Skip to content

Top Navigation

Food & Wine Food & Wine
  • Recipes & Cooking
  • Drinks
  • Travel
  • Holidays & Events
  • News
  • F&W Classic
  • Video
  • Kitchen & Home
  • F&W Pro

Profile Menu

Your Profile

Your Profile

  • Join Now
  • Newsletters
  • Manage Your Subscription this link opens in a new tab
  • Give a Gift Subscription this link opens in a new tab
  • Wine Club
  • Podcast
  • Logout
Login
Subscribe Subscribe
Pin FB

Explore Food & Wine

Food & Wine Food & Wine
  • Explore

    Explore

    • F&W Cooks

      Food and Wine presents a new network of food pros delivering the most cookable recipes and delicious ideas online. Read More Next
    • Our 22 Best Crock Pot and Slow-Cooker Recipes

      Looking to amp up your beef stew but unsure where to start? A slow cooker can can take your comfort food to the next level. Read More Next
    • 50 Affordable Wines You Can Always Trust

      We’ve assembled a list of 50 of the world’s most reliable, inexpensive wines – bottles that offer amazing quality for their price year in and year out. Read More Next
  • Recipes & Cooking

    Recipes & Cooking

    See all Recipes & Cooking
    • Chicken Recipes
    • Comfort Food Recipes
    • Breakfast & Brunch Recipes
    • Salad Recipes
    • Dessert Recipes
    • Vegetable Recipes
    • Pasta & Noodle Recipes
    • Chefs
    • Meat & Poultry Recipes
    • Soup Recipes
    • Appetizer Recipes
    • Side Dishes
    • Fruit Recipes
    • Seafood Recipes
    • Special Diets
    • Cooking Techniques
    • Steal This Trick
  • Drinks

    Drinks

    See all Drinks
    • Wine
    • Cocktails & Spirits
    • Coffee Drinks & Recipes
    • Juices
    • Beer & Brews
    • Champagne & Sparkling Wine
    • Tea Recipes & Ideas
  • Travel

    Travel

    See all Travel
    • Wine Regions
    • Restaurants
  • Holidays & Events

    Holidays & Events

    See all Holidays & Events
    • Valentine's Day
    • Halloween
    • Passover
    • Hanukkah
    • Christmas
    • Gifts
    • Super Bowl
    • Easter
    • Thanksgiving
    • New Year's Eve
    • Holiday Entertaining
  • News
  • F&W Classic
  • Video
  • Kitchen & Home
  • F&W Pro

Profile Menu

Subscribe this link opens in a new tab
Your Profile

Your Profile

  • Join Now
  • Newsletters
  • Manage Your Subscription this link opens in a new tab
  • Give a Gift Subscription this link opens in a new tab
  • Wine Club
  • Podcast
  • Logout
Login
Sweepstakes

Follow us

  1. Home Chevron Right
  2. Travel Chevron Right
  3. United States Chevron Right
  4. Las Vegas Travel Guide Chevron Right
  5. The Secret High-Roller Menus of Las Vegas

The Secret High-Roller Menus of Las Vegas

By Food & Wine
Updated December 13, 2016
Each product we feature has been independently selected and reviewed by our editorial team. If you make a purchase using the links included, we may earn commission.
Skip gallery slides
Save FB Tweet
Credit: Courtesy of Delmonico Steakhouse
In Sin City, everybody’s always searching for bigger, better, and more baller. Home to some of the country’s best (and most expensive) restaurants, the ultimate Vegas itinerary includes exclusive access to an insider secret—and the accompanying bragging rights. We’ve discovered the best-kept secrets on the Strip: off-menu items at top restaurants that guests must ask for by name. Raise the stakes (and steaks) with these secret dishes at Vegas’s top celebrity restaurants. —Nadine Jolie Courtney
Start Slideshow

1 of 15

Save FB Tweet
Pinterest Mail Email iphone Send Text Message Print

Le Cirque: the Ultimate Surf and Turf

Credit: © Bellagio, Le Cirque

On a dare, executive chef Wilfried Bergerhausen of Bellagio’s Le Cirque created a larger-than-life dish using every single ingredient at Le Cirque, most notably featuring Japanese wagyu steak covered in perigourdine sauce made from truffles, and topped with foie gras and a layer of shaved truffles. The sideshow is a two pound butter-poached Maine lobster tail covered in lobster caviar and with a 24-carat gold leaf, plus a deep fried potato fondant resting on beef bone marrow.

1 of 15

Advertisement
Advertisement

2 of 15

Save FB Tweet
Pinterest Mail Email iphone Send Text Message Print

é by José Andrés; Tasting Menu

Credit: Courtesy of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

For $250 per person, diners who apply online for spaces and receive a Golden Ticket in the mail can eat at Jaleo’s secret dining room, é by José Andrés, enjoying a mind-blowing tasting menu featuring 23 courses of avant-garde Spanish cuisine. The surreal setting, designed by Juli Capella, features file cabinet décor and spills into the room to mimic the thoughts, ideas, and memories of Chef José Andrés' brain.

2 of 15

3 of 15

Save FB Tweet
Pinterest Mail Email iphone Send Text Message Print

Tom Colicchio Heritage Steak: Marinated Grilled Eggplant

Credit: © The Mirage

A secret vegan menu at Tom Colicchio Heritage Steak at The Mirage includes a large cut of eggplant marinated and grilled, topped with house-made chimichurri sauce and served with a popcorn and roasted cashew glaze.

3 of 15

Advertisement

4 of 15

Save FB Tweet
Pinterest Mail Email iphone Send Text Message Print

CRUSH: 32-Ounce Pepper-Crusted, Bone-in Short-Rib

Credit: © Peter Harasty

MGM Grand’s Crush—from Michael Morton, son of iconic restaurateur Arnie Morton—features two secret offerings, including a 32-ounce pepper-crusted, bone-in short-rib and an Ultimate Surf and Turf 8-ounce beef filet and lobster tail topped with crispy rock shrimp and caviar cream sauce.

4 of 15

5 of 15

Save FB Tweet
Pinterest Mail Email iphone Send Text Message Print

Blossom: Spicy Water Fish

Credit: © ARIA Resort & Casino

Aria’s fine-dining Chinese restaurant Blossom offers a five-alarm Szechuan dish known as Ma Lat, which translates to “Spicy Water Fish.” Its insane over-the-top heat means it’s not on the menu to avoid requests for altering its spiciness.

5 of 15

6 of 15

Save FB Tweet
Pinterest Mail Email iphone Send Text Message Print

MR CHOW: Fish Joanna

Credit: © Dusty Fruend/Caesars Palace

While Caesars Palace’s MR CHOW offers an on-menu Chicken Joanna—chicken breast sautéed with wine and garlic—the similarly prepared Fish Joanna is off-menu and is available by request-only.

6 of 15

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

7 of 15

Save FB Tweet
Pinterest Mail Email iphone Send Text Message Print

Charlie Palmer Steak: "Cut of the Week"

Credit: © Four Seasons, Charlie Palmer Group

For only $58, guests who request the Cut of the Week get the best cut of meat in the Charlie Palmer Steak kitchen at Four Seasons, including a special price for three courses, shared steakhouse sides, and unlimited wine pairings.

7 of 15

8 of 15

Save FB Tweet
Pinterest Mail Email iphone Send Text Message Print

Carbone: Mario's Meatballs

Credit: © Major Food Group, ARIA Resort & Casino

Based off his mother’s meatball recipe, Aria’s Carbone chef Mario Carbone’s famous secret meatballs are made with ground beef, pork sausage, veal, sautéed onions, garlic, parsley, parmesan cheese, and panade.

8 of 15

9 of 15

Save FB Tweet
Pinterest Mail Email iphone Send Text Message Print

STRIPSTEAK: Duckfat Fries

Credit: © Mandalay Bay

At Michael Mina’s Mandalay Bay restaurant STRIPSTEAK, Chef Tony created an Amuse Bouche featuring fries cooked in duck fat, served with garlic-herb oil, sriracha ketchup, and truffle aioli.

9 of 15

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

10 of 15

Save FB Tweet
Pinterest Mail Email iphone Send Text Message Print

Portofino: Lobster Milanese

Credit: © The Mirage

Chef Michael LaPlaca at Portofino at The Mirage makes a Lobster Milanese dish from a full-pound New England lobster tail, which is flattened out, lightly poached in butter, covered in savory breadcrumbs and fried until crispy. The lobster is finished with a white wine lemon butter sauce and served with sautéed garlic spinach.

10 of 15

11 of 15

Save FB Tweet
Pinterest Mail Email iphone Send Text Message Print

The Steakhouse at Camelot: Secret Menu

Credit: © Excalibur

At Excalibur’s traditional The Steakhouse at Camelot, there’s an entire secret menu that must be requested from the waiter, including macaroni with lobster and truffle oil, and an 8-ounce beef tenderloin topped with tomato, bleu cheese and asparagus.

11 of 15

12 of 15

Save FB Tweet
Pinterest Mail Email iphone Send Text Message Print

Rivea: Grilled Lobster

Credit: © Delano Las Vegas, ALAIN DUCASSE Restaurant & Hospitalité

Iconic chef Alain Ducasse’s Rivea at the Delano Las Vegas offers a secret Grilled Lobster—invented by executive chef Bruno Riou—dressed with parsley, garlic, and mouthwatering mustard butter.

12 of 15

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

13 of 15

Save FB Tweet
Pinterest Mail Email iphone Send Text Message Print

Jean-Georges: Angus 300 Tomahawk Chop

Credit: © ARIA Resort & Casino

A colossal stab of steak available only at Aria’s Jean-Georges restaurant, the Angus 300 Tomahawk Chop is cooked over a wood-burning grill and served on a bed of smoking coals that heats the meat and gives the table a campfire scent.

13 of 15

14 of 15

Save FB Tweet
Pinterest Mail Email iphone Send Text Message Print

Carnevino Italian Steakhouse: Riserva Cut

Credit: © Batali & Bastianich Hospitality Group

At Carnevino Italian Steakhouse in The Palazzo, in-the-know guests can request a Riserva Cut of steak, hand-selected by the executive chef, aged for up to 120 days, and sold by the inch.

14 of 15

15 of 15

Save FB Tweet
Pinterest Mail Email iphone Send Text Message Print

Delmonico Steakhouse: Private Dining Room Menu

Credit: Courtesy of Delmonico Steakhouse

Request a seat in the glass-paneled private dining room at Emeril Lagasse’s Delmonico Steakhouse at The Venetian and you’ll roll the dice with a menu—including corresponding wine pairings—that changes nightly. Recent menus have included Japanese wagyu, piemontese and in-house dry aged cuts, paired with selections from a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence Wine Cellar.

15 of 15

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Replay gallery

Share the Gallery

Pinterest Facebook

Up Next

By Food & Wine

Share the Gallery

Pinterest Facebook
Trending Videos
Advertisement
Skip slide summaries

Everything in This Slideshow

Advertisement

View All

1 of 15 Le Cirque: the Ultimate Surf and Turf
2 of 15 é by José Andrés; Tasting Menu
3 of 15 Tom Colicchio Heritage Steak: Marinated Grilled Eggplant
4 of 15 CRUSH: 32-Ounce Pepper-Crusted, Bone-in Short-Rib
5 of 15 Blossom: Spicy Water Fish
6 of 15 MR CHOW: Fish Joanna
7 of 15 Charlie Palmer Steak: "Cut of the Week"
8 of 15 Carbone: Mario's Meatballs
9 of 15 STRIPSTEAK: Duckfat Fries
10 of 15 Portofino: Lobster Milanese
11 of 15 The Steakhouse at Camelot: Secret Menu
12 of 15 Rivea: Grilled Lobster
13 of 15 Jean-Georges: Angus 300 Tomahawk Chop
14 of 15 Carnevino Italian Steakhouse: Riserva Cut
15 of 15 Delmonico Steakhouse: Private Dining Room Menu

Share options

Pinterest Mail Email iphone Send Text Message Print

Login

Food & Wine

Magazines & More

Learn More

  • Subscribe this link opens in a new tab
  • Books from Food & Wine
  • Contact Us
  • Media Kit
  • Content Licensing

Connect

Follow Us
Subscribe to Our Newsletter
Other Meredith Sites

Other Meredith Sites

  • 4 Your Health this link opens in a new tab
  • Allrecipes this link opens in a new tab
  • All People Quilt this link opens in a new tab
  • Better Homes & Gardens this link opens in a new tab
  • Bizrate Insights this link opens in a new tab
  • Bizrate Surveys this link opens in a new tab
  • Cooking Light this link opens in a new tab
  • Daily Paws this link opens in a new tab
  • EatingWell this link opens in a new tab
  • Eat This, Not That this link opens in a new tab
  • Entertainment Weekly this link opens in a new tab
  • Health this link opens in a new tab
  • Hello Giggles this link opens in a new tab
  • Instyle this link opens in a new tab
  • Martha Stewart this link opens in a new tab
  • Midwest Living this link opens in a new tab
  • More this link opens in a new tab
  • MyRecipes this link opens in a new tab
  • MyWedding this link opens in a new tab
  • My Food and Family this link opens in a new tab
  • MyLife this link opens in a new tab
  • Parenting this link opens in a new tab
  • Parents this link opens in a new tab
  • People this link opens in a new tab
  • People en Español this link opens in a new tab
  • Rachael Ray Magazine this link opens in a new tab
  • Real Simple this link opens in a new tab
  • Ser Padres this link opens in a new tab
  • Shape this link opens in a new tab
  • Siempre Mujer this link opens in a new tab
  • Southern Living this link opens in a new tab
  • SwearBy this link opens in a new tab
  • Travel & Leisure this link opens in a new tab
Food & Wine is part of the Meredith Corporation Allrecipes Food Group. © Copyright 2021 Meredith Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policythis link opens in a new tab Terms of Servicethis link opens in a new tab Ad Choicesthis link opens in a new tab California Do Not Sellthis link opens a modal window Web Accessibilitythis link opens in a new tab
© Copyright . All rights reserved. Printed from https://www.foodandwine.com

View image

The Secret High-Roller Menus of Las Vegas
this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines.