Where would you like to dine in Las Vegas

Quarterback

Thinking of travelling to Vegas for a cheap vacation. What would you recommend for dining and why?

WHAT do you like to eat? Some great buffets around. Hear the Red Rock Casino (way out of the way if you're staying on strip and conserving your shekels) has a good salad bar but this is probably standard for all of them. I don't go to buffets (STUFF ITS -- I love them but no one else in the brood will go to them). I think you can go online (or could) and get discount coupons for some restaurants/buffets. I will try to find name of website for the coupons. Hear the Marriott (Summerlin area) has a good NY deli buffet on Thursday evenings (again, disc. coupons available online at one point). You might be able to find discount coupons for anything right now. If you're staying on strip it's probably safer to hit a deli or cafe and not waste your time/money driving. I've not eaten at the two recommendations but have heard they are good. I've eaten at Redrock (all decent) but other restaurants.

Both are too far from strip and why leave the FUN area. It's great to experience dining (OR AT LEAST DESSERT) at the Bon Ami Gabbi/Paris Hotel (sp? go by early and request seats on the patio) and your view is incredible w/great view of the Bellagio water fountain show --- very relaxing. If you like Chinese food go to Ping Pang Pong at the Gold Coast --- a favorite of most all people and not expensive. Italian restaurants are everywhere --- a local one is called Roma Deli on Spring Mountain Road.

High end dining is the famous Spago (Wolf Gang Puck) at the Caesars Forum shop mall --- always great food. Another is Del Monacos (one of Emeril's) at the Venetian -- his fish restaurant is at MGM (great food, also) --- great steak restaurant is Cut at the Palazzo (pricey/great!). The Palm (about 4 miles west of the strip on Flamingo) has a great steak restaurant -- can't think of the name and good Mexican restaurant and buffet.

Hope this helps --- Vegas has 4 of the 6 top rated restaurants in the world you can google/intersted.

LV101

truthseekeriam

If you like a good piece of beef I recommend Gallagher's steak house in New York New York...yummy.

oompa

i have eaten at a lot of those places....and yes the food is great in all...and the food is good enough on top of the stratasphere hotel too...the restraunt rotates....and i have eaten lunch and dinner there....and at night i think i would eat even mediocre food there and enjoy the night.....just the view of the huge flat city lights....and the mountains sometimes snowcapped in the distance....and i know i liked my steak well enough....but the view.....magical....oomps

Quarterback

These are all great ideas, thanks folks.

QB

I quit!

The Border Grill at Mandalay Bay is one of my favorite places to eat anywhere.

http://www.bordergrill.com/bg_lv/bg_lvwel.htm

Hank's at Green Valley Ranch in Henderson is very nice if you want to try some place away from the strip. It is also a great place to stay.

http://www.greenvalleyranchresort.com/hotel/

Cabo Wabo Cantina on the strip is a fun place for lunch and has very good margaritas.

Scarred for life

I was in Las Vegas in April for the first time. We could not find any "cheap" places to eat. But maybe we just didn't know where to go. We stayed at the Flamingo and went to a show at MGM. We did not find any "cheap" places to eat at either of those hotels. We ate one night at an Italian restaurant fairly close to the Flamingo. It was off the strip. The prices were double what we would pay for comparable food here in suburban Atlanta. It was OK food. The other night we ate at In & Out Burger. We just didn't feel like spending $150-$200 for dinner. We had other things we wanted to do on our trip out west.

dontplaceliterature

Emeril's place is very good: http://www.emerils.com/restaurant/5/Delmonico-Steakhouse/

WhatWasIThinking

Depends on how much you want to spend and what kind of food you like. There are plenty of world class restaurants in the casinos on the Strip, but you will pay for the food, experience, and the name. In addition to the ones already mentioned, if you like sushi I would go to Nobu inside the Hard Rock. It's not cheap, but it's very good.

If you want to eat on the cheap you need to go off strip. You can go to Ellis Island and have prime rib, baked potato, salad, and a beer for $13. They also have a BBQ on Saturday and Sunday and people line up, sometimes for hours, for it. The small, local casinos are where you are going to find the least expensive food. The buffets used to be cheap, but not so much anymore. If you want variety you really can't beat the buffet at the Rio. Nine Fine Irishmen is a pretty cool Irish bar in the New York New York.

Quarterback

Hey, thanks for these additional tips ....I will be exploring these.

QB

Where would you like to dine in Las Vegas

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