Hotel: Golden Nugget. It's nice, clean, quiet, and reasonably priced. It's not so big that a new visitor can't find his way around.............with a little effort.
Breakfast: Du-Pars, Eat. Eat is the more creative of the two, yet both are great.
Dinner: Andiamo's Italian Steakhouse, Carson Kitchen. Andiamo's is expensive, with fantastic food and service. Carson Kitchen is wonderfully creative and unusual. Carson isn't cheap, but probably half the price of Andiamo's.