
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 Street
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
Take out the casino buffets, the stuff-yourself-silly diners and the ubiquitous Starbucks, and there aren't many spots in Las Vegas in which to enjoy a...
2305 E Sahara Avenue
The oldest continuously operating non-casino eaterie in the city approaches its 60th birthday much as it neared its 50th: with a shrug. Curiously,...
807 S Main Street
A rather scruffy-looking motel at the wrong end of Las Vegas Boulevard provides the unlikely setting for the most popular Cuban restaurant in Las Vegas....
Howard Johnson, 1401 S Las Vegas Boulevard South
Revamped and relocated within the all-new Golden Nugget, Downtown's smartest buffet more than delivers the goods that its reputation demands of it. The new...
Golden Nugget, 129 E Fremont Street
A tidy, tiny and unassuming urban storefront bang in the middle of fast-rising Fremont Street, Kabob Korner is a family-run and relatively inexpensive...
507 E Fremont Street
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 Boulevard
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 Boulevard
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
Omelettes aren't just the speciality at this basic, unassuming little diner: they're more or less the only thing on the menu. Sure, they make 'em in around...
2160 W Charleston Boulevard
Housed in one of Maryland Parkway's scruffiest strip malls, this jaunty little hangout is done out with a rather curious mix of sci-fi memorabilia and...
4440 S Maryland Parkway
The cascading chocolate fountain stops passers-by in their tracks, but it's pastry chef Jean-Philippe Maury's biscotti, truffles, macaroons, jellies and...
Bellagio, 3600 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Long before the idea caught on, Paymon Raouf was serving the kind of ethnic food that the college crowd adores. Even now, when so many Middle Eastern...
4147 S Maryland Parkway
You're unlikely to catch the great and the good of Hollywood here, as you might if you spend enough time hanging around by the 70-year-old LA original....
Planet Hollywood, 3667 Las Vegas Boulevard South