Neighbors — Restaurant in Spring Valley

I was looking for a brunch spot for me and my friend to catch up on a Saturday mid-morning and came across Neighbors! She isn't much of a breakfast person, and I love breakfast, so the menu was ideal for our situation. The reviews are pretty mixed, but I decided to give it a try. I was surprised by how big it is inside! Right when you walk in the door, there's a display of pastries and a cashier on the right, and printed menus sit on top. They have a pretty wide normal menu, with some additional seasonal items. There was plenty of seating in the area where the register was, but if you go through to the right when you pass the cashier, there are many more tables and you can see the kitchen in action!

The service was very friendly! We ordered at the register, and she gave us a number for our food and our silverware. They brought our food and drinks to us once we picked a table, and they let us be most of the time. When we got up to leave, they were quick to say goodbye, and they were kind enough to let us sit and talk for quite a while as we ate. Very friendly staff!

My friend ordered the smores poptart, strawberry poptart, and the BLACT. I ordered the iced nutella latte, kaya french toast, and peanut butter cookie to go. My friend really liked the poptarts. They looked like they were filled with quite a bit of filling, unlike the processed kind. The sandwich looked really good when they brought it to the table. She said the flavor was delicious, and she almost ate all of it even though the portion was quite big. I thought the latte tasted pretty plain, nothing really nutella tasting about it. The french toast, however, was bomb! I have never had kaya (coconut) jam before, and it was very interesting! The brioche was massive. They had to make it in-house. This was a truly delicious french toast. I took the peanut butter cookie home and ate it later that night. It was pretty tough, but I feel like that is to be expected with peanut butter cookies. I really liked this place and would absolutely come again.

Anxiety inducing questions I had that may help you: What is the seating like here, similar to Panera? - Yes, you order at the cashier, get a number, and find a table on your own. It did get pretty busy as the morning went on. We got there around 11 am on a Saturday and noticed as we were talking that the low hum of other voices had suddenly risen to where we had to speak up.

What are prices like? - They were between $10 and $20, depending on what you got. I think what I spent overall was pretty reasonable for the style of the restaurant and the...

I am reluctant to post a review of "neighbors" restaurant because I don't want everyone to know just how good this hidden gem is. But Neighbors deserves praise worthy of an honest review. My wife & I dined here for breakfast and were not disappointed. The scratch kitchen was our first clue as to how good this was going to be. I write a lot of restaurant reviews and normally I can find some critique that is less than perfect. Not so here; Everything from the delicious food to the wait staff to the cleanliness was beyond what you get elsewhere.

The food. I ordered the breakfast sandwich which comes with the "smashed potatoes." Having read previous reviews, I had to have those potatoes. They were very delicious and cooked to perfection. I opted for the sour dough bread for my sandwich and was truly the best bread I have had in a restaurant. *Unfortunately, the bread is only sold to restaurants and not to the public. The sandwich had thick bacon and bits of sausage in the eggs with gruyere cheese and the aioli sauce had a slight "kick" to eat. Simply perfect. My wife ordered the peach pancakes and they too were off the charts delicious! They had a butter crumble and a host of other ingredients that made this dish a go-to for breakfast.

I talked at length to the Manage, (Manny) and we discussed the seasonal menus as well as the concept of no table wait service. You order the food at the register and they give you a number, you find a table and the food comes to you. a bit unorthodox for a quality restaurant but it just works and at no time did we feel we were not being ignored, quite the opposite. Manny was cheerful, knowledgable and ran a very smooth operations at Neighbors.

Conclusion: Weekends can be a bit of a wait here but it is well worth it. if you are tired of all the new brunch only restaurants popping up all over Las Vegas that cut corners on menu items and such and want to dine at a Chef inspired menu items that are within a descent budget, then get on over to Neighbors restaurant. They have been established for many years and restaurants that have been around that long weigh heavy on...

In a city like Las Vegas, where it sometimes feels like every other restaurant is either a gimmick or a tourist trap, Neighbors Cafe felt like a breath of fresh air — the kind of place you almost forget exists because you get so used to disappointment. Tucked away from the noise and flash, Neighbors wasn’t trying to be anything it wasn’t. It delivered exactly what you’d hope for: good food, real atmosphere, and fair prices. No pretense, no $30 salads, no fake smiles trying to upsell you. Just a café doing honest work — and doing it incredibly well. A rare 10/10 in a city that too often mistakes “expensive” for “quality.”

That became especially clear when you stack it against the other places we tried around Virgin. First, there were the sushi spots — and calling them a letdown would be putting it politely. Fish that tasted like it had been sitting out a little too long, rolls that somehow managed to be both sloppy and flavorless, and a check at the end that made you wonder if you accidentally ordered caviar and gold flakes. Not to mention the service: rushed, careless, like you were just another table to flip before the real money rolled in. It was the kind of experience that leaves you full but irritated, regretting every dollar and minute spent.

Then there were the “higher-end” restaurants inside Virgin. Overpriced beyond reason, with plates so minimal you could blink and miss the entire entrée. You could tell half the menu existed purely for Instagram photos, not actual flavor. Sure, the decor was nice if you’re into sterile, corporate “luxury,” but the soul was missing. It felt more like an airport lounge that happened to serve dinner — a transaction, not a meal.

Compared to all that noise, Neighbors Cafe didn’t just stand out — it reminded you what eating out is supposed to feel like. Thoughtful, cozy, real. The food was simple but done right, the portions made sense, the prices respected your wallet, and the staff actually seemed like they cared whether you enjoyed yourself. After a few days of overpriced disasters and underwhelming meals, stepping into Neighbors felt like finally...