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A terrible place to visit. Over priced and the most ignorant and rude staff I have ever come accross in all my years of travel to the USA. When asked if we were visiting Vegas from the UK we said yes and the server then went on to explain that by law you must tip and that if you don't you go to jail. Luckily for us we travel that often we know it's not true but how many people are going there only to be put off the whole place by one persons desperation to get a tip. We left after we waited 10 minutes to get a drink and then a further 35 minutes for pasta....we left before it turned up I think 45 minutes was more than enough time to cook some pasta.
So save your money and don't ruin your trip with a visit to this rip off cafe.

Good for you!

To be fair to the Rainforest Cafe, I feel like I have to respond. I agree that the food is a little bit pricey, but good luck finding food outside of the food courts and buffets in Las Vegas that isn't a little bit pricey.

As for the rude staff, Americans tend to have a different sense of humor than our British friends. I would be extremely shocked if the waiter libby77 spoke of was serious when he stated that not tipping was a jailable offense. It was a joke. He would have known that, had you chosen to speak to his manager about what you perceived to be such a "great offense," he would have likely been fired, so the chances are very good that he was wasn't risking that by being serious. The waiters have always joked with us when we have visited the Vegas Rainforest Cafe - about everything from my dad's accent (Texan) to my cousin's purple hairdo. It's all in good fun. I mean, you went into a restaurant with mist and rain and mechanical monkeys hanging from the ceiling - you expected everything to be serious?

It's also pretty common to have a wait in popular restaurants in Vegas. The Rainforest Cafe is always packed, and a bit of a wait is to be expected. I can wait 30 minutes for my food in a local restaurant here in New Mexico.

I guess my review of The Rainforest Cafe would be this: Don't go if you're impatient, because it is a themed restaurant geared toward families and is usually crowded. I'm sure the staff also assumes most people enjoy sitting a bit longer there and enjoying the atmosphere. It is, after all, not a fast-food joint. Don't go if you don't have a sense of humor. Adults may find the atmosphere a tad cheesy, such as when the wait staff begins identifying and naming the mechanical animals for you, but keep in mind the restaurant is largely aimed at children, who find the whole thing fascinating. As for the food, I have found it to be quite tasty. I have yet to have an unsatisfactory experience at TRC, so give it a chance if you want some decent food and a fun, lighthearted experience. But beware of jokes.

Hello my traveling friends, I can't really comment on The Rainforest but I can say that the 14 times that I been to Las Vegas I have always seen this place packed and I don't like wasting my vacation standing and waiting I do that in enough in the real world. I am from NY the Big Apple and people say we have the worst attitude but here everything is about waiting and standing in a line and we are always crush for time, we don't have much of it. Time is fly by so fast one day runs into another and a week or month is gone, so when I travel I tend to take that same impatient attitude with me forgeting that HEY YOUR ON VACATION MISSY SLOW DOWN AND HAVE FUN. LOL have fun on your vacations stop bossing people around take it easy enjoy the TIME that you have LIFE is short. Also remember that these folks are working what's vacation for you is work for them so they might need a break too, and from what I learn through traveling most folks don't get paid enough to be nice or to take others crap. So treat others as you want to be treated and have some sympathy maybe they having a bad day or they under pay and under work and some do depend on the tip, don't blame them if the food is bad that person didn't cook it. Tiping should be based on how well the person did there job. So travel on my friends and enjoy life.

Although I have not been to the RFC in Vegas there is one in my city and I find that normally there is a bit of a wait. Food is pricey, but the overall experience is good. I have always felt this was a resturant experience for small children. In the Ft. Lauderdale area they even have a play ground area to entertain children.

I have never been a fan of the RFC but I live in Kansas City and they owners opened up a similar resturant called T-REX. Love the prehistoric atmosphere, but the food is over priced and low on flavor.