10 Toughest Tables: Las Vegas
Every month The Daily Meal will reveal how difficult it is to reserve a primetime table at a city's most booked restaurants. This month's Toughest Tables hones in on Las Vegas.
We teamed up with Opentable.com's Chief Dining Officer, Caroline Potter, to find out which restaurants customers have established as the most-booked. The ten places below were determined by votes from more than 132,100 diners.
To help you score a much-coveted tables, we cross-examined each restaurant to determine how tough it really is to get seated.
Most Booked Restaurants in Las Vegas
Mon Ami Gabi — (702) 944-4224
Location: Paris Las Vegas Hotel and Casino
Cuisine: French
Can You Eat Dinner at the Bar? "Yes."
Will You Seat an Incomplete Party? "No."
Do You Accept Walk-ins? "Yes."
What Time Can You Almost Always Get a Reservation? "Well, we have breakfast, lunch, and dinner, so early in the morning and late at night."
Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab — (702) 792-9222
Location: Caesars Palace — The Forum Shops
Cuisine: Seafood
Can You Eat Dinner at the Bar? "Yes."
Will You Seat an Incomplete Party? "No."
Do You Accept Walk-ins? "Yes."
What Time Can You Almost Always Get a Reservation? "Five o'clock and 9:30 p.m., between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. is when it gets really cooked."
Tao Restaurant and Nigthclub — (702) 388-8338
Location: The Venetian and Palazzo
Cuisine: Japanese
Can You Eat Dinner at the Bar? "Yes."
Will You Seat an Incomplete Party? "No."
Do You Accept Walk-ins? "Mmhmm."
What Time Can You Almost Always Get a Reservation? "5 p.m."
Delmonico's Steakhouse — (702) 414-3737
Location: The Venetian and Palazzo
Cuisine: Steakhouse
Can You Eat Dinner at the Bar? "Yes."
Will You Seat an Incomplete Party? "Yes, we will."
Do You Accept Walk-ins? "Yes."
What Time Can You Almost Always Get a Reservation? "Between 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., and then after 9 p.m."
Eiffel Tower — (702) 948-6937
Location: Paris Hotel and Casino
Cuisine: French
Can You Eat Dinner at the Bar? "Yes, you can."
Will You Seat an Incomplete Party? "We will."
Do You Accept Walk-ins? "Yes, we do."
What Time Can You Almost Always Get a Reservation? "Like on the weekend, it gets very busy. If you're looking for a reservation seven or earlier is better."
Bouchon at The Venetian — (702) 414-6200
Location: The Venetian and Palazzo
Cuisine: French
Can You Eat Dinner at the Bar? "Yes, you can. Full dinner."
Will You Seat an Incomplete Party? "We do sometimes. It really depends on the circumstance. Standard policy is complete parties only, but we make exceptions."
Do You Accept Walk-ins? "Yes, we do."
What Time Can You Almost Always Get a Reservation? "Generally, we fill up with reservations between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Between 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. it's very easy to get a reservation."
CarneVino Italian Steakhouse — (702) 789-4141
Location: The Venetian and Palazzo
Cuisine: Steakhouse, Italian, Wild Game
Can You Eat Dinner at the Bar? "Yes."
Will You Seat an Incomplete Party? "Yes."
Do You Accept Walk-ins? "Yes, we do."
What Time Can You Almost Always Get a Reservation? "At opening time, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m., or after 8 p.m."
Lawry's The Prime Rib — (702) 893-2223
Location: Across from Paradise Shopping Center
Cuisine: Prime Rib, American
Can You Eat Dinner at the Bar? "Yes, you can have full dinner."
Will You Seat an Incomplete Party? "We'd rather not because the servers do tableside service and they won't come back to the table again. But it's not black and white."
Do You Accept Walk-ins? "Yes we do."
What Time Can You Almost Always Get a Reservation? "Pretty much everytime. Peak times are 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., but you can always call because you never know."
Maggiano's — (702) 732-2550
Location: 3200 Las Vegas Blvd.
Cuisine: Italian, American
Can You Eat Dinner at the Bar? "Yes, full menu at the bar."
Will You Seat an Incomplete Party? "It depends on how busy we are. Mainly yes. If 80% of them are here, yes we will."
Do You Accept Walk-ins? "Yes, absolutely."
What Time Can You Almost Always Get a Reservation? "Eleven to three, that's our lunch. Our busiest time is 5 p.m. to about 9 p.m., so anytime before or after that is pretty easy."
Nobu — (702) 693-5090
Location: Hard Rock Hotel
Cuisine: Japanese, Peruvian
Can You Eat Dinner at the Bar? "Uh-uh.
Will You Seat an Incomplete Party? "I don't know 'cause I don't work here at night."
Do You Accept Walk-ins? "Uh-uh."
What Time Can You Almost Always Get a Reservation? "Almost always at 6 p.m., but it kind of depends. Some days, especially weekends, we'll book up. 6 p.m. is the best time because it's the beginning of the night."