Don's Prime

Don's Prime is Fontainebleau's signature steakhouse — named for owner Jeffrey Soffer's late father and run by exec chef Patrick Munster (ex-SW Steakhouse), it took Eater's Best New Steakhouse honors in its first year. The room is old-money glamour in marble, gold, burgundy, and green, with a circular bar that instantly became one of the north Strip's best seats.

The program leans classic with tableside theater: gueridon carts roll out the Caesar, the sole meunière ($98), an Old Fashioned built at the table, and a chocolate mousse finale. Beef spans Pat LaFrieda dry-aged cuts (NY strip $89, 22oz bone-in ribeye $135) through Cross Creek American Wagyu to Japanese A5, topping out at a $295 tomahawk. Dinner runs $200-350 a head at full tilt.

Two honest notes and one hack: reviews flag occasional execution wobbles (over-salting, uneven ribeyes) that the tableside classics don't suffer from; children under five aren't seated; and the 5-to-7:30pm lounge menu at the circular bar delivers the room, the service, and a $50-80 tab — the best fine-dining loophole at Fontainebleau.