Frommer's Las Vegas 2004

Audrie St.
Burbank St.
Mid-Strip Dining
0
Spring Mountain Rd
Procyon Ave.
Viking Rd
0 0.25 km
Polaris Ave.
0.25 mi
Scripps
Dr.
Cinder Ln.
RESTAURANTS
Alizé 14
Aqua 10
Buccaneer Bay Club 1
Canaletto 2
Circo Harmon 10 Ave.
Cypress Street Marketplace 11
Delmonico Steakhouse 2
Drai’s 7
Eiffel Tower Restaurant 9
Fiore 13
Hyakumi 11
Le Cirque 10
Lutèce 2
Mon Ami Gabi 9
Polaris Ave.
Highland Dr
Alderbaran Ave.
14
15
13
Industrial Rd.
11
W. Flamingo Rd.
10
Olives 10
Onda 3
The Palm 12
Picasso 10
Pinot Brasserie 2
The Range 5
Renoir 3
Spago 11
Stage Deli 11
Star Canyon 2
Valentino 2
Spring Mountain Rd
12
Las Vegas Blvd. (The Strip)
3
5
6
7
8
9
4
1
2
E.Flamingo
Rd.
Emerson Ave.
Sands Ave.
15
15
Ida Ave.
Winnick Ave.
Albert Ave.
604
95 93 95
Charleston Blvd.
Las Vegas Blvd. (The Strip)
MID-STRIP
Tropicana Ave.
McCarran
International
Airport
Harmon Ave.
Koval Ln.
Fremont St.
Sahara Ave.
Desert Inn Rd.
582
Flamingo Rd.
BUFFETS
Bally’s Big Kitchen Buffet 8
Bally’s Sterling Sunday Brunch 8
Bellagio Buffet 10
Caesars Palace Palatium Buffet 11
Flamingo Paradise Garden Buffet 6
Harrah’s Fresh Market Buffet 4
Mirage Buffet 3
Palms Festival Market Buffet 14
Paris, Le Village Buffet 9
Rio’s Carnival World Buffet 13
Treasure Island Buffet 1
Maryland Pkwy.
but maybe they’ll serve you a side if you ask sweetly) is most definitely a winner.
Too full for dessert? No, you aren’t. Have a chocolate soufflé, a bananas-Foster
cream pie, a chocolate Sheba (a sort of dense chocolate mousse), or the lemon
icebox pie, a chunk of curd that blasts tart lemon through your mouth.
In The Venetian, 3355 Las Vegas Blvd. S. & 702/414-3737. Reservations strongly recommended for dinner.
Main courses $21–$36. AE, DC, DISC, MC, V. Daily 11:30am–2pm; Sun–Thurs 5:30–10:30pm; Fri–Sat
5:30–11pm.
Drai’s STEAK/SEAFOOD It’s a famous Los Angeles restaurant and the place
that young Hollywood execs flock to when out for a Vegas jaunt, but we can’t
help but notice that the food is very ordinary. It’s not bad, but it may not justify
the high prices. There are multiple dining rooms done in dark wood—very
L.A. ’70s mellow bar—with leopard prints on the menus and plates, and tooloud
jazz music blaring throughout.
Peculiarly, the most expensive menu item is Dover sole with mashed potatoes—
a cheap fish and a cheap accompaniment. The menu boasts that none of their
soups is made with dairy products. But they might want to reconsider that policy,
because the potato-leek soup was flat and dull—it really needed cream or
butter. Lake Superior whitefish in phyllo dough (a flaky, thin dough) with onion
marmalade will please those who don’t mind their appetizers on the sweet side.
On the plus side, the duck was crispy and not dry. The crab cakes were also tasty,
with shredded—not puréed—crab, and were served with a stiff but nice and