Las Vegas- The Food Capital Of The World

Fried pickles are AMAZING. Most uk places do them as long spears, quartered pickles really, but they did them sliced like crisps in a tempura batter. So very addictive dipped in ranch dressing! Kind of tangy crunchy sweet sour yummyness!

The s'mores coffee was pretty big :) Put my teeth on edge for ages though with all the sugar in it! S'mores cocktail I had served at Press in the Four Seasons was a nicer experience!

Botero is up there with the best dining experience I have ever had. Perfectly cooked beef in perfect surroundings and perfect staff. Quality Meats. In NYC remains the best steak I have ever had though. Botero was just perfect in every aspect though...
 
vegas is amazing for food. There's everything you could want in such a shrot space.

Surprised OP didn't go to Nobu, that was one of our highlights in the Hard Rock hotel, really top food that. Expensive and small portions, but rich enough to fill you up and the tastes are amazing. Wagu beef, mmmmmmmm.
 
I would love to go even just to try various American fast food chains, like Dennys, Arbys, Taco Bell. Plus I'd love to try some American style BBQ! Pulled pork especially! Mmmmmmmmmm!!
 
Craig1981 said:
Forgive me for being nosy, but how much did you end up spending on food? I've been looking at various buffet and resteraunt websites for Vegas and it looks like between breakfast, lunch and dinner you could easily spend over $100 a day for one person, without even going that upmarket.

Or are there any ways of making it cheaper? Any ways of getting a free/discount meal without being a big gambler? :)
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Depends how much you want to eat, having a full American breakfast, big lunch and dinner would kill me.


I tend to just grab a doughnut and piece of fruit for breakfast, and will have 1 big meal in the day (either lunch or dinner).

Food in america ranges from dirt cheap to as expensive as anywhere. You can get great fast food (thai/chinese/mexican) for $7-9 that is easily big enough to feed 2 people!
 
Anyone know if Ceasers Palace is a good hotel to stay at? It seems to have a good location on the strip and has a lot of good attractions all around it, from what I've seen by looking at street level on Google Maps.

Also, bit of a random question this. What would happen if I ran low on money while I was over there, due to spending more than I realised? Would I have any way of lifting money from my bank account in America? I'm assuming I could use my mastercard to buy stuff, but obviously not all stores and resteraunts accept cards.
 
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Ceaser's is a good location but I from what I read the rooms are a bit dated now compared to other hotels.

There are ATMs that you can use to withdraw cash but as mentioned in that thread they are chargeable in casinos. They can be found on the street though if you don't mind the walk.
I expect every store and restaurant will take card, cash will mostly be needed for tips.
 
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Anyone know if Ceasers Palace is a good hotel to stay at? .
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generally no it isn't, its a good location and if you are in one of the best 2 towers the rooms are good but the basic rooms are dated, the place is an untidy mess and its stupidly overpriced, loads better about for your money

almost everywhere takes cards, there are loads of ATMs but they do charge on top of any charges your bank may make
 
hilly said:
vegas is amazing for food. There's everything you could want in such a shrot space.

Surprised OP didn't go to Nobu, that was one of our highlights in the Hard Rock hotel, really top food that. Expensive and small portions, but rich enough to fill you up and the tastes are amazing. Wagu beef, mmmmmmmm.
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There is a Nobu hotel and restaurant in Caesars Palace now. The menu didn't float our boat to be honest. Maybe next time though.

Craig1981 said:
I would love to go even just to try various American fast food chains, like Dennys, Arbys, Taco Bell. Plus I'd love to try some American style BBQ! Pulled pork especially! Mmmmmmmmmm!!
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The chains are just OK, don't get excited about them! Outback is about the best of the bunch with Chillis being half decent too. Applebees and IHOP are pretty vile! The BBQ though, now that's another story and I could heartily recommend both Memphis Championship BBQ and Rollin' Smoke in Vegas. Blue Smoke BBQ in NYC is on another level to both of those though!

Craig1981 said:
Anyone know if Ceasers Palace is a good hotel to stay at? It seems to have a good location on the strip and has a lot of good attractions all around it, from what I've seen by looking at street level on Google Maps.

Also, bit of a random question this. What would happen if I ran low on money while I was over there, due to spending more than I realised? Would I have any way of lifting money from my bank account in America? I'm assuming I could use my mastercard to buy stuff, but obviously not all stores and resteraunts accept cards.
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I wouldn't thank you for a room in Caesars; the hotel itself is HUGE. If you copped for a bad room the walk from room to strip could take an age. If your budget can stretch the hotels I recommend are:

Encore- a bit out of the way but just on another level to most on the strip
Cosmopolitan- New, modern, great food, good party crowd, a bit hectic on Weekend though
Mandarin Oriental- No casino but smoke free and the most peaceful relaxing hotel ever and on another level to anything else in Vegas

Thing is, your first visit to Vegas you are barely in the room and it's only as we have been a few times now that we make use of the room and hotel facilities. You'd be better off going somewhere like Planet Hollywood, the rooms are cheap and ok and it's a good central location. Only thing is, you don't get the wow factor of the above hotels.

In terms of money, ATMs in Casinos charge a bucket to withdraw. Use the ones in the malls/Wallgreens. If you ran out of money you could use your UK bank debit card to withdraw money from an ATM, normally at a fee. 99% of the stores accept cards for most/all purchases though.
 
Bump. Can I request Youstolemyname re-uploads his pics please? I nearly created a new thread to ask about Vegas food but I was a good little forumite and did a search first. TTIUWP! :( I'm going for 5 days for business so considering I'm not paying (and even better I'm a client :D) I'm expecting good things!
 
Just come back from America and was in Vegas for 4 days amazing food everywhere in most casinos done the Bacchanal Buffet which the lines were crazy and other places amazing place.
 
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