Like the casino in which it's housed, America is terrific fun. In both, a simple concept is executed with wonderfully playful enthusiasm. The all-purpose menu offers...

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 wine angels,...

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...

Inside this bistro and oyster bar, much-garlanded Thomas Keller serves authentic French country fare modelled after the cuisine served in the original bouchons of Lyon. Indoors...

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 experience at MGM's lively cocina starts as soon as you see the bold colours and backlit tequila-bottle tower. Traditional Mexican recipes are exemplified and often...

'Twisted farm food', advertises the menu, an altogether less appetising prospect than the excellent comfort cooking that's actually served at this capacious roadhouse. The...

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 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 of the world's best...

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 certainly a rare and...

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...

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 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...