Mr. Lucky’s 24/7
Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie Shake
Breakfast Bloody Mary – Served Spicy with Shrimp, Deviled Egg, Bacon + Sausage + Cheese Waffle Slider, Beef Jerky, Celery, Pickle
Donut Hole Donuts – Cinnamon, Sugar, Nutella
Butterscotch Pecan Pancake Shortstack – Vanilla Butter, Maple Syrup
Home Skillet – Two Sunny Side Eggs, Ham, Sausage, Bacon, Bell Pepper, Onion, Mushroom, Tomato, Fried Potatoes, Melted Cheddar, Sour Cream with Whole Wheat Toast
Cornflake Crusted French Toast – Vanilla Butter, Strawberries, Mascarpone, Maple Syrup
Breakfast Quesadilla – Scrambled Eggs, Aged Cheddar, Pork Sausage, Flour Tortilla, Pico de Gallo, Guacamole, Sour Cream
Barnyard Burger – Double Stacked 8oz. Beef and Turkey Patties, Brown Sugar Bacon, Hollandaise, American Cheese and Arugula on a Pretzel Bun with Fries
Red Velvet Cake – Caramelized Pineapple, Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
Sticky Toffee Pudding – Praline Tuille, Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
Skillet Peach Cobbler – Streusel, Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
Originally visited in December of 2013, an early morning watching late-night revelers return to their rooms offered by a location overlooking the gaming floor at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Mr. Lucky’s has consistently remained one of the best 24/7 bets for a good meal amongst the Resort based options, a recent look showing plenty of clever innovation in a comfortable setting decorated in the way only the Hard Rock can.
Featuring a collection of Comfort Foods concocted by Hard Rock Executive Chef Marcus O’Brien, and manned by a dedicated team from front of house to the kitchen crew, Mr. Lucky’s 24/7 sits Casino-center in a sprawling space that features punk-rockers like The Ramones and Circle Jerks set beneath a soundtrack ranging from Funk to Classic Rock, the menu taking a similarly aggressive yet all-encompassing approach.
Focused largely on the All-Day Breakfast section, a few half-portions requested in order to sample widely without wasting food, the meal got started with a glass of ice water alongside two items certainly not undersized in their proper format, the daily “Pie Shake” seeing a fresh slice of Peanut Butter and Chocolate pureed into a Vanilla Ice Cream base with crust as the garnish – an even more eye-popping embellishment offered by way of The Hard Rock Bloody Mary with a hefty bit of spice tucked beneath a top-heavy skewer complete with Shrimp, Deviled Eggs and a Waffle Slider plus several types of Meat.
Told that the recently reformulated Sweet Cream Pancakes would now be featured with traditional toppings as well as a “Pancake of the Week,” suffice it to say that at $11.99 for a Full-stack the fluffy Flapjacks offer a significant deal for those looking to share, even the two-cake Shortstack large enough that most will not put a dent in it despite the current offering of Butterscotch Chips and toasted Pecans being especially delicious even without butter or additional accoutrements.
Continuing the sweet theme with a fryer-basket of airy Cinnamon-Sugar Donut Holes and a sidecar of Nutella, savories from Mr. Lucky’s Breakfast are highlighted by the kitchen sink-style Home Skillet with an assortment of Meats and Vegetables layered amidst skillet Potatoes beneath two Eggs and Melted Cheddar, the Breakfast Quesadilla offering a similar concept well-suited for those wishing to eat something lighter.
Still offering the same delicious French Toast as 32 months prior, a true case of “if it ain’t broke, why fix it?” with Mascarpone and Strawberries atop Brioche made crunchy by way of Cornflakes, a taste of one of Mr. Lucky’s Specialty Burgers showed a good sear on both Beef and Turkey Patties beneath Bacon, Cheese and Hollandaise, the Pretzel bun standing up admirably to the heft of ingredients, though those looking to not make a mess may still wish to indulge with a fork and knife anyways.
Extending the comfort food concept to desserts, American favorites like Cheesecake and Banana Splits joined by several more plus the aforementioned Shakes and Pies, suffice it to say that Mr. Lucky’s does not scale back when it comes to the sweeter part of the morning, afternoon or evening – the wedge of Red Velvet separating dense layers by ribbons of Cream Cheese Frosting while both the steamy Sticky Toffee Pudding and reference standard Cobbler are even stronger offerings with the former not dissimilar to a Bacon-spiked version at 35 Steaks + Martinis and the later perhaps trumping Yardbird for tops in Sin City.
FOUR STARS: Not fine dining by any stretch, but going the extra mile to be better than it has to be, Mr. Lucky’s 24/7 again proves the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino to be an underappreciated property in terms of its dining options, and almost universally a bargain compared to similar Strip-based entities.
RECOMMENDED: Sweet Cream Pancakes, Barnyard Burger, Cornflake Crusted French Toast, Skillet Peach Cobbler.
AVOID: Acknowledging food costs, the Syrup is unfortunately not 100% Maple. Additionally, in the face of the Home Skillet the Breakfast Quesadillas fall a little flat.
TIP: A menu update is upcoming with several new savories as well as boozed-up shakes. Several daily deals are also offered via the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino website, $2 Pie Shakes on Thursday just one of the bargains to be had.
WHAT THE STARS MEAN: 5 World Class, 4 Excellent, 3 Good, 2 Fair, 1 Poor.
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