Las Vegas Restaurants

Though the Downtown original has closed, "old Las Vegas" remains alive at its surviving Strip sibling where "excellent", "rich" French fare ("even the butter is sautéed in butter") is served in "elegant", "Louis XIV–style" quarters; "impeccably polite service" further makes it "worth the splurge"; N.B. the Decor score does not reflect a post-Survey spruce-up.

"It feels like walking into a dream" swoon surveyors "wowed" by chef Charlie Palmer's "NYC transplant" in Mandalay Bay where a "dramatic entranceway" opens into a "beautiful" room with a multistory wine tower famously attended to by "harnessed" "angels" who "elegantly ascend" to retrieve vintages from a "tremendous" collection; "first-class" New American cuisine "rises to new heights" as well in a "superb" prix fixe menu while near "flawless" service "makes you feel like a million bucks"; in all, it's an experience of "sensory overload" that "more than satisfies", especially if "someone else is paying" the "insanely expensive" bill.