Hanks Fine Steaks & Martinis

Do I have to select a star rating??? I’m really torn on how many stars to click. They’re not exactly «A-​OK» but I’m not «Yay! I’m a fan» for Hank’s either.
Came here for Valentine’s dinner… place was packed!!! We had reservations for 7:15p and we got seated within 5 minutes. They had a Valentine’s special menu or you can order from their normal menu as well.
For appetizers:
Boyfriend got the WEDGE salad. He really liked their peppercorn ranch dressing.
I got the LOBSTER CHOWDER. Yum!!! Probably my favorite item of the night. (yeah, pretty sad that an appetizer is the best thing I’ve had all night.)
Entrees:
We both got the 8oz petite filet mignon. I can’t speak for my boyfriend since he’s not the one writing the review, but personally… this steak was nothing special. AT ALL. I’ve read some of the reviews and some people were right. The steak was flavorless without any seasoning. Flemings, Ruth Chris and Mastros have better steaks than this!!! Ultimately, I was disappointed. Not even looking forward to my leftovers that’s still in the fridge =/​
Sides:
–broccoli
–Potatoes Au Gratin: ehh… pretty average. Again, Flemings come to mind. Their Flemings Potatoes is their version of Potatoes Au Gratin and damnnnn… theirs is freakin orgasmic!!! (I promise you I don’t work for Flemings. I’m only comparing Hank’s to Flemings because Flemings potatoes are the best I’ve had.)
Also, service wasn’t attentive that night. Yes, I know it was Valentine’s night but oddly enough, it wasn’t DURING our dining experience our waiter went MIA on us. It was when the bill came. It took awhile to find him and ask for the check. Our drinks were empty, our empty salad/​soup bowls were left on our table for quite some time before it was picked up. Someone else also mentioned that for the price you’re paying… service here is mediocre.
–1 star for spotty service
–1 star for the flavorless steak
If you’re a tourist, don’t bother going out of your way to Hank’s. I promise you there are plenty of better fine steakhouses on The Strip.

First time bringing my significant other from San Francisco to Las Vegas to visit. Brought her to Hanks for an exquisite dinner hoping to set the bar high since SF has some amazing restaurants.
–chef Charlie’s selection of appetizers were outstanding
–wine selection was impressive
–our hostess Kanoe greeted us with a warm welcome and introduced the staff (she’s a gem)
–our server Clay had superior customer service as he helped guide us through our four course meal
Overall we were both pleased with the entire staff, décor, ambiance, and food. We will be back!

You can’t go wrong here… Amazing happy hour, fantastic food, great live music. This was our second visit and we loved every minute. The deep fried Oreos are outrageous!

Avoid this place. So many better steak houses in Vegas. Way way way over priced. $ 80 lobster was over cooked $ 60 cut of steak very large but no seasoning. We spent $ 200 on a dinner that is no better than Applebee’s. So disappointing.

Last Thursday, my roomie and I had the pleasure of dining at Hank’s again. While the place was BUSY, our service didn’t suffer one bit. Everything was perfect! I’ll be back. This place just doesn’t miss. I absolutely love it! The Waygu is the BEST steak I have eaten in Las Vegas!

Nice NY strip and wine selection. Noise level is high as well as prices but you get what you pay for in Vegas. Plan on spending $ 75-​$ 100 per person plus drinks.

Bar is too crowded. Too many «saved» seats while others stand. Not very accommodating. Good martini’s. Could be friendlier. The servers are rude. Could not be more disappointed.

Great happy hour and great bar ambiance. All of the bartenders are great, except one tall thin guy seems to serves all the pretty woman before before guys, ie me. Which I understand but i assure you a spend more money and tip better. Lesson learned. To politely get his attention sometimes you have to modestly flag him down as he’ll walk right past you with your empty glass stretched out in front of you. When you politely call for his attention he gives you the fisheye. I only mention this because it seems to constantly happen with this guy. Shouldn’t have to beg for a drink at these prices. Just sayin’. That aside love the place. Food is very pricy but excellent.

came here to have dinner with some other friends that happened to be in LV and am glad we came here. It was probably the best meal we had in our 4 day NYE stay. The meals are pricey but you get what you pay for. Average food price was close to $ 100 per head without alcohol but we did let it flo so it was closer to $ 175 a head. Would I come back? Yes I think I would. The Rib Eye and Scallops I had were some of the best quality I’ve had in awhile. Worth the drive off the strip to Green Valley Ranch.

Definitely not the best steak house I have ever been to… and they are said to be #1 in Henderson. Usually, you cannot go wrong eating at nice restaurants in casinos but we will not be rushing back here.
The money paid would have been better spent elsewhere for the food and service. There were very long lags and even getting a menu took a very long time. It is the type of place you would want to linger and enjoy everything but the wait for everything was ridiculous. I like my filet steak rare and it was way overcooked to the medium side. They eventually corrected it but I ended up watching everyone eat their steaks. The other big thing is that the sides were stone cold — the garlic mashed and the asparagus. I was dining with non-​picky type people and even they sent these back. The mushrooms braised in red wine were funky and a few of us were feeling these later into the next day. What was delicious was the starter — lobster chowder. SO good. Crab cakes not bad. And the table bread — very good. There is a very extensive wine list and you can get many good ones by the glass for a decent price.
The ambiance was very nice. Classy.
On a busy evening, they were able to bump up our reso to be seated a bit earlier so we appreciated that.
The bill was a hefty one and there was zero compensation for the cold food and overdone steak. By the way, the steaks, at least mine had no seasoning. They need to step up their game!
No next time, sorry Hank’s!

Every time I dine here I have high expectations. Their prices are certainly comparable to high end steak houses on the strip. Actually they’re the same as any 5 star non Michelin star rated restaurant on the premier LV strip. So… this being one reason we don’t dine here on a very regular basis. If I wanted that I’d go to SW or StripSteak. I happen to love the charm & appeal of the nice local steakhouses.
If that’s what you’re looking for you might be disappointed.
Upon entry. as usual, husband & I get a pre dinner drink at the bar. Tonight, sweet wonderful bartender! Great way to start our dinner! Short cute lil blonde bartender with the best smile! Thank you btw… you were the highlight of ANYONE we encountered!
Next we were seated promptly for our 6:45 reservation. Restaurant was not too busy, yet steady.
Waited a moment for our menus but nothing ridiculous… at first.
After taking PLENTY of time to select our bottle of wine & entrees (20 min) we continued to wait to order.
Not one mention of the specials. No mention of anything. You want an «order taker»…I sure had one. That’s it. No help or assistance or asking if I needed assistance from anyone.
I didn’t need it, but when one is there that long the gesture goes miles!
So…fiiiinally I order the wine. We order our dinner.
We are brought what we need, knife.fork. Our server does ask if we need more bernaise. The only quality check we were allowed apparently.
No one checks on us or asks if we are ok… until the chef does his dining rooms check, that was very nice. He literally went to every table and asked personally & made eye contact. But server, som… nope. Nothing. And I’m not kidding. No one other than chef.
So pros:
Bar staff was fantastic as were martinis
Hostess staff was sweet & welcoming
The food is great! We had the onion soup & Caesar to start. Very basic but yummy.
Waygu Filet & 11 oz filet
Oscar style
Brussels (special)
Broccoli
Bottle of Nickel & Nickel Cabernet
Cons:
Service is horrendous in main dining room.

2 stars because the service is too casual for a upscale restaurant and the food is not outstanding for the price.
i mean to say the servers are not very dignified or well trained. in spite of there poor service i tipped them very well because i am a dignified customer.
Restaurant is clean.
The girls at the front are very helpful.
Nothing much to write about the ambience as nothing is quite exceptional other than beautiful chandeliers all over the places.
Server started to called me buddy, as if we are neighbors. that behavior belongs to smaller restaurants.
I accept i did not order my prime rib right, but the correction made by the server is not professional enough. It’s like pointing me out as if i dont know nothing about eating steak.
Food is dropped on our table as if the other side of the restaurant is caught on fire. There is no gentle placement of the food on the table. Again they behave very casually. They should remember we pay for the ambience and service ethics too.
We are party of three people and the table we sat at is quite big. Servers lack minimum common sense to bring in individual sauce cups instead they just left large sauce containers in the middle and we struggled to stretch across the table to dip meat.
I have eaten at so many upscale restaurants so can easily differentiate .
we ordered 3 entrees, i ate Prime Rib and i will review about what i ate.
30% of the prime rib is filled with Fat. i like it but just saying.
Beginning 10 bites are superb and then after chewy part starts. seriously prime rib suddenly turns into a chewing gum. Not sure why the same experience did not last until the end.
meat dipping sauces (4 different kinds) are so good, i recommend trying them all and stick with what you like the most. I personally liked Peppercorn, Wine based, garlic based sauce.
Huge Prime Rib portion, i ate 70% and packed 30% for my puppies.
Overall food experience is better than service.
If you have money, Go ahead give it a try.
If you experienced fine dining earlier then think before you pick this place. You may not experience similar hospitality .
Try it if you never experienced fine dining earlier, it will help you for comparision purpose.
Thanks for reading my review.

We stopped over in Henderson on our way back to LA and thought we’d try one of the off-​Strip hotels. I heard Henderson was a little old school so when I booked a reservation at Hank’s I envisioned a gun slinging, beer swilling saloon type steakhouse. BOY was I wrong. It was fancy and classy and very awesome. We all shared the Seafood platter. For $ 75.00 we got a ginormous platter of Lobster, Crab Legs, Oysters and Shrimp.

Note: I have yet to actually dine here. All of my experiences have been appetizers and drinks at the bar.
Hank’s is a classy, but not stuffy, steak restaurant at Green Valley Ranch. And they have an awesome happy hour. It’s a great place for grabbing cocktails and appetizers. On my most recent visit, we did a bottle of wine, calamari, fries, and lobster bisque to share amongst us. All of it was delicious. The bartender was friendly and attentive. And on a Friday night, the bar area was actually pretty empty.
All in all, great drinks and great eats await you here. And there’s some great deals too during happy hour.

It’s a fine dining setting & atmosphere BUT with buffet quality food & chefs. The food is just plain bland. I’ve been here multiple times just to use my casino comps.
Courtney was a gr8 bartender & extremely attentive. Her barbacks could step it up a notch n bus the adjacent lounge section though.
If the former Light Group managed this place, there’d be a great improvement in food quality. It’s hard to mess up a basic steak. They did n I’m not talking about the temp. Taste. Yikes!

BEST MEAL EVER! I was skeptical as to how good this place was going to be but was blown away by not only the food, but also the service. Everyone was so pleasant and attentive.
It is a bit pricey, but no more than any other nice steakhouse. My husband and I split the crab cakes (OMG) as an appetizer. They were phenomenal! For $ 19 we got two large crab cakes with a light frisée salad.
For our main course there was an option for a t-​bone that was about 44oz and was perfect for two. It was also one of the only meals that came with roasted veggies and potatoes. The steak was split in to a fillet that melted in our mouths and also a strip steak. They were cooked to perfection and our waiter did a great job slicing and dividing it up. It was about $ 125 but most other steaks were between $ 40-​$ 60 individually and $ 8-​$ 12 for sides.
The atmosphere was beautiful and there was a guy playing acoustic guitar.

4.3!
This was a great place for a rehearsal dinner.
Service here was excellent! Great recommendations by the waitstaff to accommodate my many food allergies. They were helpful, funny, and were on top of everything. They even accommodated our additional guests at the last minute.
The food was really good too. I loved the grass fed bison filet and the buttermilk fried chicken. I’ve had better creamed spinach at other steakhouses, but this was good too. The sweet potato fries were just okay. The mac and cheese was mm mmm good — decadent! And as others have probably mentioned the butter toffee cake was SOOOO good!
I recommend Hank’s for their attentive staff and good food.

I’m always looking for my favorite steak place in Las Vegas, so when I saw this place, I couldn’t wait to give it a try. Very classy place and friendly service. Being off the strip, I was hopeful that it would be my go to place. Although it was good, it also won’t be my go to place. First of all, getting service was bad. For drinks, for ordering, for getting the check, they just ignored us even when we flagged them down. And then as a high end steak place, I didn’t think the steak met expectations. Sure it seemed of a high grade, but it was just a little more than medium rare and didn’t have any flavor. Too bad, I really wanted to like this place.

Love Hank’s so so so much. A classic stop for a nice date night with the wife. The beef carpaccio — when on the menu — is to die for. Great service; great steaks; great martinis.
And, not to be overlooked, it is not on the Strip! One of my top few locals steakhouses.

Normally I wouldn’t write such a negative review, but this is the worst restaurant I have ever eaten at in my entire life. This review is for both a dinner experience and for Easter brunch.
I wanted to like this place so much. Here’s what they do have going for them. The location is great, it’s less than 10 minutes from my house and GVR is easy to get into and navigate. The décor and ambiance in Hank’s is amazing, very swanky and classy.
I’ll start with my dinner experience. My husband made reservations for dinner on a Friday night. We look over the menu and are intrigued by the drink offerings so we both order a drink and the bread basket comes out. The drinks are tasty and creative, the bread basket variety is nice so I’m happy so far. We both order a steak and some sides. Then we sit and wait… and wait some more. Meanwhile the table next to us is complaining about their food. I assume the woman is just a complainer and write it off. Then our food arrives and I realize what all the complaining is about. Our steaks were the worst steaks I’ve ever had. I’m not saying they were the worst steaks from a fine dining restaurant either. I would be disgruntled if I had been served these same steaks at Applebee’s. My husband and I both ordered medium steaks and they both contained uncooked areas in the middle. I’m not talking rare… completely uncooked. I mean steaks is in the title and they can’t even get that right. At this point we’d waited so long that we just ate what we could and vowed to never return.
Flash forward to Easter. I decide that because of all the reasons that I wanted to like this restaurant that we must give it another try. We make reservations and are seated. The hostess was very friendly and gave us a warm welcome. We ordered
the deviled eggs to start and the waiting begins. After 45 minutes we have an appetizer. It looks like the service is just like last time. The waiter apologizes and says the kitchen is behind, but based on our last experience we know this is the norm. Our omelets with a side of potatoes arrive and it is something I can eat, but not good. Then we wait forever to get our check and get out of there.
I can forgive bad food and I can forgive bad service, but not a combination of the two. We won’t be back to see if the third time is a charm.

Returned last night with a friend for tater tots, mac & cheese, and a prime rib sliders. Most disappointing experience I’ve ever had here.
First, the menu has reverted back to what I know to be normal so I’m happy about that. Unfortunately, the mac & cheese is now made with rigatoni & little cheese. That the pasta was undercooked & arrived cold made it worse. Our amazing server quickly removed it from our table and bill and brought au gratin instead. Sadly, this dish too had problems: the potatoes were hard. Rock hard. Au gratin & mac & cheese should both me creamy, soft, scrumptious carb goodness. Both of these were huge failures. Another order of mac & cheese arrived as well & while warmer than cold, it was still bad.
The tater tots were okay. They reminded me of mini hush puppies on the outside. But inside, where was the potato? I couldn’t find find it. ANOTHER fail.
Prime rib sliders. Not bad. Not great either. No where on the bar menu did it say horseradish (or they would not have been ordered due to an allergy), and after being told the white stuff covering them was cheese, we were immediately corrected & told it was in fact horseradish. 3 sliders immediately sent back & returned without the smelly white stuff.
The only two things that made our time here enjoyable was 1) catching up with a friend I’ve not seen in ages, and 2) our server. She was fantastic! Super sweet & attentive. I wish I knew her name.
Doubt I’ll be back. If I return, no sides for me.

I attended the Cakebread wine dinner on Thursday. It started off a little rough with seating still taking place after 6:30 (Scheduled to start at 6) and food not starting until about 6:45. It was also very noisy, but other than that it was a really nice event.
It was a set 5 course dinner. Scallop appetizer with bok choy and shitake mushrooms (excellent), lobster consommé (mine was almost cold, my least favorite dish), frisee salad with goat cheese (very good), Bison ribeye (excellent) and a chocolate trio (excellent). All 5 courses were paired with Cakebread wines. They were pretty small pours, maybe 2 ounces. Sometimes they would come back for a little extra and sometimes not.
We always enjoy Hanks every few months for dinner but more often for their happy hour. I mean who doesn’t like half price martinis? I hope they decided to have more of these wine dinners. It is a great way to try different wineries, enjoy food not on the regular menu and meet all sorts of interesting people.
(Sorry my photos are dark, flash was not working due to low battery)