From the city that once trotted out atomic pin-up girls in mushroom-cloud swimsuits for cheesy publicity stills comes a one-of-a-kind insight into the...
755 E Flamingo Road
Other restaurants in town have their fans, but, at least for our money, this spartan place on a slightly sketchy stretch of Bonanza Road is the best...
2230 W Bonanza Road
This little shack doesn't look like much, but it dispenses the most moreishly delicious desserts in the city. Frozen custard looks like ice-cream and even...
505 E Oakey BoulevardAlso known as Big Spring, this is where legendary Old West explorers Kit Carson and John Fremont parked their horses in the mid 1800s. Huge cottonwoods and...
333 S Valley View Boulevard
A $1-billion expansion of the Fashion Show Mall included the addition of the Cloud, an amazing image projection screen/sunshade that hovers over the front...
3200 Las Vegas Boulevard South
'Twisted farm food', advertises the menu, an altogether less appetising prospect than the excellent comfort cooking that's actually served at this capacious...
6800 W Sahara Avenue
Speaking of comfort food, it doesn't get much heartier than the soul food dished up here. It's a pretty basic room; indeed, it feels a tad dreary after...
3923 W Charleston BoulevardSuspended 51 floors above the city (check the see-through patio looking all the way to the ground), decked out in blues and space-age silvers, Ghostbar is a...
Palms, 4321 W Flamingo Road
The Stratosphere strives to be a destination resort out of necessity: it's between the Strip and Fremont Street, essentially no-man's land. Its lure starts...
2000 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Like the casino in which it's housed, this is an icon of old Vegas. There's nothing fussy or upscale about the Bay City Diner: it's just a small room...
Golden Gate, 1 E Fremont StreetRecently renovated to the shimmy of $3 million, this diminutive club is the only one in town located on a piece of prime real estate. The interior has been...
20 E Fremont Street
Vegas is full of dramatic restaurants, but where else can you dine within sight of a four-storey, 4,500-bottle wine tower, up and down which float harnessed...
Mandalay Bay
Unless you have a pathological aversion to camp, don't miss this place, a testament to Las Vegas's indefatigable dedication to the ersatz. On display are Mr...
Liberace Plaza, 1775 E Tropicana Avenue
After two years in the hands of young duo Tim Poster and Tom Breitling, the venerable Nugget was taken over in 2005 by Landry's Restaurants. Many Downtown...
129 E Fremont Street
For the most part, a pinball machine is just a pinball machine. To some folks, though, it's a kinetic monument to a simpler time when mindless entertainment...
3330 E Tropicana Avenue