Best Restaurants in Las Vegas 2026

How this list works

There are more than a thousand restaurants inside the resorts alone, and a "best of" that lists forty of them is useless when you have three dinners to plan. So this page is opinionated and short: the places we would actually send a friend, grouped by the kind of evening they want. Every entry is an established, well-known restaurant; prices are per-person ranges before drinks and tip, as of 2026, and you should check the restaurant's own site for current menus and hours.

A note on hype. Instagram-famous rooms with a two-month wait are not automatically better than the neighbourhood Thai place with a walk-in table. Several of the best meals in this city cost under $40. We have mixed the tiers deliberately, and the deeper guides — fine dining, steakhouses, Chinatown — go into detail on each.

The once-in-a-trip splurge

Joël Robuchon (MGM Grand) is the room to pick if you want the full French tasting-menu experience: a purple-and-gold Art Deco salon, a bread trolley that is a course in itself, and the famous pommes purée. Expect $300–500 per person before wine. Its sibling L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon next door is counter seating around an open kitchen, more relaxed and roughly half the price.

Restaurant Guy Savoy (Caesars Palace) is the other grand French room, famous for its artichoke and black-truffle soup; it has a slightly less formal "Krug Room" and a bar menu that lets you taste the kitchen for far less. é by José Andrés (The Cosmopolitan) is the hardest table in town: an eight-seat counter hidden inside Jaleo, a couple of dozen small courses of Spanish avant-garde cooking, typically $300-plus and booked weeks ahead by online reservation only. Wing Lei (Wynn) was the first Chinese restaurant in America to hold a Michelin star and its Peking duck remains the best on the Strip.

The great dinner out

This is the tier most trips should be built around: $80–150 a head, a proper reservation, a memorable room.

Carbone (ARIA) — mid-century New York Italian played as theatre, with tuxedoed captains and a spicy rigatoni that earns its fame. Very hard to book on weekends. Our Carbone guide.
Bazaar Meat (Sahara) — José Andrés's meat-and-tapas extravaganza; order the suckling pig for a group. Guide.
Mott 32 (The Venetian) — the best-looking Chinese restaurant on the Strip; pre-order the Peking duck. Guide.
SW Steakhouse (Wynn) — steak on a lakeside patio with the Lake of Dreams show as a backdrop.
Bavette's Steakhouse (Park MGM) — a dim, velvet Chicago-style room that regulars quietly prefer to the bigger names.
Nobu (Caesars Palace) — the world's largest Nobu; the omakase is the way to do it once. Guide.
Momofuku (The Cosmopolitan) — David Chang's noodles, pork buns and a crispy rice that people order twice.

Off the Strip, where the value is

If you only leave the Strip once for a meal, make it one of these. All are a $10–20 rideshare from the centre Strip.

Lotus of Siam (Flamingo Road, also Red Rock) — the northern Thai restaurant food writers have been calling the best in America for two decades. Khao soi, nam prik ong, garlic prawns and a famous German riesling list. Mains $18–35.
Raku (Spring Mountain Road) — a tiny Japanese izakaya of charcoal-grilled skewers and house-made tofu, open until 3am, beloved by chefs. Book ahead; it fills at midnight.
Esther's Kitchen (Arts District) — house-made pasta and sourdough in a big, lively room; the best-value "great restaurant" in the city at $40–70 a head. See downtown dining.
Sparrow + Wolf (Spring Mountain Road) — modern American with Asian accents from a local chef, the kind of restaurant that would have a two-hour wait in Los Angeles.
Golden Steer Steakhouse (Sahara Avenue) — 1958 vintage, Sinatra's booth, tableside Caesar; the most atmospheric steak in Nevada.
Monta Ramen or Ramen Sora (Chinatown) — $15 bowls that beat anything on the Strip.

Best for a group, a date, or a family

Groups of six or more do best somewhere loud with shareable food: Bazaar Meat, Momofuku, Jaleo (The Cosmopolitan) for paella and tapas, or the Korean barbecue tables of Chinatown where the grill is the entertainment. Confirm automatic-gratuity policy when booking.

Date night favours a room with a view or a corner: Lago at Bellagio faces the fountains, Rivea at Delano sits 64 floors up, and Bavette's and the Golden Steer have booths built for two. See view restaurants.

Families get the most from a buffet (kids under about five are often free; check each property), the food halls, and casual Italian like Eataly at Park MGM. Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen is surprisingly good for older kids who know the show, and it seats early. Buffet details are in best buffets.

What it costs and how to book

Rough per-person dinner costs, before drinks, tax and tip, as of 2026: Chinatown and downtown $25–60; celebrity-chef and steakhouse rooms $90–180; tasting menus $250–500. Cocktails on the Strip run $18–28, wine by the glass $15–30, and a bottle of water can be $10 unless you ask for tap.

Booking: most Strip restaurants use OpenTable, Resy or SevenRooms and open tables 30–60 days out. For the hardest ten or so — Carbone, é, Hell's Kitchen prime times, Peter Luger — reserve the day the window opens, try weeknights or off-hours, and check for cancellations on the morning of. Downtown and Chinatown restaurants are mostly walk-in with a wait on weekends; Lotus of Siam and Raku are the exceptions and take bookings.

Mistakes visitors make

Booking three splurge dinners in three nights. Palates and wallets fatigue. One anchor meal, one mid-range and one cheap-and-brilliant is the better rhythm.
Assuming the famous name means the famous chef. Some Strip rooms are licensing deals; the ones in this list are run by the chef's own group. Details in celebrity chef restaurants.
Eating dinner across the Strip from your show. Twenty minutes on a map is forty in a casino. Eat in the same resort as the theatre.
Skipping happy hour. Many of the restaurants above sell the same dishes at half price from 3–6pm at their bars. See happy hours.
Never leaving the resort. The single most reliable meal upgrade in Las Vegas is a $12 rideshare to Spring Mountain Road.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the single best restaurant in Las Vegas?

For a once-in-a-lifetime meal, Joël Robuchon at MGM Grand or é by José Andrés at The Cosmopolitan. For the best meal per dollar, Lotus of Siam or Raku, both a short drive off the Strip.

How far ahead should I book restaurants in Las Vegas?

Book the hardest tables — Carbone, é, Hell's Kitchen, Peter Luger — the day the reservation window opens, typically 30–60 days out. Most other Strip restaurants can be booked a week or two ahead, and weeknights are much easier than weekends.

Is it worth leaving the Strip to eat?

Yes. Chinatown on Spring Mountain Road and the Arts District downtown offer better value and often better cooking, and both are a $10–20 rideshare from the central Strip.

What does dinner at a top Las Vegas restaurant cost?

As of 2026, a celebrity-chef or steakhouse dinner runs about $90–180 per person before drinks and tip, and tasting menus at the top French rooms run $250–500. Check the restaurant's own site for current prices.

Which Las Vegas restaurants are good for large groups?

Bazaar Meat, Jaleo, Momofuku and the Korean barbecue restaurants in Chinatown all handle big tables well with shareable food. Most add an automatic 18–20% gratuity for parties of six or more.

Are there good restaurants for kids on the Strip?

Buffets, food halls, Eataly at Park MGM and casual Italian and Mexican rooms are the easiest options. Hell's Kitchen works well for older kids who know the show. Very few Strip restaurants exclude children outright.

Do Las Vegas restaurants have dress codes?

The grand French rooms ask for jackets or business-elegant dress. Steakhouses and celebrity restaurants expect smart casual at dinner. Everything downtown, in Chinatown and at buffets is casual.