Lee D.
Yelp
Our 1st visit to Blvd Grill (hereafter BG) would have been about 14 months ago and frankly, we were disappointed. The restaurant layout is an open floor dining area, a gaming bar on the left side of the floor and another bar with less gaming stations on the right. We prefer sitting at the bar but don't gamble, so we choose the bar on the right side and non-gaming seats on this visit. We prefer bar seating as you usually get better service.
On our that visit we encountered a lady bartender that was, in our opinion, a little gruff and inattentive but we thought maybe she was having a bad day and let it go. We ordered a couple of drinks and noticed they had "thick cut onion rings" - one of our favorites. What we received was onion straws, like you see on casseroles. We thought maybe there was a mixup, so we questioned the bartender. She advised that was their version of onion rings. Stop the presses! These are not onion rings - these are greasy, breaded onion toppings that go on other dishes. We ate a couple of handfuls that would have horrified our Cardiologist and left the rest. The bartender didn't show any interest or concern as we finished our drinks and left, vowing never to come back.
Fast forward to Thanksgiving 2025. Even though we are close to a major travel destination, not many places in Henderson offered a Thanksgiving dinner. We decided to give BG another try and made reservations for dinner. They did not offer meals to go and so we knew we'd be dining inside. On our way to the restaurant, we encountered someone we knew and she advised BG had denied her entry because they were full and she didn't have a reservation. Not really our problem but we thought it was odd.
We entered BG and the dining room was about 1/2 full, the gaming bar had about 8 people and the right hand bar had 2 customers gaming. We told the hostess (very nice) that we would take a non-gaming seat at the right bar. She seated us and we reviewed the menu but had already decided on the Thanksgiving special.
When the bartender came back to the bar, the previous experience came rushing back to us as it was the same young lady as before. She asked if we wanted a drink and we ordered drinks. She brought the drinks but did not ask us anything about food and left the bar. After a few minutes, a gentleman sat down about 4 seats away and it was obvious most of the Staff knew him as they came over to speak. The bartender returned, walked past us and greeted the gentleman. As she was walking away, we stopped her and advised we'd like to order dinner. Again, there are only 5 of us at her bar. She seemed shocked but took our order and again, disappeared.
After a few minutes our Thanksgiving dinner was delivered by a runner and it looked delicious. However, there was no gravy on the stuffing or mashed potatoes. Don't get us wrong, the food was amazing but we needed gravy. We noticed the lone gentleman ordered the Thanksgiving dinner also and flagged down one of the other servers and asked for gravy. They went to the kitchen and came back with him a saucer of gravy. After waiting, the bartender came back, again went right by us and talked to the gentleman. As she started to walk by us without checking yet again, we stopped her and asked for gravy and a couple of glasses of water. She went to the POS terminal, entered something and brought us some water. She advised "The gravy will be coming out". No how is everything - is there anything you need - NOTHING!
After a few minutes, a young lady came out of the kitchen with a saucer of gravy and now, we can enjoy our dinner. We also noticed that the other servers stayed away from the bar area and didn't interact with our bartender. (Having worked in a restaurant before, we notice these things)
As we were just about finished, the bartender came back, blew by us and was talking to the gentleman. They discussed several other service personnel that we knew from other establishments. Then my wife overheard the bartender say "She had gotten so drunk the night before so she could just get over having to work Thanksgiving Day". Well, that certainly explained the non-existent service and I Could Care Less attitude.
At this point, we had finished our dinner and understood desert came with the meal. As the bartender walked by, we stopped her and asked about the desert. She seemed shocked and said "Yes, it is included - do you want it?" We ordered the pie and ate it as fast as we could thinking we need to getouta here. BUT WAIT.....
We stopped her again and asked for our bill. Imagine our surprise when we noticed she had charged us $1.00 for the saucer of gravy. (See pic of the bill)
And the food was excellent - that's the only reason we're giving 3 stars. But charging us for a saucer of gravy that frankly should have been on our plate to start with is an insult. (See pic of plate before we added the gravy)
Never coming back or recommending..