DINING REVIEWS BY THE  LAS VEGAS INSIDER!!

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• Bootlegger Bistro (Italian) @ S. Las Vegas Blvd. (south end of Las Vegas strip) Location: 7700 Las Vegas Blvd. S., Las Vegas, NV 89123 Phone: 702-736-4939 Hours: 24 hours daily Payment: Major credit cards Parking: Self-parking Children's menu: Yes, for the little bambinos!! Price range: MODERATE ($$$) Reservations: recommended (especially for dinner) Features: • Bar • Handicap Access • Late night • Live entertainment • Wine List • Group-friendly The old-style lounge is one of Vegas' best-kept secrets, and landmark as their first "Bootlegger" restaurant opened in 1949.....The menu offers an exceptional choice of chicken and veal dishes, along with their classic spaghetti and meatballs. When we dined here recently....six people all ordered different items from the main menu, from stuffed manicotti, chicken dishes, to their specialty Saltimbocca a la Blackie, which I had and can personally say was very good and will now be one of my favorite dishes... Everyone said the food was excellent...the service not so great....we were always lacking water, drinks, bread, etc...and it was a long time between visits by our waiter to see how we were doing, or to take the order, etc... The restaurant was busy... Once we got the salads, it was quite a wait after the salads were finished (15-20 minutes) before we received our main dishes....worth the wait, so be patient...go later in the evening (after 7:30PM), make a reservation, ask for one of the wonderful booths....(booths are just like the ones you would see in any of the Vegas mega-resort showrooms, just like the old days)...enjoy the music...and the terrific food...
   

• Eiffel Tower Restaurant (French) @ Paris Las Vegas 11 stories up, access only by glass-walled elevator, perfect views of the Bellagio fountains and the lights of Vegas. Best tables are two-seaters, ideal spot for a romantic meal. Table 56 is choice seating... Chef’s creations include fresh herb-crusted Pacific snapper, grilled salmon, double-cut bone-in rib-eye, lobster Thermion, a tournedos Rossini with truffle sauce or a balloting of boneless quail. Our dinner for two, 2 cocktails, appetizers: 2 Escargot (the best), entrees: tournedos Rossini with truffle sauce (excellent), filet mignon (excellent); sides: twice-baked potato, asparagus….bottle of fav red wine, choice of breads w/ dinner; after dinner chocolate mousse (waiter will ask you to order early) came hot with vanilla and chocolate sauces; wow was it good!!….regular coffee, espresso and two after dinner drinks….grand total for two: $360 incl. tip; excellent service....HINT: in front of the elevator is a manned desk starting at 4:30 pm, they will be glad to take you up for a tour….or go up and have a drink ….
   

• Hofbrauhaus (German) at Harmon and Paradise across from Hard Rock cafe

4510 Paradise Rd Las Vegas, NV 89109
Never thought I’d have original German food again but here it is in Vegas...wow...our favs: (lunch) Wiener Schnitzel - $13 (big plate size breaded Pork Cutlet over a pile of Bavarian potato salad, Bayerisches Biergulasch - $10 beef goulash with beer sauce, onions, mushrooms, diced carrots, Spatzle...2 small beers, 1 iced tea, $29 w/o tip!!!  (note: prices change all the time....and usually are going up)  Three imported beers: Original, Dunkel (dark), and Weissbier...also Russian and Biker’s….one liter mug $9.95...more options for dinner plus live entertainment.....nice change of pace from the strip...no slots...other favs: pretzels, sausages and the deserts...wow...try apple strudel of course or simple vanilla ice cream with hot raspberries..…..ph: 702 853 2337 (BEER)
 

• Nero’s Gourmet Steakhouse @ Caesars
  An old time favorite...steaks and prime rib always excellent, also great seafood and other choices….service excellent...sides served family style, enough to share… Great garlic mashed spuds! Good wine list!! Old Vegas standard for excellent food and service...can’t go wrong….but on the expensive side...but you won’t be disappointed…. Kind of fun to sit on their patio and people watch…. Make a reservation….most nights are busy now a days, especially with their coliseum shows...phone: 702-731-7731