Food
Best Restaurants in Las Vegas, From Strip Icons to Chinatown
Guide: The Las Vegas Restaurant Shortlist
A citywide Las Vegas restaurant guide balancing landmark Strip tasting rooms with the off-Strip kitchens that make Chinatown and the Arts District essential. Every stop earns its place through cooking, setting, or a distinct use case.
- Joël RobuchonThe MGM Grand mansion dining room remains Las Vegas's maximal French tasting-menu experience: polished service, intricate plates, and a bill suited to a major celebration. Reserve well ahead and budget a full evening.
- Anima by EDOThis southwest Las Vegas dining room brings Spanish, Catalan, Italian, and Mediterranean ideas into playful small plates and an unusually accessible tasting menu. The drive is worthwhile when the table wants a long, chef-led meal away from casinos.
- Wing LeiWynn's gold-toned dining room pairs refined Cantonese cooking with one of the Strip's most formal services. It is a strong choice for Peking duck or a banquet-style dinner rather than an improvised casino meal.
- CarboneARIA's theatrical Italian-American room turns tableside service, spicy rigatoni, and red-sauce glamour into a full Strip production. High demand makes the official reservation calendar more important than a nominal closing time.
- Bazaar MarJosé Andrés's seafood room at The Shops at Crystals moves from raw-bar bites to whole fish and playful small plates. It works best for groups willing to share and order broadly across the menu.
- Esther's KitchenThis Arts District anchor makes sourdough, pasta, and seasonal Italian plates in a bright neighborhood dining room. It is the most useful all-day choice here, but dinner and weekend brunch still reward reservations.