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Best restaurants in Las Vegas

Counters, dining rooms and neighbourhood favourites, chosen for the way they actually eat — not for how loudly they market.

Carbone
Featured · Paid

Italian American • The Strip • $$$$

Carbone

Red-sauce nostalgia performed at the highest level, at ARIA.

Best for: Celebrations / Date Night / Luxury

é by José Andrés
KEY2 Pick

Tasting Counter • The Strip • $$$$

é by José Andrés

Eight seats behind a curtain inside Jaleo — one of the hardest reservations in town.

Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

Esther's Kitchen
KEY2 Pick

Italian • Arts District • $$

Esther's Kitchen

The Arts District's living room: house pasta, sourdough and a smart wine list.

Best for: Casual / Date Night / Groups

Estiatorio Milos
KEY2 Pick

Greek Seafood • The Strip • $$$$

Estiatorio Milos

Whole fish on ice, chosen by the pound. The lunch prix fixe is the value play.

Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

Golden Steer Steakhouse
KEY2 Pick

Steakhouse • The Strip • $$$$

Golden Steer Steakhouse

Open since 1958 — red booths named for Sinatra and Presley, tableside everything.

Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

Joël Robuchon
KEY2 Pick

Fine Dining • The Strip • $$$$

Joël Robuchon

The mansion-like tasting room at MGM Grand, still the benchmark for a special-occasion dinner.

Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

Lotus of Siam
KEY2 Pick

Thai • Chinatown • $$

Lotus of Siam

Northern Thai cooking and a legendary Riesling list — the off-Strip pilgrimage.

Best for: Date Night / Casual

Marché Bacchus
KEY2 Pick

French • Summerlin • $$$

Marché Bacchus

Lakeside French bistro attached to a wine shop — pick a bottle off the shelf at retail.

Best for: Date Night / Casual

Milpa
KEY2 Pick

Mexican • Arts District • $$$

Milpa

Arts District Mexican with nixtamal masa made in house and a mezcal-led bar.

Best for: Date Night / Casual

Partage
KEY2 Pick

French • Chinatown • $$$$

Partage

Modern French tasting menus in Chinatown — quietly one of the city's best meals.

Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

Picasso
KEY2 Pick

Fine Dining • The Strip • $$$$

Picasso

Originals on the walls, the Bellagio fountains outside the window.

Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

Raku
KEY2 Pick

Japanese • Chinatown • $$$

Raku

The late-night robata counter that Vegas chefs go to after service.

Best for: Late Night / Hidden Gem / Date Night

Sparrow + Wolf
KEY2 Pick

New American • Chinatown • $$$

Sparrow + Wolf

Brian Howard's cross-cultural cooking in a warm Chinatown room.

Best for: Date Night / Hidden Gem / Groups

Sushi Kaneyoshi
KEY2 Pick

Japanese • Downtown • $$$$

Sushi Kaneyoshi

Basement-level, ten seats, Tokyo-strict. Book weeks out.

Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

Vetri Cucina
KEY2 Pick

Italian • The Strip • $$$$

Vetri Cucina

Marc Vetri's Philadelphia tasting menu, 66 floors up at the Rio.

Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

Wing Lei
KEY2 Pick

Chinese • The Strip • $$$$

Wing Lei

Cantonese fine dining under gold ceilings at Wynn — Peking duck carved tableside.

Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

Yui Edomae Sushi
KEY2 Pick

Japanese • Chinatown • $$$$

Yui Edomae Sushi

Edomae omakase in a quiet strip mall room. Counter only, two sittings.

Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

Anima by EDO

Spanish • Chinatown • $$$$

Anima by EDO

Spanish tasting menu from the EDO team — a counter, a chalkboard, no filler.

Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

Bavette's Steakhouse & Bar

Steakhouse • The Strip • $$$$

Bavette's Steakhouse & Bar

Dim, velvet-and-brass Chicago steakhouse transplanted to Park MGM.

Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

Brezza

Italian • The Strip • $$$

Brezza

Coastal Italian at Resorts World — handmade pasta, wood-fired everything.

Best for: Date Night / Casual

Chengdu Taste

Sichuan • Chinatown • $$

Chengdu Taste

Serious Sichuan heat — toothpick lamb, boiled fish, mapo tofu.

Best for: Date Night / Casual

Costa di Mare

Seafood • The Strip • $$$$

Costa di Mare

Mediterranean seafood flown in daily, served beside a lagoon at Wynn.

Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

CUT by Wolfgang Puck

Steakhouse • The Strip • $$$$

CUT by Wolfgang Puck

Puck's steak program in the Palazzo, with a bar worth arriving early for.

Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

Delilah

Supper Club • The Strip • $$$$

Delilah

A 1930s-style supper club at Wynn — live band, steak Diane, long nights.

Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

Kabuto Edomae Sushi

Japanese • Chinatown • $$$$

Kabuto Edomae Sushi

Chinatown's original omakase institution — set menus, no substitutions.

Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

Mott 32

Chinese • The Strip • $$$$

Mott 32

Hong Kong-born Cantonese with 42-day apple-wood Peking duck. Order it when you book.

Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

Oscar's Steakhouse

Steakhouse • Downtown • $$$

Oscar's Steakhouse

Inside the Plaza dome, looking straight down Fremont Street.

Best for: Date Night / Casual

Restaurant Guy Savoy

French • The Strip • $$$$

Restaurant Guy Savoy

French classicism on the second floor of Caesars — artichoke and black truffle soup included.

Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

SW Steakhouse

Steakhouse • The Strip • $$$$

SW Steakhouse

Prime beef on the Lake of Dreams — request a patio table at showtime.

Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

Wakuda

Japanese • The Strip • $$$$

Wakuda

Tetsuya Wakuda's Venetian room — sashimi, wagyu and a serious sake list.

Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

Water Grill

Seafood • The Strip • $$$

Water Grill

A proper oyster bar and raw program on the south end of the Strip.

Best for: Date Night / Casual

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