While running oft-overlooked Renoir at the Mirage, Alessandro Stratta earned a reputation among many locals as the city's finest chef. At Alex, he's getting...
Wynn Las Vegas, 3131 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Up on the 56th floor, venerated local André Rochat (of longstanding Downtown restaurant André's) has hired chef Mark Purdy to maintain his classics and...
Palms, 4321 W Flamingo Road
Check out the expense-account crowd at this Downtown institution, with patio dining that's oh-so-New York. Chef and owner André Rochat (also of Alizé), a...
401 S 6th 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
Inside this bistro and oyster bar, much-garlanded Thomas Keller serves authentic French country fare modelled after the cuisine served in the original...
Venetian, 3555 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Ogden has cultivated relationships with regional suppliers and boutique growers across the US, with everything from Utah salt to Oregon seafood purchased...
Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Boulevard South
The Buffet at Bellagio is much like the rest of the hotel: smart yet approachable, stylish yet undemonstrative, expensive yet probably just about worth it....
Bellagio, 3600 Las Vegas Boulevard South
The selection of meats (grass-fed veal, lamb shank, filet mignon, braised short ribs) is impressive, but the sides and the quiet invention shown in the...
MGM Grand, 3799 Las Vegas Boulevard South
The only US fine dining restaurant by the so-called 'Chef of the Century' has a lot to live up to. But what goes on in the kitchen, from Robuchon's famous...
MGM Grand, 3799 Las Vegas Boulevard South
When it opened a few years back, Joe's (affiliated with the legendary Miami restaurant) impressed many with its fresh-daily seafood, bone-in steaks and...
Caesars Palace, 3500 Las Vegas Boulevard South
This workshop-style dining room, right next door to Robuchon's signature restaurant, features a few tables and a counter at which you can sit and watch some...
MGM Grand, 3799 Las Vegas Boulevard South
The knowledgeable folks at Gourmet magazine have rated this the best Thai restaurant in the US. We might not go quite that far, but Lotus of Siam is...
Commercial Center, 953 E Sahara Avenue
Rather like Bobby Flay, the celebrity chef behind this popular restaurant, the Mesa Grill is a little on the brash side. The room itself is dazzling in all...
Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Boulevard South

The prices have gone up a little, the servings seem to be smaller, and the previously hush-hush $7.77 steak-and-shrimp special is now advertised on a cue...
Hard Rock, 4455 Paradise Road
Superb steak and seafood? Absolutely. A quiet spot for a date? Absolutely not. A busy bar scene, a DJ, busy lighting and acoustics seemingly designed to...
Palms, 4321 W Flamingo Road