Celebrating Easter is often a dining affair, with leisurely brunches and dinners showcasing spring’s best ingredients. In Vegas, many restaurants offer special menus or special hours just for the April 4 holiday, and below is just a small portion of what’s available. Reservations are encouraged and in many cases required, so call ahead to make yours. If listed, prices generally do not include tax, gratuity or beverage.
Aliante
MRKT Sea & Land Fine Highlights: Three-course special ($70 per person). The special features a seafood salad as the starter, osso buco with saffron risotto as the main course, and the chef’s choice of dessert. 702.692.777
The Salted Lime Highlights: Mexican Easter special ($26 per person) with mojarras fritas served with rice, beans, crème, pico de gallo and guacamole. 702.692.7777
Bellagio
Lago by Julian Serrano Highlights: Smoked salmon Cristini, lobster Benedict, lasagna, meat tortellini in straciatella broth, egg and ham cheese sandwich, calzone, Nonna’s frittata ($22), Nutella crepes, chocolate eggs and Easter cookies. A la carte. 866.259.7111
Sadelle’s Café Highlights: Sadelle’s Tower, East Coast oysters, Crab Louis, Huevos Rancheros and Chicken schnitzel. Regular menu also available. A la carte. 866.906.7171
California Hotel and Casino
Redwood Steakhouse Highlights: Prix fixe menu ($55 per person) with a carrot ginger soup and a fresh baby field greens salad with roasted baby beets, pickled red onions, goat cheese and white balsamic vinaigrette; braised pork shank served with creamed mascarpone polenta, charred asparagus and red wine sauce; and chocolate mousse cake. 702.388.2630
Cannery Casino Hotel
Carve Prime Rib Highlights: Three-course dinner ($40) with roast rack of lamb or pan-roasted Chilean sea bass served with light shellfish sauce with bay shrimp, crab and scallops; and spring berry shortcake or the coconut cream cake. 702.507.5700
The Cosmopolitan
STK Highlights: King crab deviled eggs, roasted rack of lamb, rocky road chocolate fudge brownie. Easter Sunday brunch: Smoked pork belly Benedict, eggs and avocado on toast, wagyu burger breakfast (see photo). A la carte. 877.893.2001
Wicked Spoon Highlights: Lamb dip sliders; Peking duck with honey and five spice; herb-roasted lamb leg; English pea risotto; and everything deviled eggs. 877.893.2001
Fashion Show
The Capital Grille Highlights: Prix fixe brunch ($49, $15 children). Choices include lobster frittata with butter poached lobster tails, wagyu steak and eggs, pan-seared sea bass, center cut filet mignon, or sautéed jumbo shrimp and grits with bacon. 702.932.6631
Gold Coast
Cornerstone Highlights: Easter dinner ($41 per person). For the main course, braised lamb shank served with root vegetables and couscous, or pan-seared orange roughy served with potato kugel and lemon butter sauce. 702.367.7111
The Grand Canal Shoppes
Brera Osteria Highlights: Pizza with mozzarella, guanciale, n’duja and, sunny-side up egg; crab Benedict with blue crab cakes, quail egg, and hollandaise sauce; asparagus salad including grilled poached natural egg and mustard sauce; potato cakes with house cured salmon; and passion fruit cheesecake. 702.414.1227
Green Valley Ranch
Hank’s Fine Steaks and Martinis Highlights: Brunch with braised short rib eggs benedict; fried chicken and waffle: jidori chicken breast and cheddar cheese waffle; smoked salmon; Grand Marnier-scented French toast; Niman Ranch lamb with pistachio mint crust; Mishima prime rib; made-to-order dessert crepes; and Easter profiterole tower. A la carte. 702.617.7075
MGM Grand
Emeril’s New Orleans Fish House Highlights: King crab deviled eggs; beer-braised Colorado lamb shank served with spring peas and sweet corn succotash; and sunny-side Easter “egg,” coconut panna cotta, passion fruit and coconut crumble. A la carte. 702.891.7374
The Orleans
Bailiwick All American Pub + Eatery Highlights: Prix fixe ($38 per person). Deviled eggs; lollipop lamb chops with roasted corn and infused mashed potatoes topped with mint jelly demi-glaze or salmon phyllo with seafood mousse and mushroom duxelles wrapped in baked phyllo dough; and a fruit tart. 702.365.7111
Park MGM
Primrose Highlights: All-You-Can-Eat Easter brunch ($45 per person). Includes a wild mushroom arancini for the table followed by a la carte offerings: avocado toast, smoked salmon bagel, cinnamon roll, quiche Lorraine, vanilla bean bread pudding, bacon, egg and cheese slider, breakfast potatoes, eggs benedict, steak Oscar, shrimp skewer, asparagus and pork belly, plus a cotton candy action station. A la carte. 702.730.6600
Paris Las Vegas
Eiffel Tower Restaurant Highlights: Three-course brunch ($59 per person). Chef Joho’s elegant French fare includes dishes such as Crème Brûlée French Toast, Lobster Eggs Benedict and Flat Iron Steak and Farm Eggs. Prix fixe. 702.948.6937
Sam’s Town Hotel and Gambling Hall
The Angry Butcher Highlights: New Zealand lamb special, featuring twin, double-cut lamb chops served with rosemary demi-glace’ and farm-raised salmon special with champagne beurre blanc. Both include house salad and a fresh fruit tart. 702.456.7777
South Point
Baja Miguel’s Highlights: Three-course meal with a complimentary margarita or glass of wine ($22.95), with camaron martini or tostadas de pollo; grilled halibut tropical, or carne asada parrillada; and pastel de zanahoria, traditional carrot cake with sweet cream or Baja’s banana Foster. 702.797.8075
The Venetian
Bouchon Highlights: Poulet et des gaufres; Benedicte au crabe; seafood offerings including fresh oysters, shrimp, lobster, mussels, caviar; a variety of champagne, and more. A la carte. 702.414.6200
Chica Highlights: Brunch and dinner with huevos a la Cubana, with sofrito, crispy pork belly, banana, bacon, and fried egg for brunch; lamb carnitas for two including a spit-roasted lamb shoulder, housemade tortillas, rice, beans, pickles, and guacamole; and pina colada carrot cake, plus a beverage menu with Billecart-Salmon champagne brut rosé, Belle Année dry rosé, and mimosas for the table. A la carte. 866.659.9643
Delmonico Steakhouse Highlights: Chilled minted pea soup, wild mushroom tart, house-made pappardelle pasta, crispy pancetta, poached egg, English peas, red onion, roasted garlic cream and fresh herbs; red wine braised short ribs; and strawberry shortcake. A la carte. 702.414.3737
Matteo’s Ristorante Italiano Highlights: Crespella, crepes with seasonal fruit, whipped cream and powdered sugar; granchio all Benedetta, with blue crab cakes, quail egg, and hollandaise sauce; casonzei, apork and veal-filled ravioli; and a bllini bar. A la carte. 702.414.1222
Yardbird Southern Table & Bar Highlights: Baked rigatoni, rack of lamb, grilled baby branzino and hummingbird cake, plus a beverage menu with Billecart-Salmon champagne brut rosé, Belle Année dry rosé, and mimosas for the table. A la carte, April 2-4. 702.297.6541
Other areas
Lawry’s The Prime Rib (4043 Howard Hughes Pkwy.) Highlights: Roast rack of lamb, crisp potato cake and garlic herb pesto, strawberry and rhubarb cobbler made with caramelized apples topped with vanilla cream. A la carte. 702.893.2223
The Stirling Club (2827 Paradise Road) Highlights: Easter brunch ($78 members, $88 nonmembers and $28 children), with chilled seafood, carving and dessert stations. Items include chilled seafood, lobster, crab legs and shrimp, carved prime rib, roast chicken, honey glazed ham and seared salmon with citrus salad. 702.732.9700
Park On Fremont (506 E. Fremont St.) Highlights: Egg sandwich; avocado toast, made with avocado spread, arugula, sunflower seeds and a poached egg; and Fremont French toast. 702.834.3160
