Food, nightlife & pools
Buffets, restaurants, bars, clubs, dayclubs. Real questions from travelers, answered by the Vegas Guide team and by other visitors.
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| Question | Participants | Answers | Activity |
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| How much does dinner at a top Las Vegas restaurant cost (omakase, tasting menus)? 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. 1 answer 6h | 1 | 6h | |
| Which casino resort is each famous Las Vegas restaurant in (Nobu, Carbone, Momofuku, Bazaar Meats)? Nobu is at Caesars Palace, Carbone at Aria, Momofuku at The Cosmopolitan and Bazaar Meat at The Palazzo. Two of those have a sibling elsewhere, which is where people get mixed up. 1 answer 6h | 1 | 6h | |
| How do Las Vegas dayclubs and pool parties work for first-timers? A dayclub is a nightclub moved to a pool: a DJ, bottle service and a door policy, from late morning to sunset, Thursday or Friday through Sunday from March to mid-October. You pay a cover to get in; chairs and shade cost much more. 1 answer 6h | 1 | 6h | |
| What is the "CNF" or service fee added to some Las Vegas restaurant bills? CNF means Concession and Franchise Fee: a 3% to 5% surcharge some Strip restaurants add to cover what the casino charges them to operate there. It is not a tip, and none of it goes to your server. 1 answer 6h | 1 | 6h | |
| Where is the Chandelier Bar, and do you need a reservation? Inside The Cosmopolitan, in the middle of the casino, and no, you cannot reserve a seat. It is walk-in only on all three levels, so weekend nights mean hovering for a stool. 1 answer 6h | 1 | 6h | |
| Do you need reservations at Las Vegas restaurants, and which are hardest to get into? For the famous rooms, yes, and the booking window is what matters. Carbone at Aria is the hardest table on the Strip; most celebrity rooms and steakhouses want one to three weeks for a Friday or Saturday. 1 answer 6h | 1 | 6h | |
| Which is the best buffet in Las Vegas, and which hotels still have one? Bacchanal at Caesars Palace is the definitive Las Vegas buffet: roughly $65 for brunch and $85 to $95 for weekend dinner in 2026. Many others never reopened after 2020, so the list of survivors is shorter than older guides suggest. 1 answer 6h | 1 | 6h | |
| When is pool season in Las Vegas, and when do hotel pools close? Roughly March to October. Dayclubs open in early to mid-March and close between mid-September and mid-October; resort pools follow a similar arc with shorter hours at the ends, and a few heated pools run all winter. 1 answer 6h | 1 | 6h |