Famous chef on the Bellagio fountains · $$$
Wolfgang Puck opened Spago in the Forum Shops at Caesars in 1992 and moved it across Flamingo Road to the Bellagio in 2018. It is a minute along the Via Bellagio arcade from the Bellagio's Strip entrance, with floor-to-ceiling windows on the lake and outdoor tables in front of the fountains. Order the sweet corn agnolotti, the smoked salmon pizza and the veal Wienerschnitzel. Dinner runs every night from 4.30pm to 10pm, with a fountain-side brunch from 11am to 2.30pm, Friday to Sunday.
Reserve aheadBellagio, 3600 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
Supper club with a show, on the lake · $$$
A supper club where dinner is also the entertainment: through the evening a host and his cast perform among the tables while the kitchen sends out hot and sour lobster, the Mayfair roll of spicy tuna, hamachi and shrimp tempura, and a tomato salad with Humboldt Fog. It is on the Bellagio's lakeside row of restaurants, past the end of the Via Bellagio and about three minutes in from the Strip entrance, and its Fountains Experience patio sits in front of the water, by reservation only. The lounge opens at 5pm and the dining room from 5.30pm to 10pm, 11pm on Friday and Saturday.
Reserve aheadBellagio, 3600 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
Cocktail lounge with a live band
Bruno Mars's cocktail lounge, in the middle of the Bellagio's casino near the cashier's cage, a few minutes in from the Strip entrance. The draw is the music: a DJ from 9pm and live sets starting between 9pm and 10pm and running to midnight or later, with his band The Hooligans among the acts, and premium cocktails rather than food, since none is served. Doors open at 8pm and close at 2am, 3am on Friday and Saturday. Photographs and video are not allowed, and the dress code is strict: no caps, sportswear, shorts or sandals.
Reserve aheadBellagio, 3600 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
French bistro with a Strip patio, since 1999 · $$$
A Parisian bistro on the Strip front of Paris Las Vegas since 1999, with a patio on the pavement facing the Bellagio fountains across the boulevard. Breakfast runs from 7am to 11am: crêpes from $23.95, quiche Lorraine or eggs Benedict at $27.95. At dinner, order the onion soup au gratin at $19.95 and steak frites at $46.95, classique, au poivre or béarnaise. It closes at 10pm, 11pm on Friday and Saturday, and in race week it sells patio seats for the Grand Prix.
Reserve aheadParis Las Vegas, 3655 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
Dinner in the Eiffel Tower, over the fountains · $$$$
Something only Las Vegas does: dinner 11 storeys up the half-scale Eiffel Tower in front of Paris Las Vegas, with the Strip and the Bellagio fountains below the windows. Jean Joho's kitchen cooks updated French classics: beef Wellington, whole Dover sole, rack of lamb and a soufflé to finish, from a list of more than 1,400 French and American wines. Dinner is every night from 5pm to 10pm, and brunch from 9am to 1.30pm, Friday to Sunday. Ask for a window table.
Reserve aheadParis Las Vegas, 3655 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
Burger counter on the LINQ Promenade · $
The California burger chain's branch on the Strip, on the LINQ Promenade a short way in from the boulevard, and the cheap meal in this stretch of resorts. Order a Double-Double with fries and a shake, cooked to order with no freezers or heat lamps. There is no drive-through here, just a dining room and patio seats. It opens at 10.30am and stays open until 1am, 1.30am on Friday and Saturday, which makes it a late supper after a show as much as a lunch.
Walk in3545 S Las Vegas Blvd, Ste L24, Las Vegas, NV 89109
None of the room rates on this page includes breakfast, so it is paid for wherever you eat it. The hotel has four places to start the day. Brasserie B Parisian Steakhouse by Bobby Flay serves breakfast from 8am to 11.30am on weekdays, with eggs Benedict and French toast, and brunch from 8am to 3.30pm on Saturday and Sunday. Café Americano, by the main Strip entrance, is open 24 hours with a breakfast menu and a patio. Dominique Ansel's bakery opens at 7am every day for the Cronut and coffee, and Bacchanal Buffet's brunch starts at 9am, Friday to Sunday. Room service can be ordered as well.
Outside, Mon Ami Gabi opens at 7am, eight minutes away at Paris, with crêpes and quiche on a patio across the boulevard from the Bellagio fountains.