Hash House A Go-Go at Imperial Palace: breakfast review

Some of the information in this review was taken from my March 2010 trip report.

We had changed our plans and let Hayley sleep in a little to try and have her start the day more rested, so we didn’t get started until 10:00 a.m. We made our way over to Imperial Palace to try out Hash House a Go-Go and were greeted with a looooong line. We asked about the wait and were told it would be at least an hour, so we started to walk away. My mom noticed that they have a separate line for Diamond and Platinum players, and walked back up to the hostess to ask about it. Wait time for Diamond and Platinum was 5-10 minutes. Okay…we’ll take it! It pays to ask - and it pays to have a mom who's more like a "whale" than a "guppy" when it comes to her gambling status.

Interesting restaurant, that. I didn’t know what to expect, but I wasn’t expecting the farm references accompanied by a motif that was more leather seats and aluminum-topped tables than hillbilly chic. The restaurant advertises itself as offering "twisted farm food", but I think they mean that they offer home style cooking in large portions.

I liked the atmosphere, though, and we all enjoyed the food immensely (in both size and satisfaction). They offer the biggest pancakes I’ve ever seen. I had their most popular specialty pancake: banana and brown sugar. It was basically a pancake cooked with sliced bananas and brown sugar in it so that everything caramelized together like Bananas Foster. Topped with maple syrup, it was really good, but I didn’t even eat half of it. Hayley and mom both had plain buttermilk pancakes, but mom didn’t realize the size of them and ordered hers with eggs and bacon. Needless to say we were stuffed when we left, and we wasted far more food than we could've ever managed to eat. Breakfast for the three of us with coffee and tea came to $38 plus tip, and I think it was well worth the price.

I would love to return again and sample their lunch and dinner menus, as well, but I would be just as happy to have another gigantic pancake or try one of their other breakfast options, like the much-touted "Griddled French Toast".

Hash House currently has two Las Vegas locations: one on the 2nd floor of the Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino, and one on Sahara Avenue. Here's a link to their website with the full menu, restaurant hours, photos of some of their more popular dishes, and a bit of information on the history of the restaurant chain: http://www.hashhouseagogo.com/vegas/.

On a scale of 1 to 10, I give Hash House A Go-Go a 9. I think they could do with more waitstaff to help take care of the customers more efficiently and keep the waiting line moving, but they do an admirable job of turning over tables based on what they're working with. I would suggest going to breakfast at an earlier hour if you don't want to stand in a very long line, but be aware that you can also enjoy seating at the bar if you are dining solo (or don't mind sitting at the bar with your companion).