Located in Montbleu casino in South Lake Tahoe.
I ordered the garbage burger which is basically a burger with cheese, corned beef, fries, onion rings, pickle, veggies, etc. all stuffed onto a bun. Â I was extremely hungry and decided to give it a try. Â I could not finish the last few bites of meat, but was satisfied with the damage I had done. Â For a place in South Lake Tahoe, this place wasn't bad. Â I was able to escape with a bill of $17, and I've definitely paid that much or more at a buffet in South Lake Tahoe and left dissatisfied.
Located in the Montbleu casino of South Lake Tahoe you'd expect some decent food to attract players. You'd be wrong.
Got suckered in for the $9.95 8oz Prime Rib dinner and the results were disappointing to say the least.
French Onion soup was over seasoned and tasted more of the over abundance of pepper they added than actual onion soup.
Mashed potatoes tasted like someone burned them while cooking or were smoking over the bowl and every bite was accompanied by the taste of ash which made them pretty wretched to suffer through. A fellow diner had the baked potato and they managed to find the most perfect blend between 'old' and 'undercooked' that I've ever seen. The spud was hard as a rock and stone cold in the middle which didn't help matters much since the butter and sour cream they offered were still frozen solid in the containers they provided them in. I expect a baked potato to be fluffy and warm so you can melt butter or other toppings and enjoy. I don't expect it to be hard enough you have to force a fork in and saw through with a steak knife with greater difficulty than the steak!
Speaking of the Prime Rib, it was disappointing to say the least. 8oz isn't much, but for such a thin cut they still managed to cook it wrong and forgot to season. I assume the meat is old and unseasoned because a medium done prime rib was dripping blood, deep red in the middle (and it's only 1cm thick!), and had a rubbery and tasteless feel. No amount of horse radish could add flavor to the poorly done piece of meat.
When these problems were mentioned to the server they smiled and laughed like we didn't know what we were talking about and claimed everything was intentionally that way.
AVOID AT ALL COSTS! Or at least get yourself drunk enough that you don't care about the quality and only want a feed bag of crap before hitting craps.
This review is only for their dollar holler tacos and margaritas!
Came to Tahoe for a friends wedding... BF and I just got here and were a bit hungry, but didnt want to stuff ourselves before dinner.... then... "ohhh snaps!! dollar tacos and margaritas?!!?!"
got our players card and came here.
We were seated immediately. Our server was nice, lol. We ordered 2 tacos and 1 margarita each. He was like are u sure that's enough. since happy hour is going to be over soon... We considred... and insisted 2 was enough...
the food arrives. Mediocre tacos and margaritas had a nice kick of cheap tequila...definitely nothing special but for a dollar. i wont even complain. demolished the food in less than 3 minutes....flagged our waiter down and said fine....... lol. i ordered 1 more and bf ordered 2. Â and a couple more margaritas for us
we were satisfied.
Definitely a good spot to eat if you can catch their specials! they have other ones during the week as well!
wooooot!!! ill drop by if im ever in town again =]
Not sure why, when I tried searching for this review, it didn't show up, but damn wish it had! Â 4 adults 2 kids and the only thing anyone said was ok was the kids spaghetti! Â Won't be coming back here again. Â Service was super slow with us being the only ones in the restaurant too.
Review Source:This is perhaps the worst restaurant I have ever been to, I dare to say !
Arrived here for a late lunch and was immediately seated.
We got our drinks about 5 minutes after being seated.
However, we weren't greeted by our waitress til a good 15 - 20 minutes after.
Our food arrived not long after....only to be at room temperature clam chowder! The boys didn't complain about their soups so we let that one go. We ordered two big bowls of wonton soup. When it finally arrived, my friend and jumped right at it. My first bite was awful but I couldn't figure out what it was. After a few spoonful, I realized I was drinking grease. I took a clear look at my soup and there was at least a centimeter of grease on the top layer. My friend and I were in disbelief ! It doesn't take a genius to heat up some chicken broth and throw in a few pre-made wontons. However, the chef at Cafe Del Soul totally butchered the recipe. Sure - the counter argument could be that you dont order oriental dishes at American Cafes. But in the reality of things, how can a restaurant put a dish on the menu if its inedible? Anyway - we refrained from complaining because we overheard the waitress telling another table how they worked 12 hours the previous day til closing time and had to come in the very next morning. We were sympathetic of the staff's situation but I could not give any compassion for the terrible food.
When the waitress finally served us the bill, I felt the urge to tell her about the wonton soup regardless of how over work the staff is. Its just unacceptable to put out a bowl of soup thats $12 but completely inedible.
The waitress agreed that just by looking at the bowl, it looked like grease was the soup base. She was very apologetic and took both soups off the bill. We left her a very good tip. Service wise , I think she tried. But food wise - the chef's gotta go.... cold chowder.... greasy wonton soup.
On vacation at Tahoe with the family, I don't expect to eat NOTHING that's home brought. So I'm only here with my mom & I Got the Eggs for All seasons.. And it's nothing special, regular eggs with bacon, hash brown, and toasts.
I remember a Couple years ago, I came here.. it was awful !!
It seems like I give this restaurant a chance every year I come here. Â Whether the name of the restaurant is Cafe Del Soul or whatever back in the day when Montbleu first opened its doors after taking over Caesars Tahoe. Â It still hasn't achieved any sense of decency in terms of their food, their structure, and their customer service.
Firstly, it takes forever to get seated at this place. Â Fifteen minutes to wait for a table before you can be seated...no problem. Â "Just take a buzzer to let you know when the table opens up, sir." Â I can do that. Â Wait! Â Your table is open and so are three other tables. Why am I waiting? Â For God's sakes...why can't you just seat us! Â That's what happens when your hostess(es)/cashiers are barely out of high school and their is no sign of a competent restaurant manager around. Â Where is the man, so to speak, in this place anyway. Â Restaurant managers seem like ghost in this place - I've never seen one, have you? Â Three servers, two bussers from what I saw...shorthanded? Â Nah. Â The place is too small. Â Any good waiter can handle the place with two bussers (one maybe acting as a food runner). Â Poor training on whoever the managers are...I think.
Secondly, the food here is just OK. Â Their wings are OK. Â Their Wonton soup is lacking flavor, and their 16oz steak is just too thick, too tough, and too fibrous to stomach. Â After every chew of the steak it seems like a struggle with fat, muscle tissue, or grizzle. Â Have a good toothpick with you if you order the steak.
One of the waitresses at the restaurant is pretty good though. Â She looks and talks like she comes from Europe or somewhere and always has a pleasant attitude. Â It's hard to commend her fully though since the level of competition amongst the other servers are nil to none. Â A big plus is that she doesn't take as long as the others to grab your check. Â Not to say she's any good at closing a table fast but she's the best server that I've experience so far since the inception of this restaurant. Â
Do yourself a favor...don't eat at any of the casino eateries...they aren't that great. Â Drive a little; find something; thank me later. Â And, BTW...if you think the food here is good, then you've never eaten really good food.
I came to this place on accident! I signed up for a players card and Cafe Del Soul was one of the Perks..It included $0.99 tacos and margaritas which was a super good deal to me! The Pork tacos were my favorite thing on the menu. I tried all the other meats, but nothing compared to the pork ones and the tortillas were so crisp just like a legit taco spot at a good Mexican restaurant. The Staff was nice and everything seemed good. That's why I don't get the other reviews. I highly recommend this place!
Review Source:Cheap tacos, expensive drinks, friendly staff, and downright mean video poker. The best thing to happen to South Lake since gambling and snow. Where else can you get $0.99 tacos and margaritas in Tahoe?
It's quite refreshing to find a place serving inexpensive food a midst all of the resort priced fare. Lose your butt at the casino and then eat and drink your troubles away with tacos and 'ritas.
I am giving three stars for this place based on their one-pound NY steak dinner for $9.99 Sunday - Thursday. Â Cooked to perfection and came with a small scoop of very yummy garlic mashed potatoes and mixed veggies and assorted rolls. Â All the food was good for this dish and so impressed that the meat was cooked exactly medium rare and for my sister rare. Â
My hubby on the other hand got the fish and chips for a whopping $13.99 and it was three small pieces of fried fish and mediocre french fries... not very good and not worth the price.
The service was OK but not wonderful. Â Our waitress had a slight attitude and not very attentive but we were a group of four and casual and in no hurry luckily.
I would come back for this awesome piece of meat!
Sometimes humans need to push their food boundaries. No, I'm not talking about venturing out and eating something strange. I'm talking about quantity. Filling your stomach to the brim and then keep eating. Tell your body who's boss - if only for a few minutes until you render yourself a sweaty, food comatose mess.
$12.99 garbage burger: over 2.5lbs on your plate. Sandwiched between two potato buns are are two sets of beef patties, swiss cheese, bacon, corned beef, pastrami, cole slaw, french fries, shredded lettuce, sliced tomato, fried eggs, chipotle remoulade, onion rings and a pickle spear. The sign for the garbage burger (yes, that is its real name) says "Good Luck!". Luck is not needed when a stubborn German and a big Russian decide they are going to star on the next "Man vs. Food" TV episode.
We each order one of these giant monsters, paired with a pitcher of Blue Moon. Our waitress asks "Are you sure you want two?" and we nod in full determination. A day on the slopes has left us feeling invincible. When the monsters arrive everyone around us stares. We give interviews before trying to figure out how to take the first bite. My boyfriend decides to go messy mode and unhinges his jaw to dive in with his teeth. I settle for the knife and fork - that way I can assemble the perfect bite with a little bit of everything. Our waitress comes back: "How is it?" - "Great". "Really?", she asks, doubting that this mess of a food mountain could satisfy anyone's palate.
Best garbage I've ever eaten! Thick-cut bacon, juicy beef patties, flavorful pastrami and corned beef, crispy onion rings, amazing chipotle sauce, melted cheesy goodness - everything came together to form the perfect burger.
We both conquered it! Pain ensued. Nervous laughter and sweaty foreheads followed. Nothing a 30-minute walk around the stinky casino can't cure.
I came for the $8.95 prime rib and the .99 cent margaritas. Â But in order for me to get these special prices, I had to become a member of there rewards program. Â No doubt a way for them to send advertisements to me later on in life. Â
The food was OK, my prime rib was pretty good, not a bad cut for the price. Â The veg's were way too salty, but the garlic mashed potato's were very good. Â My 4 margaritas were OK.. They were very lite and really only worth .99 cents.
But again, this is a casino special, and was not a bad deal for the price. Â I think everyone has to try the casino special at least once. Â I got mine out of the way.
My wife and I have eaten here 5-7 times or so this year when we've stayed in the Mont Bleu Casino. The food and service is good. Not quite five stars but worth the stop, especially if you're staying in the casino.
Breakfast is especially good for the reasonable price.
Another plus is the 99 cent taco special for "Happy Hour" served daily before 6pm. Â The tacos are very tasty though the cost can add up because you can't have just one.
Decent food!
Your far enough away from the casino to not feel like your there which is nice.
They brought us some beers on accident and told us it was on the house-that was neat!
Vegetarian options.
Cons: wide entrance open to a good amount of cigarette smoke.
Some what generic, a notch above Denny's
So I am writing this after my review of the MontBleu Resort Casino & Spa.
Was up here for the 30STM concert earlier this month with friends. I actually just went along for company, I didn't go to the actual concert. After the concert we went to eat and this is the place we went to because it was the closest. Instead, we should have just walked across the street to the Hard Rock Cafe. OTL
We were seated almost right away, the hostess did greet us so that's a plus. But it took forever to get served! We were there BEFORE 11 (I looked at the clock) and they served us the "late night menu" which they didn't indicate (or that we saw) on the menu they have in the front. They need to INFORM customers that starting at 11PM they change the menu's.
So we sat down for a good long while, by the time the waitress got to us it was about 11:15 or so and I didn't want to order but I did... a salad. I really wanted their other stuff but we didn't get to have it because the hostess gave us the other menu, not the full menu when we clearly got there BEFORE 11PM (regardless if it was about 5min or less, it was still BEFORE 11).
My friend ordered the nachos and the cheese was luke warm and everything was soggy under it all so you can tell it was sitting there for a while waiting for the other food to come. I ordered a side salad because they had nothing on that menu. My other friend got the fried calamari, it was alright, but I only have one. She said that the breading was coming off or it was not cooked all the way, but either way she didn't take to it much because she didn't finish it. The other girl got breakfast and you really can't screw that up, so eh.
When I saw the other table have potato skins, wings, etc. I was like "WTF?" and asked the waitress and she can totally tell I was irritated. She actually came back to our table about 3 times (maybe twice) to explain why they were able to get that menu. I had the "eh whatever just stop explaining already" look as she tried to explain.
I didn't mean to be such a down to my friends when we ate, but I was really hungry and I obviously didn't eat what I wanted.
Would I ever come back here? ONLY if it was the last place in the area that was serving food...
This is definitely not a place for a quick bit.
I was up here 7/30 and came here with a few(6) of my friends for a quick lunch. As we got there it took a long time for the host to seat us( there were plenty of seats open). So we asked if we could just seat ourselves and they were alright with that ...Our host only gave us 3 menus (hmm hello we have 6 people here)...Sharing our menus for 30 minutes and still have not met our server really raised a red flag. So we decided to just leave...and we did...I will not come back here
I was craving for some food, since our meal at Cabo Wabo was crappy.
I ordered the Seafood Noodle Soup. Yum!!! Shrimp, imitation crab meat, with noodles... almost like Pho :9
Our waiter was very nice and quick to refill our drinks. Food came out quickly. Overall the experience was good. I will definitely keep Cafe Del Soul in mind the next trip to Tahoe.
After some running around to the different bar areas in order to watch the Raider game with our group of 8, we settled down at the front of this place. The first bartender was awesome. He got the game on, sound up and started the $6 pitchers of PBR flowin. We ordered some apps to munch on and they all tasted better than the norm for Tahoe casino food.
Only downside was when he went on break and was briefly replaced by a server. I ordered another pitcher of PBR which she said had popped and didn't know how to change it. Not a big deal at all and she even offered me the Coor's Lite, which is normally $8 a pitcher for the PBR price. Awesome! Then that keg blew too. Again, out of her hands. My third option of regular Coor's was available and so I proceeded with my order. To my distaste, at the principal only not the actuality of what was happening, she took the half pitcher of Coor's Lite and combined it with regular Coor's to top it off. Did it taste bad...no. Is that how you should handle the situation...no.
Kept it from being a 5 star experience.
Based purely on the pancake/eggs/ order we had:
For $4.99, surprisingly good pancakes, eggs, hash browns, bacon and sausage. I wasnt expecting much, but I guess I've been having those Denny's Grand Slams for too long. The pancakes here are fluffy and really good. And $4.99 beats MCDonalds Breakfast menu as well...
This Grill is located in the Montbleu and it's a fairly typical looking place to eat. Â Think diner with a bit of latin theme. Â So not awful just nothing to wow about.
The service was fair and the waitress was quite nice. Â But the tables that morning of other patrons were not cleared for a long time and the food just took forever to come out. Â If I had not been in a patient mood I would have been a little more peeved.
The food was more than mediocore. Â I got an eggs benedict for 9.95. Â The muffin was soggy, the egg just wasn't right but the ham was tasty. Â The potatos were a bit mushy thought but lucky had a bit of onion to help at some kind of taste, Â It just wasn't very good but then again, I ate it. Â I was hungry. Â Surely I would not come back though.
been here twice now. I initially put 4 stars, but i'm feeling friskey right now.
the fish tacos (blackened) are probably the healthiest thing on the menu. I felt good after eating them but then had to indulge into the churros. and I don't regret it one bit.
churros churros churros.
with caramel.
CARAMEL!
they are the most delicious churros you will ever have.
for dinner, I'd highly recommend the chimichanga, but only if you don't have any prior heart conditions.
Most amazing churro hands down. Slightly crunchy and sweet outer layer surronded by a soft heartwarming and moist inner layer. Kinda metaphoric for a sweet little guy I know named 'bone d'....hehe ;)
but they are really really good. They used to be free! 2 stars off for the tease and the excuse that the economy is bad. comeon, everyone knows that churros are completely inelastic goods. This is probably the only value i've recieved from my economics degree to date, thanks ASU.
the food was good, my friend vomited, but it may have had something to do w/ the heavy drinking/heavy loss of financial cash involved. I'd eat here again.
Great chips & salsa.
Nice U-shaped booth seats. Â
When I eat Mexican, I expect cheap prices and large portions. Â DS is pricey and the portions are small. Â
When I make my stop here I just get the JUMBO fruit margaritas, you can choose two types of fruit and they are only $7.50 a pop. Â Delicious, antioxidant rich and heavy on the tequila!
I think it's funny that the first person to review this commented on what I thought was weird also - why is my server baring her midriff in a Mexican restaurant? Â I'm confused. Â I know it's a casino - but it's the "nicest" casino in Tahoe and you can't afford to give the servers actual shirts? Â
I didn't eat. Â I'm a Mexican food snob. Â However, the chips and salsa were good. Â The "musicians" that Montbleu has playing every night in the place are the worst kind of bad cover band. Â I think they have the casio keyboard that I got for Christmas when I was 8.
I am going to have to agree with Art S. Â I was at that table with him and experienced what I call "North Dakota Mexican Food." Â That type of cuisine might fly north of the mason dixon line but where i come from, we actually demand some sort of quality out of our mexican food. Â
The tableside guacamole was no better than that canned stuff at Safeway. Â I had the carne asada and it was decent. Â Our friend "T" said that the chimi tasted like fish, even though there wasn't any fish in it. Â
And man, the outfits the staff wears, what are they trying to do? Â Scare me into accepting the crap food? Â
The service was ok. Â There are WAY too many good places to eat in tahoe so avoid this place. Â
Don't eat dinner, work the buzz, be extra hungry for breakfast, gorge yourself at the Red Hut!
Del Soul is a Mexican restaurant located inside of Montbleu Casino & Resort.
DISASTER WARNING!! Â Wow...This place was bad. Â From the "Borat" inspired server's outfits to the just plain bad Mexican food! Â The male servers were wearing orange outfits! Â Can anyone say "county lockup"! Â There's a reason guys in jail wear orange jumpsuits. Â It gets worse...the female servers showcase belly shirts and short skirts! Â And a couple of these woman look to have been hitting the re-fried beans there a little too hard! Â NOT Â A PRETTY SIGHT. Â Unfortunately, even worse was the food and outrageous prices. Â $16.50 for four carne asada tacos! Â $16.50 for four tacos WITHOUT rice and beans....just tacos!! Â And to add insult to wallet injury was the fact that the tacos weren't very good. Â I could go on and on since there were 8 people at our table but I don't want to bore you with bad Mexican food stories. Â Bottom line, sub par Mexican food at outrageous prices. Â Avoid at all cost. Â No pun intended.
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