Las Vegas offers a seemingly infinite array of experiences. Just deciding where to eat is no easy task. One could plan an entire vacation around exploring Golden Nugget’s dining options, where restaurant-and-hospitality giant Landry’s has set high standards. Those standards extend from the Nugget’s upscale dining offerings such as Chart House and Vic & Anthony’s to its buffet, an appropriate place to start the day as well as begin a Golden Nugget dining odyssey.

The buffet’s second-floor location provides a view of the pool with its 200,000-gallon shark aquarium and waterfall as chefs prepare custom omelets at two live cooking stations. Guests can sample three kinds of scrambled eggs and breakfast foods from bacon and bagels to corned beef hash and red bliss potatoes. A full bar provides Bloody Marys and mimosas to complement breakfast and weekend brunches.

Chart House

Chart House

And while the buffet starts serving breakfast from 7 a.m., Claim Jumper offers morning meals around the clock, seven days a week. The restaurant, with one of the resort’s most extensive menus, is the property’s go-to place for American cuisine. Claim Jumper provides 24-hour room service and is also one of Golden Nugget’s lunch spots along with Cadillac Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar, Chart House and Grotto.

Cadillac, which is open for breakfast on weekends, is the latest addition to Golden Nugget’s restaurant portfolio, offering Mexican dishes as well as 70 tequilas. Anejo, blanco and reposado selections are abundant, with nine 2-ounce sipping selections and several tequila flight samplers available as well. They are best enjoyed with a sit-down meal, but Cadillac also has a to-go bodega adjacent to the restaurant that serves up street tacos.

Paninis, sandwiches, pizzas and parmagiana are served during lunch at Grotto as diners get a daytime view of poolside activities. Grotto’s dinner menu expands to include pastas, zuppas and traditional entrées, with a first class wine selection and $6 vino during its 2 to 6 p.m. weekday happy hour.

Chart House has an extensive wine list, happy hour and aquatic view as well. The upscale centerpiece of Rush Tower provides a tranquil atmosphere—courtesy of a 75,000-gallon aquarium—for enjoying the restaurant’s signature surf-and-turf menu items such as spiced yellowfin ahi, tomahawk lamb chops, lobster francese and slow-roasted prime rib.

The best happy-hour deal might be at Red Sushi, where $6 shrimp tempura and spicy tuna rolls are washed down with $2 sake bombs. Don’t overlook the specialty selections though, with tantalizing options such as Firecracker, Godzilla and Poppin Rock Sushi rolls. And although it’s hard to look past Red Sushi’s namesake delicacies, the chef swears by his hearty noodle selections.

Lillie’s curry chicken clay pot

Lillie’s curry chicken clay pot

Vic & Anthony’s steakhouse and Lillie’s Asian Cuisine are open for dinner only. The former is informed by Landry’s president and CEO Tilman Fertitta’s travels with his father Vic to the nation’s best steakhouses, bringing the best ideas and inspirations to Landry’s version of the classic restaurant concept. If enjoying a filet mignon, ribeye or porterhouse is on the agenda, Vic & Anthony’s stately dining room is where to whet appetites.

Should predilections lean toward Asian fusion, Lillie’s fits the bill. The restaurant recently added several dishes that became immediate hits, including a delicious chicken curry clay pot with pineapple and coconut curry sauce and Lillie’s clay pot for guests with a taste for stir-fry. It’s also the place to go for a teppanyaki table experience, with chefs demonstrating their skills every half hour.

With options like these, modern-day foodies don’t need to leave the property to have a complete Vegas dining experience.

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