Michelin Stars

On my upcoming trip, I'd like to eat at one of the top restaurants in Vegas for the gourmet/foodie experience. I've got a bucket list item to eat at Michelin Starred restaurant, which doesn't have to be fulfilled on this trip, but wouldn't hurt.

According to this list : http://vegasmavens.com/2010/the-michelin-stars-of-las-vegas/ there's a good 16 places that got a star in 2009. I know there wasn't a 2010 list... anyone know if there's going to be a 2011 list?

Joel Robuchon-MGM Grand ***
Alex-Wynn **
Guy Savoy Caesars Palace **
Picasso Bellagio **
Alize Palms *
Aureole Mandalay Bay *
Bradley Ogden Caesars Palace *
Daniel Boulud Brasserie Wynn *
DJT Trump *
L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon MGM Grand *
Le Cirque Bellagio *
Michael Mina Bellagio *
miX Mandalay Bay *
Nobu Hard Rock *
Wing Lei Wynn *
Restaurant Charlie Palazzo *

but I know at least one is now closed (Alex at the Wynn).

So for top notch eating (style is not important, quality and demonstration of cuisine is) where would anyone recommend or suggest?

I've tried zero of those places.

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Seems none of them has a decent cheeseburger for under $47.

Alize is pretty good but if I'm going to spend a lot of money on dinner at the Palms I'd rather goto N9ne.

It's been several years since I've been to Aureole but I really liked it. I'd recommend it to anyone.

Michael Mina didn't really impress me.

I'm a big fan of miX, I've ate there several times. Also it's nice to have a drink in the lounge afterwards and enjoy the view.

Never been to any of the others.

A couple more have closed other then Alex, Daniel Boloud and Restaurant Charlie.

Wing Lei is chinese and has lost the chef that got the star. DJT but a bunch of effort into getting it's star and then went downhill.

Robuchon is probably the best gourmet/foodie experience.

I'd also include Twist at Mandarin Oriental and the secretish restaurant e inside of Jaleo at Cosmopolitan.

I have only eaten at Bradley Ogden's place once but it is by far the best meal from an interesting/foodie point of view I have ever had and was delicious. My wife and I raved about the meal so much that Ogden actually came out and we got to thank him personally. That might be why it was so good because often the star chef would not be around to personally supervise or cook your meal. Although not a starred restaurant the most disapointing 'name chef' place I have eaten at has been Bobby Flay's place in Caesars.

Quote: thecesspit

On my upcoming trip, I'd like to eat at one of the top restaurants in Vegas for the gourmet/foodie experience. I've got a bucket list item to eat at Michelin Starred restaurant, which doesn't have to be fulfilled on this trip, but wouldn't hurt.
Picasso Bellagio **

Vegas is one of the more expensive places to fulfill your bucket list on a Michelin 1 star. It's just that wine is so much money in Vegas compared to London.

Picasso is wonderful.

We enjoyed L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon, and plan to dine at THE Joel Robuchon next trip out, hopefully comped.

see ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6gusiGUdeM

I ate at JR last summer, it is something that is worth doing once. I liked the fact they had free limo service for all guest reservations. They picked us up at the M resort. We had the prefixe meal @ 150 each, making it about the same cost as a nice dinner at many of the other nice restaurants. After the charge for the regular drinking water, (they only serve evian at $8 a pop) plus 1/2 a bottle of wine (was like $60 something), the total meal after tip was about $500. I am not in a rush to go again, but I can say I have dined at a 3 star Michelin restaurant. The food did not taste that much better to me than a meal at any nice restaurant. The restaurant is beautiful, the experience of being driven in to the special Mansion entrance and being escorted to and from the restaurant while getting to see the Mansion casino was wonderful. I did not dare poke into the high limit baccarat (I think it would be a minimum of 5 years salary from my job at the card room). There was a bit of a stuffy attitude in the restaurant, I was trying to be friendly/chatty with the staff and they had a very high and mighty attitude that many of the regulars might want. If you feel like splurging go, but I am not in a rush to go back.

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Vegas is one of the more expensive places to fulfill your bucket list on a Michelin 1 star. It's just that wine is so much money in Vegas compared to London.

Picasso is wonderful.

Thanks. The good news is I don't drink wine, so won't have to add the cost of wine on to the meal. Water or a decent beer is my preference with a meal, and I can skip the booze happily.

All these comments are really useful, thanks, helping me narrow down the choices.

At some point you have to ask yourself: why does a rubber tire company publish its own list of top-rated restaurants?

I'm serious (really). I'm not asking about the validity or legitimacy of the guide or the ratings, but rather why such a company involves itself with a different industry. Or is it another company with the same name?

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At some point you have to ask yourself: why does a rubber tire company publish its own list of top-rated restaurants?

Seek and ye shall find.

It obviously evolved in the years that passed, but it's got logical roots.

The first paragraph of the Wikipedia - Michelin Guide entry:

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André Michelin published the first edition of the guide in 1900 to help drivers maintain their cars, find decent lodging, and eat well while touring France. It included addresses of filling stations, mechanics, and tire dealers, along with local prices for fuel, tires, and auto repairs.

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At some point you have to ask yourself: why does a rubber tire company publish its own list of top-rated restaurants?

I'm serious (really). I'm not asking about the validity or legitimacy of the guide or the ratings, but rather why such a company involves itself with a different industry. Or is it another company with the same name?

Large companies often expand out of the original core base. Toshiba makes laptops and nuclear power plants, for instance.

Guinness for years published the Guinness Book of Records (it was a promotional book for the pubs at first), though it's a separate entity now.

Seagram the liquor distributor used to own a large share of Canal+ and Universal Studios.

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Large companies often expand out of the original core base. Toshiba makes laptops and nuclear power plants, for instance.

Guinness for years published the Guinness Book of Records (it was a promotional book for the pubs at first), though it's a separate entity now.

Seagram the liquor distributor used to own a large share of Canal+ and Universal Studios.

Yamaha makes some of the best musical instruments in the world and also motorcycles.

3M makes Scotch tape and stethoscopes.

Quote: thecesspit

Large companies often expand out of the original core base. Toshiba makes laptops and nuclear power plants, for instance.

Sure, and other things, too. But large indsutrial companies are expected to do such things. And it's not like Michelin also makes clothes, packaged foods, spare jet parts or anything else. So why a restaurant guide? To promote travel, perhaps?

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Seagram the liquor distributor used to own a large share of Canal+ and Universal Studios.

As I recall that didn't work out well.

Quote: Nareed

Sure, and other things, too. But large indsutrial companies are expected to do such things. And it's not like Michelin also makes clothes, packaged foods, spare jet parts or anything else. So why a restaurant guide? To promote travel, perhaps?

I refer you to DJTeddyBear's reply.

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I refer you to DJTeddyBear's reply.

For some reason I missed it when I checked abck on the thread.

Thanks.

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Seek and ye shall find. It obviously evolved in the years that passed, but it's got logical roots.

The only national rating system in the USA is Mobil Guide (also a fuel company), before it was sold to Forbes where it has a more logical fit.

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Yamaha makes some of the best musical instruments in the world and also motorcycles.

And depending on tuning, a Yamaha motorcycle and a Yamaha baritone saxophone can sound remarkably similar...

Comparing the guides. Forbes was called Mobil Travel Guide since 1958 and rebranded as Forbes Travel Guide in 2009.

Restaurant	Michelin	Forbes
Joel Robuchon-MGM Grand ***	3 star	5 star
Alex-Wynn **	2 star	closed
Guy Savoy Caesars Palace **	2 star	4 star
Picasso Bellagio **	2 star	4 star
Aureole Mandalay Bay *	1 star	4 star
Bradley Ogden Caesars Palace *	1 star	4 star
Le Cirque Bellagio *	1 star	4 star
Michael Mina Bellagio *	1 star	4 star
miX Mandalay Bay *	1 star	4 star
Twist by Pierre Gagnaire Mandarin Oriental	guide not updated	4 star
Alize Palms *	1 star	lower
Daniel Boulud Brasserie Wynn *	1 star	lower
DJT Trump *	1 star	lower
L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon MGM Grand *	1 star	lower
Nobu Hard Rock *	1 star	lower
Wing Lei Wynn *	1 star	lower
Restaurant Charlie Palazzo *	1 star	lower