San Gennaro Feast

I've lived in Vegas for many years, but I've never been to this festival due to the high winds that always seem to come during this weekend. It was a beautiful day! On top of the entrance fee, the food is expensive, and you can go to some quality Italian restaurants here in town and get better food than what is served here. We did have a Ghost Slushy that was pretty fabulous and without alcohol. So shout out to them for great beverages. We went early, so there wasn't a long line. The vendors were o.k. Now that I've done this once, I won't be doing this again.

The Mrs & I attended the local San Gennaro Feast & really enjoyed our visit. Plenty of food vendors with all manner & styles of cuisine. We found a vendor called "The Smoking Hen House" which had a great bacon wrapped chicken, among other items. Delicious!It was hot but we found some shade & watched several of the live shows. Had a wonderful time.

It opened at 1 pm and we also went on the last day, Sunday. We arrived 30 minutes early and man, staff was giving us a hard time. The cashier wouldn't sell me any tickets, so I used the kiosk. Couldn't hardly see anything on it because of the sun shining on it. $15 just to walk in. As soon as the doors opened, we stopped at one of the food vendors. We were staving. Well, I didn't know, we were going to have to wait another 15 minutes until we could eat. It was hard to find any vendors that had food ready. One vendor told us it was going to be an hour to get food from him... it was 1:00 pm, and vendors were still setting up... I was already so disappointed. This was the first time I ever experienced this from any of the festivals I have been to in Vegas. It didn't matter what time you got there, they were ready.. The staff was really good about cleaning the tables and they had a lot of seating. It was way too hot to stay long, so maybe they should think about hosting this event more in March or April... This was my 2nd time going and probably my last. It's too hot, the food is expensive, it should be free admission, they're late setting up and a lot of staff don't seem to want to be there.

First time going, and it was fun. We just came for the food, and we loved it. We got sausage, pizza, gelato, fried rice balls with ham and cheese, cannolis... so many yummy options! There's also rides, fair games for prizes and vendors selling items like jewelry, dream catchers and more. There are places to get your face painted... it's really cute.

I've been to the San Gennaro Feast twice now and neither experience has been a good one. I've been to many food festivals and I'm not shocked by the absurdly high prices or the insanely long lines that usually go hand and hand with these, but this one just seems to so lackluster. Ignoring the my first visit in 2021 entirely, yesterday was Mother's Day and my mother in law (who is from Italy) wanted to go and check this fest out. We arrived not long after opening and it was actually really nice to see the place not overly crowded, so much shorter lines especially when the sun is out. The price of admission is $15 which basically means you will pay for the ability to pay more to get food, so yeah, that's pretty shot to start off with. We took a lap of the property before making any food choices and there's a semi decent array of food around, a lot of which is just a mirror image of some of the other vendors. When it comes to shops, its a mixture of the same things you'll find at the local swap meets, T-Mobile, People selling stuff from Temu, and like 4 booths selling socks and crystals....pretty much nothing representing any sort of Italian culture. We started off with some cucumber lemonade which was pretty good, but then made the mistake of hitting up the Arancinus booth and getting the actual worst Arincinis I have ever consumed in my entire life. We ordered a six pack of them, half with sausage and half of the plain ones (I did not try those). I was the first to dig in and immediately bit into an ice cold Arincini, like the middle was basically completely cold. After the rest of my family took some bites we realized that every single one of them was cold......cool. The bad food experience basically, lack of entertainment outside of 12 year olds singing pop songs, and basic carnivale rides had us just leaving and going to get food at the M. Overall, I truly believe this is one of the worst festivals in Las Vegas (still not as bad as the German festival that only offered one singular German vendor). I've been at night and during the day, and both experience was so lackluster I will not be making this mistake for a third time. Save some money and go eat somewhere else.

We have been wanting to attend this event for a few years and finally got the opportunity to attend. I was kind of worrried by the mixed reviews, but overall was very impressed by the festival. I think the key is to go without expectations and have fun. We went on a Friday night so we thought it might be crowded but in fact it was not. Parking in the M-Resorts parking lot was right across from the festival grounds, free and easy to get in and out of. The entry tickets were reasonably priced at about $35 for the two of us, and entry was easy and quick (kids under 54 inches were free). The festival was divided in to two areas which the first was the food and merchandise vendors along with entertainers, and the 2nd was the rides and games. We had so much fun on the first side we never even went to the 2nd side which I regretted just no walking through it to see what rides they had before we left. There were so many food and drink vendors here that everyone could find something in their price range (reasonable to expensive). I have to say the selection of pasta dishes was overwelming (only negative was I wish they had garlic bread with their pasta dishes). We tried everyting from the $5 slice of pizzas to $30 lobster ravioli which all were delicious and great. We also tried some $5 lemonades and $10 strawberry shortcakes (they have numerous type deserts). They have a nice covered area for eating which came in handy when it started to rain for a few minutes but cleared up quickly. The staff kept up on picking up trash and cleaning the table areas up. I was suprised that there really were no lines at most of the vendors and plenty of room to walk especially if you had a stroller. The best part was the entertainment. We had fun dancing to an entertainer near the food dining tent named "Bilvis" and of course the mainstage entertainment and dancers. Overall, we had a great time and probably one the best festivals we have been to in Las Vegas area.

My mother is from Sicily and I grew up in a heavily influenced Italian American household. We used to frequent San Gennaro as kids here in Vegas, before it got so big! I have vivid memories of coming to this festival and watching my Sicilian grandparents dance to the live Italian music, eating delicious and authentic Italian food, and just having a good time with my family for hours here. It's been a handful of years since I've been, and this year it was at the M Resort, which was pretty convenient cuz it's more on our side of town. There wasn't a ton of parking because they blocked off the M parking garage from where we were so we had to park in a dirt lot which was honestly fine. We bought tickets at the kiosk they had out front and it was easier than waiting in line!We walked in and there was a lotttt of food to be had. Not only just Italian food but they had a lot of other options too. The last time we went here a few years ago, the food wasn't that good. It felt mass produced. So when I saw the Romanos tent, I knew I had to go to that to get some good local Italian eats. I do wish they had more local spots in here but honestly all the food was much better this year. I got meatballs and cannoli and they were delicious. My husband got a meatball sub from another vendor and he said it was pretty tasty.When we first got there, there were so kids signing on the stage in English. I was like darn. But before we left, I got to see a guy sing in Italian later on and everyone was waving Italian flags. Warmed my heart to see! They had a tonnnnn of rides this year. Like so many more than I remember from last time. Less vendors selling clothes and whatnot and I wish there was a vendor selling some clothes that said italia on it because I really wanted a hat! Oh well. Haha. Definitely a fun experience and we will be back again next year.

Me and my friend went first time to this event, not knowing what to expect. We went on opened day right at the gates opened. First off it is held at M casino in a parking lot adjacent to the actual casino. The parking was not well signed at all and we did not see any handicap parking (but maybe missed it) due to my friend having mobility issues it was hard for her to get to the main entrance from the parking garage. The people we bought the tickets from are very disorganized and we're not sure how to operate the credit card payment machine. ( maybe because it was first day not sure, hope they get better though) The tickets are 15 dollars for one ticket so we ended up paying abt 36 dollars for 2 tickets all in.There was not much for shopping except mostly kids things and some candles. They try to get you into raffles when you first enter the festival grounds. The foods were nothing special king of just normal carnival food pizza, sausage peppers and onions. Although I did have a excellent lobster roll that was on the positive side. The Rides are also nothing special just carnival type ridesYou could theoretically be in and out of this fairly quickly. It was not a big size at all. The stage had som good entertainment but not really something you could sit and watch for a extended period of time.I believe the San Genaro festival is overpriced for what you get and also you have to buy rides and food tickets separately so it is not all inclusive. FYI... Would I recommend it not really, but I also would not tell you to stay away. It is like any other church carnival nothing special but can kill a evening if your board

Wow! I'm not sure why this place is getting g destroyed on Yelp.... What the hell do people expect...? It's a weekend festival once a year and this years is actually one of the best. The place was packed but we were able to just park at the M garage and walk across (5 minutes). Our friends joined too. They got there and were able to get a table, drinks and food immediately. We checked out a couple of the food venues, shopping venues, did some rides and even threw some axes. Spent about 180 (not bad) and we had a blast. That doesn't include the free music. Towards the end of the night we went to one the bars and had some great mixed drinks and Whiteclaws. no complaints here... but we also aren't a bunch of b****s

Wheel chairs hard to push around and over the large cable covers on the paths. 3 trump booths??? Why??? At a festival? Not the place for that at all, lot of upset people I talked to over that Mess. I guess he's getting desperate.