Poll - 2020-09-30 | Las Vegas Advisor

As introduced last week in the poll preview, this new survey is looking for Las Vegas' best dining experiences. Note that "experiences" is in italics. We considered all your suggestions, though a number of them specified food quality only; here, we're looking for something extra that elevates a meal at a restaurant into more of a scene or happening.

For example, the food might be fine at Blackout -- Dining in the Dark, but finding that food and getting it into your mouth in pitch darkness turns it into an adventure. Likewise, dining at the Strat's revolving Top of the World has all kinds of compelling dimensions, not the least of which is how the wait staff manages to keep track of tables that constantly change position. So if your suggestion isn't included, it's for that rationale.

Thanks to everyone who gave specific experiential reasons for their recommendations and to Dave and O2bnVegas for the practical suggestions on how to organize this long list of choices. We've got two alpha orders going: the first by casino, the second by name if the restaurant isn't in one. You can vote for as many as you like.

910 Total Votes

Peppermill (Strip)

12% (109)

Four Queens Hugo’s Cellar

10% (93)

Paris Mon Ami Gabi

9% (83)

Binion's Steakhouse

9% (78)

Battista’s Hole in the Wall (E. Flamingo)

6% (58)

Circus Circus Steakhouse

6% (56)

Strat Top of the World

6% (54)

Golden Steer (W. Sahara)

5% (44)

Bally’s Sterling Brunch

4% (38)

Paris Eiffel Tower Restaurant

4% (36)

Plaza Oscar’s

4% (36)

Hofbrauhaus (Paradise Rd.)

3% (24)

Cosmopolitan Secret Pizza

2% (21)

Rio Voodoo Steakhouse

2% (21)

Mandalay Bay House of Blues

2% (20)

Heart Attack Grill (Fremont Street)

2% (18)

Bellagio Picasso

2% (17)

Casa di Amore (E. Tropicana)

1% (13)

Bob Taylor’s Ranch House (North Las Vegas)

1% (12)

MGM Grand Joel Robuchon

1% (11)

Golden Tiki (Spring Mountain)

1% (10)

Cosmopolitan Rose. Rabbit. Lie.

1% (8)

Omelet House '50s Diner (E. Desert Inn Rd.)

1% (8)

Bellagio Mayfair Supper Club

1% (7)

Excalibur Dick's Last Resort

1% (7)

Caesars Vanderpump Cocktail Garden

1% (6)

Luxor/Mirage Diablo's Kitchen

1% (5)

Silverton Mermaid’s Lounge

0% (4)

EATT Gourmet Bistro (downtown)

0% (4)

Palms Greene Street Kitchen

0% (3)

Blackout -- Dining in the Dark (Valley View)

0% (2)

Burger51 (N. Decatur)

0% (2)

Cereal Killerz Kitchen (Henderson)

0% (2)

Analysis

We figured the Peppermill to be in the top five, but not number one. It's a cool place right on the Strip and has been around forever, but Top o' the World at number seven? Voodoo Steakhouse and House of Blues at numbers 14 and 15? Mayfair Supper Club 10 from the bottom?

Sure, Mayfair is pretty new (and expensive), so many voters have yet to experience it. But it's hard to beat a restaurant that revolves 360 degrees in 90 minutes on the 107th floor for an "experience."

Yes, Hugo's Cellar hands out roses and free desserts and has tableside preparations, but the priceless artwork and lakeside location of Picasso beats a downtown basement anytime, at least in our humble opinion.

And sure, Battista's Hole in the Wall has free carafes of box-brand red wine and lots of celebrity headshots on the walls, but that's more of an experience than Bally's three-figure Sunday brunch?

Apparently.

Let it never be said that LVA readers are more about views, paintings, and dinner shows than tried-and-true and bargain experiences.

In short, à chacun son goût and pardon our French.

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Comments

Alan Meier Sep-30-2020

Alan in MN

Why isn't Prime at Bellagio on this list?

John VanSandt Sep-30-2020

Nom Nom Nom

Bootleggers Bistro!

(and the South Point Hotdog Cart)

O2bnVegas Sep-30-2020

Golden Cadillac

I'd give a shoutout to Burger Brasserie, one of the few places we have succeeded in having a Golden Cadillac made to our liking...that is, with ice cream.  Usually Galliano, white crème de cacao, and cream.  For more calories and deliciousness make it with vanilla ice cream.  Many, many places say they don't stock ice cream so.  Our server hadn't heard of it, actually summoned the bartender.  BT said he hadn't heard of a Golden Cadillac but would make it (after we coached him on the ingredients) and included ice cream!  The kind of little thing that makes a meal special.  Plus we like their food a lot.

Luis Sep-30-2020

All good but

Dining Experiences, I've had better experiences at the Orleans and the Southpoint buffets and hot dog carts than many of those other places. Shure the food is great, but the atmosphere , the people you dinne with, and the people around you are key and I've had epic times just at the hot dog stands and buffets, an overall enjoyable time, not just "fine dinning", that's the magic of vegas, you don't realy need the fancy place to have a great dinning experience.

Jersey Jeff Sep-30-2020

SW Steak House at the Wynn

Cool show out over the water.

Ray Sep-30-2020

agree with Luis

We go to Vegas because it's a bargain. Once you get there, so much of the "high end" things cut into your spendable cash, but the bargains that you came for can be very entertaining, and as Luis points out, there is much to be said for the experiences you can have, even the fun of hunting for the hidden bargains (like the non-menu steaks at Ellis Island that you used to tout all the time).

Susan Johnson Sep-30-2020

Gone but not forgotten

One of my favorite spots was the  original Planet Hollywood restaurant in the Forum shops.  Not fine dining but so much fun.  As in so many cases, the ambience slowly diminished, victims of cost cutting.  The new version is awful with the only redeeming factor being the outdoor dining.

Dave in Seattle. Sep-30-2020

El Cortez

Get the bread pudding!

Theo Lichtenstein Sep-30-2020

Where I am comped

If they comp me a steak, that's my favorite restaurant at that time.  If some other place comps me a burger, then that's my favorite place right then.  Only if a place is terrible will I reject their comp.

Poll : 30 September - 13 October 2020

Analysis

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