Read update
- There Are Two More Las Vegas Restaurants To Consider!
Summary
- Las Vegas is not just about crazy parties and gambling, it also offers world-class food and Michelin-starred restaurants.
- The city is home to a wide range of themed eateries and bars that add flair to the dining experience.
- From French cuisine with stunning views at the Eiffel Tower Restaurant to immersive dining experiences like BLACKOUT Dining in the Dark, Las Vegas has something for every food lover.
Crazy parties, fancy penthouse suites, impromptu marriages, tacky Elvis impersonators, and money-hungry casinos might top the list of associations that first come to mind when we think of Las Vegas. However, there’s so much more than what initially meets the eye.
Under the surface of the sleep-deprived, alcohol-fueled, gambling-centric Sin City, world-class food, Michelin-starred restaurants, and internationally-renowned chefs dot the streets. While there is plenty of high-quality cuisine, a number of whimsically-themed eateries and bars add some much-beloved flair to a city already booming with it. From ice-cold eating to rainforest-surrounded dining tables, Vegas seriously knows how to put on a show. So here is a look at what Vegas has to offer.
UPDATE: 2023/07/24 20:16 EST BY NOAH STAATS
There Are Two More Las Vegas Restaurants To Consider!
This article has been refreshed with two new super-themed Las Vegas eateries, ranging from American-style cuisine to French upscale dining. Whether someone wants a romantic date night on The Strip or prefers a fast-paced, music-filled night: this city has some of the best food to choose from in the entire world. Have fun!
15 Eiffel Tower Restaurant
- This restaurant is French-themed, located inside the Paris Hotel's Eiffel Tower.
- The Eiffel Tower Restaurant has some of the best views on The Strip.
One of the most sought-out restaurants in Las Vegas, Nevada, is the Eiffel Tower Restaurant, located within the Paris Hotel. This establishment boasts one-of-a-kind views of the Bellagio fountains, as well as the rest of Las Vegas Boulevard. Notably, the Eiffel Tower Restaurant offers Chef J. Joho's updated French Classic cuisine, as well as seasonal changes to the menu. The meat and fish are some of the best on The Strip, so this is the perfect place for a date night in Sin City. It's also a fun idea to check out the viewing deck inside the Eiffel Tower, which is at the top of the structure.
To enter this restaurant, guests can enter through a private elevator guided by a host to the romantic, French-themed eatery. There are also perks for Caesars Rewards members, so if someone coming here has a player's card, it's a good idea to bring it. That could help with getting a nice table with a view!
These ten five-star attractions in Las Vegas might also be worth checking out.
14 The Hard Rock Cafe
- The Hard Rock Cafe boasts a massive entertainment space and serves American cuisine.
Another super fun restaurant to check out while in Las Vegas is the Hard Rock Cafe. Here, people can experience a fast-paced, star-studded eatery boasting a 1,200-person capacity and plenty of fun events throughout the week and weekend. The menu here is American-style food, with burgers, fries, and plenty of desserts for the entire table. Located on the main Las Vegas Strip, the Hard Rock Cafe is the perfect spot for those not wanting to walk far between the hotel and dinner. Of course, people can also eat here during the day, which might bring fewer people than after dark.
13 The Heart Attack Grill
- The Heart Attack Grill has a hospital-themed decor, all honoring their 'Heart Attack' burgers.
- Anyone over 300 pounds can eat free at this LV establishment.
Let’s kick things off with what is undoubtedly the most artery-clogging, heart-stopping, and cardiac arrest restaurants across not only the entire city but probably the entire country as well. The appropriately-named Heart Attack Grill isn’t pretending to be something it’s not - they embrace the poor health choices and have a heck of a lot of fun along the way with it.
The wait staff dresses up as nurses, wine comes in an IV bag, customers need to slip into a hospital gown, and anyone who doesn’t finish their burger has to bend over and get slapped in the rear end with a paddle. Perhaps its most famous novelty, however, is the fact that anyone over 300 pounds gets to eat for free.
12 BLACKOUT Dining in the Dark
- This restaurant has a low-lit theme, focusing on flavor over eyesight.
Eating has become such a secondary task these days - we’re usually chowing down on a burger in front of the TV or scoffing at a bagel during our rush to work. At BLACKOUT Dining in the Dark, however, they bring us back to our basic roots and allow guests to appreciate eating for what it is. How, by completely turning the light off. When our sight is taken away from us, our other senses become heightened, allowing the food to (supposedly) taste better and for us to appreciate food in a unique setting.
11 The Chocolate Lounge Las Vegas
- The Chocolate Lounge in Las Vegas is located at the Sugar Factory.
- This restaurant is perfect for both adults and children.
Did someone say chocolate? If the thought of dessert before dinner makes you feel all giddy inside, then The Chocolate Lounge at Las Vegas’ Sugar Factory will feel like you’ve died and ascended to a sweet-surrounded version of heaven - akin to the beloved chocolate factory of Willy Wonka himself.
This whimsical sweet-tooth fantasy isn’t just for the young ones either - kids of age and kids at heart can enjoy the array of tantalizing desserts, while those of age can dive into some eccentrics liquors as well. Just don’t forget to brush your teeth afterward.
10 The Rainforest Café
- Located near Planet Hollywood, the Rainforest Cafe is one of Vegas's wilder eateries.
- This restaurant has a jungle theme and features animatronic creatures.
At the Rainforest Café on the infamous Strip near Planet Hollywood, the name really says it all - guests dine in the seamless overlap of restaurant and rainforest, surrounded by lush, tropical vegetation, simulated thunderstorm sounds, waterfalls, and a hoard of other novelty effects, and they’ve been doing so since it opened to the public back in 1990.
The rainforest surroundings are certainly not typical of the general, excessive, dry heat of the Nevada desert climate, which makes a quick stop and bite at the Rainforest Café all the more refreshing.
9 Top of the World Restaurant
- This fine-dining experience is located 800 feet above the ground.
- There's a special elevator that takes restaurant goers to the top.
For our next intriguing dining experience, we’re throwing the palm trees out the window. In fact, we’re looking down on them for high above - 800 feet above the Las Vegas floor, to be exact.
At the peak of the Stratosphere Hotel and Casino, the tallest building in Las Vegas, which sits midway between Downtown Las Vegas and the pointy end of the Strip, the Top of the World Restaurant offers dazzling views of the vast desert and the starlit sky. For prime vistas, head there just before sunset so that you can soak in the daytime and nighttime views in one sitting.
8 Mermaid Lounge
- This restaurant is located in Silverton and has a 117,000-gallon aquarium.
After crashing back down to Earth from the Stratosphere, we’re heading out to the Mermaid Lounge at Silverton - where, if the name is any indication, we’re in for a mystical treat. Alas, it’s no lie - diners take their seats adjacent to a massive 117,000-gallon saltwater aquarium which plays host to close to 4,000 species of stunning, inquisitive tropical fish.
For that extra touch of pizzazz, there are also swimmers who dive into the tank to feed the fish and servers who are disguised as mermaids.
7 Minus5º Ice Experience
- This restaurant has a freezing theme, with guests getting to put on big coats while dining and drinking.
If the dreaded Las Vegas heat is finally starting to take its toll, fear not, because the minus5º Ice Experience is ready and eager to swoop in and cool us off. In reality, it goes far beyond just ‘cooling off,’ welcoming guests to seats at a bar made entirely out of ice at temperatures well below freezing.
For anyone looking to freeze their bits off (don’t worry, you’re provided with warm clothing upon arrival), head to either the Venetian or Mandalay Bay. While certainly more of a bar than a restaurant, the novelty was too hard to ignore.
6 Picasso
- Picasso is located inside the Bellagio Hotel and features various Picasso paintings.
- This is an easy restaurant to get to for those staying on The Strip.
Some of us are happy to chow down on a greasy burger, and there’s nothing wrong with that. On the other hand, some prefer to show a little more sophistication and class, usually also have money to burn, and are attracted to elegant dining (we’re talking silk-napkin-on-the-lap kind of elegance).
Over at Picasso, which is found in the Bellagio on the main Strip, diners can exchange their artistic critiques and brag about whose collection is more expensive as they admire a number of authentic Picasso paintings while sampling award-winning 4-course French meals and top-shelf wine.
5 Hi Scores Bar-Arcade
- This bar and restaurant is for 21+ and has an arcade theming.
Who says that we have to grow up? At one of the two Hi Scores Bar-Arcade locations in southern Las Vegas, guests can release their inner Peter Pan and prove that nobody is too old for video games. The best part is that despite its child-at-heart appeal, there won’t be any screaming kids running around - the venues are exclusively for guests 21 and over. Aside from impressive meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, guests can also grab a cold beer before trying their hand at Pac-Man, Space Invaders, or whichever other game - old or new - seems most enticing.
4 Café Sanuki
- This restaurant is known for clean and healthy food.
We hope you’ve still got some room in the belly because, at our final unique destination, the theme is focused especially on one tasty thing - Udon noodles. The restaurant encourages a policy known as ‘sit, stay, and slurp away,’ which promotes the idea of loudly slurping your food. While this might cause a number of people to shudder, at Café Sanuki, it’s their idea of a good time.
Aside from the slurp factor, the food is highly regarded - it’s free of MSG and always fresh, marketing itself as a must-visit for any foodies traveling through Sin City.
3 The Laundry Room
- This property has a secret entrance and is perfect for date nights in Sin City.
Plenty of restaurants and bars in Las Vegas promise travelers quite a bit, but none kick it up a notch like The Laundry Room. The Laundry Room is a popular speakeasy in Las Vegas with strict rules, a limited reservation room, and a secret entrance. Travelers will love the feeling of being transported back in time to a period when alcohol was consumed secretly, and speakeasies were the place to be.
2 Lost Spirits Distillery
- This restaurant has an old-world theme featuring jazz covers and live music.
Travelers who want to experience a classic night out by enjoying a night and a show, as travelers would back in the early parts of the 20th century, will love Lost Spirits Distillery in Las Vegas. Travelers will love this immersive experience, enjoying their meal while listening to jazz covers and modern hits. The show is vast, so travelers can also look forward to experiencing anything from acrobatic feats to snake charmers. Travelers will find it all while taking a step back in time at Lost Spirits Distillery.
1 AREA 15
- This restaurant has a space theme alongside a bamboo volcano, installation art, and other alien-themed art.
Want possibly meet up with some aliens while enjoying so good music? In that case, travelers should definitely stop by Area 15 in Las Vegas. The destination has an outrageous number of unexpected activities that travelers can enjoy while grabbing a bite to eat. These activities include listening to live music, going ax throwing, racing on a zipline, exploring a bamboo volcano, immersing yourself in installation art, and what else may appear at Area 15.