Where to eat between the pool and the club
Restaurants worth the detour, on and off the Strip, with the rooms that seat a group.
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OpenBeauty & Essex
Created with New York Style, and served with understated Vegas flare, Beauty & Essex has leveled-up in the game of new American…
Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer @ The Venetian
Head over to The Venetian for some of the best burgers in the nation. You’ve heard of craft cocktails, well, Black Tap…
OpenBorder Grill @ Mandalay Bay
If you love tamales, and carne asada, than head over to Border Grill at Mandalay Bay. Start with Mexican grilled corn, and…
Chéri Rooftop
Chéri Rooftop is the terrace under the Eiffel Tower replica at Paris Las Vegas, in the space Chateau Nightclub occupied until 2023.…
Echo and Rig @ Tivoli Village
One of the best food bargains in Las Vegas is Echo and Rig in Tivoli Village. Just off the strip, Echo and…
Estiatorio Milos @ The Venetian
The Greek seafood room that moved from the Cosmopolitan to The Venetian in 2021: whole fish chosen off the ice, a raw…
Evel Pie Pizza @ Downtown
It’s Located in East Fremont and inspired by the reigning king of daredevil’s, Evel Knievel. Evel Pie Pizza serves up traditional pizza…
OpenFlour & Barley Pizza @ The Linq
If you’re going to open a pizza joint on the strip, it’d better be something special. Flour & Barley at The Linq…
Harvest @ The Bellagio
Let’s say you took a crazy pill and decided to stay healthy while in Las Vegas. Well, have no fear, because Vegas…
Kassi Beach House
Kassi Beach House is the coastal Italian restaurant at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, from restaurateur Nick Mathers. It shares a name and…
OpenLavo
Lavo is the restaurant and nightclub upstairs at the Palazzo, and it is a smaller, older-skewing room than the arena clubs. This…
Libertine Social @ Mandalay Bay
Created by award-winning chef Shawn McClain, Libertine Social seeks to redefine the gastro-pub. The cocktails and food strive to be ahead of the…
OpenYardbird Southern Table & Bar @ The Venetian
Southern cookin’ has arrived in Las Vegas, and it goes by the name of Yardbird. In case you’’re wondering, a yardbird down…
OpenZuma @ The Cosmopolitan
Zuma at the Cosmopolitan delivers a Japanese culinary experience that’s traditional, and innovative all at once. Created by famed chef Rainer Becker…
5 restaurants that have closed
They stay listed because people still search for them by name, and an answer beats a dead end. These closed between 2018 and 2026, four since 2020.
Bazaar Meat by Jose’ Andres @ The SLS
For you meat lovers out there, you can’t leave Vegas without at least one meal at Bazaar Meat by Jose’ Andres at…
ClosedCarnevino
Carnevino has closed. It was the steakhouse at The Palazzo, which dry-aged its own beef and was known for cuts held far…
MovedEstiatorio Milos (Cosmopolitan)
Estiatorio Milos has left the Cosmopolitan. It was the Greek room overlooking the Strip, known for the Milos Special — paper-thin fried…
ClosedLe Cirque
Le Cirque has closed. It was the small French dining room overlooking the lake at the Bellagio, its lineage running back to…
ClosedOsteria Costa
Osteria Costa has closed. It was the Amalfi-coast Italian restaurant at the Mirage, baking its own focaccia and making its own mozzarella…
A short list on purpose
Las Vegas has thousands of restaurants and this is not a guide to them. It is the 14 rooms that work around a pool day or a club night — somewhere to eat before a table booking, somewhere that will seat eight without a month of notice, somewhere still serving when the dayclub closes. Most of them sit inside a resort, which is usually the point.
Eating around a pool day
A dayclub runs to early evening and a nightclub does not open until late, which leaves a gap most people fill badly. Where to eat near every dayclub maps the rooms by which deck you are walking off, and what to do between the pool and the club covers the rest of that gap.
Doing it cheaply
Resort dining is priced accordingly, and a table at a dayclub costs enough without a four-figure dinner on top. Eating on the Strip for under $20 is the counterweight.
The rooms
The 14 restaurants on our records: Beauty & Essex, Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer @ The Venetian, Border Grill @ Mandalay Bay, Chéri Rooftop at Paris Las Vegas, Echo and Rig @ Tivoli Village, Estiatorio Milos @ The Venetian, Evel Pie Pizza @ Downtown, Flour & Barley Pizza @ The Linq, Harvest @ The Bellagio, Kassi Beach House at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, Lavo at Palazzo, Libertine Social @ Mandalay Bay, Yardbird Southern Table & Bar @ The Venetian, Zuma @ The Cosmopolitan.
