re: Restaurant Recs in Vegas

For a casual bite go to Secret Pizza at the Cosmo. Best pizza in town, there's no sign, they don't advertise it, you just have to walk down a hallway across from STK.

For giant portions and awesome food check out Hash House a Go Go at the Rio, Quad, or Plaza downtown.

Breakfast at Ellis Island is great and has been mentioned, higher end places I've enjoyed are Gordon Ramsey Steak and Lakeside at Wynn. Joe's Prime at Caesar's is old school, popular with the locals and apparently has really good food but I haven't made it there yet.

For Italian if you want to go old school Vegas with quality check out Battista's hole in the wall behind the Cromwell or Piero's on Convention Center.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, there are a thousand great restaurants around here. If you want a great burger there are a few places that have made it on food network as different top burgers in the country. Sammy's LA Pastrami is one and you can look up others.

Oh and if you're near the strip clubs there's Rollin Smoke BBQ, everything there is great and you can do all you can eat, anything on the menu for $25. It's a hidden gem.