25 Best Casino Restaurants Across The US

Correction 3/6/23: A previous version of this article referred to the Hard Rock Hotel as the Hard Rock Cafe.

Casino dining has come a long way from the days of buffet-style food lines and fast-service joints. These days, things are more about the experience. There are a variety of top-notch casino restaurants offering up the best in prime rib, Italian, and other decadent cuisines. In Nevada, they are typically included in best restaurants in Las Vegas lists, with several celebrity chefs — like Gordon Ramsay, Martha Stewart, and more recently, "Top Chef" finalists Michael and Bryan Voltaggio — although the best casino restaurants aren't all located in Las Vegas.

So whether you're in the mood for a juicy steak, seafood, or sushi — or you want to get your fill of Italian dishes between rounds of poker, these 25 casino restaurants have something to offer for everyone. With quality ingredients, exceptional service, and an ambient atmosphere that captures the enticing reasons you ventured into the casino, you'll want to place a bet on dining at these establishments. 

When superstar chef José Andrés isn't saving the world with the humanitarian efforts which earned him an honor from The Smithsonian — he's running one of his many 16 stellar restaurants. Bazaar Meat by José Andrés, located at The Sahara in Las Vegas, takes the steakhouse experience to the next level. A curated $195 or $275 menu balances raw and flame-grilled meats with a mix of traditional Spanish tapas accompaniments done wildly untraditional.

Unique starters like cotton candy foie gras and applewood-smoked oysters on ice let us know immediately we're in for something unique. On the raw side, a classic beef sirloin tartare adorned with spiced Savora mustard, egg yolk, HP sauce, and anchovies makes peace with a vegetarian "beefsteak" tomato tartare. Quality meats like bone-in ribeye grilled over an oak-wood fire, tableside wagyu beef prepared on a hot stone, bison carpaccio, and jamón Ibérico — as well as meats from the sea, like Galician-style octopus — continue José Andrés' winning streak.

Buffet dining anywhere can be dicey. Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars Palace offers over 25,000 square feet of high-quality meals with chefs from 10 different kitchens serving cuisine worldwide. The largest buffet in Las Vegas offers 250 menu options, including a Bacchanal seafood dinner station with three types of crab and seafood boils, pasta and risotto platters, a carving station with interesting proteins like cherry-glazed quail and truffle rotisserie chicken, and small plates of unique offerings like grilled kimchi oysters.

Desserts are bite-sized but equally abundant, and concepts like cake on a stick make it a fun experience. A weekend brunch from 9 am to 1 pm also includes a special crab brunch from 1 to 3 pm for late risers and seafood addicts.

Returning to Vegas, Brezza offers elevated modern Italian cuisine with a seasonal menu that is big on flavor. Brezza, meaning 'breeze' in Italian, offers a respite from the frenetic energy of Las Vegas with a patio and brunch lounge with a light and breezy environment.

A few unique antipasti items include Tuscan carne crudo, a filet mignon with lemon, capers, and Shallot, and San Daniele prosciutto accompanied by stone fruit in a limoncello vinaigrette with your choice of burrata. A raw bar offers all the usual suspects with the special addition of Executive Chef Nicole Brisson's $75 seafood platter selection, including marinated cooked, chilled, and raw options served with housemade sauces. An impressive pasta list, grilled meat and vegetables, classic Italian desserts, and a bar serving specialty cocktails, wine, and beer make this a must-dine location in Lake Tahoe.

The sleek modern design of The Pines Steakhouse, complete with straight lines, geometric etchings, temperate plant life, and clean white colors popping against dark wood tones, hints at what awaits you. There's nothing like washing down a prime steak with a cherry red glass of wine. The Wine Spectator-approved and award-winning wine program at The Pines ensures that experience is likely.

Highlights include 100% certified Japanese kobe and Wagyu beef, American Wagyu guaranteed aged for 45 days, and mesquite wood & charcoal grilled prime steaks and chops. A 16-ounce boneless grass-fed Santa Carota ribeye and roasted Colorado lamb rack offer something a little different, and your choice of surf and turf allows you the best options from land and sea.

When Philly's Jose Garces Made His NYC Debut With Amada, the second outpost of his Amada empire, he likely never expected opening a third in Atlantic City. Amada at The Ocean Casino Resort offers views of the ocean and tapas-style Andalusian cuisine.

A list of cured meats and cheeses set things off with a Mediterranean flare, as Iberico chorizo, jamón serrano, and aged manchego served with truffle lavender honey. Just opting for the chef's selection of charcuterie and cheeses makes the daunting task of choosing easier. Traditional tapas like crispy patatas bravas with paprika aioli, grilled meats including Iberian pork, and vegetarian options like wild mushroom rice with asparagus and manchego cheese cover all the bases.

Now you can find top-notch casino dining in the Motor City courtesy of Prism Steakhouse. While basking in the Detroit skyline, start your meal with foie gras bratwurst, a different take on the coveted duck liver delicacy served with caramelized onion, raspberry, honey, and stone-ground mustard. A Tuscan steak salad ensures even the salads entertain the presence of meat with a lemon vinaigrette that adds a zesty kick to gorgonzola, tomato, cannellini beans, and herbs.

As far as mains go, Argentine skirt steak with chimichurri and smoked paprika-garlic mashed potatoes sounds indulgent in the best way. Short ribs braised in a pomegranate-cognac cream and served with a parsnip purée are a new way to get your rib fix. Of course, steakhouse needs steak, and with everything from 56-day aged black Angus NY Strip to bison ribeye, Prism's got you covered.

A Wine Spectator award winner that was also voted Best North Broward Restaurant in SouthFlorida.com's Best of South Florida, NYY Steak is a pretty safe bet for one of the best casino restaurants in the U.S.

A seafood bar offers a number of incredible seafood options; osetra caviar served with egg, red onion, crème fraîche, and chives or a seafood tower consisting of Maine lobster, stone crab, colossal shrimp, clams, and oysters. USDA prime cuts aged for at least 21 days make up the stellar steak menu. A 32-ounce long bone ribeye and a 42-ounce porterhouse for sharing are a few of the standouts.

The L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon is the late chef's open kitchen service establishment where diners get to see the food magic unfold before it even hits their plate. Named "chef of the century" by the Gault Millau guide in 1989, a Michelin star-winning menu at L'atelier makes this a destination restaurant in Vegas.

More casual than Joël Robuchon next door, the food is still quite incredible. Joël Robuchon identified a truly great restaurant by the attentiveness of its service and cleanliness, which is in abundance at L'atelier. Considering all his dishes look and taste like fine art, It's unsurprising that Joël Robuchon's Michelin Star record still hasn't been broken.

Fine French cuisine is the order of the day at Restaurant Guy Savoy where Michelin Star chef Guy Savoy brings a Parisian sensibility to the Vegas strip. A sample of the $615 per person tasting menu with wine pairing includes artichoke and black truffle soup, toasted mushroom brioche, scallop along caviar, citrus, and onion, and A5 Japanese Wagyu beef and lobster tortellini, to name a few. 

An a la carte menu offers more of the same with additions like seared foie gras with lemon and pistachio, roasted wild Atlantic turbot, and Muscovy duck breast with smoked duck sausage.

Wing Lei, aside from being the first Chinese restaurant to be awarded a Michelin Star in North America, was also awarded five stars by Forbes Travel Guide last year. Under the guidance of Executive Chef Ming Yu, modern Chinese elevates humble vegetables, meat, and seafood.

Crispy pork with a sweet and sour sauce of pineapple, heirloom bell peppers, and pearl onions; grilled soy-marinated sea bass with sugar peas, lotus root, and cauliflower; Frankly, these outdo most Chinese food you're likely to have tried up to this point. Peking duck is carved tableside for diners, while braised or Mapo tofu will make omnivores and vegetarians very happy.

The Prime Rib is a steakhouse and cocktail bar that occasionally offers a multicourse Jameson whiskey pairing dinner for $150, a Moët Hennessy pairing dinner for $165, and a Caymus wine pairing dinner service for $165. Every Wednesday from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm, a $2 oyster and $10 glass of Champagne is guaranteed to help you get over your hump day slump.

A decent range of reasonably priced steaks can only help the thought of losing at the slot machines hurt a little less. Aside from steak, roasted chicken breast with blood orange & sherry vinaigrette and the macadamia-crusted Chilean sea bass still make The Prime Rib a worthy casino restaurant if you're not in the mood for steak.

2021 Wine Spectator award winner PY Steakhouse is owned and operated by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and is also one of 23 establishments in Tucson and Southern Arizona considered environmentally and socially conscious of its impact on the local food system and community. 

Wagyu beef tartare with koji-cured tomato, pickled shallot, cucumber, salted capers, smoked egg yolk, and housemade potato chips makes for an interesting starter alongside pan-seared Hudson Valley foie gras. A shellfish sampler for two includes Maine lobster tails, oysters, Mexican jumbo shrimp, and snow crab legs, with several sauces. Steaks come basted, broiled, broiled, and enhanced with rubs of smoked maple or mustard pink peppercorn.