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Spago’s Executive Chef Eric Klein wants you to feel as if you’re dining in a friend’s living room. Located in the Forum Shops at Caesar’s Palace, Spago's atmosphere is casual. The service is both impeccable and friendly. The food is simple and unpretentious, yet beautiful. The California-cuisine menu changes daily based on the freshest organic produce. Whether you dine in the cafe known for its pizzas and people watching, or the main dining room known for its steak tartare, Wolfgang Puck’s Spago is sure to please.

Yellowtail Japanese Restaurant & Lounge serves up innovative Japanese dishes alongside specialty sakes in the luxurious Bellagio Hotel. Renowned Chef Akira Back has created a fusion of modern and traditional Japanese cuisine using only the finest and freshest seasonal ingredients flown in daily from around the world. Chef back has cultivated a menu of Japanese specialties that go beyond sushi and sashimi, offering a variety of selections for people of diverse tastes. The atmosphere and décor complement the cuisine with a panoramic view of the popular Bellagio fountain show, as well as a chic and unique atmosphere as hip as …

The American counterpart to the Buddha Bar in Paris, sultry Little Buddha offers Chinese and Pacific Rim cuisine with a dash of French influence. The menu offers a seductive selection of Pan-Asian favorites including inventive sushi rolls and Kurabuta Pork Potstickers alongside Western culinary tidbits like American Kobe Sliders and a Mixed Heirloom Tomato Salad. The stylish and colorful décor exudes an appealing exoticism with representations of the restaurant’s namesake scattered throughout, infusing the restaurant with the veneration befitting such a gastronomic temple.

CatHouse exudes the steamy sex appeal associated with its Las Vegas Strip location. The sultry décor evokes the eroticism of a 19th century bordello with its walls of black and white boudoir photographs, red velvet banquette seating, and lingerie-clad peepshow-style performers. Executive Chef Kerry Simon’s seductive menu blends sophistication with playful cheekiness, where distinguished delicacies like Market Oysters with champagne sharing space with a gourmet rendition of Pigs in a Blanket and a red-blooded Prime New York Steak is given haute cuisine flair with truffle French fries. Stay late and indulge in the sinful pleasures of CatHouse’s nightclub.

Summerlin’s newest restaurant, Agave, gives guests an explosive Latin experience, redefining traditional Mexican cuisine by integrating chic elements and a pulsating ambiance. The dynamic design of the modish lounge is breathtaking as it transports diners from Las Vegas to Cancun, fusing scrumptious food with live Latin entertainment, and a full bar carrying over 80 fine Agave tequilas. Agave offers reasonable priced tamales, burritos, fajitas, as well as more intricate entrees such as their mouth-watering Shrimp and Crab Stacked Enchiladas. A late-night menu offers playful fare such as Barbequed Duck Quesadillas and Crispy Beef Flautas. Agave is the fun and festive …

Chef Mario Batali and winemaker Joe Bastianich have brought straightforward, rustic Italian cuisine to the heart of the Las Vegas Strip with B&B Ristorante. Located in the the Venetian, this authentic Italian restaurant is the first of several successful establishments that this renowned team of restaurateurs have opened in Las Vegas. The food here echoes the soulful cooking of Italian mothers while incorporating a distinct modern flair, and the restaurant’s dark wood beams and Italian marble bar elude casual elegance. Try the Grilled Octopus with ‘Fagioli Marinati’ and Spicy Limoncello Vinaigrette appetizer to experience a perfectly tender taste of the …

(This restaurant is PERMANENTLY closed ) Having accomplished being the most honored and awarded restaurant in Las Vegas is no small feat. But such are the accolades given to Andre’s inside the Monte Carlo Resort Hotel—the AAA Four-Diamond home of contemporary French cuisine inspired by renowned Celebrity Chef André Rochat. Old World charm is married with contemporary sophistication in the Andre’s multiple dining and lounge spaces, where lavish fabrics and intricate design details complement a menu that is similarly opulent. Savor the flavorful results of Chef Rochat’s personal touch in the main dining room that showcases the alluring juxtaposition of …

Boasting an energetic vibe and innovative new menu inspired by celebrity chef/owner Michael Mina's travels throughout the Mediterranean, SEABLUE is a stylish seaside-esque oasis inside the MGM Grand. Specialties like tapas and shellfish are served family-style in a lively setting fittingly reminiscent of a Mediterranean marketplace. SEABLUE is known for its own take on tapas and contemporary seafood masterfully prepared over the restaurant's mesquite and apricot wood-burning grill. All dishes are created around the concept of communal dining, for a social experience that stays true to the restaurant’s theme and point of origin.

An oasis of fine food far from the mirages of the Las Vegas Strip, Rosemary’s Restaurant offers upscale dining amongst a relaxed atmosphere. It’s full service lounge and bar offers small plates, a gourmet nod to tapas. The art-adorned walls, superb service and southern sensibilities invite both the ladies who lunch and those looking for an elegant evening out. Whether dining a la carte or prix-fixe, the food is superb, and the extensive wine list and unique beer pairings complement the meal perfectly. Locals and tourists alike will revel in discovering this gem.

Rumjungle's spectacular setting includes a 22-foot wall of fire, an indoor waterfall, and the world's largest rum bar that spans 144 feet. The menu intertwines the culinary influences of Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa, offering dishes such as Argentinean-style skirt steak with chimichurri mashed potato and habenero demi-glace, and dill mojo marinated Atlantic salmon with green poblano chile cake and sugarcane butter sauce. But perhaps the highlight of the entire dining experience is the "fire pit" dining, which offers unlimited quantitities of skwered meat, fish, and fowl alongside accompaniments and condiments. A dining experience at Rumjingle is truly, as …

The Encore Resort and Casino houses Switch Steak, a satisfyingly contemporary steakhouse. Chef Rene Lenger has created a masterful menu of steakhouse staples, as well as more innovative takes on classic dishes – his Hudson Valley Foie Gras is pure decadence, and his 10oz American Kobe Steak is something to be longed for even after the meal ends. Indulgent additions to any entrée include the Lobster Tail for a true surf-n-turf experience, and the Black Truffle Creamed Spinach for a new spin on an old steakhouse favorite. Sample Chef Lenger’s culinary delights today and know what it means to be …