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 local legend of sorts,...

The prevalence of so many excellent seafood restaurants in this desert resort town remains baffling to outsiders, and understandably so, but Aquaknox stands as solid proof that...

If you're lucky, you'll land a table with a view of the water outside at this posh, but by no means flashy, eaterie within the Wynn resort, all the better to get you in the...

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 kitchen both elevate Tom...

New York superstar Boulud received a special exemption from Steve Wynn's edict that every head chef in his hotel must work there full-time. But his absence isn't evident in...

The food - lamb, foie gras, steaks, which is to say high-class French dishes with subtle twists - doesn't live up to the location, but then how could it? Eleven floors above...

The menu isn't anything out of the ordinary; certainly, there's nothing on here to frighten the horses. But Chi Choi's renditions of Chinese classics, some slightly adapted for...

The enormous (and, yes, golden) steer that signposts this old-school steak place on Sahara Avenue also advertises its decor. Discreet it certainly is not: think updated...

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 pommes purées to...

This Vegas version of the New York institution is overseen by Mario Maccioni, who grew up playing and working in his father Sirio's original. Chefs come and go at Le Cirque;...

Michael Mina's flagship restaurant in Vegas may have changed its name (it was formerly Aqua), but it still delivers what is, next to Mina's SeaBlue restaurant, the best seafood...

The food isn't cheap, but it appears that culinary legend Alain Ducasse might not be taking his Vegas eaterie as seriously as his more expensive restaurants in other cities....

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 force diners to yell...

A classy San Franciscan treat on the Strip, Michael Mina's Nobhill serves such Bay Area classics as chicken tetrazzini, lobster pot pie and North Beach cioppino. Just as...