Delta Saloon

My first time to Virginia City and we came in starving. I ordered the Cowboy nachos with Pulled Pork. Came with standard nacho cheese, bag chips, YUMMY PULLED PORK, green onions, olives, and tomatoes. There was a layer of refried beans on the bottom of the plate that I didn’t get to — which I’m not disappointed because they were cold and looked a litter gross.
My step mom order the fries w/​pulled pork. Almost the same thing as my nachos except hers didn’t have olives and came out piping hot. The pulled pork also had a layer of bbq sauce drizzled on the top that mine did not have.
My dad ordered a burger — that’s exactly what he got. A plain jane burger. It was really depressing.
While we waited 30 minutes for food — we had (3) of the suicide blood marys. These were really good — they practically had a salad of pickled vegetables. Wasn’t too spicy — but it was good.
The saloon was a huge open space with tables and a few sites like the suicide table and some old historical artifacts from the 1800’s. The $ 100,000 is tucked into the corner too.
Seemed like the hostess was bartender and also the buser. The server was very nice and very pregnant — she had to walk our plates up and down 2 flights of stairs which looks difficult. They had some other servers come down stairs eventually, but didn’t seem to speed anything up.
I know my parents tipped the bartender/​hostess/​buser in addition to the server because she seemed like she was the only one working.
Food was decent. Ambiance is boring. Service wasn’t the best — but hey they are short staffed.

The servers are friendly but a little lost. The bartender is horrible. Food is decent. Wish I checked the Unilocal rating first.

I’m soooo sad this place is gone it was honestly the only thing going for Virginia city!

What happened??? Where did everything go? Where are the slot machines? This was the only cool place to go in Virginia city. After years of going to the Delta Saloon it’s all over. I’m super sad!

Solid 2 star… Simply because I’m completely disappointed with the beer selection. 20 beers and not a single amber.

What happened to this place??? All I have heard about year after year from my inlaws are stories of this place and how great it is with the old time machines. Go in there and all of the machines are gone! I do not think the sport bar vibe is going to work in a little town like Virginia City.

Very cool place! Robin makes a fantastic plate of Nachos! Plus i got to see the SUICIDE TABLE! WOO HOO! Great atmosphere. It was a nice addition to my virgina city trip!

OMG this is the BEST FOOD I HAVE HAD IN NEVADA! Best chicken fingers I have had in my life! We had the chicken tenders meal and the hamburger meal. 3 large white meat chicken tenders. Juicy, tender, bursting with flavor. The breading was light yet crispy and was so good you could eat the breading like it was the main dish. The chicken was flavorful even without the breading. The fries were really good. Seasoned and yummy. My husband had the burger with the cole slaw on the side. It was really tender as well. The bread was perfectly soft, the veggies on it were fresh, the meat was perfectly cooked to be juicy, full flavored and somehow no pink in the center. The service was great. friendly, smiling, polite and helpful. We will most definitely be going back!
They gave us a military discount BUT was told it is not normal to do so. Even without the discount, the price was excellent for the amazing quality of our food. I am NOT easily impressed but the quality of the food here, impressed me.

Warning! Tourist trap! Good place to escape the desert heat — pop in here for a drink or snacks. I can’t really speak for the alcohol (my big spender friend got me a diet soda) but have fun wandering around and checking out the infamous suicide table and old-​timey photos on the wall. This saloon is an icon here in Virginia City — don’t take it too seriously. After all, this is not a town where you come seeking the best cuisine in the world, so don’t get your hopes up on high quality restaurant food.

The Delta Saloon has a tractor tour of the city. It’s about 30 minutes and it’s only $ 5 per person! Taking you along C Street and down to D Street with views of the Virginia City Cemetery, Chollar Mine, and historical facts about the town. Plus, it will give you a chance to rest your feet while touring the town.

If you have no agenda then this place is perfect. We’ve there as a party of 4 for lunch, got seated quickly, waited about 15 minutes for a waitress to come over. Another 10 minutes to return with drinks and take our food order. Another 40 for them to return with the food (basic sandwiches and burgers) only to be informed someone else took my wife’s food. Asked how long it would take for them to remake and was told 5 minutes. They were accurate on the 5 minutes but I can’t understand why if they can make 1 dish in 5 minutes why it takes 40 minutes to make 4. Food was mediocre and wasnt filling. Every table in there should be called the suicide table, you take your chances of winding up dead from starvation.

We came with a party of 4. The restaurant was relatively empty, and our food still took forever. When the food did get here it really was subpar. Not a good experience.

If you are waiting for your entourage while they collect souvenirs around town, crawl up to this old time bar for a beer or drink.

My review is based solely on the bar, suicide table, and mini casino inside. I have not eaten food there. It is worth a visit just to see the suicide table and read about it’s history. I go in here every time I am in VC just to see it. They serve a local «suicide pale ale» here that is worth a try. I can’t wait to go back!

We ate here today with a family of 5. Despite a relatively friendly server, our dining experience was very negative.
There were bugs in our pitcher of water. The fish and chips came with curdled sauce and severely overcooked fish. Their hot wings came with a distinct lack of sauce. The nachos were soggy, prepared with fake cheese. There was a hair in one of our dishes.
Although we were comped for two of our dissatisfying meals, the food was still overpriced and hardly edible.

All I gotta say is don’t order the fried chicken i shared this plate with my mom so i took the wing piece and the thigh. Well i ate the wing and that was okay and when i got to the thigh piece it wasn’t cooked all the way thru it was all frozen. It felt really cold and it was pink inside. i took the piece i was chewing on out of my mouth. After that i didn’t want to eat nothing. Sent it back. They gave a little discount cause of that. Friendly staff she was nice about it.
This place is like an old fashion saloon. Even the way the waitresses dress. Overall great experience

A fun place to visit, but the drinks were disappointing. Ordered a Hot Toddy from the bar on Xmas day and all I get is a chintzy paper cup?
The atmosphere is kitschy tourist and fun for about 4 minutes.
I lost $ 20 on slots, but i won’t hold that against them.

This place was awesome! Old cowboy town with slot machines and a bar, what more can you ask for? Winning slot machines? Check! I picked a great old machine and won $ 50 for only inserting $ 5, not bad! This is also the place where you can find the suicide table. Legend says that these three men were such big gamblers that they lost so much money that they all suicide while sitting at this table. Crazy. Your closest place to use the restroom while in Virginia City.

There are two parts to this place, a restaurant and a mini-​casino. The restaurant is the worst I think I have ever been to. The first red flag should have been when the waitress volunteered that the potato salad is nasty and not to order it, even though nobody asked about it. My wife sent her first soda back because it was flat, only to receive another flat soda. My father-​in-​law and wife were done eating before my mother-​in-​law and I even received our meals. I couldn’t actually tell that there was a hamburger on my plate without doing a little digging and shuffling, and what I finally discovered was awful. The pathetic flattened burger bun had GREEN MOLD GROWING ON IT. that’s right, MOLD ON THE PLATE. Let me make this perfectly clear… Go to this restaurant and THEY WILL SERVE MOLD ON YOUR PLATE. Thankfully they replaced the burger, took it off of the bill, and even gave us a generous 10% discount. But after having been served mold, the «acceptable» second burger wasn’t really that appetizing.
I don’t have particularly high standards, and I’m perfectly happy with the mediocre bar-​type food found in tourist trap restaurants like this, but this place is in a class of it’s own. I wouldn’t be surprised if it shows up on Kitchen Nightmares. It’s really that bad.
Virginia city is actually an interesting sort of place, very unique. But I would seriously cross the street to avoid even walking by this place again.

The Delta Saloon has always been one of my favorite spots in Virginia City. Who knows why? It must be some combination of the loud, madcap banjo music, the rows-​upon-​rows of gamblers hitting the slots, the welcoming bar and the mini-​museum filled with memories of a Nevada past, including the infamous «suicide table.»
I clearly love history, and I love Nevada history in particular. I wrote an article a few years ago in the Nevada Sagebrush about local legends and folklore, including a blurb on the history of the suicide table here:
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The overall vibe of the Delta Saloon is bright, loud and vibrant. It is not a dusty, broken-​down relic of what used to be – it’s simply full of life, as if you’ve arrived in the midst of the Comstock era and are thrust into the action.
Virginia City is not your typical historical site. It’s so authentically Nevada with its attitude of drinking, gambling and gun-​slinging so ingrained in the town, even centuries of time-​passing can’t shake it.