Dan Marino’s Fine Food & Spirits

UPDATE: Ok I went to this place with some out-​of-​state visitors of mine who were staying @ the Hooters. We arrived @ Hooters @12:05 and they closed @ 12. damn. Only other choice is Dan Marino’s aka The Mad Onion. Ok, sure I’ve been there before and saw tons of people order those wings so I’ll go with that. BAD DECISION!!!
if Hooters is closed, just go home and get a great breakfast somewhere else in the AM. The wings were the worst I’ve ever tasted. I thought Rum Runner was the worst wings but this place gave them a run for their $ and have been crowned worst wings ever. I wish I had taken a picture but imagine Wet Republic @ MGM … now imagine the water is grease. imagine the chairs floaties are wings and that the water is a cool 45 °F. coldest, greasiest wings ever. I realize the hour is late but you’re an open business. You should be used to patrons asking for different things on the menu. and beign this is y oru late night special — I’d figure this is something you’d prepare to order… for this to be fresh today not fresh yesterday.
I stomached literally 1.5 wings. 1^st b/​c i didnt know. 2^nd ½ just to make sure. even the french fries were inedible. My smart friend that ordered the egg and chicken fried steak plate had toast with her so since I really was trying to get he grease taste out of my mouth. I wouldnt go bk but instead head to a buffalo wild wings thats open ²⁴⁄₇.

NC

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but what people should know about this place is NO MORE 25 CENT CHICKEN WINGS.
That’s right.
Normally, that fact alone wouldn’t justify a 1-​star review. But everything else was just horrible. We came here expecting our beloved, delicious 25-​cent wings that we’ve been coming for for years, only to be told that this was discontinued 2 months ago. Now you can have 10 wings and fries for 8 dollars. Whatever, we’d come here all the way from the Venetian and we were hungry. The fact that there was no wait, like there usually is, should have tipped us off.
The restaurant was dirty and had sticky tables. I don’t know why I did, but I ordered the fried calamari, which came out burned-​looking and the calamari chewy, rubbery, and gross. I couldn’t even have my friends try them because I didn’t want to make more than one person ill. The waitress never asked why I hadn’t touched my plate, or offered anything else.
My friend also had the «worst chicken fingers she’d ever had,» consisting of mostly bread. There really wasn’t any saving grace to this place at all.
I felt bad for raving about this place and taking my friends here, and also for telling everyone else I knew about it. I loved this place and their amazing wing deals for years, and am sad that I can’t come back. Dan Marino would be ashamed, too.

Went here in the afternoon cuz we saw the Prime Rib special. The best part of lunch was cornbread the size of a cupcake. It was good enough that I ate my whole family’s too. The prime rib had about ¼ fat. It wasn’t as chewable and enjoyable as other prime rib. It wasn’t even worth the $ 9 that we paid for it.
The mashed potatoes were pretty good. They had the right amount of garlic, complimented the prime rib.
The service is another mystery in itself. There was 1 server for the whole restaurant. There were times that we had to ask the food runner for refills and condiments. We sat in a booth that was unique. It sunk like a bucket seat so my face was pretty close to the table top and getting out is a pain, but otherwise it’s a decent seat.
This place could really be much more if Hooters invested time and money into this place. Get some decent food and the advertisements will bring flocks of people.

JALAPENO muffin!!! Thank you Dan Marino’s for the 25 cent chicken wings. Great comfort food after a night out of dancing.
My friend and I didn’t eat at the prime hours of midnight-​6AM. Instead we both ordered the $ 9.95 prime rib. As good as it gets for the price that you pay for. The jalapeño muffin is what you’re trying to go for. It is not spicy AT ALL! so flavorful.
Service is not all that great there. I would bring a lot of patience for that.
Overall, good food, great price.

I almost feel bad reviewing this place, simply because I barely remember it. However, if I have a vague recollection of what I ate here after THAT much whiskey, it must be worth at least 4 stars. The wings were tasty (of course) and we also got some tasty onion rings.
And the bill was probably about a quarter of what we paid to eat anywhere else in Vegas. Which was a good thing because we pumped a BUNCH of money into the slot machines after… but I’ll save that for the review of the casino…

Dan Marino’s is the place to be for cheap, late-​night pigging out! Located inside the Hooter’s hotel, they offer a 25 cent wings deal from 12 am-​6 am. (
) Of course we had to swing by after clubbing… we had no excuse since it was on the way back to our hotel too.
We made the mistake of ordering way too many wings for 4 people but at least it was easy on the wallet! We ordered BBQ, spicy, and original wings… the food came out super quick so couldn’t complain about that! My favorite was the BBQ one since the thick sauce gave the wings some needed moisture and I loved the bold, smoky flavor! (
) The spicy ones weren’t that spicy for me but were more tangy than anything else… not bad though. (
) The original ones were way too greasy and swimming in a plate of oil… ew.
It’s an awesome deal but just be careful of overdoing it when ordering!

The cheap eat adventure continues onto 25cent Hooter Wings!!! The special is from midnight to 6am, which is perfect after a night of clubbing and gambling.
4 people. 60 wings. Muahahaha. We’re such fatties, but whatever. $ 15 baby! Got the original, barbeque and spicy. Dang, those spicy wings were hecka good! =D

To put it all out there, I was in Vegas for 5 days and I was hungry for meat… I mean, the sign that read «PRIME RIB DINNER $ 9.95» really was speaking my drunken-​Vegas language… i know, i know… i’m more of a Yellowtail @ Bellagio girl… but fuck, i’ve been drunk for 120 hours straight…
THE ORDER:
$ 9.95 PRIME RIB DINNER: 2 stars… Good overall VALUE, but the meat was not that good. The corn was waaaaaay over-​steamed. The garlic mashed was OKAY, but lacked creaminess, the jalapeño corn bread was tasty… but yah…
$ 9.95 CHICKEN AND RIB DINNER: 2.5 stars… again, GREAT VALUE… this was better than the P.R. because of the varity… actually a nice lil slab of ribs… but they were much too sweet for my liking… but juicy… i think they were boiled before grilled. Chx breast was juicy… but had the same bbq sauce as the ribs…
Side Salads with Balsamic and BleuCheese: 3 stars… really good for the quality I was expecting… the dressings were good.
Some wine, some beer…
THE SERVICE:
4.5 stars… REALLY GOOD!!! Very kind, warm, and knowledgable!
I Probably Won’t Go Back… but it wasnt HORRIBLE, just not that GOOD…
xo–
andrea

Everyone made such a big hype about these wings and how they are 25 cents but honestly the wait for this is ridiculous !!! I waited for an hour and the service to get the wings was soo horrible.
All I can say was I was really shocked about how bad the service was and how rude the waiters and staff for this place is ! I waited an extra half an hour just to get the check it was bad, bad, bad.
The wings I thought was going to make it up but the wings tasted soo oily and fattening I just couldn’t stomach eating 10 of them !! Maybe it was because I wasn’t drunk and I did have my taste buds but this place is not good if you are sober that’s for sure!

25¢ wings from midnight till 6 am!!!
I LIIIIIKE!
Ate here two nights in a row while I was in Vegas and yuppp, you read correctly, wings are only 25 cents each!

Another A-​OK place in the Hooters Casino and Hotel.
We ate here Saturday afternoon to charge our batteries before the night ahead. The friends had FREE ribs and 2 sides (read my Hooters Casino review for details), and I chose the NY Strip Steak with eggs and other fixins for $ 12.99.
The amount, not the taste, was the best part of my meal. An 8 ounce NY Strip medium rare, 3 fried eggs w/​toast and tomatoes, and fried potato skins. The food wasn’t bad mind you, but there was nothing about the steak or the eggs that would compel me to run out and tell the world. Just a 3 star experience.
For the late nighters in Vegas who want cheap eats, this is the place where you can get 25 cent wings daily from 12am-​6am.

$ 0.25 HOT WINGS. How can you go wrong with that? I love hot wings and I love cheap food so this was perfect.
This special goes on from 12am-​6am. And you have to order at least 10 wings.
You can choose from breaded or naked with mild, hot, bbq, or 911. Breaded is good but I think naked is much better. And I like spicy food so I get Hot. I don’t like 911 because the sauce was really powdery.
The only bad thing about this is that there is usually a 30 minute wait.

You know I didn’t even know they had Fine Food & Spirits here, I just knew they had– 25¢ WINGS!!! Unfortunately that’s not 25¢ for a bunch of wings, but 25¢ each… with a 10 wing minimum it made it difficult to say no to 20 ^_^
Ok I had to get their «9−1−1» wings first cause if it’s hot then I have to try and stomach that first before trying anything else. The sauce was more of a vinegary salsa that the wings were dipped in, albeit was really hot, it wasn’t very appetizing, but if you’re looking for hot, get 6 wings in and see how your mouth feels (inside and out!) and don’t rub your eyes.
The BBQ sauce was much better, sweet and savory. I also stole off my friends plate a couple of the «hot» wings and I think I’d prefer the wings plane with some ranch (which costs as much as 4 wings) to dip them in.
I mean for the price you can’t complain, $ 2.50 for a plate of wings isn’t bad. But you have to remember that it’s from midnight to 6AM, I only was able to take advantage of this because I had work till 11:30P…
And in the end I found out my friends had had an under the table bet to find out how many wings I could off… it was 28… I could have done 40.
Good service, auto 18% with over 6 peeps, all you can eat ribs also ($ 17.99)… and $ 5.50 for domestic beers…
Enjoy.

2.14.09: What do you say to 25¢ wings? The wait was about half hour. Everybody was there after the club. I was surprised that the wings was actually decent. We ordered half bbq and half regular. It was filling and the service was actually good for a busy place.
In the end I’m satisfied and that’s all that matters. I’m happy! =)

What exactly is going on here?
The boyfriend, some friends, and I went here on a friday night.
We waited about 20 minutes to get a pager, and waited another 30 minutes until the pager went off and were seated. Under that impression, we thought this place would be good.
We ordered mild, bbq, and «9−1−1» wings.
First the mild.
These are fried, greasy, chalky tasting, breaded wings, smothered in butter. No salt. No taste. Disgusting.
Second, the BBQ.
These were the same chalky, floury wings, barely touched with BBQ sauce. It doesn’t take a magician to toss a pan of fried wings in sauce yknow. they could’ve spent the extra 5 seconds tossing some more sauce so the wings were actually covered in it. Fail.
9−1−1
These brought tears to my friends eyes. The boyfriend, who can normally stomach anything hot, only ate 1. Our friend ate 3. They paid for it later in the bathroom. lol
The only thing about this place that was positive was our waitress. She was so attentive and friendly. She was right there when our sodas/​waters got low. And didn’t take long at all when we asked for the bill. She was very awesome, and received a very nice tip from us.
This place… is just… gross. Gross gross gross. Stay away!

Went there is morning (~1am) and the wait was very long (half the restaurant is closed due to less staff on duty). I tried the 25cent wings special, since the friend that picked the restaurant recommended it. I ordered the BBQ wings and I have to say that the stuff you buy at Costco is better, at least you can make it and eat it while it is hot. The wings I received were almost cold, and the wings were not all covered in the BBQ sauce.
Looking at their menu, I do see other items that may be worth trying out. But I would stay away from the Hooter’s wings. Our server was super busy, but he did do his best to check up on us and provide refills.

Went back this weekend, and still an AWESOME place to eat.
They don’t have different ribs, and they took out sweet potateo fries, BUT its still all good. =)
I ate way too much. =X I stack. I think that was still worth the $ 18 since my brother ate enough for 2 other friends. The place is more crowded and I guess at night they serve 25cent wings! So of course, this place isn’t as classy as when it first started but it is a causal place to eat. Enjoy! =)

I wholeheartedly agree with most of the three-​star reviews that have been given to this place. I don’t particularly care for the Miami Dolphins, and the only thing I truly know and love about Dan Marino is his infamous role on the first Ace Ventura movie. Other than that, three stars for the general experience.
Soooo… why five stars then? Great question!
After midnight wings are 25 cents a piece… and although you can’t be insane like me and want to order an odd number, like 7 or whatever, you cannot beat 20 big, crispy, buttery, hot, saucy wings (20 wings medium for brother, 20 hot wings for me) that withstood another day so we could snack on leftovers in our room over @ the Trop.
We got a side salad to *start* with which was a reasonable price, and had really delicious honey mustard dressing.
Although our servers weren’t in Hooters gear, trust me, that’s alright for here. The *décor* seems to indicate that DM’s is a more high-​caliber (if you will) establishment than the Hooters restaurant across the way, so it’s cool that the people working the floor are dressed as such. Lots of pretty plasma TVs playing sports stuff (okay, maybe just variations of the ESPN channels, but that’s ok with me – I sleep with ESPN on my tv) and my Heineken was only 5 bucks (I know — it’s free outside, ok, so I suck — but I needed it to wash down the wing goodness!).
Let’s get our math together here: 40 wings, salad, beer = around $ 20.
Minus 0.5 star for the effed up long ass wait… Well, the hostesses said 45 minutes to an hour and it actually turned out to be more like 20 minutes. So okay, put that 0.5 back up then! We spent the time at a fun blackjack table anyway…
Bottom line: quick and friendly service, cheap (and FRESH) wings, decent prices for most other food items (sorry everybody I guess this review is only for the wing special… but it’s still worth it if you luuuurve Hooters wings like I do!), and worth checking out! … Although prior to this, I did check out the Hooters Casino and Hotel reviews, and I think they are rather sad… which I DO understand… so I hope people come on over to check out DM’s!

Here’s an advice for late arrivals for hotels check-​in: Please make sure you eat before you arrive to Las Vegas if you know you are going to arrive after 11pm.
We just didn’t know that most restaurants or buffets would close at 10pm on a Friday night. It was a bummer for me as we scrambled to see if the Las Vegas’s ²⁴⁄₇ guide could bailed us out.
We were surprise to see that most places would closed by either 10pm or even earlier. Vegas never sleep my butt! We were down to either ESPN zone at New York New York hotel or Dan Marino’s at Hooters hotel. Both were within walking distance from our hotel.
How’s that for your first meal when you arrived in Vegas? Is it a sign of bad omen? All I know is… we should stop gambling if our luck was going to start out like that. We did lost a ton of chump change in Vegas because of a bad start like this.
We settled for the NFL Hall of Famer’s restaurant because of the all-​you-​can-​eat $ 16.99 Baby Back ribs special that was advertised. Alas, by the time we arrived to the place, the special was over as we came in slightly pass midnight.
Again, it was bumming us out. Our luck was flushed down the toilet before it even started.
The restaurant itself wasn’t that bad. The Hooters hotel looked a little shady and a bit run of the mill like an aging horse compares to the stallions look of the other new hotels. It had some very modern slick look and the place still look immaculate clean as though it had just opened.
However, with Dan the Man’s restaurant, it look more polish with a stride to look like a chic place as a date spot. As it is, the place was misplaced in Hooter’s hotel and should have been in Hard Rock hotel.
It’s also weird because I was expecting a frat house bar stop like a Mike Ditka or an old hand me down Italian place like Tommy Lasorda’s. I was a bit impressed on how the restaurant looked with their plushy booth seats. It was very comfortable and the table was not too squishy by being close to the seat. Most restaurants are small like that.
The menu was very limited by the time we got in. After mentioned, the baby back ribs special of AYCE was gone by midnight. I wound up grabbing their Bacon Cheeseburger with a side of fries.
The gourmet burger was huge with ½ pound worth of patties. It was nicely done. Too bad we missed out the regular dinner menu as I noticed on-​line where they do serve many variety of pasta, steaks, and seafood dishes.
The service was actually surprisingly attentive. Most nightly 24 hour owl shift tend to be here and there, but with this place stepping up, I was able to get an bottomless ice tea.
Better than what I was expecting for a 24 hour place. Limited menu is a major blow, but it still better than any hotel’s room service.
As for my companion’s request that all waitress dressed like a Hooter’s orange bottom outfit… I can’t see it. Dan the Man would never allow it. However if Tony Romo ever decide to open one… you know he’s hiring nothing but Blonde chicks!
Bet on it!
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Quality: ****
Décor: ****
Service:*****
Amenity: ***
Ambiance: ****