NASCAR Cafe

I mainly loved it because it had the best roller coaster in vegas. Every bad review for this location is one of the many reasons yelp should get off the air. This place is closed only because of nitpicking keyboard warriors.

After watching the Warrior's game at the Terrible Casino and still being early, I've decided to drive straight down Paradise Blvd and check out the other casinos that is located at the tail-end of the strip and only 10 minutes away from the Terrible Casino and my room at the Platinum Hotel.

After inducing a large amount of cloud of second-hand smoke, I was a little hungry and decided to check out the NASCAR Cafe, inside the Sahara Hotel and Casino.

The gift shop is located next to the restaurant and bar. Also displays of NASCAR's memorablia's showcased on the lobby including my pose with the late Dale Earnhardt's #3 Mr. Goodwrench car. You can tell Las Vegas is big on NASCAR.

I was sitting at the bar. While reading the menu and refreshing my memory on a past episode from the Man v Food, the restaurant is best known for their B3 Burrito; a 6lb, 24 in. burrito. But since it was late at night, "I couldn't do it!"

So I ordered the Fish and chips for $10.00. The dish has four halibut-fillets battered with beer and cooked to a golden brown with a side of curly fries. Nothing too fancy about the fish dish. I also had two Cranberry and Vodka drinks for $8.00 each. The price of the cocktails seems questionable. I hope the bartender uses good vodka for my drinks.

The bar also have a special on a 144 oz pitcher of beer starting at $20.00 for domestic beer and more for imported. With a huge selection of beers, I might try that one day to along with that B3 burrito, in which many of you are disappointed that I didn't try.

This review is incomplete untill I try that huge burrito.

How do they stay open?

Located in the back of the Sahara Hotel and Casino, one has to wonder when they get business here.

Trying to grab a quick bite before our show on a weekday afternoon, only a handful of parties were present.

Standard cafe fare like burgers, pizza, salads, etc.

We got the Spinach & Artichoke Dip, "a creamy, cheesy blend of artichoke hearts, spinach, onion, parmesan, a hint of bacon and tortilla chips. Served in a sourdough bowl." for $7.25 and the Nascar Burger, "a classic Black Angus 10 oz juicy flame-broiled burger." for $9.25.

First off, the spinach & artichoke dip were tasty, but too small of a portion for the price. And I wasn't too fond of the soft sourdough bowl - what's up with soft bread? On the menu, it says, "place in the center of the table and dive in!" Well, it's definitely not big enough to share.

We asked for the burger to be medium well, but it came out more well done. There's a problem when you can't even get the burger right. It had a decent flavor it in though, and it was also on a soft bun too. The fries had a deep color that reminded me of Arby's curly fries, but without the seasoning.

Service was a bit slow, not on our waitress's part, but on how long it took for the food to come out. (Were they killing the cow in the back?) The place needs some better lighting, maybe they are trying to save on the electric bill because I found it to be too dark for my tastes during the day.

Overall, spend your money elsewhere. When you're hungry on the strip, don't get sucked into bad casino cafes 'cuz you'll feel even more ripped off.

2.5 stars.

(Pics of our lunch posted!)

OK, so my business partner and I are at some catered event in the Golden Room at the Sahara. Dinner was so so, but it was a meet and greet with an important vendor and we got toasted beforehand making the bad food slide down more easily.

Afterwards, we wanted to gamble on the cheap so we decided to head downstairs thinking it would be easier to find a $10 table here than back at the Mirage. We were kind of right. All of the tables in this part of the Sahara were not $10....they were a buck. $1 blackjack & roulette....... and penny slots. The funny thing about penny slots here was that they only take bills, not coins. OK, so I thought it was funny.

Anyway, we are not big gamblers....my partner especially. In fact, I had to give him some quick pointers when he put $2 on black and $2 on red on the same roulette spin. Classic. You can't make this stuff up.

(Hey Mickey, what about the Nascar Cafe!!!!). OK, OK....While playing, we see a huge sign about the 3 Pound Burrito at the Nascar Cafe just a few feet away. "Eat it all and it's free!!" (See the photo....No, that is not me.) They make you sit in the middle of the room, under a spotlight, with a velvet rope around the table. It's actually $19.95 if you don't finish. I would actually pay $19.95 to see a good buddy attempt the feat, but I would not drive him home. I value my car's interior too much.

I tell you what, people say you get a huge ego boost by walking through Walmart and seeing the collection of people.......You gotta try this place.

Damn you Man v. Food for taking us to this crappy restaurant for lunch.

The only reason my friends and I came here was so we could try to convince one of our friends to try the B3 Burrito challenge. It's 6 lbs. of burrito that needs to be consumed entirely within 1.5 hour, otherwise it will cost a bit over $20 to pay for it.

So needless to say, we were all stoked when we entered. The decor was decent, and the menu itself was really limited to American bar foods, and is definitely not vegetarian friendly (my friend ended up getting the pineapple chocolate covered fries, which surprisingly works). Our server was genuinely nice and welcomed us warmly, but unfortunately, the rest of our experience really sucked.

1. The food took over twenty minutes to come out. The restaurant wasn't even that busy, so I didn't get why it would take so much time.
2. Once we got our food, we realized 3/4 of the curly fries we ordered were no longer appetizing. Something about them made us really uneasy to eat them.
3. The burrito challenge took us over thirty minutes of waiting because not only does it take 15 minutes to prepare one, but some douche took our friend's spot and started eating the damn thing, even after coming later. Our server apologized, and we definitely sent bad karma along his way (he didn't succeed btw, not even close).
4. Some snobby group of middle-age men kept talking smack about our friend during his burrito challenge. Booo.

The food was expensive and not even good. We threw all of our fries away, and ended up just watching out friend tackle the challenge. Unfortunately, he was owned by the burrito, but for being hella hungover and ending up throwing up in the nearby trash can, he got a lot further than the guy that took his burrito.

HA! Karma sucks huh? Oh well, at least my friend left with a hot pink weenie shirt. He's forever in Vegas now... unless they decide to revamp this restaurant.

In short, only go for the burrito challenge commodity (which btw, is pretty gross from what my friend said... shredded pork = no bueno). Although one star for the kind waitress, you were pretty tight!

Years ago when the Sahara Hotel & Casino 1st added the Nascar Cafe & Speed the Ride I came here for a burger and for the life of me I can't recall if it was good or bad.


I decided to bring my son here for some video game fun and a bite to eat. When we arrived a B3 challenge was getting started and a crowd quickly gathered to take photos and videos. Before we left 2 people had tried and failed the Challenge.


We ordered some soft drinks to start. (they serve PEPSI) but the popular drink seemed to be the 180oz Tower of Beer. Almost every table had one.


The menu is just bar food with American & Mexican options(Burgers & Burritos). We ordered Chicken Fingers and a MONSTER 1 pound BLT sandwich both with fries.


It took awhile for the food to come out and when it did it was not impressive at all:(


The chicken fingers were clearly overcooked. They almost snapped they were so dry and crisp. NO seasoning and The fries were cheap frozen fries with no salt or seasoning.


The BLT had ALOT of bacon but it was the cheap stuff not fully cooked NOT crisp like a BLT should be. VERY little tomato and lettuce -definitely disproportionate to the sandwich and the bacon-mayo(GROSS!!!) The fries cheap frozen curly fries with NO salt.


Just plain bad bar food and VERY pricy-$35 for 1 adult 1 kid. Neither of us ate 1/2 our meals and the service was sketchy at best.


NOTE: The B3 challenge ONLY cost $20 if you FAIL + you get a T-shirt. IT would be worth it if the FOOD wasnt so damn BAD:(

It's our first day in Las Vegas for my best friend's 21st birthday. We spent a solid five hours walking down the Strip, mingling with the crowd, and popping inside the casinos/bars. While walking to the Sahara we both felt that untimely rumble in our stomachs. It was that rumble that happens when you're about to die of hunger. While walking through the casino we stumbled upon the Nascar Cafe and I immediately remembered it from Man V. Food. Adam Richmond attempted the B3 (Big Badass Burrito) Challenge. It's a six pound, twenty-four inch burrito. When we walked inside we passed the window display that proudly presents the challenge in all of its glory.

We told our server that we both wanted to attempt the challenge. We then told him that we knew we weren't going to finish so we didn't want to make a big deal about it. He then told us "We have to make a big deal." Awesome. We were then escorted over to the "Challenge area" where two tables we waiting for us (one had a Man V. Food cover displaying the challenge).

After about ten minutes of waiting and sweating bullets, out of nowhere we were blind sided. We heard over the loud speaker the voice of our server. Great. "Attention everyone! We have two men that are attempting the B3 Challenge. They have ninety minutes to finish a six pound, twenty-four inch burrito. It's made with four extra large tortillas, shredded beef, beans, rice, jalapenos, sour cream, guacamole, cheese, chives, olives, nacho cheese, and covered in an enchilada sauce." Whoa whoa whoa! My friend and I were then bombarded with all of the other diners gathering around us, taking tons of photos, and joking about how crazy we were. Then came the burritos. My god. They were ginormous. No, wait, ginormous doesn't do them justice (see photos).

The pitchers of water and seemingly minuscule forks were all we had to help us tackle these mammoth burritos. For the first seventeen minutes we ate continuously. After that we had the feeling that Adam Richmond describes as the "food wall". We couldn't take another bite. Now remember, we have ninety minutes to finish the entire thing. After these first few minutes we took about four or five bites before the time ran out. Even those bites were near impossible to swallow. The ninety minutes seemed to fly by though especially because people were constantly coming up to us and asking us about the burritos. Each and every one of them were in complete amazement in regards to the size and also at our sheer stupidity for even trying to complete the thing. We were also constantly bombarded with flashes from the tourists' cameras. We were almost like celebrities!

After the ninety minutes were up, we held our heads in shame while also holding in our puke. I don't mean to be graphic, but it's definitely justified. Our server came by and handed us our shameful T-shirts (The front says "Certified Weenie" and the back says "I was defeated by the B3 Burrito") and again, our picture was taken. This time it was different though. It wasn't a passing tourist or one of the many people cheering us on from the bar (thanks guys if you're reading this!). No, instead it was our server taking our Wall of Shame photo. Ugh.

The burrito itself was actually really good. Although the shredded beef and enchilada sauce were pretty salty. This review is slightly biased because now every time I think of the burrito I get sick to my stomach. The experience, the meeting of tons of random strangers, as well as the millions of laughs we had during the ninety minutes is definitely a 5/5 star rating. However, the burrito itself is only a 1/5 rating. The burrito was extremely tasty and a normal human-sized serving would probably have a higher rating. But as I said before, just the thought of the burrito brings back my shameful failure as well as the nauseating feeling I had for the rest of the day.

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me!

As Seen On TV. Have you ever been f***ed over by an informal that turned out to be a scam? Not me. Have you ever religiously vowed to try out Man Vs Food locations with out yelping them first? I have.. :(. Seriously!?! WTF was I thinking!!!! As a Yelp a Elite, I was questioning my status. I thought I should simply resign from Elite for what I did. Had I read one or two reviews. I could have save myself heartache and pain. **WARNING RANDOM RANT AHEAD!! Viewers discretion is advised.**

STUPID TV! There's a reason I Netflix, so I don't get sucked in to stupid shows and stupid commercials. I wanted to punch someone so bad more than I hate the Verizon "Can you hear me now guy" and the Stupid retarded I'm a Mac commercials with equally as stupid Apple consumers that religious follow the Steve Jobs cult. Adam Richman, men across the nation look at you for inspiration. You are not an Guy Fieri, Andrew Zimmerman, or Anthony Bourndain, but we trust that you are one of us and not caught up in mainstream BS! I have watched your show seeing all these wonderful places on the East Coast and in Texas. My quest for Man Vs Food starts on the West Coast. Los Angeles was a disappointment nothing spectacular like LA traffic, smog, and the Lakers going to lose this year's Finals (or not make it) =). Las Vegas my second home... How could you pick this place?

**Back to the Review**

When you first walk in to Nascar Cafe you will see a line. You will hear little murmurs like "Wow, I can't believe I'm here..... MvF" "blah blah B3 or Big Ass Burrito". Two things come to mind when you see this place... Is Nascar really a sport? King of the Hill just came to life! I was waiting for some to say Propane and Propane accessories, but someone did say my favorite Hank Hill line... "I tell you WHat". I felt very very very out of place. Arlington, Texas is alive! I'm surprised I was not mistake for Kan. Okay Okay. I'm being harsh in a joking way of course. I did not drink too much Hater-aid and no one was raciest towards me. I apologize for being a little bitter... but please read on.

After a 45 minute waiting with very very impatient people behind me, I was finally seated. Yeah! This is a long time to wait with only maybe 3 small parties in front of me. I did not see any burritos on the menu. What the deuce? I wanted a 1 lb size of the B3. (I found out later you can ask for it, thank you yelp) Instead I ordered a guacamole bacon burger. A Carl's Jr commercial was never more dead on! While eating a "fancy" 13 dollar burger I was wondering why I wasn't eating a 4 or 5 dollar Carl's Jr burger instead. Portions are big but even if I was drunk, I'd much rather hit up the cheaper local Denny's. The curl fries were slightly better than the burger. My friend ordered frozen buffalo wings. Okay, she didn't mean to get them frozen, but they came out almost that way. The chef did replace her half pound order of wings with a fresh HOT plate of 1 lb of wings. Nice up grade for an honest mistake. I tried the wings... Too bad I'm a wing specialist. The wings were hot on the outside, but still slightly under cooked on the inside. I didn't notice this until the wings became cold over time. Come on how hard are wings to make? 10-12 minutes in a fryer and add maybe 5 minutes more if frozen. My burger fell apart while I was eating it. Not in a good mouth watering way, but in a nasty way. If this ever happens to you, that means that the bread is older and the meat was not cooked correctly. I'm not sure how it was cooked... Maybe grilled, baked and boiled?....

The PROS... There's always a bright side. Despite the slow slow service. My server was actually nice and in a good mood :). I appreciate that. The employee was dragging his or her feet and clearing dishes like they were the bomb squad. I heard a customer say, "They should fire everyone and hire new people." Thank you to my server. I applaud you :). This place is seriously Nascar Heaven with millions of TV playing only Nascar (and one soccer game). Or the opposite of heaven if you aren't in to Nascar. I could only image what Top Gear has to say about Nascar and driving in circles.

I wish I never set foot inside of Sahara or Nascar Cafe again. If you are a guest of Sahara, I do think you should give this place try. Call me crazy, but the quality is kind of like cafeteria food. Its not great, but its decent enough that you could eat there. I think my review is a tad bias and if your food is cooked by a different chef than today I'm sure you will be fine. Thank goodness I didn't get sick. I'm writing this from my Wynn Suite and I know tomorrow is another day. Hot N Juicy and Hash House A Go Go are next. I think I saved the best for last.

*I accepted any hate mail this uncensored review might have caused. Just know.. please read this review with a light heart and know I was pissed and don't take me too seriously.*

I stopped here for dinner on 4/16 after riding Speed with fellow Yelpers. I had the Reuben sandwich. It came with curly fries. Service was top notch. Everyone was very pleasant, very competent, and they stopped by to see if I needed some more iced tea or anything else. Service was prompt!

The sandwich was quite good. The corned beef tasted good. If anything, it could have used a bit more sauerkraut.

I'm glad I took the time to try this place before it closes.

A BLT with 1lb of bacon...what else is there to say, I had the BLT and it was AMAZING!!!

I am not a fan of most of the toppings on the B3 Burrito so this was my eating challenge.

$11.99 might be a little high but it was well worth it. The Bacon was delicious, the sourdough was toasted to perfection and the slaw on the side was really good, plus come in it's 1lb of bacon on a BLT...who isn't going to love that???