review- Gold Spike diner

did breakfast again. Still good solid diner food at very good price and great service. This place is too overlooked. The Spike is much cleaner and in much better shape and the clientele has improved. It's not a place for food snobs but if you, like me, is looking for good simple food at a good price. try this.

I've eaten there twice in the past year. It's alright, but nothing worth much notice in Las Vegas.

One quirk is that Siegel Group, which runs the Gold Spike and a number of other non-casino apartment buildings around town, has some sort of weird voucher program for its renters whereby they can eat some of their meals in the Gold Spike's diner. Maybe one meal a day. I don't get exactly how it works, but I always see lots of single guys (parolees?) eating there off a special, lower-quality menu, and paying with Siegel vouchers. Think grilled cheese sandwiches and bowls of chili rather than club sandwiches and strip steaks.

Just...weird.

So How was the food , aah just kidding. I have traveled around Vegas and have seen the properties you mentioned, they have a sign on the side of their buildings stating " Live here, Eat free " so I'm guessing the rent includes meals at the Gold Spike. They also have Billboards around town stating the same.

We ate there about six months ago. It's very much cleaned up since the old ownership, but the food is mediocre. The prime rib special was definitely subpar (well below Four Queens or Cal quality) and my wife's patty melt was pretty forgettable. You can do better for basic coffee shop/diner food downtown.