Vegas StrEATS Festival

Long time visitor of Vegas StrEATS. Saturday we decided to go earlier rather than later when the lines are long. Good choice! We got carded at entry and purse search as well. First booth on the right Beer and Shots! Haaaaay! $4 Jager shots and not sure about the beer but who cares after the $4 shots. At this point total score-I knew this night was gonna be good. How could it get any better? Walking around, there are so many trucks I haven't tried and want to but you only have so much room in your belly. LOL Started with an Asian flavor taco from Dragon Grille. That's it ....I just found my favorite food truck! Hands down it was the best darn taco and I will be hankerin for another till I find them out and about again! We all were completely impressed. The chickie in the front with the totally cute accent was helpful and such a sweetheart. Headed over to Sauced for the Big Easy Balls with Srirachi sauce. I had been told these are most awesome and I wanted to see for myself. Chicken and Rice formed into a ball and fried. Amazeballs! Talking about forgetting your diet for the night...Free Vegas StrEATS lanyard with Yelp checkin. Thanks! The vibe is pretty chill, everyone standing around juggling their drinks and food.....BECAUSE there is nowhere to sit other than a gross street ledge which I refused to sit. They definitely need some chairs of some sort but they know what they are doing. I'm sure there is a reason for not having the chairs/table set up.I see people complaining in the reviews regarding the downtown parking prices and some of the hotel garages just need your ticket validated inside the hotel before you leave-free parking peeps. Its not a secret or maybe it is.Anyways, what is better than cheap eats, flowin drinks, music and art? The whole night as usual with StrEATS was a success! =)

The Vegas StrEATs festival, much like First Friday is slowly but surely coming into its own. A festival that started out very unorganized and haphazard has become a regular fixture on my monthly calendar.I still am not sure how they decide which Saturday they are going to do this event. I've been the day after First Friday and I've been in the middle of the month.Part of the reason this gets 5 stars from me is that I live at The Ogden, so I literally walk down stairs from my place and BAM! Food Truck heaven. plus I like the addition of the local vendors selling their hand crafted wares. I'm not gonna buy most of it because its just not my style, but I'm all about small local vendors getting their shot. There's always a few regulars and a few change-ups each month. You can almost always count on Slidin Thru and Grouchy John's but the rest vary from month to month. And it's always a good mix of people in attendance. It's an all ages event so it usually draws that same crowd you see at First Friday, & it's FREE to get in so if you are in the area there is definitely no good reason to not check it out.My one main complaint is that there's around 4 or 5 tables total for the event. Therefore, there is always that awkward time after buying the food of walking around trying to find some place to post up and eat. For an event with as many attendees as this tends to get, and as much extra room as they have in the parking lot, whoever is in charge needs to get on this. It's a tiny little omission that would make a huge difference in the quality of the event.

It was the first anniversary of Vegas Streats Festival, we came here last year with Rick's Dad downtown to come and try some food trucks. But we were terribly disappointed that Fukuburger wasn't going to attend, (they were off at the Nascar Races). But being that the festival occurs while they're here, it would have been a shame not to go. And since the whole family has gotten involved with the review process, we were able this time to branch out and try multiple food trucks!!And there were many! To start off, we went early; the lines at the food trucks get WAY TOO LONG if you don't get there early! Well, I guess that secret was out, because a long line awaited us at the Festival's gates. There were a couple of Food Trucks we were hoping to get to this year, as well as some mainstays. Everyone was hungry, so I knew the one Food Truck that would deliver: TastyBunz!!Now a little bit on the service delivery of food trucks: you go up to one window, order and pay, get your receipt with number, then wait in an uncomfortable claustrophobic huddle with other annoyed people, crowded around the pick up window waiting for you're number to be called, hoping that it does before everyone else's in the most unreasonably shortest amount of time...which never happens...Okay, back to TastyBunz; We had their buns last year, and they were so good! (omitting the little SNAFU they had with passing up my order and making me wait for over an hour). This year, they only had two selections of buns: Pizza Pizza Buns with Pepperoni and Chicken Swiss Prosciutto in Cream. We got an order of both and an order of Me Tots: Tater Tots topped with Truffle Fried Egg, Bacon, Onion and Ranch Dressing. The Chicken Buns were really creamy and satisfying, the Pizza buns were alright. But the Me Tots took the Prize; these crunchy Tots with the Fried Egg, Bacon and Ranch were exceptionally sinful seeing as they came right out of the fryer and into and oven with the ingredients, (I was intently watching them make it), it was a perfect truck food snack! Rick went over to wait in line at Sliding Thru, Rick Sr. went to Cheesesteak Truck and Marian secured a table for us to eat. After I got our TastyBunz food, I went to the table and Rick Sr. had already brought the Cheesesteak over, so I got Rick and we gave up on Slidin-Thru. To be honest, they aren't the best Sliders I've had, and their line is way to long for what they produce...We all tried the Cheesesteak and it was your typical street food sandwich. What we didn't like was the price: $12!!! That was a major rip off considering the amount of choices there were for alternative fare. We did not give this food truck a passing grade...I shimmied my way on over to Haulin Balls and stood online like the bread line in war torn communist country....We're such food victims...So I've been hearing really great things about these guys, and I was getting psyched to try them out! I was intrigued by the Lump Blue Crab Balls ($8?) and had to ask how many were in an order....And after picking myself off the ground when she said two.... I composed myself and ordered it..Added an order of the All Thai'd up and the Three Cheese Mac-n-Cheese, hobbled off to the pick up line and waited like a dog waits for a treat!Needless to say, the wait was worth it. As for the $8 Crab Balls, they were the best snack of the night! You wrap them in the lettuce, squeeze a little lemon on them and pop in your mouth-soooo freakin good!!! I ordered as well the All Thai'd Up -Turkey Balls with Thai Pickles, (Carrot, Daikon) with a Thai Sweet Dipping Sauce. I was blown away to say the least: the flavor of the Turkey with the Thai ingredients blended harmoniously. Last of all, we had the Triple Mac-n-Cheese; and it was great-rich and creamy like you want from this dish and with an added kick, it rounded up the meal!Rusty Pickle: Rick waited for over an hour at this place, what a mess...This was the worst of all Food Truck experiences. It was clear that the staff at Rusty Pickle were unable to handle the overflowing amount of orders coming in. We ordered the fried pickles and looking at the staff's actions, we could tell that they were frying to order one by one!!! (I mean, your got several orders coming in-you can fry batches)! Meanwhile, several staff were huddled around one doing all the work, and there was a mob in front of the truck waiting forever-it looked hopeless..The fried pickles were nothing great, especially after that long wait. And the Tri-Tip Sliders were horrible-dry and flakey without any condiments or sauces, it had to be the worst thing ever..not worth commenting...Barring the last Food Truck fiasco, overall it was fun to go and hang out at the festival, but like going to the Carnival every year, it's ok to skip it just go to the Food Trucks on their own.

The admission is free but expect it to be small and have only several food trucks there. It is hard to find a free parking lot, especially you are not from the area and don't know much just like me. There were some street parking with meters if you go early enough. If not, you probably will end up paying $5 for parking. My girlfriend and I went there basically just for Fuku Burger. It was truly delicious, just like I expected. Other than this food truck, I did not find anything else that attractive. We got there after 7 and there weren't too many people. Like others say, there are only a few tables so expect to eat standing or just sit on the side of the road. If you have nothing else to do, I would say go ahead but don't waste time going if you have other stuff you want to do. I would recommend to check out Fuku Burger and their location changes everyday.

Brr. Besides the cold weather tonight. Its always a 'TREAT' being at the sTreats. It was too cold for measures today, but normally draws a pretty good crowd. Definitely an addition to the upcoming rise of Old Vegas Downtown. They've got a DJ.. lots of FOOD TRUCKS, artist, retails booths etc.Free entry btw.Culture meet Diversity. Vegas welcomes you both.

Great idea El Cortez to host the Vegas Streats food truck get together once a month. Bad idea to charge $10 for event parking at the el cortez garage. If you're in the area prior to the event, sign up for a free Club Cortez card for free event parking. It was a great gathering, but the music was awful and so loud. It was teally hard to hear the foodtrucks describe their dishes. I would have stayed longer and tried more trucks, but my ears were ringing from the loud music. I tried Melteez, Shrimp n sausage (there isn't a yelp on these guys yet), and Sin city snoball ( review on their yelp page). Melteez was yummy, and friendly. Shrimp n sausage's creole dish was awful. No skill or techniqe used to make their dish. The shrimp tasted old with no flavor and the rice was a little soggy. There was also a bunch of oil, where on earth did this come from?

I have been coming to Vegas StrEATS off and on since it first started. I am disappointed in how the cost of the food has gone up. I remember when I could try a little something from a few different trucks for $3 or $5 each and now I noticed a lot of the trucks are charging more. I knew I was going for some "crack tacos" at Tacos El Gordo when we were done with this visit so I decided to just get some funnel cake to split with my peeps. Nothing like unhealthy fried dough before dinner! It was super delicious but not for almost $10. They charge a certain price for the funnel cake but then additional for other toppings. The food trucks aren't always the same at each festival which is something I actually like. It is nice to try something new and an old favorite. It was nice to see yelp set up at Vegas StrEATS too! They had some fun games going on and freebies you could win. I got a cool bouncy ball :)Security checks your ID and purse if you have one before entering so be prepared. Entry is free you just have to pay for whatever you want from the food trucks or other vendors. They have different bands playing each time so check the facebook page for Vegas StrEATS to see who is playing the upcoming festival as well what food trucks and vendors will be there.

We wanted to check this out since we were already in the downtown area and I thought it was OK. It was kinda chilly out so we didn't stay long. There were clothing vendors and food trucks but we didn't buy anything. The food smelled really good coming from one of the trucks but I noticed there was no place to sit and eat so we decided to pass. We will probably come out again when the weather is warmer.BTW, security will check your ID and look in your purse before you can enter in.

5 stars and San Gennaro Feast could learn a bit from this. Free Entry, good selection of trucks and food stands, live music and free entry (yes, I said that twice).Look forward to the next one and many more!

once a month, the slidin' thru cru, el cortez hotel and insert coins bring you a festival not to be missed.filled with the best food trux in town, vendors selling local goodies and music from local performers.it doesn't matter what kind o clothes or kix you got on, everyone's welcome.it's casual, non-judgmental and fun - something difficult to find in vegas.so, grab your t-shirt, hoodie and beanie and come on down to vegas strEATs.oh, and don't forget to bring a few bux to tip your trux...