"HottieCouple"
07/21/07 -see other reviews-
 Attitude - 4 Eye Candy - 2 Price - 2
"Elvis is Alive and Running a Drag Club!"
The King is alive and well and owns a drag club in Las Vegas. He's quite a few pounds heavier than even the "fat Elvis" was and wears one of the larger jumps suits around but he still has his 'burns, most of his hair and certainly his voice and charisma. He was also much nicer than I thought Elvis would be, constantly walking by to make sure we were being taken care of by the bartender.
Long ago this location in a strip mall on East Sahara was a singles bar called the Plush Horse. For a time, it was a good place to go to play the pick-up scene but eventually it died out and became a place to avoid, whatever the new name happened to be.
That is, until former real estate agent Elvis Nargi leased the space and went into the restaurant & lounge business. Elvis' Restaurant & Lounge is a place like no other in Las Vegas due to the combination of a living, breathing, greeting and singing Elvis and the requisite Elvis theme throughout, nightly karaoke and lounge acts, Italian dining in a very comfortable restaurant area, a cabaret-style stage and seating area and the abundance of the transvestites and transsexuals in full regalia.
We didn't have dinner but it looked pretty good from afar so we'll probably return to check that out. We enjoyed a few not-too-expensive drinks, chatted with several friendly people and the Mrs. unexpectedly won a $200 bottle of Champagne in a "twist" dance contest (which we drank immediately!). The karaoke ranged from decent to not bad at all and Elvis himself had a pretty good voice no matter what artist he covered (Elvis didn't just sing Elvis).
I left thinking several thoughts: that the place was certainly different than the Plush Horse in its prime; that if Elvis were actually still alive he might be running this very lounge just the way it is; and that one of these nights when we are in the mood for something different we'll wander back into Elvis' Restaurant & Lounge...
(Update: We went back to check out the food. We had another good time overall but the food was definitely subpar. Go for the off-beat experience, not the food.)
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