Gordon Ramsay Hell’s Kitchen

LVA Review

This restaurant was reviewed in the April 2018 LVA; some of the information contained in this review may no longer be accurate.

The hot hot HOT new restaurant at Caesars Palace is all Gordon Ramsay all the time. Along with his many restaurants, Ramsay is the focal point of at least three hugely popular reality-TV and competitive-cooking shows and when you walk in, a larger-than-life video of the uber-celebrity chef welcomes you. Accessed from outside the casino (it’s right on the corner of the Strip and Flamingo), the restaurant is huge, seating more than 300 at picture windows overlooking the Strip or in view of the open HK kitchen. Since the room is always packed to the rafters, it’s loud loud LOUD—decidedly not the place for a romantic dinner. But that’s part of the “complete experience,” along with friendly, efficient, super-fast service, some cool devices for presenting the food and drinks (the Smoke on the Boulevard cocktail is delivered in a smoke chamber), and ubiquitous pitchfork décor.

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The menu is noticeably minimalist, a function of the volume of food they pump out day and night. Appetizers include lobster risotto, pan-seared scallops, smoked golden beets, wagyu meatballs, scampi prawn flambé, and seared foie gras, all priced high at $18-$25. Entrées, on the other hand, are reasonably priced from $29 for brick-pressed chicken to $49 for a New York strip or the vaunted HK beef Wellington. There’s also a prix-fixe dinner for $72 ($123 with wine pairings). Creative vegetable sides—e.g., roasted cauliflower with chili lime gremolata and mint or Brussels sprouts with pickled Fresno peppers and cilantro—are $9.

Our faves were the lobster risotto, the vegetables just described, the Wellington, and a fork-tender braised short rib with polenta. We got the Wellington by way of the prix-fixe, which presents a good way to sample here. It comes with a choice of scallops or Caesar salad and sticky toffee pudding for dessert. Two can split the prix-fixe and combine with two or three appetizers or sides to hit several of the highlights for under $150.

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Bottom line: This is a fun night out with good food at a decent price and something that can go on your Vegas-brag list. If you decide to give it a try, there are two side considerations, both having to do with access.

Reservations—You’ll need to make dinner reservations weeks in advance if you want a dinner-hour seating time (our mid-March reservations were made in January). Things ease up if you don’t mind eating at off times, especially late—the night we went, we checked availability and we could’ve gotten a table at 10:30 pm. Or go for lunch, where you have a reasonable chance of getting seated as a walk-in. Still, we recommend reservations. You can probably get a decent lunch seating as early as a day in advance; when we called, they were wide open three days ahead of time.

Parking—Don’t let that stingy CET parking fee ruin this good night out. For those who want to park and hoof it, the play appears to be parking at Casino Royale or the Venetian … but it’s not. The better move is the parking lot at the Stage Door across Flamingo from Bally’s. They’re somewhat particular about poachers in their lot, so give ’em some pre-game action by walking into the joint and ordering a $1 Michelob (see Top Ten) or a $4 shot. Then it’s a short walk, less distance than from Casino Royale (and even the Caesars parking garage), to the pedestrian bridge that crosses the Strip and drops you right at Hell’s Kitchen’s front door. Time it right and you’ll have an excellent view of the Bellagio fountain show on your walk back.

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