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 serving basic food for 20...

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 barbecue joint in Las...

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 light breakfast and a...

The oldest continuously operating non-casino eaterie in the city approaches its 60th birthday much as it neared its 50th: with a shrug. Curiously, gloriously oblivious to the...

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. This isn't subtle food,...

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 room isn't as cosy,...

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 boite. It serves a broad...

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 tastes a bit like...

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 dark. But the food is...

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 card placed on every...

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 60 varieties, but...

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 bargain-basement diner...

The cascading chocolate fountain stops passers-by in their tracks, but it's pastry chef Jean-Philippe Maury's biscotti, truffles, macaroons, jellies and jams that lure them...

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 restaurants have opened up...