How much does dinner at a top Las Vegas restaurant cost (omakase, tasting menus)?
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Plan on $150 to $250 a head at the big-name rooms with a couple of drinks, and $250 to $400 for omakase and tasting menus at the top. Tax, tip and wine pairings come on top.
From our pages
- Carbone, Aria: $150 to $250 with cocktails. Pastas high-$20s to low-$40s, mains $40 to $70, the veal parm $69.
- Nobu, Caesars Palace: $150 to $250 à la carte (black cod miso $49, A5 wagyu $55 an ounce). The nine-course teppanyaki omakase is $250; the chef's omakase is $250 to $300, the whole table has to take it, and it is not served after 9 p.m.
- Bazaar Meat, Palazzo: $150 to $275. Beef is sold by the pound, so the table's ambition sets the bill.
- Momofuku, Cosmopolitan: the relative bargain at $60 to $110 à la carte, or $250 for the chef's counter.
- The French tasting rooms sit above all of these; last New Year's Eve the top prix fixe in town was $725.
What gets added
- Tax: 8.375%
- Tip: 18 to 20% is the Strip norm. Check whether the card terminal calculates it on the post-tax total.
- Wine pairings, which can match the menu price
- At some rooms, a 3 to 5% "CNF" line that is not a gratuity; large parties often carry automatic gratuity
A $250 menu for two with pairings and tip is a $900 evening.
Dress and booking
Smart casual almost everywhere; the top rooms lean dressier (Carbone: no athletic wear, jackets common but not required). Carbone's window opens 30 days out and weekend slots go that morning; Momofuku opens 60 days out with a walk-in section; most others want one to three weeks for a Friday or Saturday, longer in event weeks. Omakase counters are small, so book those first.
The dining map by budget is in where to eat in Las Vegas; the steak side in the best steakhouses.