Market Street Cafe

This place is known for their Hawaiian style Oxtail Soup which is only available after 9 PM. The amount of oxtail in the soup is incredible for the price. The meat falls off of the bone into a simple broth with carrots, celery, and mushrooms. I like to spoon a bit of the broth over the bowl of rice. Make sure to suck and gnaw off all of the gelatinous bits from the bones! Eva and Patt were very attentive at the counter.

Don’t let the place/decor fool you. Older crowd. But so nice and quiet. No cigarettes smell. You might even want to walk away to head to Redwood. Do not. I’m telling you. Try the prime rib. We are huge meat eaters and this place is exceptional. Prime rib (what they are well known for) so of course we had to try it out. Brought my family of 9 out here. It was 5:30. We only waited about 6 minutes for them to set up seating and our table. No reservations. First come. 18.99 for a nice thick piece of prime rib - cooked to a medium rare to perfection. I mean absolute perfection! It comes with au jus and horseradish. The outer fat cap was seasoned very well and absolutely delicious. We know our meat and this was well worth the trip out there. If you want a huge piece of prime rib for a very good price. Try here. Cherry jubilee at the end was delicious and big enough for two people to share since only 5 of us got the prime rib (cherry jubilee comes with it). Cal Cut Prime Rib” which they label as the “Juiciest Prime Rib in Town”. It is VERY true. The meal comes with a house salad, and choice of steamed rice, baked potato, mashed potatoes, or fries and a fresh vegetable. Spare ribs were equally delicious and sadly we didn’t get to try the oxtail because they serve it after 9pm. But there was so much prime rib I could barely finish and I ALWAYS finish my meat. We ordered alcohol but they get that from the casino so that was an extra price. For three wines and a mule. It was $24. They were the small plastic cups full. Still the Cab paired well with the prime rib. total for our party of 9 - $237 including the 20% tip Totally worth it. We will be bringing friends next time.

Long a place to get local food, this has morphed into a mainland menu with only minimal local food, restricted to the plate lunch of the day. On Wednesday the special was fried spam, Portuguese sausage and bbq ribs. But they still carry their famous oxtail soup from 9pm to 3am. Will come back to try that.

Affordable, delicious place in downtown Las Vegas. Do yourself a favor and try their oxtail soup at least once in your life. They only serve it after 9PM though and it usually has a long line but worth every wait. If you dont have a big party just go straight to the bar, you can order it from there. All other food they serve are delicious too and cheap.

We came here for the Oxtail soup but was equally blown away with their chili dish and their prime rib dinner (great prime rib at a great price). This was my first time at the California hotel and I was digging the island theme vibe. Hawaiian shirts and friendly staff makes for an awesome combo. Parking validation is easy as long as you spend at least $30 for dinner and the parking lot was easy to find a spot on a Sat night at around 8pm. Also, after validation you get up to 4 hours to enjoy the festivities outside and explore the downtown area. I do recommend coming to the Market Street Cafe between 8-8:30 if you're going to try the Oxtail soup as that starts at 9 and a fairly long line starts to form at around 9 (lastly, I can see what the fuss is all about as I don't know anywhere else in town that can serve this kind of delicious oxtail soup). Come on down, enjoy a piece of the Las Vegas downtown experience and bon appetit!