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Everyone needs to eat food…but in Las Vegas it’s done in style! Home to some of the finest dining anywhere in the world, from the 24-hour diner to the five-star, fine-dining establishment, Las Vegas has them all.
Not so long ago the city was famous for its 99-cent shrimp cocktails and its all-you-can-eat style buffets, but times are-a-changin’ due to the ever-evolving, high-class hotels, attracting the more professional and sophisticated visitors. The Strip has many a dining location along its path from trendy diners to celebrity chef eateries to smart and elegant restaurants. Las Vegas has such a good reputation for being the best place to dine, that top rate restaurants from all over America are fighting for a place in the area.
There are many restaurants providing live or party-style entertainment to rival their neighbouring dining establishments, but of course, a restaurant or eatery’s quality of food and fine décor will be the ultimate test to keep the customers rolling in time and time again. The cuisine is worldwide from French to Mexican to Japanese, making sure that each and every diner will get something of what they want. Vegetarian and vegan diners are catered for in numerous exclusively vegetarian/vegan restaurants, with variety being a main quality that keeps the customers coming back.
The main hotels on the Strip have their own entertaining restaurants to keep their guests from straying onto the streets for food. These themed resorts not only serve some great culinary delights, but also offer amazing surroundings and unique atmospheric dining experiences, from restaurants surrounded by lush jungle to simulated thunderstorms to fire-breathing dragons and all with excellent live entertainment. Among the most popular is the Aureole, at the Mandalay Bay hotel. This is the classy Charlie Palmer restaurant with "wine angels" who float up and down a four-story wine tower on pulleys to get guests their bottle of wine. Another is Mark Miller’s Coyote Café at the MGM Grand Hotel, an intimate restaurant filled with colour and creativity and Julian Serrano’s Picasso at the Bellagio, a very popular venue with its acres of slot machines and gaming, forty million dollars’ worth of paintings by Picasso adorning the room and an amazing orchestrated light and water show playing hourly in the man-made lake, outside the restaurant’s windows. Last to mention are Wolfgang Puck’s restaurants, Wolfgang’s refreshingly innovative dishes combine cuisines and techniques from the Orient, Italy, and France from where Puck has created a tempting new American cuisine. Each recipe expresses Puck's enthusiasm for fresh ingredients, with an exciting approach to food. The emphasis is on lighter, healthier dishes. Wolfgang’s five outlets in Las Vegas are Chinois, Postrio, Spago, Trattoria del Lupa and the Wolfgang Puck’s Café.
For couples in love there are some magical, romantic spots to go to including the Eiffel Tower Restaurant at the Paris Resort. Guests are delivered to the restaurant in a glass elevator that opens to the fervour of the top-rate kitchen, and then guided to the dining room where panoramic views abound. The sparkling lights of the Las Vegas Strip dazzle even more with the dining room’s intimate lighting and tables facing west provide stunning views of a beautiful water-fountain display. The Le Cirque at the Bellagio is a restaurant full of colour and features, from the spectacular, star-studded entry to the extravagant silk-tented ceiling. Murals by Paulin Paris encompass the room, in reverence to the original Le Cirque monkey murals. Renoir at the Mirage is as sophisticated as it is romantic, with original artwork from the man himself, French impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir, adorning the silk-covered walls. The room itself is filled with pastel colours, dimmed lighting, romantic banquettes and gold-rimmed china, providing an intimate and serene effect. The Peppermill Café and Lounge on the Strip provides a dark room with a giant fire that enigmatically erupts blue flames from a pool of water. Waitresses dress in long, slit dresses to serve up bizarre cocktails including the Scorpion, a drink whose glass is the size of a fishbowl!
Wherever a visitor may lay his/her hat, there’s one thing for sure, they will enjoy excellent cuisine and have an excellent time!
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