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Johnny Smalls Could Make It Big At the Hard Rock

Where: 4455 Paradise Rd [map], 89169
May 20, 2010 at 12:13 PM | by | Comment (1)

A little while ago, we got an email from a reader telling us to look out for a new tapas restaurant at the Hard Rock, Johnny Smalls. Last night, we finally got to go to the opening shebang to taste a few of the dishes.

The verdict? All good. We got our hands on a lettuce cup (a shrimp inside a lettuce leaf with lots of salad and pomegranate seeds) which was lovely, if a little sweet, fried stringcheese crusted with jalapeno (also very good), deep fried green beans (nothing groundbreaking) and a pudding of a crusty baked peanut butter with jelly, which was bloody amazing.

The decor’s all very dark and sexy, with lots of room at the padded-paneled bar and somewhat surprisingly in our experience of the Hard Rock, the staff were very friendly.

What we loved most of all, though, is the "no hassle" (aka no dining caste system) approach they're taking. There are no reservations, there's no sequence of service, so you get each plate as soon as it's ready, regardless of whether the table next to you ordered first. We see that this could get annoying, but for now, we love it anyway.

We're pretty sure it will go down a storm at HRH, and from what we tried, we'd say it's solid - nothing exceptional, but you won't be disappointed. It's somewhere we definitely want to try out for real. Probably on a date (because it would be a good date place, not because we need a date or anything).

Although, of course, if you think there are already too many tapas places in Vegas, you should probably swing by on a Monday or Tuesday, when it’s closed.

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Nice one...

I liked your last line...funny. Keep up the good work Julia.

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