Question of the Day - 23 October 2025

We count six steakhouses currently. When it opens, Boa will be the seventh. 

The six at Venetian and Palazzo are CUT by Wolfgang Puck, Delmonico Steakhouse (an Emeril venue), Smith & Wollensky, Morels French Steakhouse & Bistro, Bazaar Meat, and Cote, which opened earlier this month, the first and only Korean steakhouse with a Michelin star in the U.S. 

BOA is slated to open before the end of the year, the lucky seventh. 

As to why the Venetian needs another steakhouse, well, Venelazzo and the Grand Canal Shoppes have a total of 69 eateries, believe it or not. So seven steakhouses make up 10% of them. There are also 10 Italian restaurants, seven Asian restaurants, four Latin restaurants, and even two Grand Lux Cafes. 

Excessive? Perhaps. But with 7,100 hotel rooms, thousands of conventioneers attending trade shows and events at the Venetian Expo at any given time, and thousands more taking in a movie or show at Sphere, hundreds of partiers at Tao Dayclub and Nightclub, 1,000 people filling the seats at Voltaire, and all the gamblers who are just there for the casino, seats at the seven steakhouses fill up fast.

The increasing and changing restaurant lineup is an integral piece of the $1.5 billion renovation of the gigantic property. And in conjunction with the opening of Cote, the president and CEO of the Venetian announced that the plan is for Venelazzo "to be the culinary leader on the Strip." With 69 food outlets, including the Via Via food hall for the middle tier, and more planned, we'd say it's well on the way.

Now if only it didn't cost $20 (weekdays) and $23 (weekends) for non-locals to park.