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


Steakhouse • The Strip • $$$$
Bazaar Meat by José Andrés
A theatrical carnivore's tasting palace inside the Sahara.
Best for: Celebrations / Luxury / Business

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

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

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

Steakhouse • The Strip • $$$$
Golden Steer Steakhouse
Open since 1958 — red booths named for Sinatra and Presley, tableside everything.
Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

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

Thai • Chinatown • $$
Lotus of Siam
Northern Thai cooking and a legendary Riesling list — the off-Strip pilgrimage.
Best for: Date Night / Casual

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





New American • Chinatown • $$$
Sparrow + Wolf
Brian Howard's cross-cultural cooking in a warm Chinatown room.
Best for: Date Night / Hidden Gem / Groups

Japanese • Downtown • $$$$
Sushi Kaneyoshi
Basement-level, ten seats, Tokyo-strict. Book weeks out.
Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

Italian • The Strip • $$$$
Vetri Cucina
Marc Vetri's Philadelphia tasting menu, 66 floors up at the Rio.
Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury


Japanese • Chinatown • $$$$
Yui Edomae Sushi
Edomae omakase in a quiet strip mall room. Counter only, two sittings.
Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

Spanish • Chinatown • $$$$
Anima by EDO
Spanish tasting menu from the EDO team — a counter, a chalkboard, no filler.
Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

Steakhouse • The Strip • $$$$
Bavette's Steakhouse & Bar
Dim, velvet-and-brass Chicago steakhouse transplanted to Park MGM.
Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury


Sichuan • Chinatown • $$
Chengdu Taste
Serious Sichuan heat — toothpick lamb, boiled fish, mapo tofu.
Best for: Date Night / Casual

Seafood • The Strip • $$$$
Costa di Mare
Mediterranean seafood flown in daily, served beside a lagoon at Wynn.
Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

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


Greek • Summerlin • $$$
Elia Authentic Greek Taverna
Whole grilled branzino and proper mezze, well away from the Strip.
Best for: Date Night / Casual

Italian • The Strip • $$$
Ferraro's Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar
Family-run since 1985 — osso buco, and one of the deepest Italian lists in Nevada.
Best for: Date Night / Casual

Japanese • Chinatown • $$$$
Kabuto Edomae Sushi
Chinatown's original omakase institution — set menus, no substitutions.
Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury

Italian • The Strip • $$$
Matteo's Ristorante Italiano
Old-school Italian American in the Venetian, big on veal and red sauce.
Best for: Date Night / Casual


Steakhouse • Downtown • $$$
Oscar's Steakhouse
Inside the Plaza dome, looking straight down Fremont Street.
Best for: Date Night / Casual

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

Steakhouse • The Strip • $$$$
SW Steakhouse
Prime beef on the Lake of Dreams — request a patio table at showtime.
Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury


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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