Posted on: Wednesday, August 3, 2005
Gourmet's choice of Vegas restaurants
Los Angeles Times
WYNN LAS VEGAS
131 Las Vegas Blvd. S. For restaurant reservations: (702) 770-DINE or (888) 320-7110; www.wynnlasvegas.com.
Alex (Alex Stratta). French. Open 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. for dinner. Closed Mondays. Jacket requested. Three-course prix-fixe menu, $110; chef's tasting menu, $145.
Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare (Paul Bartolotta). Casual Italian seafood. Open 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for lunch and 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. for dinner.
Daniel Boulud Brasserie (Daniel Boulud and Philippe Rispoli). French brasserie. Open for lunch 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and for dinner 5:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Okada (Takashi Yagihashi). Japanese. Open for dinner 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. Sunday to Thursday, to 11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
Red 8 Asian Bistro (Hisham Johari) at Wynn Las Vegas. A fanciful Southeast Asian bistro with some of the best dim sum that side of Monterey Park. Open 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday. SW Steakhouse (Eric Klein) at Wynn Las Vegas. American steakhouse with touches of Alsace, France. Open for dinner 5:30 to 10:30 p.m.
Corsa Cucina (Stephen Kalt) at Wynn Las Vegas. An Italian Mediterranean place with terrific grilled pizza and a delicious lamb tagine (Moroccan stew) from the wood-burning oven. Open for lunch 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; for dinner 5:30 to 10:30 p.m. Sunday to Thursday and to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday (casual); bar menu 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
MANDALAY BAY RESORT CASINO
3950 Las Vegas Blvd S. www.mandalaybay.com.
Mix (Alain Ducasse). French. Open 6 to 11 p.m. (702) 632-9500.
OTHER CASINOS
Bradley Ogden (Bradley Ogden) at Caesars Palace, 3570 Las Vegas Blvd. S.; (702) 731-7110. Contemporary American. Great cooking but at steep prices. An incredibly moist, apple-fed pork chop goes for something like $46. Open for lunch 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., for dinner 5 to 11:30 p.m.
Bouchon (Thomas Keller) at the Venetian Resort Hotel & Casino, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. S.; (702) 414-6200. French bistro. Open for breakfast 7 to 10:30 a.m. and for dinner 5 to 10:30 p.m.; oyster bar and cocktail lounge 3 p.m. to midnight.
R-Bar (Rick Moonen) at Mandalay Bay. A seafood restaurant with splendid oysters and clams on the half shell, clam chowder and a spicy shrimp soup, along with truly divine biscuits with cream gravy. Open 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday to Thursday, to midnight Friday and Saturday. (702) 632-7777.
