The 9 Most Anticipated Las Vegas Restaurant Openings, Spring 2025

A Michelin-starred steakhouse comes to Vegas, the revival of an over-the-top burger restaurant, and more openings to look forward to

The first few months of 2025 restaurant openings in Las Vegas have already been impressive. Vegas has seen the long-awaited arrival of Jeremy Ford’s Michelin-starred Miami tasting menu restaurant, a new concept from Netflix that brings small screen shows to life in a high-production space, and a Champagne bar from renowned French restaurant Partage. Looking towards spring, the openings aren’t slowing down. The next few months are slated to bring a new food hall to the Venetian that will feature favorite restaurants from around the country to Las Vegas, a Michelin-starred steakhouse from New York, an Evel Knievel museum-adjacent pizza parlor that will probably feel like a heavy metal Chuck E. Cheese, and more. Here are nine openings to look forward to this spring in Las Vegas.

Bar Bohème

Location: Arts District
Projected Opening: Spring
Major Player: James Trees

Esther’s Kitchen chef James Trees is in the midst of opening a slate of new dining destinations, including the forthcoming French Bistro Bar Bohème. The adjacent Parisian bar, Petit Boheme, opened in January 2025, serving cocktails like the J’accuse with an absinthe rinse in a spray-painted industrial space. When Bar Boheme opens, staff will carry baguettes from Esther’s to the restaurant to be served alongside classic and modern French fare.

Cantina Contramar

Location: Fontainebleau
Projected Opening: Spring
Major Player: Gabriela Cámara, Bertha González Nieves

Gabriela Cámara, the chef of renowned Mexico City seafood restaurant Contramar, is bringing her cooking and signature dishes to a Cantina Contramar at the Fontainebleau this spring. The restaurant is opening in partnership with Bertha González Nieves, the founder of Tequila Casa Dragones and first maestra tequilera, and will be designed by award-winning architect Frida Escobedo. Expect dishes like tangy tuna tostadas and grilled whole fish with red and green sauce alongside other Mexican classics from Cámara.

Cote

Location: The Venetian
Projected Opening: Spring
Major Player: Simon Kim

America’s first Michelin-starred steakhouse, Cote, is debuting in Nevada in the Venetian Resort Las Vegas this spring. The New York-based steakhouse currently has outposts in Miami and Singapore. Founded by Seoul-born restaurateur Simon Kim, Cote is known for its high-quality cuts of beef including dry-aged New York strip, filet mignon, and American wagyu ribeye. The New York location also offers a full menu of reserve cuts from Japan with wagyu from the Miyazaki, Miyagi, Kagoshima, and Hyogo prefectures. The signature Butcher’s Feast comes with a spread of USDA Prime and American Wagyu beef, plus banchan, kimchi stew, scallion salad with gochugaru vinaigrette, and vanilla ice cream topped with soy sauce caramel. The 10,00 square-foot Vegas location, which will open near the Venetian’s waterfall atrium, is set to feature upscale private dining rooms, an impressive central bar, and DJ booth.

Doberman

Location: Arts District
Projected Opening: April
Major Players: Juyoung Kang, Ryan Doherty

One of Las Vegas’s most exciting new drinking dens, Doberman, will place its bets on a structure that falls somewhere between an upscale bar and members club when it opens this spring. The bar comes from Corner Bar Management, the team behind bars like the Laundry Room and Commonwealth. For a $750 initiation fee and $3,000 a year, members will have access to private spaces, no-reservation tables, a complimentary monthly bottle of wine, and other perks in the opulent, but still tasteful, space. Juyoung Kang (Collins Bar, Laundry Room, Corner Bar) leads the bar as the beverage manager, whipping up drinks like a Thai tom kha inspired fizz and the Big in Japan, a kefir-washed clarified punch. Non-members will also be able to imbibe, but Corner Bar Management founder Ryan Doherty says members will have a more hands-on experience. “If a member sits down next to a non-member, you’ll definitely see more of a fuss made over the member,” he says. “Bites and munchies, members will just have dropped at the table right away, as opposed to having to order them.”

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Evel Knievel Museum (and pizza parlor)

Location: Arts District
Projected Opening: Spring
Major Player: Branden Powers

The Evel Knievel museum is moving from Topeka, Kansas to Las Vegas and with it, a new old-school pizza parlor is debuting on the property. Branden Powers, the founder of Knievel-themed restaurant Evel Pie, is working on a new pizzeria that he describes as “Chuck E. Cheese meets ’80s metal” with a Dungeon and Dragons-themed environment. Expect cracker crust pies, beer in Viking horn glasses, pinball machines, and retro arcade games. To really complete the Chuck E. Cheese tribute, the pizza shop will include an animatronic heavy metal band.

Holsteins

Location: Arts District
Projected Opening: Early spring
Major Player: Billy Richardson

After closing at the Cosmopolitan in May 2024, burger and shake spot Holsteins is being revived off-Strip in the Las Vegas Arts District. Holsteins is best known for its over-the-top burgers like a dry-aged burger with smoked bacon, aged goat cheese, and confit; a galbi-glazed patty with crispy yams; and the Billionaire Burger with foie gras. Alongside the burgers, Holsteins serves a s’mores shake with marshmallow vodka and a frozen grasshopper cocktail. The new 2,800-square-foot location will offer a full bar with signature cocktails and rotating beers. Expect lunch and dinner service daily.

Holsteins

Nomikai

Location: The Venetian
Projected Opening: Spring
Major Player: Setsuji Mitsui

Sushi counter, speakeasy, and handroll bar Nomikai is slated to join the restaurant lineup at the Venetian this spring; the name is a mash-up of two Japanese words, meaning “to drink” and “to gather.” The restaurant will open on Restaurant Row, which is also home to Delmonico Steakhouse, Yardbird, and Chica. Chef Setsuji Mitsui (Blue Ribbon Sushi) will helm the sushi counter, serving hand rolls, nigiri, and cocktails. Expect made-to-order take-out boxes of sushi alongside dine-in options. A few months after the 20-person sushi counter opens, Nomikai will open the attached lounge, which seats 35.

Pisces Bar and Seafare

Location: The Wynn
Projected Opening: Spring
Major Players: Martin Heierling, Mariena Mercer Boarini, Jennifer Yee

Pisces Bar and Seafare, a new seafood restaurant, will swim into the Wynn this spring. The restaurant will take over the former Lakeside space, which was supposed to be chef Fabio Trabocchi’s Fiola Mare until plans fell through. Executive chef Martin Heierling will build a seafood-focused menu with caviar, crudo, seafood platters, fresh pasta, and dry-aged fish. Mariena Mercer Boarini will design a Mediterranean cocktail menu to complement the food, while the Wynn’s executive pastry chef Jennifer Yee has been tapped for desserts. Expect a redesigned interior with mosaic floors, mirrored portholes, and embroidered velvet walls.

Via Via Food Hall

Location: The Venetian
Projected Opening: Mid-2025
Major Players: Mason Hereford, Ray Garcia, Johnny Ray Zone, Scarr Pimentel

One of the most exciting names to join the Venetian’s forthcoming food hall Via Via is Mason Hereford’s innovative New Orleans sandwich shop Turkey and the Wolf. The restaurant is known for its often-rotating menu of sandwiches like a collard greens melt and fried bologna with cranberry and herb mayo. Also opening at Via Via are restaurants including the revival of Ray Garcia’s celebrated B.S. Taqueria, hot chicken specialist Howlin’ Rays, and New York slice shop Scarr’s Pizza.