Las Vegas Restaurants
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Las Vegas Restaurants. When you think of visiting Las Vegas, your probably think of casinos, grand hotels, glitz and glamour and of course dining experiences.

Gone are the days where you could dine on $5.99 at an all you can eat buffet. It may even be tough to eat for $5.99 at McDonalds now. So that makes choosing your dining experiences or where you eat a little more important. After all it is a significant part of your trip to Las Vegas!

Each time we visit we go back to our old favorites and try new restaurants. We usually try restaurants based on recommendations from people we meet in Vegas, or through reviews we have read.

One tip to remember when dining in Las Vegas is that the portions are huge. We usually try to order the same thing and share it. Otherwise there is just too much food and we will either leave it over or worse eat it!

Below are some of our favorites organized by type of restaurant. We like a variety of food and I will tell you the good and the bad of each.

If you have any favorite Las Vegas restaurants that you think we should try or that you would recommend to others, please click here to Review a restaurant in  Las Vegas. If there is somewhere that we absolutely must avoid, please also review it so we and others know to avoid it.

So bookmark this page or get out a pen and pencil and try these out.

Las Vegas Restaurants - Ready for a Burger?

Ingrid - The BEST Bartender at the Burger Bar in Mandalay Bay - maybe in Vegas?

Warren and I are burger fans. At least once a trip to Las Vegas we crave a burger for lunch. During our stay in September 2008 at the Mandalay Bay, I recommended that we try the Burger Bar in Mandalay Place Shopping area between the Mandalay Bay and Luxor.

I had read a great review and we were starving so off we went. We were told that we would have to wait (even though the restaurant wasn't busy) by a not so nice hostess (the only bad point of the experience) - this led to us sitting at the bar waiting for a table. This is where we met Ingrid.

Ingrid turned our burger experience into the best burger in Las Vegas for us. She greeted us with a smile and was so friendly that we decided to eat at the bar. She offered all sorts of suggestions and was all around amazing. She even offered Warren a few tastes of the different beers they had on tap. The best part of our experience with Ingrid is how she made us feel welcome and she was so personable. The Burger Bar is lucky to have her!

We ended up with the Kobe Burger, rings and skinny fries. You get too choose pretty much EVERY part of your burger. From the bun to the type of meat to the toppings (different kinds of bacon, mushrooms, cheeses...). And then off course there are the side choices - onion rings, skinny fries, sweet potato fries. Then your condiments - ranch dressing (my fav), BBQ sauce, Ketchup, mustard, mayo and on and on.

We loved the burger and the experience so much that we went back in February 2009 and saw Ingrid again! The food was amazing and the service top notch (even though it was busier). This time I had an angus burger with onion rings and it was just as awesome and hit the spot!

We will go back again!

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Las Vegas Restaurants - 24 Hour Hotel Cafe's

We have 2 favorite 24 hour Hotel Cafe type restaurants. The Grand Lux Cafe in the Venetian and the Augustus Cafe in Caesars Palace.

Grand Lux Cafe at the Venetian and the Palazzo

The Grand Lux Cafe is the sister restaurant to the Cheesecake Factory and the food is just as good if not better. There are locations in other states in America.

Location:
The Casino of the Venetian - and there is a new location in the casino of the Palazzo. We prefer the one at the Venetian as you can sit "outside" in the casino and watch the people walk by.

Favorite Dishes:
Melanie - Double Stuffed Potato Spring Rolls.
Warren -  Chicken Caesar Salad.

Favorite Specialty Drink:
Limoncello Lemonade

Augustus Cafe

The Augustus Cafe is a little more expensive but the food is worth it in our opinion. We love breakfast here. Most meals are large enough to split between 2 people.

Location:
Hotel Lobby of Caesar's Palace

Favorite Dishes:
Melanie: Fruit Platter and yogurt and granola
Warren: Omelets for breakfast
 

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