[ Aureole | China Grill | Commander's Palace | Drai's ]
[ Emeril's New Orleans Fish House | Le Cirque | Lutece | Morton's - The Steakhouse ]
[ Nobu | Olives | Palm Restaurant | Pamplemousse | Picasso | Rosemary's Restaurant ]
[ Spago | Piero Selvaggio Valentino | Verandah at the Four Seasons ]

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Aureole

Aureole at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino is Chef/Owner Charlie Palmer's Las Vegas debut. Since 1988, when he opened award-winning Aureole in New York, Palmer's French inspired Progressive American Cuisine has earned raves. Now, his innovative twist on tradition is enhanced by the chef's own artisanal products: butter, cheese, chocolate and "Aureole Cuvee" wine. Designer Adam Tihany's striking centerpiece is a four-story, 42-foot-high, glass and steel Wine Tower, which holds 9,500 bottles from all over the world (and harness-clad wine stewards climb to fetch $200 Bordeaux). The chef serves such stunning dishes as tequila cured salmon gravlax with shrimp toast, herb roasted veal loin, and moulard duck breast with rhubarb confit. Prix fixe meals are offered for three courses at $75 or seven courses for $95.

Aureole
Mandalay Bay Resort
3770 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
(702) 632-7401
www.charliepalmer.com/aureole_lv

China Grill

China Grill at Mandalay Bay features a fantasy décor that includes a wishing well, bridge and waterfall, in addition to equally glamorous meal presentations and an eclectic use of oriental spices. For Asian inspired world cuisine, try the Szechuan beef with sake, soy and cilantro, ginger lobster pancakes and crackling calamari salad with lime miso dressing. For the tried and true with a fusion twist, order lamb dishes, pasta or a pork chop. Every dish is prepared on a grill or a wok and they are all prepared, portioned and priced to share.

China Grill
Mandalay Bay Resort
3950 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
(702) 632-6900
www.mandalaybay.com/dining/restaurants_china_grill

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Commander's Palace

The award winning Commander's Palace at Desert Passage in the Aladdin Hotel on the South Strip, faithfully reproduces the Brennan family's classic New Orleans staple--drawing room decor, Creole-Cajun Southern-style cooking and its culinary kudos. Sample Commander's classics along with Chef Carlos Guia's signature dishes: turtle soup with sherry and pan-roasted Gulf oysters, batter-fried tasso shrimp Henican, pan-seared rabbit, pecan-crusted Gulf snapper and, to finish, French Quarter beignets, Bananas Foster and Creole bread pudding soufflé. Entrees are priced from $28 to $39.

Commander's Palace
Desert Passage in the Aladdin Hotel
3663 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
(702) 892-8272
www.commanderspalace.com

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Drai's

Already acclaimed as a Los Angeles fixture, Drai's, located on the Strip at the Barbary Coast, brings glamorous late-night dining to the desert. The posh, elegant, living room-like setting--with dark woods, smoked mirrors and leopard-print-banquettes--is one of the most romantic spaces in town and has been voted number one by the local Concierge Association for three years. The jazz is great and the Mediterranean cuisine is a pure, light and bright use of seasonal ingredients. You might consider Tiger shrimp with Japanese eggplant, green onion and ginger; roasted veal chop with mustard sauce, or the glazed Chilean sea bass with soy sauce. Main courses are priced between $21 and $35.

Drai's on the Strip
Barbary Coast Hotel
3595 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
(702) 737-0555

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Emeril's New Orleans Fish House

Emeril's New Orleans Fish House, located at the MGM Grand on the South Strip, is your chance to sample beautifully presented Cajun-Creole cooking by the "kick-it-up-a-notch" king of the Food Network, Emeril Lagasse. The spacious 200-seat restaurant provides a refreshing aquarium-like atmosphere in the middle of the dessert. Salads are flecked with cornbread croutons and crispy country ham, prawns are perched atop red pepper grits, cornbread stuffing enhances jumbo Gulf shrimp, Creole mustard slaw accompanies pan fried Louisiana crab cakes and exotic mushrooms go with pan roasted Australian butterfish. Don't miss lobster cheesecake appetizer or the signature--foie gras topped ahi tuna...with plenty to spare, or share. Entrées are priced from $17 to $38.

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Le Cirque

Le Cirque at the Bellagio, a 2006 Five-Diamond award recipient, is as joyfully elegant as the French and Italian specialties it produces. Le Cirque New York is where presidents, royalty and moguls met and mingled and where noted restaurateur Sirio Maccioni imparted his talents on three charming sons. Now, each presides under an Adam Tihany designed circus-themed dining room--son Mario is the ringmaster here. Starters soar: sauteed foie gras huckleberries and a brioche, lobster salad with truffle dressing and gnocchi with Santa Barbara spotted prawns. Savory entrees satisfy: stuffed leg of baby lamb with bone marrow, rosemary and thyme and lightly anise smoked and roasted Maine lobster with celery root puree and tomato coulis. Prices range between $29 and $45. You can also select from among 900+ international wines or choose between the three- or five-course tasting menus, priced from $98 and $125 accordingly.

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Lutece

Lutece, located in mid-Strip at the Venetian Resort, features a sophisticated contemporary architectural design and a unique canal side patio café. It differs in style, though not in substance, from Andre Soltner's elegant version in New York, and benefits in design from the ornate Doges Palace façade, and the soaring marble lobby and painted ceiling of The Venetian. The Mobil-rated Four-Star restaurant serves classically-influenced modern French cuisine that may include morel and asparagus risotto, roasted breast and braised leg of duck, short ribs of beef, Dover sole, rack of lamb and soufflés. Entrees are priced from $28 and $42 and reservations are highly recommended.

Lutece
Venetian Resort & Casino
3355 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
(702) 414-2220
www.venetian.com/dining/menu_lutece

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Morton's - The Steakhouse

At Morton's, located east of the Strip, guiltless, grinning guests order 14-ounce double-cut filet mignons, 20- to 48-ounce Porterhouse steaks and other succulent, beefy, bovine bounty. The manly, library setting is luxurious, and the perfect companion for an after dinner drink, but the mastery of all the elements is in sourcing, preparing and serving the ideal steak, owing to Morton's famous aging process. Follow up a hearty meat and potatoes meal with a slab of New York Cheesecake or Key Lime pie. Expect to pay between $35 and $45 for dinner.

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Nobu

Nobu at the Hard Rock Hotel is a perfect match for Nobu Matsuhisa. The world's most prominent Japanese chef reigns like a rock star for revolutionizing the standards and appeal of Japanese cuisine in the U.S. Order lots of small dishes: raw, wrapped, steamed, and skewered top-quality fish and ethereal tempura. You may choose from a variety of seafood to suit all tastes, from creamy spicy crab to rock shrimp tempura to Main lobster with wasabi pepper. Stunning flavors sparkle in the Matsuhisa dressing (on his signature sashimi salad) and spicy, sesame oil-based dressings, mayrin glazes and lemon/lime yuzu flavors. Entrees are priced in the $19 to $30 range or you can be a bit more extravagant and order the Omakase, chef's choice menu that starts from $100 per person.

Nobu
Hard Rock Hotel
4455 Paradise Rd.
(702) 693-5090
www.hardrockhotel.com/las-vegas/dining/nobu/

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Olives

Located in the middle of the Strip, Olives is prestigious, Boston-based chef Todd English's entry to the Las Vegas scene. His casual, Mediterranean café between the Hermes and Armani boutiques overlooks the lake. One of the few fine dining restaurants open for lunch, Olives specializes in the kind of fare everyone--including French or Italian designers--enjoys. Lunch prices begin at $15 and include a delicious flatbread sandwich style creation that comes with clever toppings such as smoked salmon or sun dried tomatoes. For dinner, the menu selections are a bit more elaborate and are priced from $20 per plate. You might try the jumbo sea scallops served with truffled hashbrown potatoes, pan seared trout on mustard touched potatoes, or swordfish brochette.

Olives
The Bellagio Resort
3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
(702) 693-7223
www.toddenglish.com/Restaurants/Olives.html

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Palm Restaurant

At the Palm, a branch of the venerable New York eatery located among the chic Forum Shops at Caesar's Palace, most everyone knows to ask for thick porterhouse, juicy chop steaks or huge lobsters, priced from $24 per pound. Just as noteworthy are the gargantuan, prepared-to-be-shared, side orders, which include "half and half" fried onions and potatoes, mashed potatoes, creamed spinach, and broccoli. Expect to pay between $20 and $40 for a dinner entree.

Palm Restaurant
Forum Shops at Caesar's Palace
3570 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
(702) 732-7256
www.thepalm.com

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Pamplemousse

While world-renown chefs have flocked to Las Vegas in droves putting stakes up at various casinos, one restaurant remains standing tall on its own. Pamplemousse was started in 1976 by Chef Georges La Forge as one of Las Vegas's first French restaurants. A recipient of numerous local and national accolades throughout the years, the dining room exudes the cozy romantic ambience of a country side inn, and yet is just steps away from the hustle of The Strip. With a selection that changes daily there are no printed menus, just a waiter with descriptions of the daily fare. Billed as "Steaks, Seafood & More," the dishes are priced from $17.50 and may include such appetizing selection as veal with mushrooms and dijon sauce or rack of lamb. Every meal begins with a complimentary basket of crudites, a bowl of olives and basket of hard boiled eggs...now how's that for an old country tradition?

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Picasso

At Picasso, located at the Bellagio Resort, Spanish born chef Julian Serrano, formerly of Masa in San Francisco, serves both Spanish and French dishes. This elegant Mediterranean restaurant, a perennial AAA-rated Five-Diamond award recipient, features furnishings designed by Pablo Picasso's son Claude plus gesso-covered-burlap walls and a beam and brick ceiling. You'll dine, here, at a flower-topped table, surrounded by actual Picasso paintings, sculptures, ceramics and tiles, and with an equally "picturesque" view of the lake. Chef Serrano serves simple, yet sumptuous, dishes from a daily changing menu that may include roasted U-10 day boat scallops with potatoes mousseline, roasted milk-fed veal chop with rosemary potatoes or a Boudin of lobster, shrimp and scallops with sofrito and Nantua sauce. $90 or $100 will buy you a four- or five-course prix fixe dinner or tasting menu.

Picasso
The Bellagio Resort
3600 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
(702) 693-7223
www.bellagio.com/pages/din_picasso.asp

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Rosemary's Restaurant

Located about 15 minutes from the main portion of the Strip, Rosemary's Restaurant is where locals dine. Chef Michael Jordan (who originally worked with Emeril Lagasse) and wife, Wendy, serve French-inspired American cuisine with a Southern accent. For lunch, you can start with Hugo's Texas BBQ shrimp with blue cheese slaw; keep it simple with Rosie's mouthwatering Montecristo, or more creative with the marinated bistro filet kabobs with prosciutto. Signature dinner dishes include the prestigious pairing of rosemary and roasted lamb served with black olive-studded mashed potatoes, honey-glazed salmon or a grilled pork chop. Selections are available a la carte, three-course and as a prix fixe option. Rosemary's also features a respectable wine list and wide assortment of beers that are often suggestively paired with many menu selections. Look for a number of special online promotions prior to your visit.

Rosemary's Restaurant
8125 West Sahara Ave.
(702) 869-2251
www.rosemarysrestaurant.com

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Spago

Spago, on the mall in the Forum Shops at Caesar's Palace, is one of the few top restaurants open for lunch as well as dinner. Austrian-born Wolfgang Puck built his reputation at Spago in West Hollywood, then in 1992, became the first "famous" chef to be associated with a Las Vegas hotel when he opened at Caesar's Palace. Now, Spago is his Las Vegas flagship, dressed in a dramatic and sophisticated design. For a more casual dining experience, Spago's also features an indoor patio-style cafe where guests can choose from a variety of lighter fare of sandwiches, soups and salads, priced from around $10. Overall, the eclectic California-themed menu also includes fish, steak, pasta, and Puck's signature pizzas—all priced and prepared to please the palate, the senses and the purse, with prices starting from $21.

Spago
Forum Shops at Caesar's Palace
3500 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
(702) 369-0360
www.wolfgangpuck.com

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Valentino Las Vegas

Piero Selvaggio Valentino, in The Venetian Resort, holds the prestigious Epicurean Award for the Best Italian Restaurant in Las Vegas, among its other accolades. The restaurant's namesake has a 30 year-plus reputation for his "best" Santa Monica restaurant and is fabled as a superior restaurateur and amiable host. Chef Luciano Pellegrini serves dazzling, seasonal Italian food paired with wines from an encyclopedic list that's 2,000 strong. The seasonal menu may feature such options as truffle flavored veal, squash blossoms stuffed with lobster mousse, and duck agnolotti with port wine sauce. An extensive offering of appetizers is offered as a choice of eight for $30 and is headed by bruschetta with quail pate and black truffle, brioche cnapes with smoked sword fish, and a dynamic selection of dressed veggies.

Valentino
3355 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
(702) 414-3000
www.pieroselvaggio.com

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Verandah at the Four Seasons

At the Verandah, located in the fabled Four Seasons Hotel, there's no glitz, no gaudiness and no gaming...and no prix fixe menu. What is there? Simply a serene seclusion and divine dining in a private, boutique hotel that serves breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea, as well as dinner, with a clever presentation of food group categories to ensure you'll be getting your share of proteins and starch. Menu items may include striped bass served on tomato carpaccio, free-range chicken subtly flavored with lemon and thyme, and the double lamb chop, herb crusted and served with polenta. Regardless of what you order, make room for the out of this world desserts like Fritelle Alle Mele--an apple fritter coated with vanilla sauce, or the unexpectedly tempting Figs "Al Forno," bathed in honey and ice cream.

Verandah Four Seasons Hotel
3960 Las Vegas Blvd. S.
(702) 632-5121
www.fourseasons.com/lasvegas/dining.html

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