3 Restaurants to Try This Weekend in Las Vegas — February 21

Stubborn Seed. | Janna Karel Your handy guide on where to eat this weekend It’s the most pressing question of the weekend: “Where should I eat?” Here, Eater editors issue tried and true recommendations for places to check out this weekend. For the trendsetter: Stubborn Seed Janna Karel Cured Japanese yellowtail. With artfully arranged plates of cured yellowtail, ricotta gnudi shrouded in a wash of foam, and olive ciabatta prime for slathering with whipped feta, Stubborn Seed at Resorts World is serving some of Las Vegas’s most inventive — and most playful — food. Chef Jeremy Ford opened the Las Vegas location of his Michelin-starred Florida restaurant on February 10 at Resorts World. The restaurant has been eagerly anticipated ever since Ford made a brief appearance in June 2024 in tandem with the World’s 50 Best Restaurants ceremony. At the time, he hosted a one-night-only dinner preview of the vegetable-forward tasting menu that Stubborn Seed is famous for. Now that Stubborn Seed is finally open, visitors can sample the tasting menu in the restaurant’s handsome and leather-decked dining room. The menu starts at $135 with optional add-ons and wine pairings. Dinner opens with the ciabatta bread service before leading into one of the most striking dishes of the experience. An uni panna cotta with icy granita bears all the textures one would expect from a sugary dessert. But here, the creamy panna cotta is surprisingly tangy with the delightful brine of fresh uni. And the granita is similarly savory, the coal fire-grilled pomegranate lending just a touch of sweetness as the ice readies the palate for the following course of truffle and ricotta pasta with toothsome mushrooms. It’s poised to be one of the most talked-about restaurants of 2025. 3000 South Las Vegas Boulevard. — Janna Karel, Editor, Eater Vegas For those enjoying the remaining weeks of winter: Shang Artisan Noodles Janna Karel Shang Artisan Noodles. Next week, Las Vegas Valley’s temperature will finally creep into the low 70s. Following a winter full of nights in the 30s, the return to balmy desert days is tantalizing — even if it means parting with the singular pleasure that is a scalding bowl of soup on a chilly evening. Indulge in a warming bowl of soup this weekend at Shang Artisan Noodles. The hand-pulled noodles find homes in dozens of different applications here — the spicy beef noodle soup being a standout. Rich, gleaming beef broth teems with bites of beef brisket, tender baby bok choy, and snips of onion. And long tendrils of noodles offer the perfect chew. Big bowls are perfect for ladling out portions for the table and pair beautifully with frayed knife-cut dan dan noodles with minced pork and a side of crisp seasoned cucumber slices. 4983 West Flamingo Road A. — Janna Karel, Editor, Eater Vegas For a wonderful wood-fired pie in Chinatown: Double Zero Pie & Pub Matthew Kang Double Zero Pie & Pub. Though Vegas has had good pizza for ages, I haven’t seen a more modern neo-Neapolitan artisan like Michael Vakneen. Recently named a James Beard Best Chef: Southwest semifinalist, Vakneen’s approach to wood-fired pizza reminds me much of LA’s foray about a decade ago at places like Sotto. The crusts are pretty heavily charred here, more than I’m used to these days, but I’ll usually start in the middle anyway. I like how Vakneen puts a signature touch on the pepperoni, with chile crunch for extra flavor, blobs of fior di latte for a rich creamy bite, and dry-aged pepperoni slices for extra umami. Fresh, not blistered, basil adds a brightness and herbal punch that helps balance all the fatty ingredients. These days I am frankly more inclined to wider, thinner New York City-style pizza, but sometimes a pillowy, fragrant wood-fired neo-Neapolitan pizza just feels right. 3853 Spring Mountain Road. — Matthew Kang, lead editor, Eater Southern California/Southwest