$5 Dollar Cafe

[gmarquez1976]

Has anyone tempted the fates and been? I'll be in Vegas next month and after 30 yrs of going to Vegas Im thinking I might Yolo! LOL

 

[bnlphan]

If you mean at the Aztec Inn lol. I looked into it out of curiousity hoping to find a cheap eats hidden gem. menu had one breakfast entree at $5 and everything else was more in the line of strip prices. Think I'll pass.

 

[BlackJackLife]

Yep, eaten there before…

 

[AlPal]

Wow, 30 years! How many trips? I haven’t been to the Cafe you mentioned, nor do I really want to. Curious to hear about it though!

 

[Jejas]

Aztec Inn, the hiddennest (is there such a word?) hidden gem of Vegas. You must try it!

 

[Jimbucc]

It does exist on the menu.

 

[don1701]

For these prices walk over to the Strat and only risk to destroy your stomach by food, not by stabbing. And this is coming from a Longhorn lover

 

[huskermike]

I took a cab there one night to say I’d been. After pulling up I promptly reconsidered and had the cab drop me at El Cortez lol.

 

[Dale P]

Sketchy

 

[Cyclone]

I was planning on going to Aztec and the $5 Cafe when I'm in Vegas in a few weeks. Going during the day; no way I would try it at night. I will report back (if I survive).

 

[don1701]

Day or night doesn't make a difference there, as the safe havens Strat/Sahara are right across the street...it is the inside that is scary

 

[Cyclone]

Well, I survived, so here is my report. I walked over from the Strat around 4:30PM on Tuesday. It was moderately busy. There was a security guy in there (yellow shirt below). I played bartop VP for a bit and got a drink; won $20.

Then I went over to the $5 Cafe. It is table service, they take cash or debit card only ($1 surcharge for debit), and 1 check per table please, as the signs said. I decided to try some of their Thai food, so I got the Basil Chicken. I think it was $14, and I got a bottled water for $1 (Costco brand). The food was served on a cardboard plate, but it was good.

Then I walked back to Strat and went up the tower for happy hour and watched the sun set.

So, I would say Aztec did not seem scary during the day. YMMV

 

[deansrobinson]

We poked out noggins in there one evening when we walked down to the Strat (from NYNY & back). We were just so intrigued, we couldn't go past without going in. Unfortunately, our take was that this wasn't so much a "hidden gem" as a last-chance-saloon sort of venture. I don't find the $5 breakfast on a Styrofoam plate to be as surprising as the fact that the place is still in business in 2025.

 

[Dan_Tanna]

Looks like that cafe has a lot of fans.

 

[cheaps]

This place looks very ordinary and not dangerous at all.