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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.
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Steakhouse • The Strip • $$$$
Bazaar Meat by José Andrés
A theatrical carnivore's tasting palace inside the Sahara.
Best for: Celebrations / Luxury / Business
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Tasting Counter • The Strip • $$$$
é by José Andrés
Eight seats behind a curtain inside Jaleo — one of the hardest reservations in town.
Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury
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Italian • Arts District • $$
Esther's Kitchen
The Arts District's living room: house pasta, sourdough and a smart wine list.
Best for: Casual / Date Night / Groups
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Greek Seafood • The Strip • $$$$
Estiatorio Milos
Whole fish on ice, chosen by the pound. The lunch prix fixe is the value play.
Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury
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Steakhouse • The Strip • $$$$
Golden Steer Steakhouse
Open since 1958 — red booths named for Sinatra and Presley, tableside everything.
Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury
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Modern American • $$$$
Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen
A red-versus-blue kitchen replica inside Caesars Palace, serving the beef Wellington from the TV show.
Best for: Special Occasion
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Fine Dining • The Strip • $$$$
Joël Robuchon
The mansion-like tasting room at MGM Grand, still the benchmark for a special-occasion dinner.
Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury
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Thai • Chinatown • $$
Lotus of Siam
Northern Thai cooking and a legendary Riesling list — the off-Strip pilgrimage.
Best for: Date Night / Casual
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Thai • $$
Lotus of Siam
A strip-mall Thai kitchen with a serious northern Thai menu and one of the city's best Riesling lists.
Best for: Casual Dinner
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French • Summerlin • $$$
Marché Bacchus
Lakeside French bistro attached to a wine shop — pick a bottle off the shelf at retail.
Best for: Date Night / Casual
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New American • Chinatown • $$$
Sparrow + Wolf
Brian Howard's cross-cultural cooking in a warm Chinatown room.
Best for: Date Night / Hidden Gem / Groups
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Japanese • Downtown • $$$$
Sushi Kaneyoshi
Basement-level, ten seats, Tokyo-strict. Book weeks out.
Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury
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Italian • The Strip • $$$$
Vetri Cucina
Marc Vetri's Philadelphia tasting menu, 66 floors up at the Rio.
Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury
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Japanese • Chinatown • $$$$
Yui Edomae Sushi
Edomae omakase in a quiet strip mall room. Counter only, two sittings.
Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury
Spanish • Chinatown • $$$$
Anima by EDO
Spanish tasting menu from the EDO team — a counter, a chalkboard, no filler.
Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury
Steakhouse • The Strip • $$$$
Bavette's Steakhouse & Bar
Dim, velvet-and-brass Chicago steakhouse transplanted to Park MGM.
Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury
Italian-American • $$$$
Carbone Las Vegas
The ATL Group's red-sauce revival at Aria, famous for spicy rigatoni vodka served by tuxedoed waiters.
Best for: Special Occasion
Sichuan • Chinatown • $$
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
Greek Seafood • $$$$
Estiatorio Milos
The Venetian's Greek seafood room flies in whole fish daily and grills it simply under a photogenic ceiling.
Best for: Group Dinner
Italian • The Strip • $$$
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
French Fine Dining • $$$$
Joël Robuchon
A purple velvet dining room at MGM Grand serving a multi-course French tasting menu from the late chef's flagship kitchen.
Best for: Special Occasion
Japanese • Chinatown • $$$$
Kabuto Edomae Sushi
Chinatown's original omakase institution — set menus, no substitutions.
Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury
Italian • The Strip • $$$
Matteo's Ristorante Italiano
Old-school Italian American in the Venetian, big on veal and red sauce.
Best for: Date Night / Casual
Asian American • $$$
Momofuku Las Vegas
David Chang's Cosmopolitan outpost serving ssäm and noodle dishes above the casino floor.
Best for: Casual Dinner
Cantonese • $$$
Mott 32 Las Vegas
The Hong Kong import's Palazzo branch serves applewood-roasted Peking duck in an industrial-chic dining room.
Best for: Group Dinner
Steakhouse • Downtown • $$$
Oscar's Steakhouse
Inside the Plaza dome, looking straight down Fremont Street.
Best for: Date Night / Casual
French • The Strip • $$$$
Restaurant Guy Savoy
French classicism on the second floor of Caesars — artichoke and black truffle soup included.
Best for: Date Night / Celebrations / Luxury
Asian Fusion • The Strip • $$$
Saffron Lounge
Elevated Asian fusion from Chef Roman Allen on S Decatur — globally inspired plates, handcrafted cocktails and a lantern-lit lounge that runs late on weekends. Weekend brunch and Mon–Thu happy hour.
Best for: Date Night / Groups / Late Night / Brunch
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
Southern • $$$
Yardbird Southern Table & Bar
A Venetian dining room known for brined fried chicken and honey biscuits, busy for weekend brunch.
Best for: Group Dinner
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