Scooter's Pub

I come to Scooter's to watch Las Vegas Wranglers home games. There's usually a good, energetic crowd, and they put the game on almost all the TVs, so you can watch it from anywhere in the bar. Otherwise, the location is far from my house, but that's fair for a one-location business in our giant city.

The food is good, but service can be slow if the place is really busy. The servers do a good job of trying to check on you, though. One of my friends swears by the potato skins. I've never had a bad meal there.

Part of the bar has a big screen projector, which is a nice touch for games. You can also play shuffleboard in the same room, so you feel like an athlete as well.

Ate here last night mostly because I got a <a href="/redir?url=http%3A%2F%2Frestaurant.com&s=c5fe485af4df376130bee54f875814d79c4d7913e1258123b1206d2bdbf4873b" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://restaurant.com</a> certificate. All would have been well and I probably would have looked past a little grundginess and given them 4stars just to be a nice guy. However there was a 16% surcharge added over and above the gratuity.
First, don't add a gratuity to my bill. I rarely give less than 20% because I was a waiter in college and I know how difficult it can be. So this waitress screwed herself over. Then there was this surcharge probably because I was using a gift certificate. The food was good, choices were plentiful and varied, but the surcharge has left a bad taste in my mouth.

First and most likely last time here. In Vegas on a business trip, staying at Holiday Inn. Saw the restaurant across from the hotel and decided to have dinner there since it was a walking distance. Walking in around 4:45, nobody there. Just one guy at the bar, 1 bartender-hostess-waitress and another guy in the diner section. Waited 5 minutes to be seated.. Ordered chips and salsa for appetizer... Had only two dips of it. The nastiest salsa I ever had! Pretty much canned chunky tomatoes mixed with chopped onions and greens. Guacamole - spicy as hell! It's NOT supposed to be spicy cook gurus! Then ordered one of the sandwiches... Dried bread, chewy bacon and tons of turkey. In other words I'm happy to have brought snacks with me to munch on them later. Even if I come back to the same hotel, I won't be eating here. Oh yeah and they don't take AMEX :) Just lovely.