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Eater
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Eater
The Biggest New Las Vegas Restaurant Openings, July 2025
Las Vegas's dining scene moves quickly — powerhouse casinos usher in new behemoths with Champagne and sparklers while off-Strip restaurants continue to open doors in homey neighborhood strip malls. Here is a list of new and notable spots that opened in Las Vegas recently. For the best restaurants in town, check out Eater Las Vegas's Essential 38 or Eater's guide to eating and drinking in Las Vegas. The most exciting new entrant to the Las Vegas dining scene is Via Via, the new food hall at the Venetian Resort. A veritable who's who of popular talent, the hall attracts some of the hottest of-the-moment restaurants to what had been its generic mall-style food court. The biggest get may be Howlin' Ray's, the Los Angeles cult-favorite fried chicken joint known for drawing 45-minute lines for its Nashville-style hot chicken sandwiches. Chef Ray Garcia, also well-known in Los Angeles, reanimates his B.S. Taqueria with house-made chorizo and birria nachos. Other popular stalls at Via Via include James Beard Award nominee Mason Hereford's New Orleans restaurants — Molly's Rise and Shine slinging bacon, egg, and cheese biscuits by morning, and Turkey and the Wolf taking over with fried bologna sandwiches after 11 a.m. New York noodle spot Ivan Ramen serves spicy pickles, wagyu pastrami buns, and ramen that a critic once described as 'so good it will make your eyes explode.' The Lower East Side's Scarr's Pizza brings its in-house milled flour pizzas — minus the usual NYC wait — and Florence's legendary All'Antico Vinaio expands with a second Vegas location. Rounding it out, the team behind Death & Co. debuts Close Company, a new cocktail destination from one of the most influential names in modern bars. The latest venue to reshape the Las Vegas Strip skyline is the Arizona-based Bottled Blonde. The three-story building on the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road near Blake Shelton's Ole Red opened with the towering figure of a blonde pin-up model embracing an equally oversized beer bottle. The 20,000-square-foot sports bar has more than 40 televisions for daytime watch parties and multiple bars. Drinks take the form of margaritas and mules, plus an extensive draft list and 'Capri Sin' cocktails in nostalgic juice pouches. Bar snacks look like Parmesan truffle fries, tuna wonton nachos, and wood-fired pizzas. The latest Thai restaurant to take up residence in Chinatown blends traditional flavors with purple-hued lighting, ferris wheel shooters, and tableside presentations. One such offering is the cajete, a dish with Mexican influences that combines crab meat, crispy papaya, avocado, tomato, and lime dressing in a molcajete for dipping with shrimp chips. The yellow curry is vibrant and aromatic, chicken wings are spicy with fried garlic and shallot, and a sticky rice dessert gets topped with mango, strawberry compote, and peanut. Wash it down with Thai iced tea or shots from a rotating ferris wheel. Veteran Las Vegas chef Ricardo Romo, whose career spans top kitchens on and off the Strip, has debuted Tuscan Cove Bar amd Patio in Southern Highlands. The new restaurant is a partnership with Steven Kennedy of All In Hospitality and marks Romo's third restaurant in the area. Romo is best known as the co-founder and executive chef of Southern Highlands's Roma Kitchen and Chef's Roma Kitchen, which he and his team took over in Henderson in late 2022. The 5,000-square-foot Tuscan Cove seats 70 and offers a patio lit with string lights and a fire pit. Highlights from Romo's menu include a wedge salad, loaded supreme pizza, a rotating cheese and charcuterie board, and a chicken prosciutto Caprese sandwich. The centerpiece bar serves local beers, wine by the glass, and cocktails like a cucumber mint mule. The team behind Stray Pirate is back with Prowl, a sultry, jungle-themed cocktail lounge that opened next door on East Fremont. Swapping shipwrecks for shadowy rock walls, the new spot channels Elvis's Jungle Room with moss, lava rock, glowing orbs — and a digital black panther slinking across screens behind the bar. General manager and drink maestro Chris 'Tater' Gutierrez keeps the focus on inventive cocktails: think fresh sugar snap peas, hibiscus-ginger beer, or roasted pepita orgeat. The cheeky menu includes drinks like Sex Panther, served in a ceramic cat head, and For a Good Time Call — with an amusing Easter egg for anyone who dials the included number. With fewer than 50 seats, retro booths, and a couple of wild bathrooms (butterflies! fireflies!), Prowl is playful while still serving up the kind of inventive drinks fans expect from Gutierrez. Just beneath BrewDog's massive 30,000-square-foot rooftop brewpub on the Las Vegas Strip, UnderDog Beer Hall offers a casual vibe, tabletop games, and Skee-Ball. Underdog is equipped with giant screens, a new pizza-focused menu, and beers on tap — including BrewDog favorites like Elvis Juice and guest pours from local Las Vegas breweries. The team behind Chubby Cattle's conveyor-belt hot pot restaurant and the high-tech X-Pot on the Strip is back with a new late-night venture. Chubby Skewers opened with a menu of Northeastern Chinese Dongbei-style barbecue from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m. Skewers start at just $1, with options like wagyu beef, duck tongue, and spicy cold noodles. The space channels the energy of old-school Chinese street stalls with bold reds, neon lights, and low tables. See More: Vegas Restaurant Openings
Eater
02-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Eater
The Biggest New Las Vegas Restaurant Openings, June 2025
Las Vegas's dining scene moves quickly — powerhouse casinos usher in new behemoths with Champagne and sparklers and off-Strip restaurants continue to open doors in homey neighborhood strip malls. Here is a list of new and notable spots that opened in Las Vegas recently. For the best restaurants in town, check out Eater Las Vegas's Essential 38 or Eater's guide to eating and drinking in Las Vegas. Pisces The Strip Vibey seafood restaurant Pisces opened in one of the most stunning spaces on the Las Vegas Strip on May 10. Housed in the former Lakeside location at Wynn Las Vegas, chef Martin Heierling's menu features specialty oils from Greece, pastas from Tuscany, Mediterranean seafood like grilled dry-aged branzino and rare blue lobsters, and whimsical desserts shaped like fish. Pisces retains the former tenant's sweeping views of the Lake of Dreams from the window-lined dining room, while revamping the interior with deep navy tones, glittering Italian stone mosaics, and a striking dual-level bar. Zaytinya The Strip José Andrés's acclaimed Mediterranean restaurant Zaytinya opened in the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace on May 13, adding to the chef's lineup of restaurants in Las Vegas, including Bazaar Meat and é by José Andrés. The menu channels Greek, Turkish, and Lebanese flavors with dishes like spicy soujouk sausage-topped flatbread, charred octopus, and a mezze spread including labneh, tzatziki, baba ghanoush, and more. Larger mains include Tangier-spiced grilled lamb chops and a mixed grill of lamb, kofte, chicken, and adana skewers. Nudo Southern Highlands Nearly 20 years after debuting the sleek, nightclub-adjacent Nove Italiano high atop the Palms, which closed in 2018, Jenna and Michael Morton of Morton Group have returned to Italian cuisine — this time in a more relaxed, suburban setting. Their newest restaurant, Nudo Italiano, is now open in Southern Highlands, trading Strip-side sheen for casual dining and Neapolitan-style pizza. Helming the kitchen is William DeMarco, who served a menu of handmade pasta, house-baked breads, and Neapolitan-style pizzas fired in a traditional wood-burning oven. The restaurant embraces Italian comfort cooking, with dishes like crispy calamari with lemon aioli, a heaping bowl of pappardelle in veal ragu with sheep's milk ricotta, and pan-roasted branzino over eggplant puree. Holsteins Arts District Over-the-top burger and milkshake restaurant Holsteins is back — but this time, off-Strip. Holsteins Shakes and Buns closed its doors at the Cosmopolitan in May 2024, ending a 15-year run, before reopening in the Arts District on May 29, 2025. Fans of the restaurant will be pleased to see a return of the original menu, including the forager burger, made with a beef-and-mushroom blended patty, creamy steak sauce, a fried egg, Swiss cheese, and marmalade onions, as well as the blackened chicken sandwich layered with bacon, chipotle ranch, and pepperjack cheese. Diners can also find Holsteins' decadent 'Bam-Boozled' milkshakes: boozy concoctions like a cookies-and-cream shake spiked with whipped cream-flavored vodka, and a Nutella and coffee shake with chocolate ice cream. Each one comes piled high with doughnuts, cookies, and marshmallows. Bobae Noodle House Chinatown Bobae Noodle House earned a following in Korea for its signature dishes and now brings its take on Korean-Chinese comfort food to Las Vegas's Chinatown. The vibe is retro and cozy, with brick walls and neon signs glowing above diner-style red booths. The menu riffs on classics with standouts like the Bobae jjajangmyeon — chewy noodles slicked with rich black bean sauce, topped with quail egg and crunchy radish sprouts — and the jjamppong, a fiery seafood noodle soup that balances heat, brine, and depth. The tangsuyuk, a crispy pork dish glazed in sweet-and-sour sauce, also deserves a spot in the rotation. For late-night noodles, Bobae stays open until 11 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. The Naughty Angel Strip-adjacent Just behind the Strip, chef Angel Lopez — an alum of Hell's Kitchen, Sadelle's at Bellagio, and Elio at Wynn — has opened his first solo project: the Naughty Angel. The sleek, French bistro-style restaurant blends fine dining polish with neighborhood energy, offering a menu anchored by Lopez's flair for rich sauces and balanced plating. Highlights include the 32-ounce picanha steak, a seared duck breast with potatoes au gratin and pepper aioli, and a slow-braised lamb shank in red wine. Baked escargot and crab cakes in lemon beurre blanc set the tone up front, while desserts lean classic-with-a-twist — like a whole poached apple in mulled wine with pie-spiced ice cream. Tucked into a low-slung plaza just west of Resorts World, the Naughty Angel feels removed from the chaos of the Strip, but still within striking distance for a night out. Blue Orchid Thai Kitchen Southwest Blue Orchid Thai Kitchen is the latest venture from the family behind Las Vegas's Pin Kaow Thai Restaurant. Executive chef Steve Piamchuntar leads the kitchen with a menu that blends flavors from both north and south Thailand. Blue Orchid marries bold flavors with bold presentations — an aromatic and herbaceous tom yum soup is prepared at the table using a siphon that dramatically drains a broth filled with herbs and spices. The menu features dishes like braised short rib khao soi, a northern-style curry served with wide egg noodles, pickled mustard greens, and red onion. Other notable offerings are the panang curry-style lamb chop with eggplant, bamboo shoots, and baby corn in coconut red curry, and the Bangkok brined chicken sliders topped with fermented red curry pickles and Kewpie mayo. The setting is nearly transportive, with hanging foliage, intricate murals of Thai landscapes nestled into booth alcoves, and a display of traditional Khon masks. Sign up for our newsletter.
