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paris had some good food.

Upscale? Mid range? Where are you staying, etc. Give some background info of a little bit of what you are looking for/where you will be on the strip.

I just cant eat there based on this:

If wanting local fare, or local hotel fare, try..

-Andre's(French Continental..order the Dover Sole)

-Rosemary's(The Jordans, married CIA trained chefs that learned under Emeril and Susan Spicer..Classic American with southern flavor..LV's best local joint for many years now).

-Piero's old school Italian(full of local heavyweights, stars, and mobsters too).

-Cathay House(local Chinese restaurant & where locals have ate Chinese for decades).

-Ping Pang Pong in the Gold Coast(solid dim sum and stir fry and very cheap..one of LV's best rated..you'll be amongst the only Laowai/Waiguoren..IE..'gringos' in there!)..also Orchid Gardens not far off strip has 24 hr per day dim sum..solid.

-Lotus Of Siam(really great Thai, has a solid lunch buffet, and a northern menu at night..but in a seedy dump strip mall..NYTimes and other national mags have raved over Saipin Chutima's cooking and collecting of fresh ingredients from LA's markets for ages now).

-Capriotti's Subs(go to the original on W Sahara).

-Lindo Michoacan(like Capriotti's, won over the locals and has multiple locations..huge Mexican menu..great sauces and lunch specials).

In recent years, Dona Maria's has went down a tad, and some places that I haven't been to of late, have been reported as went downhill, like The Tillerman, Hugo's Cellar, etc..

-Bellagio dinner buffet(better meats) > Wynn's dinner(better desserts). Wynn's lunch buffet > Bellagio

-Paris french buffet is very good(crepes,etc..). Planet Hollywood Spice Market Buffet is the best price bargain and breakfast buffet for the dollar. The Mirage a solid buffet. Bally's has a great Sunday champagne brunch buffet.

-In-N-Out Burger(slightly overrated as is Fatburger and Burger Bar), but it's still fun to watch the busiest In-N-Out location shovel orders out.

-Archi's Thai..worth the ride to Henderson.

-Paymon's Med Cafe..very good Syrian/Lebanese fare.

-Then there is the obvious, yet ab$olutely out$tanding celebrity chef joints inside the best hotels, like Boulud, Puck, Palmer, English, Robuchon, Collichio, Vongerichten, Mina, etc..

-Also, Vegas has the best steakhouse chains & assorted chain stops in the country around town. Cut, Mortons, Ruth-Chris, Palms, Lawry's Prime Rib, Joe's Stone Crab, Z-Tejas Tex-Mex, etc..

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paris had some good food.

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just got back. the most phenomenal duck i've ever tasted. overpriced everything, but that's vegas. my wife had a $29 glass of "house" wine. yes, glass.

italian place near the Hilton (starts w/ a P) was also good, but so damned pricey.

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Little Italian place in the mall area of the venetian is very good

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The very small place after the food court? I wanted to try it but it was packed everytime I passed by.

BTW STAY AWAY from the food court. 2 Nathans hotdogs with fries and a drink ran us something like 14 dollars each.

The Business lunch at The Palm included 2 USDA Prime beef tenderloins about 6 oz each with a mushroom sauce. Huge salad, Basket of Bread, a huge sideorder of onion strings and veggies and a HUGE slice of cheesecake and because it was our first visit they gave up each a drink on the house.

All this was only 23 each.

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(though always better in L.A. for some reason)