Las Vegas Casual Dining Thread

[gobbo]

Originally Posted by peking

Where can I get a decent Thai Beef Salad like this?


Also, where can I get steak with a very good chimichurri sauce like this?

Mundo does this extremely well for the chimichurri sauce.

Thai Noodle House has the best meat salads in town. The Larb is phenomenal.

[Unregistered]

So, question for you casual dining regulars.

I'm hitting up a conference at Caesar's next week from Mon - Fri. Our per diem's pretty much suck but at least the conference is providing most breakfasts and lunches.

My dinner allowance is $26, no alcohol. I cannot combine the breakfast and lunch allowances so that's a pretty strict limit.

Any suggestions on my best options with that measly budget?

[gobbo]

Not at Caesars, that place sucks balls. Are you restricted to there?

[Unregistered]

No, I can eat anywhere. I don't have to stay at Caesars. I plan on doing most of my poker playing elsewhere anyway since I'm not a fan of the poker room at Caesars.

I'll actually be in town on my own expense starting tomorrow until the conference actually starts on monday. I'm staying the first part of the trip at the Luxor then moving to Caesars on Monday. I plan on hitting a couple nice meals over the weekend on my own dime but then while I have the luxury of being able to expense meals Mon-Fri I figure I should try to as much as possible but want to get the most "bang for the buck".

[Shiftyeye7]

the carnegie deli in mirage and grand luxe in venetian would fit that budget. both are a good value.

[Lil Gary]

I always thought Zoozacrackers was pretty solid at Wynn

[Riverman]

Second that, their Reuben is terrific.

[BennyMac]

I haven't been through the whole thread, but saw there was some burger discussion at the beginning. Is there any consensus on best burger places on the Strip?

[Shiftyeye7]

no consensus

holsteins and BLT burger always come up tho

[BennyMac]

Originally Posted by Shiftyeye7

no consensus

holsteins and BLT burger always come up tho

Cool - thanks.

[eco74]

Burger Bar too.

[Sdgullsfan84]

Went to heart attack grill in mid December when I was out there. Something about the combination of wayyyyyyyyyy too much cheese and wayyyyyyyy too many grilled onions made the burger taste kinda off. The butterfat milkshakes had not much taste other than butter, but the fries were great. Recommendation: since it's inevitable that you'll not finish your meal, don't bother bringing home leftovers. The taste of the burgers is pretty mediocre to begin with, but it's positively awful heated up later on. Don't bother here.

Heart attack grill emphasizes size and presentation over quality. But it's a cool experience and really pretty cheap considering. We had three double bypasses, three orders of fries, three huge milkshakes, and three drinks for about 50 bucks. If you drove through McDonald's and ordered that kind of meal it would come close to 30 bucks.

Would recommend it as a try it once kind of thing. The cash only thing really blows, though. I wound up getting stuck with the bill cause I was the tourist with the cash on him lol.

[Doc T River]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

No, I can eat anywhere. I don't have to stay at Caesars. I plan on doing most of my poker playing elsewhere anyway since I'm not a fan of the poker room at Caesars.

I'll actually be in town on my own expense starting tomorrow until the conference actually starts on monday. I'm staying the first part of the trip at the Luxor then moving to Caesars on Monday. I plan on hitting a couple nice meals over the weekend on my own dime but then while I have the luxury of being able to expense meals Mon-Fri I figure I should try to as much as possible but want to get the most "bang for the buck".

Sorry that I don't know much about per diems, but is it where you turn in your expenses and are reimbursed? If it is, would they just reimburse you up to $26 and anything more is on you?

[Sdgullsfan84]

Originally Posted by Doc T River

Sorry that I don't know much about per diems, but is it where you turn in your expenses and are reimbursed? If it is, would they just reimburse you up to $26 and anything more is on you?

Yes, but some accounting departments are very anal about expenses incurred and require that only applicable charges appear on the receipts you submit for reimbursal. I work in hotels and people routinely ask to have various personal charges split off from the main folio. Obviously that would be totally kosher.

But things can get hairy with the company, for instance, when you charge even 30 to the account instead of your allotted 26. They may flat out deny the whole 30 dollar bill. Usually you must stick strictly to the per diem, no spreading it around to other days. Accountants hate that.

[Doc T River]

Boss going to Vegas and will be eating at Flay's restaurant and Lagasse's sports stadium restaurant. Suggestions on what to eat?