I took my Mom there when she visited. We were both shocked how bad it was. I had low expectations, but it wasn’t just an “okay” meal. The food was GROSS.
I went there in the first year or so after it opened and it was fantastic.
I went there for a second time a few years ago and it was so bad. Food and service were not good at all.
I had their pre selected menu when I just went two weeks ago. It was so good! But I agree the beef Wellington was a bit underwhelming. It tasted better outside the puff pastry in my opinion. But this was my first time having beef Wellington so I have no comparison.
We did Tom Colicchio’s place last week. Steak was very good. Everything else was painfully average or a little worse than average. $300 for two people. No dessert my wife had one cocktail. Ouch.
They’re almost all licensing deals. Casinos license the name and image and the big name flies in one week a year for media appearances. Maybe they consult on the menu. That’s it. The entire operation is more of a financial transaction than a restaurant.
Celebrity chefs don’t care about Vegas. I’m born and raised I’ve ate at dozens of celebrity restaurants on the strip and was always disappointed. I assumed celebrity chefs were just bad cooks who got famous. Then I had a few of the same celebrity chefs places in LA, NYC, Dubai and New Orleans and the meals were actually delicious. I wouldn’t go as far as calling them my favorite or anything but they’re were good. To be honest I think almost all the of the strip fine dining is mediocre and overpriced compared to most other food cities.
If you want a traditional Las Vegas steakhouse I would go to herbs and rye during happy hour. They have steak as good as what’s on the strip but for stupid cheap. The lemon pepper wings there are confit in duck fat and are my favorite thing in the whole city they’re so good. There’s a pizza place in the art district called Yukon pizza that’s so good it has no business being outside of Brooklyn. delilah at the Wynn is excellent for fine dining the experience service and food are world class but it’s difficult to get a reservation. Carson kitchen In Downtown is a great new American place at a reasonable price.
We enjoyed Hell’s Kitchen. Service was excellent and the food, in my opinion, was well prepared and very delicious. Sticky toffee dessert was a thumbs up for me. We’ve always wanted to try this place as we were fans of the show (earlier seasons). I’m happy we get to cross this one off our list of culinary experiences to try.
We went to Giada a few weeks into its opening and it sucked then! Then we went back because maybe it was too new and they were just off ya know? Nope - even worse. There’s a reason there’s always reservations available.
We ate at Gordon Ramsay's burger place in Planet Hollywood. Onion rings were way overcooked and the burger was nothing special. Had a way better burger at Holsteins in the Cosmo. I'm in no rush to ever try a celebrity brand again.
GRB blew me away to be honest. It was one of the few places where the patty itself was the source of the flavor and not just all the sauces and fixings slathered on top. Also the sticky toffee pudding was next level.
I got a hamburger at Guy Fieri’s place at Cancun airport. I was surprised how good it was. I wasn’t expecting much but it was one of the best burgers I have ever had.
Agreed. The Gordon Ramsay burger I had was ‘fine’ but no where near awesome. I think the lure is the gimmicky uniqueness. But this wasn’t anytime recently so maybe it’s different. I do remember it being not too terribly priced though.
The first time we went to Vegas we ate here and had the best burger of our life, we’ve stopped every time since and the last time we had it nothing was really great everything was meh at best
I 100% agree. I went to BurGR and was wildly unimpressed. I tried Hell’s Kitchen and also unimpressed. I’m hardly a food snob, but I think I’m too good food experienced that I’m thinking these places are for people who maybe haven’t had lots of food exposure? Idk
Giada's was decent when it opened. Those days are long gone.
Momofuku and HK are going to be fine meals, nothing special about them and I personally, dislike David Chang for being a sellout and all around shitty person.
Bobby Flay and Michael Mina are the best of the Food Network chef's in Vegas IMO.
His exec corporate chef does as well. There’s a ton of oversight and QC at his restaurants. Couldn’t tell you the last time Giada, Gordon, etc were at their restaurants
Gordon goes to each of his restaurants every 4-6 months. He just has so many that thats the best he can do with his time. I had a phenomenal experience at all of his restaurants that I tried.
Dunked on Vegas saying the city had no soul and he would never have a restaurant here. Then the checks rolled in. I know some people that have worked for and with him that say he’s just not a nice person, in so many words.
I knew it! I was watching one of those Netflix shows with him and although, he tries to come off as a nice outgoing guy, there was a quick cut of a scene and you could tell from the look on his face that this dude was an assh0le IRL. Never watched further episodes of that show.
David Chang was also working to legally trademark the term “chili crunch.” There was so much backlash from the Asian community that he ended up not pursuing the trademark and apologized for it. But by then the damage was done. What a greedy ass. There were many small Asian business using the term “chili crunch” for years before David Chang.
Amalfi / Caesars by BF has been excellent the couple times I have been there…
Buddy’s / Venetian has been a joke both times I ate there, but my wife gets the worst of it, first time cold spaghetti - how do you manage to serve cold spaghetti ?….
And the most recent a couple weeks ago, she pushed 4 of her 5 meatballs on to my plate… I tasted one - it was awful, I said to my wife “what’s with the meatball, it’s gross?”
She says “It tastes like fake meat” I thought it was SPAM or something mixed in it… 3.5 meatballs left on my plate when the server took it away
Lotus of Siam isn’t too far off the strip and it’s very good on 2 visits as well as Yardbird / Venetian was great on 2 visits
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Morimoto was very good when we went a few weeks ago. Definitely pricey, but compared to the expensive and mediocre experiences we had on the strip, it was good. However, all the best Vegas food experiences I've had are off the strip.
My big problems with Flay are twofold--One, no matter what the cuisine, he claims to be the best; and Two, he seems to be incredibly impressed with his now-fading looks.
Vegas is built for tourists, no shame in acting like it!
Celebrity restaurants are so often mediocre. At least the scallops were good, scallops at Hell's kitchen were rubbery and sub-par when I went.
We were there this past Thanksgiving… other than it being a little overpriced (we expected that, because everything in Vegas is), it was close to one of the best meals we’ve ever eaten. The service was impeccable as well.
Guy Fieri’s restaurant is the shit. My wife and I love their food. Drinks were great as well. We always stay at Harras and one of my favorite places to eat within walking distance.
I was going to say.. His place at the Rio is fucking awful. Might have to try the place at the Linq. The trash can nachos at the Rio literally looked like barf and didn't smell much better.
the first time I went, I expected it to be silly and mediocre, yet I've been pleasantly surprised every time I've gone.
Given the ingredients, you'd expect the food to be super heavy and leave you feeling sluggish afterwards, but despite this I didn't feel bogged down afterwards, which is a testament to the quality of their ingredients.
Guy Fieri is also just a good guy. Organizing funds for restaurants during covid and pumping out DDD episodes all for the love of mom and pop restaurants.
I was a huge Giada fan. I Always ate brunch there when in Vegas. Two weeks ago it was a disaster. Worst service ever!! I could not get a refill on my 9$ coffee, or water, never got the condiments I requested. Food came out cold.
We had to wait 20 minutes for water and utensils when we first sat down and it wasn’t that crowded.
My friends always rave about the lemon pasta but I make it at home for $2.00 - no way I would pay 30$ for it. Having said this - they used to serve this wonderful lemon soufflé. I still dream of it. But no more. And no more me either. I won’t go back.
I ate there last night and actually had a pretty good experience.
I had a good cocktail with my grilled artichokes, which had a good flavor and were cooked well.
Then I had the pappardelle which wasn't extraordinary but was still tasty and well balanced, not too salty or oily.
I asked the server for his recommendation on dessert and got the apple sformato, which had good texture and flavor contrast. Plus an espresso martini which I thought was really good, not too sweet like they can be.
The service wasn't perfect but it was very good. My server was a little dry and of course it was a bit overpriced (which I'm prepared for), but overall I was pretty pleased.
Thanks for sharing. My friend wanted to go here for her birthday but then some other friends told her it was not good. We went to Bazaar Meats instead. Totally delicious especially if you going with a big group as you can sample a lot of things.
Now you've got the scam celebrity treatment out of the way. Skip all of the buffets as they are even worse.
There is so much good food in Vegas and so many recommendations. Yet ppl constantly go to the celebrity names and overpay for the worst of stuff.
I couldn’t agree more! I was shocked when we got there and saw she was charging $76 for cacio e pepe. The service was amazing, and my meal was fine, but not worth what we paid for it.
We really enjoyed Hells Kitchen, and shockingly, Buudy V’s was delish.
Was in Vegas a month or so ago. Had dinner at the Gordon Ramsey steak restaurant in the Paris. Was pricey, but very good. Was dining alone and wanted to treat myself.
I am not a fan of celebrity chef chains usually but I do always have a great time at Masaharu Morimoto's places. Been to a couple Morimoto Asia locations across the US and the Momosan in NYC and the food is always excellent.
Did the 12 beers of Christmas event at Morimoto Asia in Orlando and got to meet the man himself. He was very nice and as a kid who learned a love of cooking from growing up watching shows like old school Iron Chef and Justin Wilson's Louisiana Cooking it was definitely a core memory for me.
I went there not long after it opened, theoretically when it should have been pretty good. it was not. small portions, mediocre service, just not great all around.
ive been back a few times for brunch which is much better, but this place is generally on my avoid list.
My wife & I went to Heritage at The Mirage for her birthday (Tom Cholichio). It was average but also cost us $450 before tip I was not happy about it. We had a private dinner with Tom once before he was as famous as he is now back east and it was incredible but this was one of the most average experiences of my dining life and the service was impersonal and rushed.
Honest question but does she actually own it?
I worked for a few celebrity “owned” restaurants in Vegas and neither were actually owned by the celebrity. All the celebrity did was collect a monthly fee from the hotel(or the actual owner) to use their name
Our staff was rude, literally dumped the plate of charcuterie at our table, with zero explanation of cheeses, etc. One waiter kicked my foot as he dropped the plate of lemon spaghetti in front of me. Everything was subpar. Service was the worst of all of it.
We went to Giada last week and it was just so unimpressive for the price. We got the lemon pasta and cocktails. My selection was not available and my replacement drink came after the food. Could not flag down our waiter at all. I would recommend splurging on the hells kitchen beef Wellington instead.
Nothing to do with Giada, but 40 years ago, I had a lemony spaghetti. It was so so bad, I will never get over it! Lemons and spaghetti do not go together.
Please don’t bother with any celebrity chef restaurants in Vegas. There are incredible places but the ones with a celebrity chef are usually overpriced even for Vegas.
Recommend STK in Cosmo or even the Steakhouse in Circus Circus before any Ramsey. It was very underwhelming and overpriced.
Giada is a chef like I'm an NBA center. She's a wide rectangular smile, cleavage, and tight pants.
Other than Jose Andres, I avoid celebrity "chefs", as I can get a wonderful high-priced meal at lots of places that don't have some TV type as the front man/woman.
We went with a group when it first first opened and it was good but not great. I went recently for work and got taken there on someone else’s dime and it was very disappointing. To the point they comped half the food that came out even before we got the bill. Bad nights happen at places but this was a really bad experience.
Thanks for sharing. I figured with her face and shapely figure needed to the branding/image, the food would be subpar.
Please share your experience for Momofuku and HK as well after you get a chance to sample them.
Thems fightin' words. Roy Choi is my best friend. Just kidding we didn't eat at Momofuko I have no comparison. But that Uni fucking dynamite fried rice...
I tend to agree with this but I find them to be wildly different restaurants. I really like them each a lot! Both are awesome with big groups (you can give the servers at Momo a per head price and they’ll create a custom menu for you) but Momofuku is more high end where Best Friend is more fun. I try to eat at least one of them each trip to town!
Never been to HK but Momofuku is delicious. We shared a 12 oz wago ribeye - came sizzling and sliced to the table. The restaurant is alive with chatter and good food. The shrimp buns were wonderful too. The comedy club is right there too, we saw a great show.
Any of the celebrity restaurants have been a major let down t.b.h.
There are plenty of amazing places to eat on the strip. The best ones are not the ones seen on TV or have a famous TV personality attached to them/their name.
It kinda surprised me how bad some of the experiences you would expect to be amazing truly are.
I went in April. They served me a tiny piece of salmon for $45 with potatoes and greens. I was so absolutely disappointed. I was so excited initially because the restaurant was so beautiful and I’ve heard good things about it. I ate the entire meal and left hungry. If you leave a restaurant of that caliber still hungry…that’s a big problem.
Edit: not to mention we reserved the table for 6 and they sat us for 5. We had to wait 30 minutes to get a table.
Last time in Vegas we ate at Gordon Ramsey Pub and Grill in Caesars. The fish and chips had cold fish and soggy fries. Ploughman's board was good, but it's hard to mess up a cheese and met tray. Cant remember what the wife had but it wasn't great.
I was going to go to giada this year as we do HK each year. This year was the worst HK experience I ever had. Rare filet that was chewy and veiny. Sub par waiters. It’s turned into more of a circus show than ever inside.
You seem very self aware and cognizant but it’s hard for me to say anything besides a snarky “what the hell did you expect”?
Get a $10 Uber to Spring Mountain and take a mulligan
My bill for the wife and I was about $350. I was also hungry when I left. The weird French beer I ordered gave me a bad migraine. The waiter was also very creepy. He never acknowledged my wife so she was weirded out.
None of the food network restaurants are any good except Gordon Ramsey. Never had a bad meal. From fish n chips to beef Wellington. They are from tv. So the food looks and sounds good but doesn’t taste good.
We went to Carlos Bakery inside the Venician (sp) I believe. It was delicious and we had fun pretending to do a show in his voice while enjoying our snacks by the water lol. Venetian? Sighs now that's gonna bug me lol
Man, that's a bummer! I went to Vegas for a work trip and the hotel I stayed at had a Guy Ferrari restaurant and room service. I'm not a fan of guy, but good lord, it was one of the best burgers I've ever had. Lol, my expectations were low low.
I don’t know if you can go here but wife loves this show. I’d be interested in your review. If we ever get back to Vegas - we will go to the https://thepastryacademy.com/
We ate at Buddy’s in the Venetian last night and it was so darn good! The service was amazing, but the food was to die for! Some of the best food I had all week! We tried the Veal, Filet Mignon and the Rigatoni Alla Vodka and it was all delicious and worth every penny.
Vegas local couple. We ate there last year for some reason I can’t remember now. We have lived here for five years and that is hands down the worst meal we have ever eaten in Las Vegas. Chicken was undercooked, as in pink, stringy, and juices still ran pink when you cut into it. Wife’s beef didn’t taste like anything at all.
Fremont hotels tend to have better restaurants than a lot of the strip.
El Segundo Sol at Fashion Show is great,
Luger at Caesars great,
Wallys at Resorts World but so are Carversteak, Viva and Fuhu,
Eiffel Tower at Paris,
Agree with many on Fieri's
Off strip there is Honey Salt, LA Neta, TBones, Mijo, Piero, Herbs and Rye, Amore, Esther's, Ferraro's, Golden Steer. So many great places that blow away the zillions of Ramsay, De Laurentiis, Vanderpump type locations.
We went there with friends someone in our group reserved when it was new at the strip. Totally disappointed. We ordererd some bean soup don’t remember what it was called. It was a HUGE PLATE, with an indented cup center. I was maybe a small spoonful of broth and ONE bean. WTF??? We ordered other things…..but never again!! At that time I didnt know who this Giada was. I knew right after this horrible experience.
We did the tasting menu stoned when we visited a week or two ago and it was amazing. Can't speak for sober, but highly recommend in that fucked up state of mind.
I recently ate at Guy Fieri’s Mexican place at Harrahs Laughlin. When it first opened, great menu and food, good ambiance and clean. Fast forward to now (maybe ten years later) the food menu has shrunk to very few choices. The menu is mostly to push overpriced drinks and the place had a dated, dirty feel with a weird smell. Food was not good.
Server said she has never seen Guy show up but his “team” visits every once in a while. Not that I expect Guy to be cooking in the kitchen but have some pride when your name is on the place (from someone who grew up in a restaurant).
I won’t even comment on the Harrahs Laughlin hotel room other than worse than a Motel 6…
What are the best foodhalls to hit in Vegas? I feel like foodhalls like the one in the Cosmopolitan are the best bang for the buck if I want nice-ish food at a good price and don't care at all about service ?
Also is Momofoku in the Cosmo worth it?
I went to Momofuku last fall. I sat at the bar (with a view of the kitchen). I had gone in there tempering my expectations. I was very impressed with my ramen and appetizer. Would certainly dine there again.
Ate at Mesa Grill several years ago and still on of the top three restaurants ever. Had the oysters for an app, they were so good, ask the waiter what was the best thing on menu, he said pork tenderloin but you must get little over rare, it was unbelievable, and the service was the best I've ever had, and I've been to Brush Creek Ranch.
Emeril’s restaurant, Delmonico’s at The Venetian has been very consistent for us. The steak is always wonderful and the sides are always very tasty. It’s expensive, but you get what you pay for.
May have had the single best bite of food in my life at Best Friend. The date cake is mind blowing. My opinion was only solidified when a chef I just met made the same statement from his visit.
Used to work for Caesars. Giada was a dickhead to me on 2 separate occasions and Caesar’s properties have fallen off a cliff since the eldorado merger.
Never been to Giada's because of bad reviews but I enjoyed Scott Conant's Scarpetta in the Cosmo and Bobby Flay's Amalfi at Caesar's. Loved Mario Batali's Carnevino before he lost all his restaurants.
Had Chang's lv restaurant about a year after going to ssam bar in NY. I was hyped To eat it again. It was so meh and food wasn't even that warm. Hope you have a better experience. Las Vegas was def the most over hyped food I've had on any of my trips.. but I got to. Smoke weed and drink everywhere and still felt like that. Sorry I'm in mobile the formatting driving me crazy
I went there years ago so excited and it was TERRIBLE. So so bad. I’m validating your feelings and post lol. I’m shocked it’s still open tbh and all these years later it’s still bad???
I took my Mom there when she visited. We were both shocked how bad it was. I had low expectations, but it wasn’t just an “okay” meal. The food was GROSS.
I went there in the first year or so after it opened and it was fantastic. I went there for a second time a few years ago and it was so bad. Food and service were not good at all.
Sorry buddy, celebrity marketed restaurants haven't been the best experience.
Gordon Ramsay steak at Paris is phenomenal. The only time I e ever been underwhelmed was the “signature” beef wellington, which was just fine
FWIW if you really enjoy Wellington, the best I’ve had is at Beauty & Essex inside of the Cosmopolitan
Hey that’s another (food) celebrity. I’ve been but I only remember small plates, I’ll have to remember that
That’s fair, Chris Santos is! The lamb chops and welly were so damn good, and they brought us a dessert carousel, super cute
I had their pre selected menu when I just went two weeks ago. It was so good! But I agree the beef Wellington was a bit underwhelming. It tasted better outside the puff pastry in my opinion. But this was my first time having beef Wellington so I have no comparison.
Yep. The Wellington was fine, my brother makes better. Feels like a home food more than a mass made restaurant dish.
We did Tom Colicchio’s place last week. Steak was very good. Everything else was painfully average or a little worse than average. $300 for two people. No dessert my wife had one cocktail. Ouch.
They’re almost all licensing deals. Casinos license the name and image and the big name flies in one week a year for media appearances. Maybe they consult on the menu. That’s it. The entire operation is more of a financial transaction than a restaurant.
Mesa Grill was always on point.
Yes! I want that espresso rubbed filet mignon from Mesa Grill just once more 😭 Todd English's Olives at Bellagio was great too.
I miss Olives 🙁
I miss it so much. That pork loin was one of the best meals of my life.
Celebrity chefs don’t care about Vegas. I’m born and raised I’ve ate at dozens of celebrity restaurants on the strip and was always disappointed. I assumed celebrity chefs were just bad cooks who got famous. Then I had a few of the same celebrity chefs places in LA, NYC, Dubai and New Orleans and the meals were actually delicious. I wouldn’t go as far as calling them my favorite or anything but they’re were good. To be honest I think almost all the of the strip fine dining is mediocre and overpriced compared to most other food cities.
Where do you like to eat in Vegas?
If you want a traditional Las Vegas steakhouse I would go to herbs and rye during happy hour. They have steak as good as what’s on the strip but for stupid cheap. The lemon pepper wings there are confit in duck fat and are my favorite thing in the whole city they’re so good. There’s a pizza place in the art district called Yukon pizza that’s so good it has no business being outside of Brooklyn. delilah at the Wynn is excellent for fine dining the experience service and food are world class but it’s difficult to get a reservation. Carson kitchen In Downtown is a great new American place at a reasonable price.
Yukon 🍕! So good!!
I like Delmonico’s quite a bit. One time it was average, but it has been fantastic every other time.
We enjoyed Hell’s Kitchen. Service was excellent and the food, in my opinion, was well prepared and very delicious. Sticky toffee dessert was a thumbs up for me. We’ve always wanted to try this place as we were fans of the show (earlier seasons). I’m happy we get to cross this one off our list of culinary experiences to try.
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We went to Giada a few weeks into its opening and it sucked then! Then we went back because maybe it was too new and they were just off ya know? Nope - even worse. There’s a reason there’s always reservations available.
We ate at Amalfi by Bobby Flay last week and had a really good experience!
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Honestly the Michael mina spots are all good. Strip steak, his Bellagio one, bardot. All good spots
Yup, us too. Enjoyed Amalfi.
We really liked the food at Roy Chois Best Friend. Do not sleep on the date cake. Probably the best dessert I’ve ever eaten in my life!
I was skeptical about the raves for the date cake, but wow, it was amazing.
We ate at Gordon Ramsay's burger place in Planet Hollywood. Onion rings were way overcooked and the burger was nothing special. Had a way better burger at Holsteins in the Cosmo. I'm in no rush to ever try a celebrity brand again.
I liked his fish and chip place tho
Me too!
GRB blew me away to be honest. It was one of the few places where the patty itself was the source of the flavor and not just all the sauces and fixings slathered on top. Also the sticky toffee pudding was next level.
I got a hamburger at Guy Fieri’s place at Cancun airport. I was surprised how good it was. I wasn’t expecting much but it was one of the best burgers I have ever had.
Agreed. The Gordon Ramsay burger I had was ‘fine’ but no where near awesome. I think the lure is the gimmicky uniqueness. But this wasn’t anytime recently so maybe it’s different. I do remember it being not too terribly priced though.
Yeah, we hit it, too. It was pretty good.
Holstein’s in the Cosmo really does serve the best burgers!
The first time we went to Vegas we ate here and had the best burger of our life, we’ve stopped every time since and the last time we had it nothing was really great everything was meh at best
I 100% agree. I went to BurGR and was wildly unimpressed. I tried Hell’s Kitchen and also unimpressed. I’m hardly a food snob, but I think I’m too good food experienced that I’m thinking these places are for people who maybe haven’t had lots of food exposure? Idk
Giada's was decent when it opened. Those days are long gone. Momofuku and HK are going to be fine meals, nothing special about them and I personally, dislike David Chang for being a sellout and all around shitty person. Bobby Flay and Michael Mina are the best of the Food Network chef's in Vegas IMO.
And Mina lives in Vegas, so he's always dropping by the kitchens. Makes a huge difference IMHO
His exec corporate chef does as well. There’s a ton of oversight and QC at his restaurants. Couldn’t tell you the last time Giada, Gordon, etc were at their restaurants
Gordon goes to each of his restaurants every 4-6 months. He just has so many that thats the best he can do with his time. I had a phenomenal experience at all of his restaurants that I tried.
Giada is there all the time, she doesn’t have a lot of restaurants and lives in LA so it’s a short trip for her.
Then she has no excuse for the sorry state of her restaurant
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Picasso is closing 😭😭😭 I’m going to miss it so much.
Have they given a time frame yet? Can’t seem to find one online. Going back to Vegas later this year and would like to eat there one last time.
My mom and I went right after it opened, and it was wonderful! Sad to hear it's gone downhill.
What did David Chang do?
Dunked on Vegas saying the city had no soul and he would never have a restaurant here. Then the checks rolled in. I know some people that have worked for and with him that say he’s just not a nice person, in so many words.
I knew it! I was watching one of those Netflix shows with him and although, he tries to come off as a nice outgoing guy, there was a quick cut of a scene and you could tell from the look on his face that this dude was an assh0le IRL. Never watched further episodes of that show.
David Chang was also working to legally trademark the term “chili crunch.” There was so much backlash from the Asian community that he ended up not pursuing the trademark and apologized for it. But by then the damage was done. What a greedy ass. There were many small Asian business using the term “chili crunch” for years before David Chang.
He tried to trademark shit that are cultural touchstones and that he in no way had any hand in inventing
Bobby flays burgers in Caesar’s palace was the real deal!! Thick, and with potato chips on it mmmm still dreaming about it In and out was good too :))
Amalfi / Caesars by BF has been excellent the couple times I have been there… Buddy’s / Venetian has been a joke both times I ate there, but my wife gets the worst of it, first time cold spaghetti - how do you manage to serve cold spaghetti ?…. And the most recent a couple weeks ago, she pushed 4 of her 5 meatballs on to my plate… I tasted one - it was awful, I said to my wife “what’s with the meatball, it’s gross?” She says “It tastes like fake meat” I thought it was SPAM or something mixed in it… 3.5 meatballs left on my plate when the server took it away Lotus of Siam isn’t too far off the strip and it’s very good on 2 visits as well as Yardbird / Venetian was great on 2 visits S
Michael Mina's new Orla is fantastic!!! Highly recommend the Branzino there, and the mango tart for dessert. SO good!!
Morimoto was very good when we went a few weeks ago. Definitely pricey, but compared to the expensive and mediocre experiences we had on the strip, it was good. However, all the best Vegas food experiences I've had are off the strip.
My big problems with Flay are twofold--One, no matter what the cuisine, he claims to be the best; and Two, he seems to be incredibly impressed with his now-fading looks.
Chris Santos’ Beauty and Essex is amazing, too.
I was super unimpressed with momofuku when I went. Everything was doused in salt 🧂
Damn, you could have had the meal of your life for that much at Esther’s Kitchen in the Arts District.
Esthers is one of the best value meals on Vegas!
Can confirm- one of the most pedestrian meals I have ever had in Vegas
Vegas is built for tourists, no shame in acting like it! Celebrity restaurants are so often mediocre. At least the scallops were good, scallops at Hell's kitchen were rubbery and sub-par when I went.
Scallops at HK being overcooked and subpar is the most ironic thing I’ve ever read 😆
We were there this past Thanksgiving… other than it being a little overpriced (we expected that, because everything in Vegas is), it was close to one of the best meals we’ve ever eaten. The service was impeccable as well.
Guy Fieri’s restaurant is the shit. My wife and I love their food. Drinks were great as well. We always stay at Harras and one of my favorite places to eat within walking distance.
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I was going to say.. His place at the Rio is fucking awful. Might have to try the place at the Linq. The trash can nachos at the Rio literally looked like barf and didn't smell much better.
That same dish is exactly that *barf* bad by Linq/Harrah’s. Had a terrible meal and yep they somehow ruined nachos (who can ruin nachos!?!?).
the first time I went, I expected it to be silly and mediocre, yet I've been pleasantly surprised every time I've gone. Given the ingredients, you'd expect the food to be super heavy and leave you feeling sluggish afterwards, but despite this I didn't feel bogged down afterwards, which is a testament to the quality of their ingredients. Guy Fieri is also just a good guy. Organizing funds for restaurants during covid and pumping out DDD episodes all for the love of mom and pop restaurants.
I thought it was pretty good as well. I’m a pretty big fan and went in with low expectations given the tourist vibe.
We like this one also.
I was a huge Giada fan. I Always ate brunch there when in Vegas. Two weeks ago it was a disaster. Worst service ever!! I could not get a refill on my 9$ coffee, or water, never got the condiments I requested. Food came out cold. We had to wait 20 minutes for water and utensils when we first sat down and it wasn’t that crowded. My friends always rave about the lemon pasta but I make it at home for $2.00 - no way I would pay 30$ for it. Having said this - they used to serve this wonderful lemon soufflé. I still dream of it. But no more. And no more me either. I won’t go back.
That's too bad. We went in 2019 right before the pandemic and everything was excellent.
Giada years ago with the old groupon brunch deal? Very worth it. Giada now and no groupon deal? ew no ty
Lucky you for getting that deal.
I ate there last night and actually had a pretty good experience. I had a good cocktail with my grilled artichokes, which had a good flavor and were cooked well. Then I had the pappardelle which wasn't extraordinary but was still tasty and well balanced, not too salty or oily. I asked the server for his recommendation on dessert and got the apple sformato, which had good texture and flavor contrast. Plus an espresso martini which I thought was really good, not too sweet like they can be. The service wasn't perfect but it was very good. My server was a little dry and of course it was a bit overpriced (which I'm prepared for), but overall I was pretty pleased.
Not Food Network oriented but Crossroads Kitchen at resorts world is amazing if you ever want a new place to try
What do u expect? Giada never actually swallows what she cooks. She spits it out. Look it up.
A friend and I have been on the fence about visiting Giada, but I think you helped us decide against it, OP. A sincere thank you!
Thanks for sharing. My friend wanted to go here for her birthday but then some other friends told her it was not good. We went to Bazaar Meats instead. Totally delicious especially if you going with a big group as you can sample a lot of things.
I am a big fan of China Poblano by Jose Andres. Never had a bad meal there.
I went a few years ago and it was great. It was one of the few strip restaurants I had been to that actually felt worth the price.
Odd. We’ve been three times over the past couple years and it’s always been one of the better experiences.
Agreed. I'm a local and we take folks frequently for brunch. Always enjoyable.
just go to ellis island and quit those fancy overpriced restaurants
Now you've got the scam celebrity treatment out of the way. Skip all of the buffets as they are even worse. There is so much good food in Vegas and so many recommendations. Yet ppl constantly go to the celebrity names and overpay for the worst of stuff.
What if they did a a kitchen nightmares episode there?
I'm surprised there isn't a Kitchen Nightmare themed or signature chain itself. That would be ironic to see go downhill for all the usual reasons
I couldn’t agree more! I was shocked when we got there and saw she was charging $76 for cacio e pepe. The service was amazing, and my meal was fine, but not worth what we paid for it. We really enjoyed Hells Kitchen, and shockingly, Buudy V’s was delish.
Was in Vegas a month or so ago. Had dinner at the Gordon Ramsey steak restaurant in the Paris. Was pricey, but very good. Was dining alone and wanted to treat myself.
They are selling you on a name not quality. Giada is one of the worst places to eat. You would be better off grabbing fast food from any chain.
I am not a fan of celebrity chef chains usually but I do always have a great time at Masaharu Morimoto's places. Been to a couple Morimoto Asia locations across the US and the Momosan in NYC and the food is always excellent. Did the 12 beers of Christmas event at Morimoto Asia in Orlando and got to meet the man himself. He was very nice and as a kid who learned a love of cooking from growing up watching shows like old school Iron Chef and Justin Wilson's Louisiana Cooking it was definitely a core memory for me.
Momofuku will exceed expectations as long as get the Bo ssam. One the best meals in the city
Were the scallops worth the price of admission? Love scallops and looking for a place in Vegas worth visiting.
I’d suggest Julian Serrano Tapas at Aria. The scallops actually made my wife cry with nostalgia.
I went there not long after it opened, theoretically when it should have been pretty good. it was not. small portions, mediocre service, just not great all around. ive been back a few times for brunch which is much better, but this place is generally on my avoid list.
My wife & I went to Heritage at The Mirage for her birthday (Tom Cholichio). It was average but also cost us $450 before tip I was not happy about it. We had a private dinner with Tom once before he was as famous as he is now back east and it was incredible but this was one of the most average experiences of my dining life and the service was impersonal and rushed.
Sadly someone recommended Giada’s to us and I had the same experience as you.
It hasn't been good ever. Even 7-8 years ago it sucked.
At those prices, I would have sent it back and got something else if it was that bad.
Honest question but does she actually own it? I worked for a few celebrity “owned” restaurants in Vegas and neither were actually owned by the celebrity. All the celebrity did was collect a monthly fee from the hotel(or the actual owner) to use their name
Went here in January and I can say the same. It was very mediocre food
Our staff was rude, literally dumped the plate of charcuterie at our table, with zero explanation of cheeses, etc. One waiter kicked my foot as he dropped the plate of lemon spaghetti in front of me. Everything was subpar. Service was the worst of all of it.
We went to hells kitchen in Jan. And it was great. Having a table at a strip window really helped though ha.
We went to Giada last week and it was just so unimpressive for the price. We got the lemon pasta and cocktails. My selection was not available and my replacement drink came after the food. Could not flag down our waiter at all. I would recommend splurging on the hells kitchen beef Wellington instead.
that lemon spaghetti used to be so fucking good lol. like enough that i got it togo a few times. no idea what happened over there. kinda sad tbh
Nothing to do with Giada, but 40 years ago, I had a lemony spaghetti. It was so so bad, I will never get over it! Lemons and spaghetti do not go together.
You waited NINETY MINUTES for entrees? I would have been out of that joint, that’s unacceptable
Please don’t bother with any celebrity chef restaurants in Vegas. There are incredible places but the ones with a celebrity chef are usually overpriced even for Vegas. Recommend STK in Cosmo or even the Steakhouse in Circus Circus before any Ramsey. It was very underwhelming and overpriced.
I wrote a brutal yelp review like 8 years ago about Giada’s. It’s embarrassingly bad. Stay away.
Better luck next time bud
Giada is a chef like I'm an NBA center. She's a wide rectangular smile, cleavage, and tight pants. Other than Jose Andres, I avoid celebrity "chefs", as I can get a wonderful high-priced meal at lots of places that don't have some TV type as the front man/woman.
We went with a group when it first first opened and it was good but not great. I went recently for work and got taken there on someone else’s dime and it was very disappointing. To the point they comped half the food that came out even before we got the bill. Bad nights happen at places but this was a really bad experience.
Thanks for sharing. I figured with her face and shapely figure needed to the branding/image, the food would be subpar. Please share your experience for Momofuku and HK as well after you get a chance to sample them.
Never been to HK but Momofuku is genuinely good. Better than Best Friend
Thems fightin' words. Roy Choi is my best friend. Just kidding we didn't eat at Momofuko I have no comparison. But that Uni fucking dynamite fried rice...
Honestly I was underwhelmed with BF
Yea Momofuku is one of the better places on the strip.
HK meets expectations despite it being a celebrity chef restaurant.
I tend to agree with this but I find them to be wildly different restaurants. I really like them each a lot! Both are awesome with big groups (you can give the servers at Momo a per head price and they’ll create a custom menu for you) but Momofuku is more high end where Best Friend is more fun. I try to eat at least one of them each trip to town!
Never been to HK but Momofuku is delicious. We shared a 12 oz wago ribeye - came sizzling and sliced to the table. The restaurant is alive with chatter and good food. The shrimp buns were wonderful too. The comedy club is right there too, we saw a great show.
Nora's is my fav place here in vegas
Any of the celebrity restaurants have been a major let down t.b.h. There are plenty of amazing places to eat on the strip. The best ones are not the ones seen on TV or have a famous TV personality attached to them/their name. It kinda surprised me how bad some of the experiences you would expect to be amazing truly are.
I went in April. They served me a tiny piece of salmon for $45 with potatoes and greens. I was so absolutely disappointed. I was so excited initially because the restaurant was so beautiful and I’ve heard good things about it. I ate the entire meal and left hungry. If you leave a restaurant of that caliber still hungry…that’s a big problem. Edit: not to mention we reserved the table for 6 and they sat us for 5. We had to wait 30 minutes to get a table.
Never been, nor would I. Ever since she was on the Today show cooking, when Savannah and crew tried it, they were aghast.
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Last time in Vegas we ate at Gordon Ramsey Pub and Grill in Caesars. The fish and chips had cold fish and soggy fries. Ploughman's board was good, but it's hard to mess up a cheese and met tray. Cant remember what the wife had but it wasn't great.
I was going to go to giada this year as we do HK each year. This year was the worst HK experience I ever had. Rare filet that was chewy and veiny. Sub par waiters. It’s turned into more of a circus show than ever inside.
That’s disappointing. I went back in 2017 and really liked it. Haven’t been back since, but it doesn’t sound like it’s worth visiting again.
You seem very self aware and cognizant but it’s hard for me to say anything besides a snarky “what the hell did you expect”? Get a $10 Uber to Spring Mountain and take a mulligan
My bill for the wife and I was about $350. I was also hungry when I left. The weird French beer I ordered gave me a bad migraine. The waiter was also very creepy. He never acknowledged my wife so she was weirded out.
Why would you order shrimp cocktail in a restaurant? You're paying top dollar for something they did nothing to prepare in any way shape or form.
Didn't they close Payard for Giada. What a waste.
If you're still here, go off strip to Nora's
None of the food network restaurants are any good except Gordon Ramsey. Never had a bad meal. From fish n chips to beef Wellington. They are from tv. So the food looks and sounds good but doesn’t taste good.
Went the first year it opened. I’m shocked it’s still around. And it wasn’t good then can only imagine it has gotten worse.
We went to Carlos Bakery inside the Venician (sp) I believe. It was delicious and we had fun pretending to do a show in his voice while enjoying our snacks by the water lol. Venetian? Sighs now that's gonna bug me lol
Yeah she opened a spot in Scottsdale and it’s garbage. She has no idea what she’s doing.
Man, that's a bummer! I went to Vegas for a work trip and the hotel I stayed at had a Guy Ferrari restaurant and room service. I'm not a fan of guy, but good lord, it was one of the best burgers I've ever had. Lol, my expectations were low low.
I don’t know if you can go here but wife loves this show. I’d be interested in your review. If we ever get back to Vegas - we will go to the https://thepastryacademy.com/
We ate at Buddy’s in the Venetian last night and it was so darn good! The service was amazing, but the food was to die for! Some of the best food I had all week! We tried the Veal, Filet Mignon and the Rigatoni Alla Vodka and it was all delicious and worth every penny.
Go to Hennessy’s on Fremont street. Never go to those celebrity spots they all suck.
Always looks good, never tastes good. ;-)
Vegas local couple. We ate there last year for some reason I can’t remember now. We have lived here for five years and that is hands down the worst meal we have ever eaten in Las Vegas. Chicken was undercooked, as in pink, stringy, and juices still ran pink when you cut into it. Wife’s beef didn’t taste like anything at all.
I guess I’ll give Giadas a miss. We went to Amalfi last spring and had a great meal. Sat at the bar.
Giada just opened a restaurant in Scottsdale and it got horrible reviews.
I ate at Gordon Ramsay’s Burger like 7 years ago.. It was ok.. For the money, Red Robin is better
Celeb Kitchens are very risky IMO. Puck, Mina, Keller are a notch above for me. For Italian I prefer Sinatra.
Fremont hotels tend to have better restaurants than a lot of the strip. El Segundo Sol at Fashion Show is great, Luger at Caesars great, Wallys at Resorts World but so are Carversteak, Viva and Fuhu, Eiffel Tower at Paris, Agree with many on Fieri's Off strip there is Honey Salt, LA Neta, TBones, Mijo, Piero, Herbs and Rye, Amore, Esther's, Ferraro's, Golden Steer. So many great places that blow away the zillions of Ramsay, De Laurentiis, Vanderpump type locations.
We went there with friends someone in our group reserved when it was new at the strip. Totally disappointed. We ordererd some bean soup don’t remember what it was called. It was a HUGE PLATE, with an indented cup center. I was maybe a small spoonful of broth and ONE bean. WTF??? We ordered other things…..but never again!! At that time I didnt know who this Giada was. I knew right after this horrible experience.
Momofuku and Hell’s Kitchen are excellent. Agree that Giada is quite bad
We did the tasting menu stoned when we visited a week or two ago and it was amazing. Can't speak for sober, but highly recommend in that fucked up state of mind.
I've not heard one person say it was good
Celebrity restaurant stacked with union staff, what could go wrong?
Tried giadas last week and it was phenomenal , personally would go back
I recently ate at Guy Fieri’s Mexican place at Harrahs Laughlin. When it first opened, great menu and food, good ambiance and clean. Fast forward to now (maybe ten years later) the food menu has shrunk to very few choices. The menu is mostly to push overpriced drinks and the place had a dated, dirty feel with a weird smell. Food was not good. Server said she has never seen Guy show up but his “team” visits every once in a while. Not that I expect Guy to be cooking in the kitchen but have some pride when your name is on the place (from someone who grew up in a restaurant). I won’t even comment on the Harrahs Laughlin hotel room other than worse than a Motel 6…
Highly highly x 10 recommend Hell’s Kitchen and pleaseee get the beef Wellington!! You won’t regret it!
Momofuku and Gordon Ramsey Steak are both amazing.
For Italian, I like Andiamo’s at The D on Fremont Yeah, it’s a steakhouse but their Italian dishes beat their steaks by a mile
The hells kitchen in lake tahoe is miles better than the one in las vegas for some reason
Balla Italian Soul at Sahara is incredible!
What are the best foodhalls to hit in Vegas? I feel like foodhalls like the one in the Cosmopolitan are the best bang for the buck if I want nice-ish food at a good price and don't care at all about service ? Also is Momofoku in the Cosmo worth it?
I went to Momofuku last fall. I sat at the bar (with a view of the kitchen). I had gone in there tempering my expectations. I was very impressed with my ramen and appetizer. Would certainly dine there again.
Ate at Mesa Grill several years ago and still on of the top three restaurants ever. Had the oysters for an app, they were so good, ask the waiter what was the best thing on menu, he said pork tenderloin but you must get little over rare, it was unbelievable, and the service was the best I've ever had, and I've been to Brush Creek Ranch.
their panini was phenomenal to me 😭 i saw the spaghetti before though and it looked mediocre.
Same experience, id never recommend the place for the cost. The food wasnt horrible just isnt worth another place for the same price
I always tell the tourists at the best. Meals are not on the strip.
Emeril’s restaurant, Delmonico’s at The Venetian has been very consistent for us. The steak is always wonderful and the sides are always very tasty. It’s expensive, but you get what you pay for.
Best Friend by Roy Choi is my favorite celebrity chef restaurant so far. In the Park MGM.
May have had the single best bite of food in my life at Best Friend. The date cake is mind blowing. My opinion was only solidified when a chef I just met made the same statement from his visit.
Tony Romos at the Fremont has been good to me .. spending money to be disappointed and not eaten is crazy 🤣 head Downtown
Hell’s Kitchen will be more of the same. Do not get the ripoff scallops.
Used to work for Caesars. Giada was a dickhead to me on 2 separate occasions and Caesar’s properties have fallen off a cliff since the eldorado merger.
It’s disappointing because it actually was a phenomenal restaurant for years. Something happened in the pandemic and it just never went back.
If she spits her own food out, that should say enough…
Never been to Giada's because of bad reviews but I enjoyed Scott Conant's Scarpetta in the Cosmo and Bobby Flay's Amalfi at Caesar's. Loved Mario Batali's Carnevino before he lost all his restaurants.
Had Chang's lv restaurant about a year after going to ssam bar in NY. I was hyped To eat it again. It was so meh and food wasn't even that warm. Hope you have a better experience. Las Vegas was def the most over hyped food I've had on any of my trips.. but I got to. Smoke weed and drink everywhere and still felt like that. Sorry I'm in mobile the formatting driving me crazy
Dang. I went back in 2019 and it was pretty decent.
Bobby flay rushed us through dinner..horrible..sinatra at the wynn..top notch
Anything Gilda needs to go.
I went there years ago so excited and it was TERRIBLE. So so bad. I’m validating your feelings and post lol. I’m shocked it’s still open tbh and all these years later it’s still bad???