Beach Cafe is one of dining venue at Tropicana Las Vegas next to Biscayne, Bacio and South Beach food court . We have written about Biscayne on our previous blog and explained how disappointing it was. So, we were rather reluctant to try Beach Cafe. As if we had rather bad experience at supposedly the high end restaurant, what the chance we have in a cafe? But too hot to venture out and we thought it would not do us any harm to try we found ourselves at Beach Cafe.
Beach Cafe offers quite a selection of food, mostly snacks. From soup, quesadilla, sandwiches, burger to asian bites. We tried to keep or orders simple by choosing fried calamari, lobster mac and cheese pops to start with and followed by fish and chips and 8 oz NY steak. Easy.
Calamari and lobster mac and cheese arrived first. They were served nice and hot, but tasteless. The calamari were tender and the crispy coatings were crispy but they did not taste of calamari, very bland. The lobster mac and cheese were more or less the same. We hardly tasted any lobster, to be honest, just a taste of cheese. The cheese dip helped to bring out some flavour, but no sign of lobster though.
Before we had the chance to finish the starters, our main courses have arrived and just literally pushed in next to our starter plates. Strange service etiquette, we thought. Luckily, we had a table for four just for two of us, so we managed to squeeze in both starter and main course that we had no choice but to enjoy it almost simultaneously.
As we have suspected, the fish and chips were not made of fresh fish just like the calamari. The batter was not seasoned well and quite soggy. The steak was not too bad though, had it taken off the heat a few minutes earlier it would not have been too dry. We were not quite sure about the mushroom sauce it has a hint of mushroom and a hint of red wine but lacking of seasonings. The mashed potato was average it appeared to be fluffy and creamy but it was just fluffy and not creamy. The asparagus was pretty good, we thought it must be the only fresh ingredient served throughout our meal as we noticed the asparagus actually tasted of asparagus.
We did not bother with the dessert this time, as we could just imagine how it will turn out, so we picked up a couple of chunks of brownies from Starbucks to take back to our room.
For what it was served, although the prices on the menu at Beach Cafe are not that expensive, but considering it's quality and service, we did not think we got the value for our money. But then that's what is available in the resort. Unfortunately, to get better quality of food, you would better off venture out to next door hotel such as MGM Grand or Aria.
Beach Cafe at The New Tropicana Las Vegas
3801 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas - NV 89019
Phone: +1 800 462 8767
Website: http://www.troplv.com/EatDrinkSubPage.aspx?page=BeachCafe
Opening hours: Open 24 hours
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