French, one MICHELIN star, Caesars Palace · $$$$
The Paris chef's only restaurant outside France, upstairs in Caesars Palace's Augustus Tower, with one star in the 2026 MICHELIN Guide. The walk is to the Forum Shops' Strip doors; allow about ten minutes more through the shops and the casino. The dish to order is his artichoke and black truffle soup with toasted mushroom brioche, on the à la carte or in the Prelude menu at $650 a head with wine; the Symphony menu is $1,000. Dinner is Tuesday to Saturday, 5pm to 9pm. Dress is formal; book well ahead.
Book well ahead: tables go weeks outCaesars Palace, 3570 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
Buffet of more than 250 dishes, Caesars Palace · $$$
The Las Vegas buffet at full scale: more than 25,000 sq ft (2,300 m²), ten kitchens, nine chef-attended stations and more than 250 dishes, deep inside Caesars Palace, about ten minutes on from the Forum Shops' Strip doors. Dinner brings lobster and crab claws, prime rib, smoked brisket and roasted bone marrow; weekend brunch brings crab Florentine Benedict, and the dessert station makes crêpes to order. It serves dinner only from Monday to Thursday, 2.30pm to 9pm, and from Friday to Sunday opens at 9am for brunch and runs to 10pm. There are no reservations, but a timed Line Pass for the queue can be booked ahead.
Reserve aheadCaesars Palace, 3570 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
Bakery, home of the Cronut, Caesars Palace · $
The New York pastry chef who invented the Cronut has a shop at Caesars Palace off the Forum Casino, across from the Colosseum, a few minutes inside from the Forum Shops' Strip doors. The Cronut, half croissant and half doughnut, comes in a flavour that changes every month, popcorn and butterscotch for October 2026; the DKA, his caramelised kouign amann, is the other order, with a coffee. It opens every day from 7am to 11pm, so it works as an early breakfast before a day on the Strip or a late one after a show.
Walk inCaesars Palace, 3570 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
Supper club, Wynn Las Vegas · $$$$
A modern take on the Las Vegas supper clubs of the 1950s, in Wynn's Tower Suites wing, about four minutes inside from the Esplanade's Strip entrance. Musicians and singers play through dinner. Start with the famous chicken tenders at $29, or the chicken nuggets with 30 grams of caviar at $250, then the beef Wellington for two at $195. Dinner is daily from 5pm to 10pm, with late-night dining until 1am from Thursday to Saturday. Dress is upscale casual, there are no under-12s and it is 21 and over after 7pm. Phones stay away: no photos, no posting. Book well ahead.
Book well ahead: tables go weeks outWynn Las Vegas, 3131 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
Cocktail bar on the Lake of Dreams, Wynn Las Vegas
Wynn's bar under the parasols, between SW Steakhouse and PISCES, a few minutes inside the Esplanade's Strip entrance and looking onto the Lake of Dreams. From dusk the lake puts on a free show of light and music every half hour until 11.30pm, and the bar has the view of it. Cocktails are $24, among them the Stockholm, a vodka martini with caviar-infused vermouth; the Bubbles and Bump, a shot of Champagne with a bump of caviar, is $20. Open from noon to 2am, and to 3am on Friday and Saturday; 21 and over, no reservations.
Walk inWynn Las Vegas, 3131 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
Burger counter, The LINQ Promenade · $
California's burger chain, a few minutes along The LINQ Promenade from its Strip entrance, and the cheap meal of this stretch of the Strip. The menu is short and the order is a Double-Double, two patties and two slices of cheese, with fries; ask for it animal style, with grilled onions, pickles and extra spread, from the menu the chain does not print on the board. It opens every day at 10.30am and serves until 1am, 1.30am on Friday and Saturday, and there are tables inside and on the patio.
Walk inThe LINQ Promenade, 3545 S Las Vegas Blvd, Suite L24, Las Vegas, NV 89109
Breakfast and brunch, The LINQ Hotel · $$
Big-plate breakfast on the floor above The LINQ's casino, a few minutes inside from its Strip front. The dish that made its name is the sage fried chicken Benedict: fried chicken with spinach, smoked bacon, tomato, griddled mozzarella, chipotle cream and scrambled eggs on a split biscuit; the flapjacks are monster-sized, in flavours such as brown sugar banana. It opens at 7.30am every day and closes at 3pm on most days, later on Friday and Saturday. It takes reservations, which are worth making for a weekend morning.
Reserve aheadThe LINQ Hotel, 3535 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109
No standard rate includes breakfast, and no suite has a coffee maker. The resort's own options start early. Bouchon Bakery, Thomas Keller's counter tucked behind the escalators near the North Tower guest lifts, opens at 6am every day for croissants and coffee and closes at 5pm. Grand Lux Cafe is open 24 hours and serves a full breakfast. The Via Via food hall off the Grand Colonnade has breakfast from 7am, and Bouchon, on the tenth floor of the South Tower, serves brunch from 8am, until 1pm on Thursday and 2pm from Friday to Sunday. In-suite dining runs 24 hours. The Prestige Club Lounge upgrade includes a complimentary continental breakfast in its lounge on the 36th floor of the North Tower, from 7.30am on Monday to Wednesday and 7am on Thursday to Sunday.
Outside, Dominique Ansel at Caesars Palace opens at 7am every day for the Cronut and coffee, and Hash House A Go Go at The LINQ at 7.30am for fried chicken Benedict and flapjacks.
