Stella's Cafe, LLC / dba Kickstart Kafe — Restaurant in Las Vegas

I was personally excited and open to trying a new place, and granted, maybe this was an off day. I ordered door dash from here and got a bagel with salmon, a grilled green chili, chicken, swiss cheese melt, and a green chile chicken soup bowl. Obviously I am disappointed with what I received, but I will gladly edit this later if I ever get food from here again.

First and foremost the soup is not only bland but seems to be scraps from maybe their southwest salad corn and chicken thrown into boiling water with some green chile and rice. It's essentially a vegetable soup with tiny chunks of chicken inside. I couldn't finish it so I moved onto the "chicken melt" and bagel. The chicken melt appeared with the texture of tuna. I took a bite and gave the rest to my dogs, so I didn't even get a picture here. It was the consistency of tuna and the chicken didn't have a taste. It was not the best, but the sauce that came on it was tasty. Last was the salmon bagel. It came in a closed off container that I had to flip over to get the bagel out, and then I opened it up. Firstly, the fat line on a cut of salmon isn't attractive to look at, nor does it taste very good. It's honestly unappetizing to me, personally as it tastes extremely fishy. Next was the fact that this sandwich was then squished together with half a block of cream cheese. It came with a small bag of chips that were the only reprieve to this entire meal.

Some suggestions: The soup already isn't a vegan soup, so trying a cream base and maybe throwing some cheese in it would make it a bit richer. The chicken used on the melt was awful to look at and eat. Try slices maybe instead of cat food-esque pieces. Lastly, what makes a salmon bagel both delicious and pleasant is serving it open-faced so the person consuming it doesn't get bogged down with a giant bagel and instead has evenly portioned, trimmed, salmon lox or smoked salmon with the onion and capers on either side. If it's served as a closed sandwich to save on the cost of salmon, there was plenty of salmon used to have enough on either side. All I could taste was the fishiness of the fat line, the occasional caper, and cream cheese. The onion didn't come through at all either, which is surprising because red onion is usually super punchy.

Again, maybe this was an off day but I definitely cannot recommend the food I...

We live in Santa Fe and thought we'd try Stella's Cafe last weekend. The service was quite good and the food was, well, different. I don't know if it was the spices or what. Was it good? Yeah, I guess it was. Would we return? Likely not. And I guess we don't care for all the eclectic surroundings. Looks like owner went to every antique store in Las Vegas and put the stuff all over the restaurant, almost like a museum. Not sure how that theme ties in with food. What I thought was odd was the location of the only restroom--it's right there by the cooking area?? Feels unsanitary, although it probably is not. The parking was ample and the prices expected. For the money, stick to SFe.

Something tells me this place is going out...

I stop in here from time to time to get a caffeinated beverage and I love the atmosphere & location- it’s very convenient and a cute little place. The staff is always friendly and accommodating- my only complaint (which may not be much of one) is that they always run out of horchata for their special horchata latte early in the day. I’ve gone in here 3 times now to get it and they are always out for the day :(( Besides that, I just moved here from California and besides the local Starbucks it’s been a struggle to find a local coffee shop. Glad I found this one and am excited to support them whenever I come into town!

EDIT: I finally had the horchata...