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    Jackpot Cafe

    3.7 (60 reviews)
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    Closed • 7:00 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)

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    Moderate noise
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Dara W.

    First time here with some friends. Typical diner/cafe type food inside a Casino. Cute atmosphere with old school slot machines inside the cafe. Obviously to get there you walk through the stale smoke smell of a casino, but it wasn't horrendous. The server was super friendly and was very busy in her section. She took our orders and food came out fast. Overall it was good. It didn't knock my socks off or anything, but it hit the spot. Not sure we'd rush to go back; it is an option though.

    The mighty Ruben sandwich, real good sandwich served with fries.
    Robbie R.

    I got invited to have lunch here at Sharky's Casino restaurant, The Jackpot Cafe, by some local friends. I'm staying up at Tahoe out of the heat, but made the trip down to Gardnerville with my friend I'm staying with. I would have never thought to stop in here at Sharky's as it kinds looks old, like a place from the past. It does have a colorful history, but it's under new ownership and I hear the food is wonderful. It's the same owners as the Carson Valley Inn, Katie's, Bodine's in Carson as well as Slot World. The menus are similar at all these places but there are small differences in offerings and prices. All the menus are posted online. There's road construction causing traffic back ups, but it's not super bad, or you can approach from the Centerville Lane side like we did. Lots of parking. Inside, OMG, there are some of the friendliest people I've met! Must have been 3-4 people said HI to us! It wasn't alike they all worked here either. We were a party of 4 and got a nice table. Our server was super friendly and took our drink orders. I decided to go for this Caramelized Salmon Salad, I've not seen this salad before anywhere. It's ($13.99) served with a 6 oz piece of salmon fillet, on a bed of mixed greens including bleu cheese crumbles, green apples, Mandarin oranges all with a raspberry vinaigrette dressing. OMG! Was this the best dang salad I ever had in my life! Yes, it's that good. The big slab of salmon was cooked perfect, not all dried out, but moist and melty in my mouth. The unique dressing was divine, I never had anything like that before. Get this salad! I can't get over that big slab of salmon! See the pics! My friend had a Patty Melt ($11.99). Check this out, ALL the burger patties here are BIG HALF POUNDERS! The patty melt at the other places, like Bodine's are just lb and don't even cover the whole piece of rye bread on the patty melt. This patty melt was nice thick piece of meat all the way to the edge of the bread. Loaded with grilled onions and cheese, the bread was grilled nice and crispy. Dang good Patty melt , I took a bite, one of the best I've had in a long time! Our local friends had the Meat Loaf special ($8.99) and the Ruben sandwich. The meat loaf was probably the least exciting, but still a decent meatloaf. The Ruben was stuffed thick with pastrami and sauerkraut. I had a taste of that too .... good but the Patty Melt was better for the same price. ($11.99). I come back here for sure if I was in the area again.

    Small sad club sandwich cut into little cubes!
    M L.

    I've been coming here at lot of late here at the Jackpot Cafe located inside Sharky's Casino. I was thrilled with the food at first sampling the things I ordered. But upon ordering more items from the menu, I'm finding not ALL is well in Sharkyland. One thing I have a problem with is the service. I had many different servers here and for some reason they rarely ever refill you water glass with out flagging them down and requesting. Same with the coffee. As for the food, most things I tried were decent to great, like the Patty Melt was one of the best ... but I tried the turkey club sandwich .... don't get this, it was a sorry sad little sandwich cut into little cubes! It wasn't even that good tasting, same goes for the Grilled turkey sandwich, really not much to it, for sure get the Patty Melt instead! On the good side, the Valley Cheesesteak sandwich ... sort of like a Philly cheesesteak, was pretty good, but still didn't best out the Patty Melt. Another not so good thing are the booth sizes, the table itself is more narrow than normal, so you'll have you knees banging into your dining partner sitting across the narrow table. If you are a larger person, get a table with chairs! I was quite thrilled with this restaurant at first, but now not so much ... I'll just come back for the Patty Melt.

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    Albie E.

    A friend suggested that we try this cafe inside the Sharkey's casino in downtown Gardnerville, so I went. This quaint little casino in picturesque Gardnerville, Nv was a good spot for brunch! My friend had the chicken fried steak, while I chose the bacon burger. I must say, the food came out pretty quick! We were there around 12:30 so the lunch rush was kinda ending and it was a Friday. The burger came out smelling delicious! I don't know how to explain it, but when I took a bite the beef patty tasted juicy and fresh, very beefy! If you know, you know! It was accompanied with fries, that were fried good and not oily, with just the right amount. My friend's chicken fried steak was very good he said. He ordered it with the dark gravy which came with two eggs and two buttermilk biscuits. My friend who was trying to limit his carbs dove right in and ate both biscuits with butter and jam! He said they tasted fresh and were pretty dang good! Not only did he eat the breakfast, he also tried a cup of the clam chowder as the soup of the day. He said it was good. We had mimosas as beverages that are served with the orange juice in the glass and mini bottles given to each of us. So, you can essentially have a pretty yummy strong drink! The ambiance was old school western perfectly suited for the small downtown historic Gardnerville! It was very nice and pleasant to sit and eat. You really wouldn't know it's inside a casino, as the restaurant is tucked away in a nice corner with windows looking outside. The service was great with our hostess and server being very attentive. Parking is ample with the large lot that is free. Price was amazing! For the food, quality and amount, the prices are very reasonable. I'd say if you want a great, relaxing place to go have breakfast, lunch or dinner and maybe gamble a bit, this is the place to go!

    Where can you get two breakfasts for this price?!

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    Food was great!! Service was great!! Chicken fried steak, two eggs and a delicious biscuit only $5.99.... Awesome experience!!!

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