Las Vegas Fine Dining Thread

[loosekanen]

if i loved picasso will i at least like+ L'Atallier?

[gobbo]

Just go to Kabuto and thank yourself later.

[eco74]

Originally Posted by loosekanen

if i loved picasso will i at least like+ L'Atallier?

Personally I liked L'Atelier better than Picasso. Can't go wrong with either.

[loosekanen]

**** it. will be there over labor day weekend with one friend and gonna do both. if anybody wants to join pm me.

[Pork Fri Rize]

Are there any real good tasting menus off strip with at least 4 courses for <$100 pp.?

[ike]

Originally Posted by Pork Fri Rize

Are there any real good tasting menus off strip with at least 4 courses for <$100 pp.?

10 course kaiseki at Raku for $100: http://www.raku-grill.com/menu6.html

One of the best meals you can get in Vegas, on or off the strip, IMO.

be sure to call 3+ days in advance to make reservation, they need advance notice to do the kaiseki.

[Pork Fri Rize]

Tyty, but no listing of the actual dishes? What is kaiseki? Other than the marginal description on that link of the menu. I beliee I saw Raku on some cooking channel show, and they highlighted a couple of their tofu dishes (which I'm not a fan of). Thanks for some other venue recommendations if anyone can fill my request.

[amoeba]

the whole point of a tasting menu is that you put yourself in the hands of the chef. If you want choice, why not just order ala carte?

Kaiseki is a traditional seasonal tasting menu typically with courses based on method of preparation. So you will have a steamed or boiled course, a soup course, a fried course, a grilled course, a raw course, etc...

[ZeeJustin]

Raku is the best off strip restaurant in Vegas, with Lotus of Siam being the only thing that's close.

[Pork Fri Rize]

Do you guys reccomend reservations if I pass on the kaiseki?

[*TT*]

Originally Posted by Pork Fri Rize

Do you guys reccomend reservations if I pass on the kaiseki?

Yes.

[ike]

Originally Posted by Pork Fri Rize

Do you guys reccomend reservations if I pass on the kaiseki?

They're open till 3 am. Before midnight you definitely need a reservation. After midnight or 1 you have a decent chance just walking in, more so the the smaller your group, but reservation is probably a good idea no matter what.

[ZeeJustin]

My one and only complaint about Raku:

One of my early visits eating there the phone was ringing non stop. No one answered it. I didn't know why.

Then I got to experience the other end of that: calling 5 times trying to make reservations only to have them never pick up.

So ya, sometimes they don't answer the phone

[Pork Fri Rize]

Lol... Which of the Foie Gras dishes is the best?

[ClarkNasty]

OT: Going to Toronto this weekend. Looking for dining recs.