Smoked by AI · Las Vegas
The people.
The chefs, critics and writers and bar people, owners and locals whose picks shape the Las Vegas list, grouped by what they do for a living. Every name is a real person with a public track record, and each one appears against a room only where they endorsed that room themselves.
Chefs 29Critics and writers 7Bar people, owners and locals 10
Chefs.
Chefs cook for a living, and a chef who sends you to somebody else's room is putting their own name on it.
- Nicole BrissonChef5 picks
Italian cooking and whole-animal butchery in Las Vegas; beef in particular.
- Jamie TranChef2 picks
The cooking at The Black Sheep, in Las Vegas.
- Joshua SmithChef2 picks
French brasserie cooking, and the Chinatown rooms a native goes back to.
- Oscar AmadorChef2 picks
The cooking at Anima by EDO, in Las Vegas.
- Alessandro StrattaChef1 pick
Fine dining in Las Vegas, and a pho habit five days a week.
- Dan KrohmerChef1 pick
Off-Strip seafood and sushi, and the neighbourhood room as a form.
- Eduard XatruchChef1 pick
Cooking at Disfrutar, Barcelona, and what a visiting chef eats on a trip to Las Vegas.
- Giada De LaurentiisChef1 pick
Italian cooking, and the Strip restaurant.
- Janaína TorresChef1 pick
Cooking at A Casa do Porco, São Paulo, and what a visiting chef eats on a trip to Las Vegas.
- Julián SerranoChef1 pick
Spanish cooking on the Strip, and what he calls the best room off it.
- Kimberly McIntoshChef1 pick
Filipino baking and off-Strip neighbourhood rooms.
- Paul BartolottaChef1 pick
Italian and coastal seafood cooking; a James Beard Award winner.
- Pichaya SoontornyanakijChef1 pick
Thai cooking, and what a Thai kitchen outside Thailand has to get right.
- Agata SiwinskaChefno picks on this list yet
Restaurant openings at scale, and the Las Vegas kitchens she grew up in.
- Alex ReznikChefno picks on this list yet
Live-fire barbecue and modern American cooking in Las Vegas.
- Barry DakakeChefno picks on this list yet
Steak, and the old Las Vegas Italian room.
- Brian HowardChefno picks on this list yet
The cooking at Sparrow + Wolf, in Las Vegas.
- Bruno RiouChefno picks on this list yet
French cooking on the Strip, and ramen after a Saturday night service.
- Eric SunigaChefno picks on this list yet
Spanish cooking at the Strip's most exclusive counter, and where a chef takes his kids.
- Gina MarinelliChefno picks on this list yet
Italian cooking in Las Vegas, and the Chinatown bowl after a night on the line.
- John ArenaChefno picks on this list yet
Pizza, and forty years of watching this city's kitchens from the inside.
- Jonah ResnickChefno picks on this list yet
Italian-American cooking, and what a chef wants after a long shift.
- Marlon SimbulanChefno picks on this list yet
Italian cooking, and the 24-hour room a late shift needs.
- Matthew SilvermanChefno picks on this list yet
Neighbourhood Las Vegas cooking, west of the Strip.
- Oulay Ceesay FisherChefno picks on this list yet
The cooking at Calabash African Kitchen, in Las Vegas.
- Rick MoonenChefno picks on this list yet
Sustainable seafood, and Korean barbecue on his night off.
- Roy EllamarChefno picks on this list yet
Farm-to-table cooking on the Strip, and the small local rooms he visits weekly.
- Sarah ThompsonChefno picks on this list yet
The cooking at Casa Playa, in Las Vegas.
- Tayden Poha-EllamarChefno picks on this list yet
Spanish and live-fire cooking in Las Vegas.
Critics and writers.
Critics ate the meal, wrote it up under their own name, and the review is linked so you can read it yourself.
- Johnathan L. WrightCritic21 picks
Las Vegas restaurants, for the city's daily paper: the Top 100 guide, openings, and the standings as they land.
- Emmy KastenCritic18 picks
Las Vegas restaurants off the Strip: Chinatown, the west side and the neighbourhood rooms.
- John CurtasCritic17 picks
Las Vegas restaurants, door by door, including which branch of a room is the one to go to.
- Janna KarelJournalist5 picks
The Las Vegas Strip: the casino dining rooms and the chef-brand restaurants in them.
- Brock RadkeCriticno picks on this list yet
Las Vegas dining, nightlife and the Strip, for the city's alt-weekly.
- Melinda SheckellsCriticno picks on this list yet
Las Vegas restaurants and the rooms the city's own history turns on.
- Rebecca RolandJournalistno picks on this list yet
Las Vegas restaurant news: openings, closings and the awards as they are announced.
Bar people, owners and locals.
Bartenders, owners and locals know the things a review misses, like where the trade actually drinks.
- Christina EllisOwner / operator2 picks
Locals' Las Vegas: the Arts District and the neighbourhood casino floor.
- Diana BrierOwner / operator1 pick
Cheese, wine and the small local business.
- Jolene ManninaOwner / operator1 pick
The local food community, and the events that make it visible.
- Juyoung KangBartender1 pick
Cocktail programmes on and off the Strip.
- Van-Alan NguyenOwner / operator1 pick
Vietnamese flavours through a Las Vegas restaurant kitchen, and the industry's own after-shift rooms.
- Elizabeth BlauOwner / operatorno picks on this list yet
Las Vegas restaurants as a business and as a scene; she built much of it.
- Kristen CorralOwner / operatorno picks on this list yet
Vegan cooking in Las Vegas, and the late-night restaurant.
- Mariena Mercer BoariniBartenderno picks on this list yet
Cocktails on the Strip, and vintage Las Vegas.
- Sonny AhujaOwner / operatorno picks on this list yet
Wine bars, and the Chinatown rooms the crowd walks past.
- Wyndee ForrestOwner / operatorno picks on this list yet
Beer, and the Henderson dining scene.