Vegas has great gastropubs setting the bar high with innovative food, huge beer selections and cool ambiance. Public House is OK but fails to hit the stratospheric mark set by others.\n\nNote: This review is for the Midwest chain \"Public House \" at Luxor NOT the stand alone at the Venetian. \n\nTo the core of the gastropub, the beer. Weak selection with less than 20 on tap, 20 in bottles. Very few unique microbrews or craft beers. PBR and the werewolf killer reign supreme.\n\nThe food; aggressive flavors, lots of fatty, fried goodness, just lacking wow factor. The best sellers: \n\nSpicy braised short rib tacos. Spicy, flavorful, braised then shredded short ribs with siracha and greens served with a side of creamy guacamole and salsa. Delicious but very wet from excessive braising liquid in the taco.\n\nCheese steak spring roll (steak, chipotle peppers, jalapeno jack cheese all rolled up in a crispy spring roll skin and deep fried golden brown) gooey goodness but one dimensional even with the house made spicy ketchup.\n\nBuffalo shrimp (breaded, deep fried jumbo shrimp with a bleu cheese and buffalo hot sauce) definitely good eats. Over cooked and rubbery but somehow welcomed as pub grub. \n\nFilet mignon sliders. Nice. Thick cut pieces of medium well filet topped with deeply caramelized onions and bleu cheese in a sweet but somewhat dry Maui onion brioche. A-OK.\n\nA great place to catch a game. Fun and friendly service. Lots of promotions and a great happy hour. Foodies may want to look elsewhere for a great gastropub experience.
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