It’s time to start planning your Las Vegas Restaurant Week outings. Feeling overwhelmed by the dozens upon dozens of options, though? Don’t worry, we have some ideas.
More than 260 restaurants are participating in the 12-day (June 2–13) fundraiser for the Three Square Food Bank, which supports some of the city’s most vulnerable food-insecure residents. Last year’s event raised more than $380,000—enough to provide 1,142,440 meals to Las Vegas residents. Since 2007, more than 10 million meals have been served.
It works like this: Participating restaurants create special multi-course menus and every time someone orders it, a portion of the cost of the meal is donated to Three Square.
This year, menus range in price from quick $20 lunches to splurge-worthy $120 dinners at places like Bazaar Meat, Bouchon, Carbone or Wakuda. There are also a bunch of burgers (looking at you, Peter Luger Steak House), plenty of pastas and so many steaks we lost count. But we did review all 261 menus looking for value or something unique to draw us in. Here’s what we found.
Hiroba Sushi
Among the $20 offerings, there are some bargains. Hiroba Sushi in Henderson is one that stands out serving miso soup, a bento box and ice cream.
128 Main
128 Main just announced it will no longer serve dinner so lunch it is. During restaurant week, you can get a Chinois salad, bacon BLT and Basque cheesecake for $30.
Bjork Caviar
Looking for a caviar bump? For the cost of a Benjamin ($100), Bjork Caviar in downtown Las Vegas will top your sashimi, linguine and white chocolate panna cotta with caviar.
Carmine’s
Known for its giant portions, Carmine’s offers an interesting $60 four-course menu. What caught our interest was the 22-ounce salmon stuffed with shrimp, scallops, crab meat, bell peppers and spinach.
Holsteins
Holsteins has made the move to the Arts District so it will be fun to check out and grab a Philly egg roll, spicy blackened chicken sandwich and a shake.
Lamaii
Tuck into Chinatown for this gem: Lamaii is serving yellowtail sashimi with spicy shrimp and coconut milk soup, sizzling rib eye and mango sticky rice for just $40.
Other Mama
Other Mama is jumping into the fray for the first time with an impressive menu. It starts with mixed seafood and includes a seven-piece nigiri sushi set, then choose either Japanese fried chicken and caviar, grilled Wagyu or miso-marinated black cod.