text: By far!! Big Al's is the best restaurant inside The Orleans Hotel & Casino.  After walking around the Casino looking for something to eat without heading to the strip, we walked pass Al's.  The menu looked interesting and inviting.\n\nOur waitress was very helpful and friendly, giving us several great suggestions on the menu, which we used wisely.  \n\nI started with a cup of some of the best Boston Clam Chowder I've had outside the New England area.  It was smooth and creamy with lots of lovely calms.  The flavors were very delightful, light, but filling.\n\nNext I partook the Soft-shell Crab Po Boy, Fresh French bread with two large lightly beer-battered crabs, cleaned and prepared perfectly.  I was pleasantly surprised at how fresh and sweet the crab tasted. Beautiful red tomato slices and crisp lettuce and a zesty Creole mayo spread.\n\nAlso ordered at the table was the Louisiana Crab Cakes with a Creole mustard sauce.  I had few of bites of these also. The cakes were fairly large and of good thickness.  There were lumps of sweet crabmeat, and not \"krab\".  The veggies were finely diced, as I prefer.  I hate biting into large chucks of veggies.  Great seasoning was used as well, spicy, but not too hot.\n\nI will definitely roll back over to Big Al's from The Strip the next time I'm in Vegas.  For the quality of the meal and the good prices, $12 for the Po Boy (2 large crabs) and another $12 for two good size crab cakes with real crab lump meat. I'll be a repeat customer.