Vegas baby! Despite not being reviewed by the Michelin Guide for over 15 years, Las Vegas still provides its fair share of expensive restaurants. After all, the high rollers need somewhere to spend all their winnings.
From high-class, white tablecloth fine dining to intimate chef’s tables and over-the-top steak restaurants, if you’re looking to splash some cash in the food department, Vegas is a great place to do it. Just make sure you save a little so you can head back to the tables afterward.
While these are certainly the most expensive restaurants in Vegas, it doesn’t necessarily mean they are the best, we have an entirely separate article for that. In the end, it all comes down to a matter of taste. Covering a great big steak in gold leaf won’t make it taste any nicer, but it will definitely make you look like someone who just bought a steak covered in gold leaf, which might be exactly what you’re going for.
The following list charts the most expensive restaurants in Las Vegas. Generally, we have stuck to tasting menus as that keeps things simple. Technically a meal can be as expensive as you like, it depends on what you order.
At the end of the day, the secret to a great meal isn’t the restaurant or the food at all, it’s who you’re eating with. And if you want to take someone you love to one of the most expensive restaurants in Las Vegas, that’s your prerogative. Just have some self-respect and avoid a steak with gold leaf on it. Please.
Joël Robuchon
$525 tasting menu
Sitting at the top of our best restaurants in Las Vegas article, it’s no surprise that Joël Robuchon at the MGM Grand leads the pack when it comes to the most expensive restaurants in Las Vegas. As the undisputed king of Las Vegas’s brief Michelin era, back in the 2009 guide, Joël Robuchon was the only restaurant in Vegas to achieve the coveted three Michelin stars distinction.
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Despite his passing back in 2018, Chef Robuchon’s legacy is continued in this small fine dining establishment, which of course serves French fare. Designed to resemble an Art Deco townhouse, the interiors are glamorous and perhaps a touch gaudy, but it’s Vegas so gold detailing paired with purple accents is very on-brand.
This is high-class fine dining, expect a lengthy 12-course tasting menu comprised of dishes that look as good as they taste – and are priced to match. As usual, you can also go for a wine pairing, which can send the price for dinner shooting ever higher.
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é by José Andrés
$490 tasting menu
A similar multi-course affair, é by José Andrés is an exceptionally intimate chef’s table that introduces diners to the flavors of Spain. This exclusive experience can be found inside one of José Andrés’s other restaurants, Jaleo, at The Cosmopolitan and it certainly takes things up a notch.
There are two sittings per night, at 5.30 pm and 8.30 pm with the table capable of holding nine diners and reservations available three months in advance. Given the small amount of spots available, getting a seat at this table can be a struggle, but it’s surely worth it.
Exceptional food and exclusivity: What more could you ask for from one of the most expensive restaurants in Las Vegas?
Restaurant Guy Savoy
$420 tasting menu
In the culinary world, Guy Savoy is a heavy hitter. His flagship Paris restaurant currently holds two Michelin stars, with the Vegas offshoot likely matching it if the Michelin inspectors ever decide to turn up again.
Battling it out with Robuchon over who can offer the best French fine dining experience in Sin City, Savoy comes in at a little cheaper and with fewer courses, yet this fine establishment is still regarded as one of the best restaurants in the city and so carries a price tag to match.
Situated inside the Augustus Tower of Caesars Palace since 2006, its location couldn’t get much better. They are also currently offering a separate tasting menu in collaboration with Louis XIII that’s priced at $1,000 per person. So if you want to take some friends to dinner and spend about as much as a small family car, Restaurant Guy Savoy could be the place to go.
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Bazaar Meat by José Andrés
$295 tasting menu
Another entry for José Andrés, Bazaar Meat is a beloved Vegas haunt this is actually entering its final few months, although an official closing day has yet to be announced. So get in while you still can.
Located at Sahara Las Vegas, Bazaar Meat by José Andrés is a meat-heavy, shared-plates type of restaurant. That should come as no surprise since José Andrés effectively introduced America to that style of dining. But why not just remove the issue of choice and go for one of the tasting menus?
Priced at $295 a head, The Ultimate Tasting, includes caviar cones, steak tartare, buffalo-style bison, Jamon Ibérico, A5 Wagyu and even a few vegetables. Ideal if you’re looking for a large evening where you get to try the lot.
Partage
$180 tasting menu
Partage is a modern French restaurant that removes a lot of the stuffy formality of fine dining and looks to serve elevated French-style cooking in innovative new ways. Diners can select from either a five, seven or nine-course tasting menu, which is constantly changing as new ingredients enter their seasonal prime.
The signature tasting menu is comprised of three appetizers, a foie gras signature, a seafood course, a signature course, a meat course and a cheese course before the evening draws to a close with dessert. In true modern style there’s a chef’s table, in addition to counter-style bar seats.
Those looking for their own space can choose to book the private room, which features its own entrance and exit in addition to a projection system that can display images across the table.
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StripSteak
$150 tasting menu
It’s Vegas, so on the list of most expensive restaurants there was always going to be one or two steak joints. StripSteak at the Mandalay Bay is chef Michael Mina’s answer to this beloved style of eatery. The restaurant saw a refurbishment last year and has a new interior style that features the warm tones of the Mojave desert.
There’s no need to mess with a winning formula: expect a few different cuts of meat, filet mignon, New York strip, a ribeye, and f course, there’s a section of the menu dedicated to wagyu because everyone does that these days.
At an impressive $150 per person, diners can go for the StripSteak & My Egypt Experience Menu, featuring a selection of dishes inspired by Michael Mina’s latest cookbook.
Sparrow + Wolf
$135 tasting menu
Over at Sparrow + Wolf on Spring Mountain Road, chef and owner Brian Howard looks to deliver a simple and inspired menu of modern American favorites. The restaurant looks to source ingredients locally and sustainably, expect warm fresh bread that’s baked in-house.
The food at Sparrow + Wolf is pretty diverse but expect plenty of Italian, French and Asian influence with both Bánh cuôn and Foie Gras offered as starters. For the full experience, the chef’s tasting menu at $135 per person covers all the bases from oysters to lamb, red snapper and wild boar. There’s something for everything here.
Sparrow + Wolf puts just as much effort into its mixology so expect an innovative cocktail list that’s packed full of new flavors to dabble in.
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Nusr-et Steakhouse
$275 Saltbae Tomahawk
Finally, we arrive at Saltbae’s Las Vegas establishment, which could arguably be the most expensive restaurant in the city. Salt Bae’s Nusr-et Steakhouse landed on the strip in 2022, and since then visitors looking to drop thousands on a steak have never looked back.
The Salt Bae conglomerate now stretches to over 20 restaurants all over the world, and this Vegas establishment is following the formula, a combination of big steaks and dishes that look great on social media, no marketing budget needed, your customers do it for you.
While there is actually a reasonable fixed price set lunch menu, we are here for Nusr-et’s unique gold leaf dishes like the $180 golden burger, $950 golden tomahawk or $1,500 gold wagyu rib-cap. Why not finish with a $49 gold leaf cappuccino? Is it silly? Yes. Should you do it? Probably not. But if you do, who cares? What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
