I went to the original Hofbrauhaus in Europe and thought it was a giant tourist trap...well it's even more of a tourist trap here! \n\nLet's play the adjective game:\noom-pah filled\nkitschy\nsuper-loud\nbrown creamy sauce-y (Have to make it an adjective)\nWTF...what's going on with those spankings? (not an adjective)\n\nOk, so I'm experiencing a classic Vegas moment of cognitive dissonance...something I know (and don't quite love) from Europe has been transported via the Starship Enterprise to be adjacent to my hotel in Vegas. I can see how this place could be fun, but really? Is there where you come in Vegas? \n\nThe Food:\nFood is standard German fare, and it was acceptable but nothing special. Sausages, spaetlzle, sauerkraut, big cuts of meat in brown creamy sauce. It's served promptly and without any circumstance.\n\nThe Beer:\nWell, they have the basic Hofbrauhaus beers: light, dark, a few seasonals. Prices top actual Oktoberfest prices by quite a bit...they even make Canada and NYC seem cheap. The Germans are not imaginative with their beer styles, but what they do, they do well.\n\nThe Atmosphere:\nLoud! It's this strange super-new looking version of what is a very old establishment in Germany. They have an oom-pah band going which they seem to have imported, however, they're quite hard to make out because the sound system is poor. The crowd is a little bit rowdy. You even see some real Germans there, well, because they like to eat German food when they travel.\n\nThe Weird:\nWhack! Is that middle-aged, fat business man being spanked by the waitress? WTF? They have this uber-strange practice here, in which a busty \"shot girl\" comes over, sells you a shot, and gives you a very loud whack with a wooden paddle. This is apparently their Las Vegas twist on the Hofbrauhaus...super strange! This is not a German tradition, in any way, shape, or form. It was kind of creepy seeing groups of drunken middle-aged men bending over to get spanked in public. They even sell T-Shirts that announce \"I've been spanked at the Hofbrauhaus\"\n\nOk, so I can see how this is something you might enjoy, but I, for one, can certainly skip it.
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