If you want to experience Las Vegas old-school style, dine where Sinatra, Elvis, Sammy Davis, Jr, and many other celebrities did, this is the place. Golden Steer is known for their prime aged beef, vintage wines, table-side service along with the memorabilia to take you back in time.
This restaurant was reviewed in the February 2007 LVA; some of the information contained in the review may no longer be accurate. In the all-new Las Vegas, it’s sometimes fun to take a step back in time. And that’s what you do when you walk into the Golden Steer, located about a quarter mile west of the Strip on Sahara. This place is old-school and it should be—having opened in 1960, it’s one of the oldest restaurants in Las Vegas. The bar and dining room are furnished in heavy dark wood, plush semi-circular high-backed booths, and memorabilia from the Rat Pack Days. Frank, Dino, Sammy, Joey, and a host of heyday celebs ate here regularly, and plaques designating where they sat hang over selected booths. Many on the wait staff have been here well over a decade and if you schmooze ’em a little, they just might “take care of ya” (we were given two $12 martinis on the house, just because). The food? It’s good. Steaks range from $32 for a petite filet to the $65 28-ounce porterhouse (most are $37-$42). Italian specialties are $24-$29, appetizers are $12-$16, sides are $5-$8, and cherries Jubilee or bananas Foster prepared tableside go for $12. You’ll like the meal, but the food definitely plays second fiddle to the joint.