Las Vegas Visitor's Guide to Las Vegas Restaurants

Spago - Wolfgang Puck

• Wolfgang Puck's flair for culinary excellence is world renown, but his protege's are rising stars too in Caesars Las Vegas. Chef David Robins, will leave you waking up in the middle of the night and craving an array of Pacific Rim-seasoned dishes. Spago's specialty is pizza baked in a wood-fired oven and the unusual choices like salmon pizza and spicy chicken may be why these are the most popular items on the menu. But, for something different, try a duck sausage or a Peking duck spring roll. Lobster aficionados will light up when they taste the steamed Maine lobster with saffron fettuccine and basil. Love Mexican food? Spago's gives it a whole new twist with their lamb tacos and Puck's fresh tomato salsa.


• Sit out on the edge of the shopping mall and people watch. Don't forget to try the meatloaf, because it's hailed as the best-of-the-best. Have a sweet tooth? Mary Bergin's deserts will delight you. Sit back, digest your meal and enjoy one of many wines from Spago's extensive wine list. If you aren't sure which wine to order you can ask Greg Harrington, he was voted the youngest Master Sommelier in the country. What better way to sit out on the edge of the shopping mall at the Forum and people watch? Prefer more formal seating? Spago offers a more intimate area in the back of the restaurant. cafe open to the shops at the Forum

Emeril's Seafood Las Vegas

• If you pride yourself as a seafood connoisseur, Emeril's New Orleans Fish House in the MGM Grand Hotel is a place you can't miss. Enter through a water arch and you'll feel like you've been sent to Atlantis. Chef Emeril Lagasse has captured the ambiance of the "Big Easy" gone Neptune in the art deco underwater color scheme, with fish scale tiles and aqua colored leathers and sandy walls used in the décor. Whether you sit at the bar and enjoy spicy peel and eat shrimp with a beer and wonder if you haven't been transported to "N'awlins" or savor the crab cakes, Chef Lagasse's explorations of the gulf's waters provide artful dishes so tasty you'll hear voices rising from the bayou. Don't forget to save room for desert here, because Chef Emeril's Foster bread pudding with rum-walnut-caramel sauce and cinnamon ice cream will keep you up at night remembering and craving.

Bellagio - Expensive

• Easily hailed as one of the best buffets in town, Bellagio features upscale dishes with a chef's culinary artistry. The banquet decor is as rich as the food, with apricot papered walls and art influenced by Tuscan design. You'll find an abundance of booths and banquet seating here.

Le Village Buffet at the Paris

• Once you dine at Le Village Buffet in the Paris Resort, you'll leave saying, “ Oo La La.” This place offers ambiance, haute cuisine, and service exceptionnel. Enter beneath a Trompe L'Oiel with a powder blue sky reminiscent of antique Limoges and follow the quaint, cobblestone pathways to four different regions of food tucked into storefronts. From Alsace to Burgundy, you'll see different chefs ready to prepare your dish cooked to order. When the servers approach your table, dressed in peasant frocks, be sure to say "merci," as they fill your blue goblet with water. From cozy nooks tucked inside houses to open dining, you'll find just the right arrangement of seating here.


• Your meal options are limitless, featuring rich entrees each region is known for. Beef a la bourguignonne, duck braised with Riesling, sauteed bananas in a rich caramel sauce, there's no question the decadence is there. Try Brittany and your mouth will water when you see the made-to-order crepes, leaving diners wishing they lived in Las Vegas year round. Looking for quiche? Then you can't miss Normandy. They offer the best quiche in Vegas. Burgundy offers a carving station, with Chateaubriand or cherry sauce Escoffier to compliment your selection. Crave pasta or braised beef? Provence offers a selection par none.

Less Expensive Vegas Dining

• The Garden Court Buffet at the Main Street Station
  Looking to enjoy an all-you-can-eat buffet and not spend a mint? The Garden Court Buffet offers a spacious, Victorian, gingerbread decor beneath vaulted ceilings. Voted downtown's best buffet several times, the Garden Court offers an array of cooked to order steaks, scampi, and other seafood prepared in and eclectic array of styles. You'll have trouble choosing between Chinese, Pacific Rim, Mexican, Southern, and American so why bother? Sample them all, and try pizza, pasta and dessert bar.
• San Francisco Shrimp Bar & Deli
  When you pass beneath the world-famous intersection of Fremont & Main, you'll now only see an incredible light show played on the canopy overhead, and a historic hotel, but you'll find a Deli featuring a Las Vegas tradition - San Francisco's shrimp cocktail. You won't need to hit the jackpot to enjoy this. You won't find prices like this anywhere. Shrimp not your thing? Try the deli sandwiches or a 16 oz. Porterhouse steak. This place will have you humming, "San Francisco here I come" when you pull out your wallet to pay. But unlike that other San Francisco, this one won't send you out for a second mortgage.
• The Gold Spike Restaurant
  Let your bet ride too long and bam, it was gone? If you're looking for a roast beef or turkey dinner for a few bucks, then you'll love The Gold Spike. No fancy decor, no luxury ambiance, but a great meal for next to nothing in traditional Las Vegas style. Enjoy a piece of pie and coffee in this old-style Las Vegas Buffet, and reminisce over the way Vegas used to be in the days of Wayne Newton and Elvis. This was the real Vegas, baby!