Best Vegan Restaurants in The Shops at Crystals

Overall nacho daddy was a great spot to eat. The food was super tasty and very creative for Mexican food. I wish I could say service was better but I’m fairly certain they forgot we were there for a while. That said once we did get a server she did a great job. As far as value goes like many things in Vegas, it didn’t make much sense. Three of us one of which was my teenage daughter having lunch was over $100. Definitely a little crazy for that but again overall it worked out great.

The food quality and service was great. There was only one server working both the bar and the floor. From the patron’s perspective, it was discouraging seeing her have to cover both roles.

HIGHLIGHTS: Arancini, squash blossoms, white mushroom truffle pizza. LOWLIGHT: celery root. On our latest trip to Vegas, we visited Crossroads twice. The first night we were all in to taste as many new items as possible. We started with ricotta-stuffed squash blossoms which were a real treat. Three to an order but our server added a fourth to prevent a fight (even split that way). Could not resist the broccoli arancini which were, forgive me, orgasmic. Crispy, creamy, heaven-on-a-plate. We couldn’t pass on the mushroom-truffle (oil) white pizza. It had a prefect crust and was imbued truffle flavor. They offered a shaved truffle option, but it was black truffles and if I’m going to splurge they’ve got to be white so we passed but it would’ve been overkill anyway. I wanted to try the celery root bc it sounded interesting. It was like repurposing trash. Sounded fancy, topped with apple, caviar, sour cream. I like celery. This was too much celery flavor and the caviar was completely lost. It was just confusing. Paired it with a white Sicilian wine which was perfect. Night two: we just wanted a snack, so we ordered wedge salads, the pizza again, and celebrated with a glass of Prosecco each. The actual blue cheese is a real treat. We eat here every trip without fail, at least once, usually two times a three times, which is why we passed on the pastas, at which they excel. If it’s your first visit, try one of those, too. You’re gonna love it.

Carlos restaurant is a pretty cool place. The vibe is very much what you would expect from a cantina. Drinks during happy hour are great. Chips and salsa are good with a very firm chip. The regular salsa is good the extra spicy salsa is very hot and tasted like it was made from ghost peppers. The entrees are typical Americanized Mexican dishes not very authentic but more like Texmex.

Our server from Croatia was very knowledgeable of the history of the menu and the chef and just was a delight. We enjoyed the food and it was such a surprise as a vegetarian sometimes it’s a struggle.