Best Restaurants in Las Vegas: 2026 Dining Guide

Las Vegas has more big-name restaurants packed into a few miles than almost anywhere, and a serious neighborhood food scene a short drive from the Strip. It also has a lot of turnover: restaurants that topped "best of" lists a few years ago have closed, moved or changed hands. This guide sticks to places whose own websites, or their resort's, still listed them in September 2026, and it tells you what each one is good for rather than ranking them.

Prices change often and many menus are not published online, so this guide gives rough price bands instead of dish prices. Check the restaurant's current menu before you book, and remember that tax and an 18–22% tip add a lot to any Strip bill.

How to Choose a Restaurant

Start with the kind of evening you want, then narrow by location:

• A once-in-a-trip splurge: a tasting menu at Restaurant Guy Savoy or é by José Andrés.
• A celebrity chef without the tasting-menu bill: Hell's Kitchen, Gordon Ramsay Steak, CUT or Nobu.
• A classic Vegas night out: an old-school steakhouse such as the Golden Steer.
• The best food for the money: head off-Strip to Spring Mountain Road, the Arts District or Lotus of Siam.
• Something quick and cheap: Tacos El Gordo on the Strip or Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips at the LINQ Promenade.

Rough price bands per person before drinks, tax and tip:

These bands are a planning guide, not quoted prices. Wine and cocktails can easily double a bill at the top end.

Fine Dining and Tasting Menus

Restaurant Guy Savoy (Caesars Palace)

The flagship of French chef Guy Savoy in the United States, and the most decorated restaurant on Caesars' list. Caesars says it has been awarded a Michelin star and lists a Forbes Five-Star Award, AAA Five Diamond status and a Wine Spectator Grand Award. It also offers a nine-course dinner at its Krug table, which Caesars describes as the only one in North America.

• Service: dinner only, and not every night. Check the Caesars page for current days.
• Dress code: formal, according to Caesars.
• Menus: Caesars links a main menu, drinks menu and group packages. Prices are on the menus, not the page, so check them before you book.
• Booking: OpenTable, or Caesars' group line for parties of 13 or more.

Best for: a milestone celebration where classic French cooking and service are the point.

é by José Andrés (inside Jaleo, The Cosmopolitan)

A private room tucked inside Jaleo where a small group eats a long tasting menu of what Jaleo calls "Spanish avant-garde dishes". Jaleo's site describes it as a nine-seat room with two seatings a night, at 5:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday, with reservations released three months ahead.

With nine seats and two seatings, it is one of the hardest tables in town. Book the day your date opens, and be flexible about which night you go. Check the price when you book; it is a full tasting menu and priced like one.

Best for: adventurous eaters who want a meal they will talk about for years.

Other fine dining on MGM Resorts properties

Several of the city's best-known fine dining rooms are in MGM Resorts hotels: Joël Robuchon and L'Atelier at MGM Grand and Picasso at Bellagio have long been on every list. MGM's websites could not be checked for this update, so confirm that a restaurant is open, its days and its dress code on the resort's own site before you plan around it.

Celebrity Chef Restaurants

Gordon Ramsay

Gordon Ramsay has more Vegas restaurants than any other TV chef, all in Caesars Entertainment hotels. In September 2026, the Caesars sites listed:

Hell's Kitchen is the one most visitors want. Caesars lists the Beef Wellington, pan-seared scallops and sticky toffee pudding among its signatures, with lunch and dinner prix fixe menus. The dress code is business casual. It is popular, so book ahead for dinner or try lunch.

Gordon Ramsay Burger at Planet Hollywood is the budget way into the Ramsay name. Caesars rates it $$ and lists it as open until 1 a.m.

Wolfgang Puck: CUT (The Venetian)

Wolfgang Puck's steakhouse at The Venetian Resort serves premium beef, including A5 wagyu and tomahawk steaks, alongside seafood. The Venetian lists it as AAA Four Diamond with a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for 2026. It is a splurge, and a good pick if one person in the group wants a steak and another does not.

Nobu (Caesars Palace, Paris and Virgin Hotels)

Nobu Matsuhisa's Japanese-Peruvian cooking now has three Las Vegas homes, according to Nobu: Caesars Palace (restaurant and hotel), Paris Las Vegas, and Virgin Hotels Las Vegas off the Strip. The dishes that made the brand are on the menu: black cod miso, yellowtail jalapeño and rock shrimp tempura. Nobu advertised a summer tasting menu at $165 per guest at Virgin in 2026, and Tanoshi Hours with cocktails and bar bites from 6 to 7 p.m., Sunday to Thursday.

José Andrés: Jaleo (The Cosmopolitan)

Jaleo is the more relaxed José Andrés room, with Spanish tapas and paella cooked over an open wood fire on a grill that Jaleo says is one of only three of its kind in the world. It is a good place for a group to share a lot of small plates. José Andrés Group also lists China Poblano, Zaytinya, Bazaar Meat, Bazaar Mar and Bar Centro in Las Vegas; check its site for where each one is.

Bobby Flay and more at Caesars Palace

Caesars Palace alone lists Amalfi by Bobby Flay (Italian coastal), Brasserie B by Bobby Flay (French steakhouse), Peter Luger Steak House (the New York steakhouse), Pronto by Giada and Stanton Social Italian. If you are staying there, you can eat at a well-known chef's restaurant every night without leaving the building.

Steakhouses

Steak is the default Vegas splurge, and the choice is huge. A few that stand apart:

• Golden Steer (308 W. Sahara Ave): open since 1958, and the restaurant says Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr. were regulars. Red booths, a Victorian-style bar and tableside service make it the classic old-Vegas steak dinner. It is a short drive from the north end of the Strip.
• Peter Luger Steak House (Caesars Palace): the Brooklyn legend's Vegas outpost, for porterhouse purists.
• CUT (The Venetian): modern and polished, with wagyu options (see above).
• Gordon Ramsay Steak (Paris): the most popular Ramsay dinner after Hell's Kitchen.

Steakhouse bills climb fast: sides are usually sold separately and big enough to share, so order fewer than you think you need.

Japanese, Chinese and Thai

Mizumi (Wynn)

Wynn's Japanese restaurant serves sushi, robatayaki, teppanyaki, kaiseki and omakase in a room set around gardens, a koi pond and a 90-foot waterfall. Wynn lists hours of 5–10 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and 5–10:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. The dress code is upscale casual: no shorts or open-toe shoes for men, and no children under 5. Its outdoor Sansui experience carries a $175 per person food and beverage minimum.

The Venetian's Asian line-up

The Venetian Resort lists Mott 32 (Hong Kong-style Chinese), Wakuda (Japanese) and Nomikai among its restaurants. If you want Chinese food on the Strip without leaving a resort, Mott 32 is the usual pick.

Lotus of Siam (off-Strip)

Lotus of Siam is the off-Strip restaurant that visiting food lovers ask about most. It is known for Northern Thai cooking and for a wine list the restaurant says runs to more than 300 selections, heavy on the whites that suit spicy food. Signature dishes on its site include crispy duck panang and garlic prawns.

• Flamingo location: 620 E. Flamingo Rd, about a five-minute drive east of the Strip.
• Sahara location: 953 E. Sahara Ave, which the restaurant says had its grand opening on May 10, 2026.
• Tip: hours differ between lunch and dinner. Check the site before you go.

Chinatown (Spring Mountain Road)

The long strip of Asian restaurants along Spring Mountain Road, just west of the Strip, is where many locals eat: Sichuan, dim sum, ramen, Korean barbecue, hot pot and late-night izakaya. Individual restaurants change often, so we cover the area in its own Chinatown food guide rather than naming spots here.

Italian

• Esther's Kitchen (1131 S. Main St, Arts District): chef James Trees' first restaurant, serving seasonal Italian cooking that draws on West Coast produce. It is one of the reasons locals now go downtown for dinner.
• Amalfi by Bobby Flay (Caesars Palace): coastal Italian with a seafood focus.
• The Venetian Resort: lists Brera Osteria, Matteo's Ristorante Italiano and Buddy V's Ristorante.

ARIA's Carbone and Bellagio's Lago are two of the Strip's best-known Italian rooms, but they are MGM properties whose sites could not be checked for this update. Confirm them on the resort sites.

Tacos and Mexican

Tacos El Gordo

The Tijuana-style taquería is the easiest cheap meal on the Strip. Its Strip location is at 3041 S. Las Vegas Blvd, on the north Strip, and it also lists locations on E. Charleston Blvd, Sunset Rd and Losee Rd in North Las Vegas. Adobada (spit-roasted marinated pork) is the order. Tacos are small, so plan on three or four each. Lines get long late at night.

Casa Playa (Encore)

For a sit-down Mexican dinner, Wynn lists Casa Playa at Encore, a Mexican coastal restaurant.

Off-Strip and Downtown Favorites

• Sparrow + Wolf (4480 Spring Mountain Rd): chef Brian Howard, who trained under Thomas Keller and Kerry Simon, cooks inventive American food on a custom hearth grill. Open daily 5–10 p.m., with happy hour 5–6:30 p.m. on weekdays.
• Carson Kitchen (124 S. 6th St, downtown): reimagined comfort food and cocktails a block from Fremont East, with a rooftop bar. Open from 11:30 a.m. daily, until 10 p.m. (11 p.m. Friday and Saturday).
• Esther's Kitchen: see Italian, above.
• Lotus of Siam: see Thai, above.

Off-Strip meals usually cost noticeably less than Strip equivalents, and a rideshare from the center of the Strip to Spring Mountain Road or the Arts District is short. For more downtown picks, see our Fremont Street guide.

Best Picks by Occasion

Reservations and Timing

• Book the hard tables early. é releases seats three months ahead. For other popular dinners, book as soon as you know your dates, especially for Friday and Saturday.
• Use the booking channel the restaurant names. Caesars restaurants use OpenTable; Wynn uses SevenRooms. Large groups usually have a separate phone line.
• Eat early or late. Tables are easier to find before 6 p.m. or after 9 p.m., and early seatings fit before a show.
• Try lunch. Several celebrity restaurants, including Hell's Kitchen, serve a lunch menu that is easier to book.
• Check days of service. Many fine dining rooms close one or two nights a week.
• Mind the age rules. Some rooms, such as Mizumi, do not admit young children.
• Walk-ins: the bar at many restaurants serves the full menu without a reservation.

Dress Codes

Most Vegas restaurants are relaxed, but the top end still enforces a code. Codes published in September 2026:

When in doubt, collared shirt, long trousers and closed shoes will get you into almost anywhere. Casinos are cold, so bring a layer.

Saving Money on Good Food

• Happy hours. Many restaurants run bar deals early in the evening; Sparrow + Wolf, for example, has weekday happy hour from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
• Lunch over dinner. The same kitchen is usually cheaper at lunch.
• Share steakhouse sides and order one fewer than the server suggests.
• Go off-Strip for at least one dinner. The food is often better for the money.
• Watch the drinks. Cocktails and wine are the biggest markup on most Strip bills.

For more budget options, see our cheap eats guide, and for after-midnight food, the late-night dining guide.