Las Vegas built its entire identity around excess, so it's no surprise the Strip is home to some of the priciest tasting menus in the country. These restaurants back up the price tag with serious culinary pedigree, from a chef with more Michelin stars than anyone alive to a nine-seat dining room hidden inside another restaurant entirely.
Quick Comparison
| Restaurant | Location | Price Per Person | Known For |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joël Robuchon | MGM Grand | $225 (6-course) to $425+ (16-course) | The world's most Michelin-starred chef, famous pomme purée |
| Restaurant Guy Savoy | Caesars Palace | $525 to $600 | Three-Michelin-star French technique, Strip views |
| é by José Andrés | Inside Jaleo, The Cosmopolitan | $500+ | Just 8-9 seats a night, avant-garde tasting menu |
| Bazaar Meat by José Andrés | SLS Las Vegas | $295 (Ultimate Tasting) | Caviar cones, A5 wagyu, Jamón Ibérico |
| Kame Omakase | The Venetian | $500+ | Ultra-premium sushi flown in from Japan |
Joël Robuchon (MGM Grand)
Joël Robuchon holds the title of the most Michelin-starred chef in history, and his namesake Las Vegas restaurant is treated as something close to a pilgrimage site for serious diners. The 40-seat dining room, deep burgundy and gold with an Art Nouveau feel, offers a six-course tasting menu at $225 or a full 16-course degustation running $425 and up, with a wine pairing pushing the total closer to $500 or more per person. The restaurant's pomme purée, an extraordinarily rich mashed potato made with far more butter than a typical version, has become something of a legend in its own right, alongside dishes like langoustine ravioli with foie gras cream and Le Caviar with smoked salmon. Reservations are typically recommended four to six weeks in advance.
Restaurant Guy Savoy (Caesars Palace)
Chef Guy Savoy brought his three-Michelin-star French pedigree directly from Paris to the Las Vegas Strip, and the Caesars Palace location delivers both the cooking and the view, overlooking the Roman Plaza and the Strip itself from a deliberately minimalist dining room designed to keep attention on the food and service. Tasting menus here run $525 to $600 per person, placing it consistently among the priciest sit-down experiences in the city, backed by the same technical precision that earned Savoy his stars in France.
é by José Andrés (Inside Jaleo, The Cosmopolitan)
É might be the single hardest reservation on this list, not because of celebrity or hype, but because of sheer scarcity: the restaurant seats only eight to nine guests per evening, tucked inside José Andrés's Jaleo at The Cosmopolitan. The tasting menu runs well over $500 per person and leans fully into avant-garde technique, molecular gastronomy, liquid nitrogen prepared tableside, and edible wrappers, delivered course by course in one of the most theatrical small-format dining experiences in the country.
Bazaar Meat by José Andrés (SLS Las Vegas)
José Andrés shows up twice on this list, and Bazaar Meat represents a completely different side of his approach: a meat-forward, maximalist tasting experience rather than é's intimate avant-garde format. The restaurant's Ultimate Tasting runs $295 per person and piles on caviar cones, steak tartare, buffalo-style bison, Jamón Ibérico, and A5 Wagyu, built for a big, indulgent evening rather than a quiet, contemplative one.
Kame Omakase (The Venetian)
Kame takes Las Vegas's high-end dining scene in a Japanese direction, building a personalized omakase experience around ultra-premium seafood flown in directly from Japan. Pricing starts around $500 per person, reflecting both the cost of sourcing that level of fish and the labor-intensive, course-by-course presentation typical of top omakase counters, where the chef determines the meal in real time based on what's freshest that day.
Why Las Vegas Supports This Level of Dining
Casino resorts subsidize the real estate. High-end restaurants inside major Strip resorts benefit from foot traffic and a captive, high-spending tourist base in a way a standalone restaurant in most other cities never could, which supports pricing and format choices (like é's eight-seat model) that would be difficult to sustain elsewhere.
Celebrity chef names carry real weight on the Strip. Robuchon, Savoy, and José Andrés all built their reputations well before opening in Las Vegas, and the city has become something of a showcase market where major chefs plant a flag specifically because of the exposure and volume of visitors passing through.
Tourism, not just local demand, drives the ceiling higher. Visitors treating a Vegas trip as a genuine splurge occasion support pricing that a purely local dining market likely couldn't sustain on its own, which is part of why Las Vegas rivals New York and California for the priciest tasting menus in the country.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the most expensive restaurant in Las Vegas?
Restaurant Guy Savoy and Joël Robuchon are generally considered the priciest fixed-menu experiences, with tasting menus running $525 to $600 per person before wine pairings, though é by José Andrés can run comparably high given its scarcity and avant-garde format.
Is é by José Andrés really that hard to get into?
Yes. É seats only eight to nine guests per night inside Jaleo at The Cosmopolitan, making it one of the most exclusive dining reservations in the entire country, not just Las Vegas.
Do these restaurants require reservations far in advance?
Generally yes, especially Joël Robuchon and é, which are commonly booked four to six weeks ahead or more, particularly for weekend dates.
Why does José Andrés have two restaurants on this list?
É and Bazaar Meat represent two different sides of his cooking: é is an intimate, avant-garde tasting counter with extremely limited seating, while Bazaar Meat is a larger-format, meat-and-caviar-forward tasting experience built for a bigger group and a louder evening.
Prices and menu formats change frequently at this level of dining. Confirm current pricing directly with each restaurant before booking.
