89coupe
06-17-2008, 09:21 PM
If you are in Vegas and want to try some great restaurants here are some that we tried.
1.) L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon - This was the best restaurant experience I have had in Vegas and on par with Lumiere's for taste, satisfaction and service. Absolutely an amazing restaurant. We had the Discovery menu which is a 10 course meal and for fun added an extra dessert because of how cool it was...lol. I even took a video of the final dessert because of the presentation. Stupid me though, I had my mini camera sideways to get everything into the video and so you have to turn your head sideways to watch it. I'm not sure how to flip it right side up, if you know how let me know?
Dessert video - http://www.designsanew.com/L'Atelier.wmv (Basically it was a vanilla chocolate shell encasing a scoop of freshly made vanilla ice cream and fresh raspberries, they poured a hot raspberry sauce over the shell that broke it open to expose what was inside)
Menu - http://www.designsanew.com/lasvegas/IMG_2691s.JPG
Menu up close - http://www.designsanew.com/lasvegas/IMG_2693s.JPG
The kitchen which u sat around http://www.designsanew.com/lasvegas/IMG_2696s.JPG
2.) Michael Mina's - This was our 2nd pick for fine dining. Again we tried a tasting menu, The Cookbook menu, it was a 5 course meal and with it we got the wine pairings. The food was very nice, but I felt the service could have been a little more intimate and personal for the price you were paying. The overall setting of the restaurant was a little too bright for me and took away from the dining experience IMO. I don't think I would go back.
Menu - http://www.michaelmina.net/mm_lasvegas/pdf/cookbook_menu.pdf
3.) Mesa Grill - This is Bobby Flay's restaurant in Caesar's and it was excellent! We had lunch here and the food and service was top notch. For an app we had the Blue Corn Pancake and for our main dish I had the Barbecued Lamb Cobb Salad & the GF had the Grilled Mahi Mahi. I would definitely go back here.
4.) Joes Seafood Prime Steak & Stone Crab - If you are really hungry and want to get stuffed, this is the place to go. HUGE portions of food for a reasonable price. The Stone Crab was to die for.
5.) Wolfgang Pucks, Spago - We had lunch here and well, wasn't overly impressed. For an app I had a dozen iced otter oysters which were very good and for a main course had the Alaskan Halibut and the GF had the Margherita Pizza. The food was ok but not what I was expecting from such a famous chef's restaurant.
1.) L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon - This was the best restaurant experience I have had in Vegas and on par with Lumiere's for taste, satisfaction and service. Absolutely an amazing restaurant. We had the Discovery menu which is a 10 course meal and for fun added an extra dessert because of how cool it was...lol. I even took a video of the final dessert because of the presentation. Stupid me though, I had my mini camera sideways to get everything into the video and so you have to turn your head sideways to watch it. I'm not sure how to flip it right side up, if you know how let me know?
Dessert video - http://www.designsanew.com/L'Atelier.wmv (Basically it was a vanilla chocolate shell encasing a scoop of freshly made vanilla ice cream and fresh raspberries, they poured a hot raspberry sauce over the shell that broke it open to expose what was inside)
Menu - http://www.designsanew.com/lasvegas/IMG_2691s.JPG
Menu up close - http://www.designsanew.com/lasvegas/IMG_2693s.JPG
The kitchen which u sat around http://www.designsanew.com/lasvegas/IMG_2696s.JPG
2.) Michael Mina's - This was our 2nd pick for fine dining. Again we tried a tasting menu, The Cookbook menu, it was a 5 course meal and with it we got the wine pairings. The food was very nice, but I felt the service could have been a little more intimate and personal for the price you were paying. The overall setting of the restaurant was a little too bright for me and took away from the dining experience IMO. I don't think I would go back.
Menu - http://www.michaelmina.net/mm_lasvegas/pdf/cookbook_menu.pdf
3.) Mesa Grill - This is Bobby Flay's restaurant in Caesar's and it was excellent! We had lunch here and the food and service was top notch. For an app we had the Blue Corn Pancake and for our main dish I had the Barbecued Lamb Cobb Salad & the GF had the Grilled Mahi Mahi. I would definitely go back here.
4.) Joes Seafood Prime Steak & Stone Crab - If you are really hungry and want to get stuffed, this is the place to go. HUGE portions of food for a reasonable price. The Stone Crab was to die for.
5.) Wolfgang Pucks, Spago - We had lunch here and well, wasn't overly impressed. For an app I had a dozen iced otter oysters which were very good and for a main course had the Alaskan Halibut and the GF had the Margherita Pizza. The food was ok but not what I was expecting from such a famous chef's restaurant.