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Other Mama serves creative seafood dishes worthy of writing home about. LAVO Find unpretentious Italian standards at Lavo, famous for its bottomless brunch and dishes like lobster eggs Benedict. Now a hybrid private-gaming room and sexy Italian lounge with bottle service, its weekend Casino Club will serve food and beverages via a butler-steered cart right to your reserved gaming table. Grand Canal Shoppes at Venetian and Palazzo, 702-791-1800; venetian.com LE CIRQUE This opulent, Adam Tihany-designed French restaurant is as impeccable as when it first opened more than 15 years ago—modeled, of course, on Sirio Maccioni's New York landmark. For the full experience, order the 10-course Prestige menu, saving room for the theatrical "boule au chocolat." Bellagio, 702-693-8100; bellagio.com LIBERTINE SOCIAL This bar-meets-kitchen-meets-hangout space offers specialties from chef Shawn McClain like his Modern Fried Egg, cooked sous vide with sweet corn custard and topped with American sturgeon caviar, served in its own shell. Also don't miss the barrel-aged and draft cocktails, and history-inspired punches. Mandalay Bay, 877-632-7800; mandalaybay.com MIZUMI In the United States, only three licenses have been granted by the Kobe Beef Federation, of which Wynn holds one. At Mizumi, the teppan and sushi restaurant with its own waterfall and private floating outdoor pagoda table, chef Devon Hashimoto does one better, serving Hokkaido Snow Beef (even rarer than Kobe), produced by just one farmer on the snowy northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Wynn Las Vegas, 702-770-3320; wynnlasvegas.com MORIMOTO LAS VEGAS Masahuru Morimoto's long-awaited Vegas outpost swankily serves up the original Iron Chef's famous teppanyaki, wagyu beef sukiyaki, soups, pork belly, and some Vegas exclusives in a sleek, Yabu Pushelberg-designed room. MGM Grand, 702-891-3001; mgmgrand.com emphasis is on seasonal and rare catches. INSIDER TIP: Look for rarities like moleche (Venetian soft shell crab) in fall and spring; centrolofo (imperial blackfish) in summer; and its legendary live langoustines, whose source only ships to a dozen restaurants in the world. Wynn Las Vegas, 702-770-3305; wynnlasvegas.com DELMONICO STEAKHOUSE Star chef Emeril Lagasse puts a Creole spin on the steakhouse, a modernized take on his own Delmonico in New Orleans, a century-old restaurant that Lagasse purchased and renovated 20 years ago. Cuts like the bone-in rib eye, Japanese Wagyu and even a Chateaubriand carved tableside for two are superlative, but don't miss Lagasse's classic barbecue shrimp. The wine selection tops 2,300 bottles. Grand Canal Shoppes at Venetian and Palazzo, 702-414-3737; venetian.com EIFFEL TOWER RESTAURANT Directly facing Bellagio's fountains, the intimate Eiffel Tower offers one of the most romantic views in Vegas and traditional French fine dining. INSIDER TIP: Call far in advance and ask for table 56 (aka "the proposal table"), the corner table whose two seats both face the fountains, and order the famous soufflé right when you arrive so it will be ready by dessert. Paris Las Vegas, 702-948- 6937; parislasvegas.com ESTIATORIO MILOS The sunlit fine-dining Greek restaurant in Cosmopolitan (an offshoot of its original New York City location) allows diners to pick from piles of fish and live lobsters hauled in from Mediterranean waters. Simply grilled or baked in salt crusts, the seafood is the star, and don't miss the Milos Special: paper-thin fried chips of zucchini and eggplant in a mound of thick tzatziki. INSIDER TIP: The three-course lunch menu for $29, not at all downsized, is the best lunch deal in town. Cosmopolitan, 702-698- 7930; cosmopolitanlasvegas.com GORDON RAMSAY FISH & CHIPS Batter up! Fried Brit fare never tasted so good, from the fresh cod filets to sausage and "dirty" chips, to bangers and mash at Ramsay's traditional takeaway-style "chippy." The Linq, 702-322-0529; thelinq.com HERRINGBONE Star chef Brian Malarkey's beach-chic fish restaurant with La Jolla roots takes the relaxed ocean-to-table concept to a new level with beachy décor and live music on a patio overlooking Aria's pool. Big group? Order a "yacht" of a dozen oysters, Alaskan king crab, Maine lobsters, and jumbo shrimp. Aria, 702-590-9898; aria.com JOËL ROBUCHON At this mecca of haute cuisine, gourmands start with Dungeness crab, lobster gelee, and fennel cream topped with osetra caviar—which reveals why this is the sole Michelin three-star in Vegas. Enjoy the 16-course tasting that follows from a private booth or the Garden Terrace. MGM Grand, 702-891-7925; mgmgrand.com LAGO BY JULIAN SERRANO This contemporary Italian restaurant features a crisp white design by Munge Leung that celebrates early 20th-century Italian Futurism. Tables on the patio sit nearly right atop Bellagio's fountains for Michelin-starred chef Julian Serrano's tapas-style, Mediterranean-inflected dishes such as an exceptional red wine risotto, simply grilled langoustines, and crudo with blood orange. INSIDER TIP: Call ahead and ask for table 80, closest to the fountains. Bellagio, 702-693- 8865; bellagio.com LAKESIDE While the aptly named restaurant at Wynn—which sits right on the surreal Lake of Dreams—has always had a terrific seafood program, chef David Walzog's relationship with family fishermen in Hana, Hawaii now yields tons of snapper, monchong, shutome, mahi mahi, and ono, flown straight from the Pacific and sometimes served the day after they're caught. Try a flight of the dayboat fish simply prepared with fennel and citrus, picked vegetables, and ponzu broth. Wynn Las Vegas, 702-770-3310; wynnlasvegas.com VEGASMAGAZINE.COM 85