZERO eye-candy (this ain't the Hard Rock)
This is a 1 star joint that gets 1 star for the friendly staff and 1 more star for the coffee shop with an extensive menu with cheap and decent prime rib.
Would I return? Yes
Would I return just for gaming? No...
Would I return to eat then play? Absolutely
i kid you not.. jerrys nugget is the best , trust me i would not be sitting here waisting time writing a review if it was not true.. what i love about jn is the atmosphere always clean, and the people are great and freindly , well some but i dont go for the people , i can careless , if they act stupid than i can also act stupid.. but the breakfast is always fresh , eggs always hot bacon is made to order not sitting under a dam lamp.. i never have any complaints out of all the upscail hotels. jerrys nugget has the best food.. yes its in the middle of north las vegas but its ok north las vegas police dept. is always there getting there grub on. 247.. but anyway just check it out .. and let me know how you enjoyed it.. bacon & eggs scrambled md soft with chedder , wheat toast and hashbrowns.. yummy 4 yur tummy.. also try the milk cake its the bomb..
Jerry's Nugget has been extensively remodeled from when I first went there, when it was a very tired, stanky old casino north of Downtown. It's been spruced up quite a bit, which was almost kinda disappointing. The main reason why one goes there was always "the prime rib dinner the tourists pay twice as much for", and it used to be way too seedy for most respectable folks, with the Palomino and a couple of other nasty strip joints being the nearest neighbors, along with the Salvation Army, the Mission, a couple of other shelters and halfway house type places. So the environs definitely camouflaged the fact that inside you could get a HUGE slab of prime rib(I mean silly big) at a price that made us locals feel like we still had a few things in this town that were just ours.
It's still good, and still cheap, but it's not a secret anymore, and the remodel makes people less scared to go there. Particularly during conventions of "beef-eating guy stuff" like construction equipment or rodeos you'll see a lot of big bellied dudes hustling across the street between Jerry's and the Palomino...their version of "Dinner and a Show" I guess. Wouldn't help my digestion any, and after the huge chunk of cow they serve there, that's all that I can deal with.
So, bottom line, don't be a wuss. It's a lotta meat, cheap. What kinda carnivore is afraid of a few bag ladies and crackheads?
