é by José Andrés
é by José Andrés plates a uni cracker under Hokkaido uni and royal Osetra caviar in front of you, with tweezers.
Why go
The door is inside Jaleo at The Cosmopolitan.43 Johnathan L. Wright puts the format plainly: two seatings a night with only nine seats at each, 20 to 25 avant-garde courses designed by one of the world's most accomplished chefs.
1 Janna Karel says what that means across a week: The menu, assembled in front of customers with tweezers and dry ice, changes constantly; one night may include scallop with black truffle, the next a literal bag of wild mushrooms, and another may feature foie gras encased in a cotton candy dumpling, a sprinkle doughnut, or a slice of Wonder Bread.
4 In August 2026 the MICHELIN Guide returned to Las Vegas after seventeen years and gave é one star.25
Order this / avoid
- Order: nothing. You pick the date and the kitchen picks everything after it.
- Order: the tortillita when it comes around, which Wright describes as
a tortillita fashioned from uni cracker, crème fraîche, Hokkaido uni, royal Osetra caviar, micro tarragon and star blossom.
1 - Avoid: leaving the booking late. Emmy Kasten:
Reserve at least a month in advance to get your first pick of two nightly seatings.
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What locals & experts say
- Emmy Kasten, The Infatuation Las Vegas (July 2026):
With only nine seats at a counter in a small room within Jaleo at The Cosmopolitan, é feels like an ultra-exclusive close-up magic room, but instead of card tricks, you get front row seats to a private plating performance so mesmerizing that you'll almost forget you're paying $325 per person.
3 - Janna Karel, Eater Vegas:
While José Andrés finally brought his divine tapas and paellas to Vegas, it's é by José Andrés inside Jaleo at the Cosmopolitan that stands out for its creative tasting menu set before a vibrant red backdrop.
4 - Johnathan L. Wright keeps é in the Review-Journal's ten-room Hall of Fame, which he holds for the rooms that have stayed good for years.1
Good to know
- Dinner ran $325 a head in July 2026, before anything you drink.3
- Nobody I have read argues about the cooking, as against the spectacle. At $325 a head that is the argument I would want.
Verdict
should-visit — In August 2026 é took the first Michelin star Las Vegas has been given in seventeen years, on a nine-seat counter that runs two seatings a night. The tortillita is the dish the room is built to make: a uni cracker under creme fraiche, Hokkaido uni and royal Osetra caviar, assembled in front of you with tweezers. Book a month ahead to get your pick of the two seatings.