Chinitas Happy Hour. Summerlin

Tired of cycling through the same Mexican, Italian, and Asian options? Chinitas gives Henderson's Water Street District something different with real Peruvian cooking, plus a sushi side. Find it at 147 S Water St, drawing a local crowd to a casual but well-kept room.

The food is the reason to come. The ceviche is fresh and properly acidic, the lomo saltado balances savory and umami, and the aji verde is the kind of sauce you want on everything. The pollo a la brasa comes out with crisp, well-seasoned skin. Causas, anticuchos, and papa rellena round out a menu that reads authentic rather than fusion-experiment.

Happy hour runs daily from 2 to 6pm, a long, forgiving window, with Monday running the deal all day from 11:30am to 9pm. The drink-special details shift, so the cheap PBR-and-wells pricing some listings quote is actually the Thursday-only Thirsty Thursday deal, not the everyday lineup. The kitchen leans on weekly specials too: Taco Tuesday plates at $10 and a Wednesday buy-one-get-one-half-off sushi deal. Ask what is running the day you go.

The daily availability and early-afternoon start give you real flexibility. Parking is the Water Street District lot. Order the ceviche first, and if it lands the way it should, you will trust the rest of the menu.