[QUOTE=easypil;55260295]Hi guys, sorry to jump in - have a Vegas trip with gf in a few weeks,

1) best steak in Vegas?
2) 1 must try restaurant in Vegas (any Budget)

SERIOUS girlfriend? Picasso for #2. Not so serious Sage gets a lot of love, although I have a grudge against them.

For #1, I think Cut For the food, but the ambiance is a little sterile. SW is very nice (You're paying the Wynn tax, though). If a few weeks is 8+, they have outside seating which is a plus - if it's 4 weeks you'd likely be a puddle on the pressed concrete. Delmonico's at the Venetian is solid.

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It’s Vegas, I doubt they would send you away at the door unless you’re in beach attire.

I would call there to get a reservation and ask. If they insist on a shirt and/or other pants, just go to the Fashion Show Mall (or Premium Outlets) and buy something new. It’s not like they can’t take new clothes home with them.

Otherwise, at L’Atelier jeans and polo are perfectly fine.

Thx. My friends willing to drop a dime on dinner but somehow going to buy clothes seems like too much hassle, lol. Moved rez to l'atilier...will check out robuchon next time I'm in town with wife I guess.

Some places even have jackets...

Some casinos in Europe like Spielbank Baden-Baden do that. In the past they also had ties, but I think that requirement went out of the window several years ago.

When it comes to fine dining, restaurants in LV seem to be extremely lenient even if the website states “business casual”. I’ve been to Carnevino (rip) in shorts and flip flops because friends decided it was a good time for an afternoon steak and I didn’t feel like going to the room to change. And I like to repeat the story from Cut when I was sitting at an opposing table to a college aged female with one of those blinking shirts. Those get really annoying after some time.

Jeans are definitely fine most places but the two places even I would be hesitant to try are Guy Savoy and Maison Joel Robuchon.

Yeah, I'm the opposite of a dress up kinda guy, but feel like when you going to super upscale french place, the experience is just better if you look the part and aren't getting stink eyed by the staff all night.

I’m gonna go sideways and be helpful.

Wagyu at SW (at the Wynn)
Kabuto

Thanks sir - how does a recommendation differ between serious and not serious gf by the way?

Wow. Really surprised at alelier this go round. Last time I was here it was super solid all around. This trip....

Food - 4
Wine - 5!
Ambiance - 3.5
Service - 2


Maybe I'm just snob now, but we all had tasting menu and pacing was horrible. When I asked waiter about pace of courses he was pretty defensive about it and said it was because people were up from the table, which they weren't until about 3 seconds before I flagged him down. Potatoes came out cold. We were with no water for extended waits, etc. No big at midscale place, but at $650/head all in kinda a letdown. On the plus side, food was uniformly good/great (except for wagyu, which was $50 upcharge and just meh), and wine was insane good...recommend springing for the premium wine pairing if you go.



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Went to Hell's Kitchen tonight, everything was incredible, highly recommend. We had:

32oz Tomahawk
Short rib
Beef wellington
Pan seared scallops
Waguy meatballs
Lobster risotto
Mac and cheese side
Asparagus side
Mushrooms side
Sticky toffee pudding (second order cuz it was so damn good)
Peanut butter fudge cheesecake
2 cocktails each x 5 people

Comes out to ~$130 a person with tax and tip. Worth it

1 - GR Steak is very good, but CUT still my favourite steakhouse in Vegas. That said, SW would probably be my choice if in a date type evening.

2 - é @ Jaleo - Not been for a good few years, and was a superb all around dining experience.

I saw a dude in a Hawaiian shirt and khaki shorts eating at Guy Savoy. He must have had an unusually high amount of money or swagger or both, but even the strictest seeming places bend the rules. Didn't detract from my dinner any.

i will suggest Bellagio.

I'm looking for a decent meal (preferably not red meat) at the Flamingo or Caesars where I can use my $100 Caesars celebration dinner thing.

Thoughts on Hells Kitchen?

What about Nobu? Are their sushi rolls head and shoulders better than your local good sushi place?

Getting sushi rolls at a high end sushi place is like ordering the burger at a high end steakhouse. Might be good but it’s not what you’re there for. And at any rate, Nobu might offer the least value of any restaurant at Caesars, and that’s really saying something.

Hells Kitchen A+, see my post above. Went with group of 5, everyone had $100 celebration comp, bill came out to $498 for all of the food I posted + 2 drinks each. Best $20 dinner I've ever had

I had a different experience. Food was solid, but the service and food knowledge of the staff was mediocre. For multiple courses, we weren't given utensils at all in correlation to the tables next to us having the same menu. They seemed to be parroting some canned descriptions without knowing exact details. The chef had to come out a couple of times to clarify, but he was a bit shaky as well. I understand that most chefs aren't quite accustomed to being on the floor and don't have the sufficient people skills neccessary, so that doesn't count as much in my judgment.

That being said, thank you so much to everyone for contributing to this thread. I really appreciate your opinions and it is good to hear about all of your experiences.

Gonna have to disagree. Certainly Chinese buffet places have a low standard to improve upon, but lumping in an average sushi place in Houston is uninformed, at best. Just by having a glimpse at pictures of most of the AYCE sushi places in Las Vegas, including the pictures from your trip report, it is easy to notice that the AYCE places don't even serve traditional sushi rice.

Most of those restaurants in the average category in Houston (Aka Sushi, Michiru, Soma, Miyako, Nippon, Sasaki) would not even consider using the wrong rice to make sushi with. Houston is certainly a particularly bad choice to include in a list of cities with average sushi offerings. I'd hesitate to list five U.S. cities above Houston in high end sushi quality.

I really resisted going to Hells kitchen, but was eventually dragged there, but I have to say it was absolutely excellent.

Nobu is nobu, you can get that anywhere. Your $100 aint going far though...

I need to stand up for steakhouse burgers. Depending on the place they might be one of the stars of the menu, old homestead is a very good example of this.

Have you been to these any of the AYCE places in Vegas? I’m pretty sure most larger cities on the west coast Vegas included and cities like New York, Chicago and Boston have better sushi than Houston. This puts Houston at the high end but lumped in with average American cities. AYCE sushi is on par or above some random sushi place you’re going to roll into in a suburb like Pearland or something. The preparation wasn’t great and the rice wasn’t all that good but the quality and variety of fish was better than most places in Houston.

Nit, I am of the belief that perhaps you are just misinformed or just have experienced a very small sample size of Houston sushi. Chicago, Boston, and Vegas have no where near the sushi experiences of Houston. This is a known commodity within the industry. So New York and L.A. have great sushi restaurants, that is a given. But, my stipulation was 5 cities and you're not close on three of your choices. Seattle, due to proximity and historical migration, would give it a leg up, as well as perhaps San Francisco, but again, we're challenged to come up with 5 cities on the level of Houston for sushi. Michiru that I mentioned is incredibly close to Pearland, being within Clear Lake, and there is also Samurai in the area, both serving vastly superior sushi to Vegas AYCE restaurants. I mean, the pictures in your trip report show they use the wrong type of rice grain. I don't need any additional input than that. I don't need to dine somewhere to understand that food incorrectly replacing the most fundamental ingredient is going to be mediocre.

Houston has elite Asian food (Indian, Vietnamese, Pakistani), but Sushi is something they are not in the top tier. Boston> Houston for sushi. Probably a push with Chicago. SF and SEA are definitely way ahead. San Jose and San Diego also have Houston beat too by a good step.

Ha I actually agree with you on this. Houston is awesome for diversity of Asian ethnic cuisines. I don’t think it’s an exceptional sushi spot but diggy does seem to know his stuff. Places like Kata Robata and Uchi are great but probably not the same level as Vegas elite and authentic sushi. Also seems close minded to not concede that cities like Boston likely have better sushi options.