Sammy’s LA Pastrami & Burgers

This place is HORRIBLE!!! It took me 3 times to actually, 100% find out it’s a dump with shitty customer service!
1^st time… the lady at counter has a horrible attitude, but I figured it was early, they just opened and she hadn’t got her day started. I ordered the Original Pastrami dip. The cajun fries, and a large pomegranate lemonade. $ 20! Wow!!! Not to mention, She was the only person in the building and it was around lunch time. She continued to take another order before even starting on mine… didn’t give me a drink as I waited. It took between 45 minutes to an hour to get my food… and still NO drink! When I asked, she acted as if I was a bother to her, told me «1 minute» while she took another order and started their food. After, now I know was a full hour, and ½ my sandwich gone, she gave me a $ 5 pomegranate lemonade, that was 75% filled with ice.
2^nd time… not too bad of an experience, but for me and my wife… we ate 2 small pastrami sandwiches, shared a small garlic fry, and each had a large lemonade $ 37 WTF!!!
3^rd time… we thought we got smart, so we bought the Unilocal coupon «$ 14 for $ 20 of food. Then, we went to Circle K and got 2 XL sodas for $.79 each. When we got there the same lady with a shitty attitude said no outside drinks. She said… «I sell drinks here» I said, «We’re buying your food, and I don’t want 2 Lemonade’s for $ 10 this time» she rolled her eye’s, so my wife just put the drinks in the car. We ordered 2 small pastrami sandwiches and shared a garlic fry. Total was $ 28. We tried to use the coupon, but she said we had to print it out, and couldn’t be redeemed by phone.
I’m tired of writing about this run down, sewage smelling, expensive dump!!! With horrible customer service! There’s no way it has an A grade certificate from the health district!!! Horrible Horrible Horrible!

I’d been having a craving for breaded mushrooms for awhile so I went to GrubHub and looked at several restaurants that offered them before deciding on this place.
About 30 minutes after my order I get a call from the driver saying, «I just picked up your order and they are out of the mushrooms. Do you want something else?»
I wish they had called me before they cooked the rest of it so I would have had the chance to go some place else. I could have cancelled the order but didn’t want to be a jerk.
Customer service could be better.
The food I did get, 502 Fry, was tasty.

I came once before, several years ago before I had Unilocal,and it was good. This was around the time they were on tv shows and getting local awards. Now I think the death knell is sounding for the place. Lunch time visit and only one person working??? She was our cashier AND cook. There were 5 of us so it took awhile to get our food. I ordered the classic bacon cheeseburger, small bacon cheddar fries and a small fountain drink. $ 17! Granted, $ 1 of that was a fee for using my debit card. I’m all about paying for quality and supporting locally owned businesses, but next time I’d rather go to Smashburger, Habit or even Five Guys than come here. Goodbye, Sammy’s. I’ll try to remember you the way you used to be…

The service is great, food is great. Nice job! Saw it on diners drive ins and dives. Clean atmosphere and polite staff.

I was treated to sammys for lunch, I honestly didn’t know what to expect. Just the usual burger joint? Nah, something a bit better. I was actually surprised by the portions. I ordered the Big bacon cheese burger and the ranch fries. It’s a bit pricey, but worth it.

Food is average, service is slow and what is that smell in there? Smells like a rat died. I wont be back!

Bought the $ 20 Unilocal deal for only $ 14. Food was great no problems, food was correct & fresh. I had my favorite (size regular) pastrami fries. I love their chili here. My friend got a hot sandwich.

OMG This sandwich was so freakin’ good. And those garlic fries are so delicious. My boyfriend and I are definitely eating here again.

YOU WANT GOOD FOOD? Sit your ass down and wait.
Slamming this resto with a bad review based on «time spent to serve» is clearly a reflection of how impatient people can be. It’s a small hole in the wall shop– that should be a give away that just like the size, the staff is small also.
But just to double up on the fact– did your food taste good despite the wait? It always does to me. So good, in fact, that once I roll up I have to roll up twice, three times, and sometimes even four times in a row. They serve good-​food-​realness here. And I’ll be a patient patron for as long as it takes to appreciate a good meal.
Have a heart– a server, cook, cashier, and manager all at the same time should help conceptualize how hard of a job it is to run this place. And yet still they manage to find themselves among top TV channels and reviews. Keep grinding Sammys! I love your joint!

I’ve eaten here with my wife and kids a few times without any issues. First, I would like to address the cook at the time was really unprofessional with handling our food, my wife witnessed the cook eating out of bin and also saw the cook suck on her finger then continued to handle the food!!! That’s really fucking nasty, when we brought it to her attention she continued to deny the accusations. I would not recommend anybody eat at this establishment unless you are willing to get sick. It was a good place to eat until today’s incident. We were willing to give this place a chance but we couldn’t especially since the cook continued to deny her nasty food handling ways. The 2^nd issue we had, was there customer service was horrible, people who ordered after we had ordered all received their orders first. On a positive note we did get refunded. Eat at your own risk!

The food is over priced. I could have gotten what they call a pastrami burger cheaper in LA… but it’s called a calosso burger and the pastrami would have had just as much flavor.
Second the place needs to renovate thier plumbing system, the smell of sewage was so bad I waited in the car for my husband to come an hour later with the food.

It was ok. Dad liked his pastrami but mom and I thought our food was ok. We came here because dad saw it on tv. Dad got the pastrami dip, like i mentioned. Mom got the chili cheese fries. The cashier said they were made with ca meaty chili. Mom got like zero meat in hers. She said they were ok. I tried their chicken tenders with sweet thai chili sauce and garlic fries. Honestly, I didn’t expect the tenders to come covered in the sauce but it was ok. Luckily, I hadn’t ordered them with ranch lol. I think they would have been better plain. The fries were weird. I couldn’t even tell there was garlic oil on the fries Honestly. The fries didn’t have a ton of flavor. I got most of the flavor after I was done eating them. Overall, okay food.
The place itself is small but nice. The staff were friendly and accommodating. It seemed a little slow fir the people who ordered after us. One thing that kind of grossed me out was the cashier was handling the trash with her bare hands, took out the trash, then served the food. I REALLLLY hoped she washed her hands somewhere in between.
Would I go back? Maybe. There are a lot of choices for excellent food here in Vegas.

their prices are outrageous but their ingredients are above average quality. honestly, i was hoping for an authentic philly cheesesteak but their sandwiches were just too organized and not like the ones i get back home. overall, good ingredients and good portion but i guess you’re paying for the portion.
it’s just outrageous that for the same cheesesteak, i could’ve payed 7.50 back home and got two sodas and some chips with it as well.
the interior was a bit rough to say but there is outdoor seating, food for thought!

This is NOT a place to practice moderation (I do this during the week), but it’s not surprising why this place was featured on the Travel Channel’s Food Paradise, «Drive– thru» edition, which I saw recently btw (was on this past weekend; funny, we ate here, before even seeing the feature, thanks to
).
Amazing Pastrami here!!! The food is made to order (warm, fresh, good eats), but the wait is well worth it. When we visited, there was one other customer besides us (during lunch). We have a favorite sandwich (we’ve been to the other location as well), the LA Pastrami (pastrami, mustard, pickles, & melted provolone on good quality rolls), so we were able to use our
certificate (no longer participating, sad face). Mmm, such «high quality fast food» as the owner stated in the feature. The flavor of the pastrami is delicious, the meat is lean, not fatty or greasy. (I’ve had pastrami at other places so I have a pretty good frame of reference. My fave growing up was Max’s in SF, my uncle worked there and we enjoyed the food, good memories too. I do want to try a famous deli down the line, though.) On one hand, you want to take your time, but on the other, you just want to down it. Ranch fries takes the fries to a higher level, what flavor (it is saltier, though; again, this is where you break all your diet rules). Generous portions on the sandwiches, and fries, for that matter. Such a large menu (so many yummy options and possibilities — burgers, chicken sandwiches, melts, pitas, fries & starters, chili fries, wings, strips and shakes besides drinks), but we’ve gotten the same items because it is that yummy. And you know, we’d probably get the same things next time, too!
The place is small (but clean), could probably be in the «hole in the wall» category” if one just based it on the inside seating (four to six tables, with chairs, maybe?). There is seating outside, as well (umbrellas). And of course, the drive-​thru window. The cashier, who was new, was training, but she was very nice. The manager was going through procedures with her.
The website is pretty user-​friendly (a plus). You can order online from either location and you can also purchase gift cards online too.
Home of the 502 Challenge: a 6.5 pound meal, 2 pounds of fries, one pound of chili, one pound of steak, one pound of cheddar cheese, and half a pound of grilled onions and jalapenos, at $ 24.99. Saw this on the Travel Channel feature, too.

We went way out of our way in Vegas to attend this highly-​touted burger-​pastrami place. Recent reviews referenced sewage smells and rude people and long waits.
We ordered the double pastrami and waited 10 – 15 minutes. When it finally came, the pastrami was stone cold. Cold like out of a refrigerator.
We never cut into it and decided to return it, something we rarely do.
We had a very hard time getting our money back. Only standing there won out. They didn’t even return all our money. There is a broken window and hanging light ballasts, the worst place we have ever been to. Read the other reviews!

DO NOT EAT HERE BASED ON THAT «They have been on TV» excuse. Their last know award was 2012 maybe Older…
Wow where to begin… As soon as we walked in this place smelled of sewage!!! The only one older Hispanic lady working, very rudely said something happened… Ok things happen…
We order 1 sandwich, ranch fries, and 1 custard prep shake. Mind you we are the only customers for about 10min. She hadn’t even begun our order. Now a car pulls up in the drive through, they order. We go outside because we can’t stand the smell of sewer… I come back in about 35min later, I see she’s running around the kitchen, still just only me and the 1 drive thru client… Now about 45min later, I finally ask what’s going on. She (the older Hispanic lady) very rudely, almost yelling at me says I should wait more…
Close to an hour later, we get our order, I see she hands 1 sandwich to the drive through order an then ours… It took this lady 50+ minutes to make 2 sandwiches, 1 fries, 1 shake…
Shake was as thin n blended as a milk or even water, the fries were so so so freaking old it almost made u throw up…
The sandwich… Eh, it was ver below average. Most little buger stands can serve the same thing way better…

Saw this on the travel channel and couldn’t wait to try. Had the classic pastrami, ranch fries and ordered a Oreo banana shake.
The plumbing in the place broke and it smelled like someone pooped. Sadly only one lady working. So the food took over 35mins and I was the only one in there.
The sandwich was just OK. The pastrami was tough and very fatty and chewy.
Fries were terrible. Really old and had been sitting out.
Milkshake was the wrong one. She gave me the banana chocolate one. It wasn’t bad but would have rather had what I ordered.
Overall I wouldn’t come back nor would I recommend this place.

The place is small. Limited parking. Overpriced for what you get and the worst customer service I have ever had. If you guys think the place is good, fast service and friendly staff then you haven’t been there and you definitely don’t know your pastrami or safe food handling procedures

Sorry to say, I’m done with this place, quality is poor and inconsistent, service is poor, some staff is rude. Prices are ridiculous… Fries are awesome! I have been coming here for a while and seems as if it just keeps getting worse. There are better sandwich joints around town.

9″ Pastrami Sandwich and a small garlic fries for $ 18 WTF!?! You’ve been warned people!

The Pro’s:
Food was very good
Very good selection of items on menu
Cons:
Over priced food
The staff was rude, especially this Hispanic lady who acted like she owned the place.
Building was terribly run down
They don’t offer free soda refills (not such a big deal if it wasn’t for everything else and the rude way I was told this)
They charge a $ 1 surcharge for using a credit card, again, not that bad if it was displayed properly. They have a sign (about 4X6) on the counter that was turned around backwards and not visible.
Again, the Hispanic woman was a very rude person and she was also the cook that day.
I gave this place 3 stars ONLY because of the food taste, otherwise it would have been a 1 star review.
NOTE: Sandwiches come with no side, no chips or fries, etc. They are highly priced, but they are fair sized, just too high of a price for them. When I visit Las Vegas again, I will likely try the other location of Sammy’s on Decatur Blvd. to see how they are as far as rude staff and the condition of the location.

Delicious food! Came by friend recommendations! Will be back for sure! If you drive by you might not want to come in but you should! We had back yard classic burger and the pastrami sandwich and it was delicious, quick and good size!

First of all don’t be an idiot and sit in the drive-​through and literally took 15 minutes for me to get to the window where you can order the actual menu is not even presented until you get there and when you’re at the window there’s so many things to choose from do you feel rushed so park and go inside
I will say this I tried the original LA pastrami the medium size and got the garlic fries and damn they were both extremely tasty and massive .The only issue I had is it is a very expensive thing to splurge on but you are getting quality so for all these reasons I’m not giving it a three and I’m not give it a five, 4 stars is right where deserves, unless you move to a better location and lowers the price a little bit then it will be a five but you should go get your grub on if you’re dying for a solid pastrami sandwich with some awesome fries

I absolutely love their food. We like to come here every so often since it’s close to home. I’ll give the quantity and quality of the food 5 stars — we never leave feeling unsatisfied, always freshly cooked, and the portions are HUGE.
Unfortunately, because it’s a small place on a busy street with so few workers/​cooks, the service is usually very slow and sometimes forgetful, which is why I couldn’t bring myself to give it 5 stars. We don’t go here if we are in any rush or looking for a quick, short meal.
But it’s actually a nice date spot for us, and it’s best to go with our stomachs ready for lots of delicious fries, juicy meaty sandwiches, mile-​high burgers, and probably my favorite place for shakes and floats!

SOPHIA!!! So my wife and I were driving around looking for something really good to eat. Ya know, we stick to the same old same old and she had been to Sammys years ago and remembered it was delicious! So I was at first skeptical, being that the place is 300 square ft. And just the overall appearance looked a bit, «run down.» Anyways we decide to eat inside and we were greeted by Sophia. She was very pleasant and helped us with everything we needed. The ranch was homemade and the spicy canjun fries were the bomb!!! We got the chipotle burgers, French frys, fried egg, cheese, chipotle sauce, and bacon, on a brioche bun. It was absolutely to die for! Very highly recommend this spot to have lunch or dinner. Prepare to leave full! Thanks again Sophia!

This is my go to spot in Vegas for a pastrami fry or sandwich. Their lemonades are also good. I have tried other options from the menu like their cheese steaks and I believe anyone would love the garlic fries. This is a good spot for if you have the munchies or just want a good eat but not for everyday consumption

Portion sizes are obviously more than adequate. Food is delicious when you are hungry. However, when you are just somewhat hungry, the taste is a little on the plain side. That overwhelming feeling of «I could have made this at home» takes over. This is definitely a place to experience and take guests for the ‘wow’ factor, but not somewhere I would go to more than once every two months or so.

Amazing food, great service. We loved this place. Pastrami was so good! We also had the garlic fries. We live far, but it was the drive.

Get the pastrami burger. You won’t regret it. Everything else on the menu is hit or miss, I’ll admit that. I only come here for the pastrami burger and I’ve never been disappointed. I really miss their old shoestring fries but the ones they have now aren’t bad.

I Love this place!
The environment itself isn’t very pretty, but their food alone is 5 stars!
Yes their portions are huge, order carefully.

This place is easy to miss since its a small tiny shack with no real parking lot. Its in a super sketchy area and the inside definitely matches that. It looks super ghetto and dirty inside. The food was just okay, but not great. Ordered the cheese steak which was huge and the bread it was on was perfect. They have a great selection of lemonades. I wouldn’t go out of my way to go back here.

I took my cousin here years ago for her birthday and here we are tonight celebrating her birthday and eating pastrami. I haven’t been here in a while and it seems like they have new owner. But I still love it. I always get the same, LA pastrami with cheese and garlic fries. It’s a very small whole in the wall place. But it’s delicious

I love pastrami and this pastrami place is bomb. My only compliant is they are slow, every time I come here it is like they are short staff but they seem to make up for the quality of food.
Don’t expect much when you get here just order your delicious pastrami sandwich and go on about your day.

As you’ll see in my previous review, I love their pastrami. I love their garlic fries. I even got around to trying their custard shakes, rib eye steak fries, fried mushrooms, gyro, big ass bacon cheeseburger, corned beef sandwich, and lemonades in the 3.5 years since I wrote that review. In fact, I’ll bet my husband and I have eaten there/​picked up takeout 25 times since I wrote it. But those days might be over.
The customer service has become literally a joke. Like, we’ll have to steel ourselves with jokes about how bad it’ll be this time before we walk in the door so we won’t boil over with anger. It used to only be bad at night, and then on weekends, and now basically any time, any day. We can be the only customers in the joint, or we’ll wait quite a while because they’re busy. It doesn’t matter. Why should I have to put my «I’ll be nice to you no matter what”/“I work retail» face on *when I’m the customer* because you guys are so rude? It hit me how backwards this was after we headed home and joked about how they must deal with unpleasant/​hostile customers. And just forget the drive thru. Come inside.
(I will note that one afternoon/​early evening I got great service, but it was because there were 2 people working; it was a relief because I was with my family in from out of town, but that’s been literally the only exception. Why is there usually only 1 person working, especially at night? Isn’t that dangerous?)
Also, the quality/​construction of some of the dishes vary widely depending on when they’re made. The meats are usually the same amount (I’m guessing they use a scale), but sometimes the bread will be cut weird, or their special fries will be insanely heavy handed with sauces or the chili… and the next time less than even pictured. I mean I guess it’s all about who’s making the dish, but over the years you’d think things wouldn’t de-​evolve, you know what I mean? Especially as prices have gone up (I get it, stuff costs more), you expect at least some regularity.
All in all, their food is delicious. Sometimes I literally crave it. But they make you pay for it, in dollars and patience. See ya, Sammy.

Gluttonous. Huge portions and pools of grease. The service was not that great, and I asked for extra crispy garlic fries and got flaccid potatoes, which was dissapointing. The Philly cheesessteak was very tasty, and the BBQ brisket sandwich with provolone was pretty good too. My friend and I each bought one medium sized sandwich and traded halves for maximum variety, which was a solid move. If you ever want to tell your diet to go f**k itself, and enjoy it, this is the place to eat.
Their credit card machine was down, and I had no cash on me, and a nice gentleman by the name of Douglas who was sitting at a table close to the register eating a large pastrami sandwich and fries got up and payed for my meal in cash. I told him that I couldn’t accept his generous offer, but he insisted on the one condition that I one day also spread this pay it forward attitude, because if everybody did this once for someone else, then the world would be a better place.
It is clear that their food draws in a genuinely nice crowd as well. Will dine again.

3^rd time here, favorite sandwich place in the land of V, large pastrami with cheese, among the top 10 places to eat in Las Vegas, i think.

We had the La pastrami with cheese, garlic ramano fries, pomegranate lemonade and a blueberry custard shake.
Portions are perfect for sharing between 2 people! And everything was delicious!!!
It is a hole in the wall place, and you k is how those can be amazing? This place is!
They have a small dining area, and patio space, a drive though and 2 parking spots (there is more parking at the building next door).
I’m glad we are here!

There are plenty of reasons why Sammy’s has been named frequently as a Best Place to Overeat. The selections are huge, and the portions can be, too. Thankfully, Sammy’s offers smaller versions of their signature an inventive pastrami sandwiches, burgers and other fare. So you can still have a taste of their classic flavors but not explode from consuming every last bite of your pastrami, fries, and famous banana-​chocolate custard shake.
A hole-​in-​the-​wall drive-​thru (literally), Sammy’s also offers counter service inside with a handful of tables as well as patio seating. The menu is larger than the place itself on Tropicana Blvd — too many menu options, so please refer to my photos of the 4+ page menu.
All food is made-​to-​order, fresh and delicious with friendly service and reasonable prices for the offerings.
Definitely worth a good walk or short drive off the Strip to enjoy a unique flavor created by locals and not a giant chain. Stop by Sammy’s for some sammies and you will be full and happy.

Hot pastrami sandwich that’s what it was the LA Sammy. It was cheesy and piled high with lots of pastrami. I only stopped here because it had something outside that said this spot was seen on the travel channel or some food channel. Anyways I wanted to see what this LA sandwich was about. When I walked in the place I was like ugh — then I thought– It’s not all about the looks.
So I ordered the LA Sammy — it’s like you need to eat it fast because by the time I was ready to enjoy it my bread was soggy and the meat tasted salty. This is a sandwich shop one must be intoxicated I order to really enjoy.

Super good! Love it there.
Met the owner super chilled guy. Everyone is nice there.
Tried the blueberry oreo custard shake and its bomb. Heard theyre going to open Sammys at henderson!