Netflix comes to town, a Michelin-starred restaurant expands to Las Vegas, and more openings to know this month

Las Vegas’s dining scene moves quickly — powerhouse casinos usher in new behemoths with Champagne and sparklers and off-Strip restaurants continue to open doors in homey neighborhood strip malls. Here is a list of new and notable spots that opened in Las Vegas recently. For the best restaurants in town, check out Eater Las Vegas’s Essential 38 or Eater’s guide to eating and drinking in Las Vegas.

Audio Bar

Rave scene veteran Vincent Do has brought his years as a show promoter and producer to Las Vegas in the form of a new bar for audiophiles focused on dance music and hip-hop. While a listening bar often conjures thoughts of smooth jazz or vintage records, Do’s Audio Bar spins EDM on vinyl. During the daylight hours, bar-goers can sip on drinks while chatting against the background of handpicked records; at night, DJs turn the volume up — dancing is highly encouraged. Just don’t call Audio Bar a lounge. Expect classic bar snacks like nachos, wings, and pizza alongside music-themed drinks like “99 Problems” and “Party Rock.” No reservations are required, but VIP tables are available to book.

Hot Noods

While Las Vegas locals are still mourning the losses of Summerlin’s Chinglish Wine Bar and Kosher Chinglish — both of which closed in June 2024 — Hot Noods by Chinglish has opened at the El Cortez. The new restaurant is part of the historic downtown casino’s $20 million property-wide expansion that includes the addition of a new high-limit lounge, two new bars, and a Starbucks coffee shop. Led by renowned chef Po Fai Lam, Hot Noods embraces bold neon designs to accompany its bold name while the kitchen does a fast-casual version of flavorful Asian comfort food. A successor to Chunglish’s popular Poh Poh’s chicken dumplings, this version is hand-folded and filled with chicken, pork, or vegetables with mushrooms and chives. Book a reservation through OpenTable.

Le Club

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Partage recently took over the space next door to its Chinatown restaurant to open a new bar and restaurant for sampling Champagne and indulging in modern French fare without the pomp or time commitment of a full tasting menu. Executive chef Yuri Szarzewski, CEO and manager Nicolas Kalpokdjian, and executive pastry chef Ludovic Chazeaud stocked the bar with more than 80 varieties of Champagne and developed a menu of classics — like the oxtail croque monsieur — and new dishes like plates of garlic buttery escargot poised for spreading on crisp slices of baguette. And a la carte dessert means creamy and pillow soufflés and bird cage-style displays of bite-sized financiers and pavlovas. Book a reservation through OpenTable.

Netflix Bites

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The themed restaurant is back. Netflix took over the former Avenue Cafe space at MGM Grand for one year to bring its small-screen shows to life with dishes either from or inspired by those seen on-screen. The restaurant has a glossy and high-production veneer with the streamer’s branding visible from across the casino floor. The style is fun and modern with bold marquees, mirrored surfaces, muted pink walls that have large-scale paintings of familiar characters, and roving bands of the pink guards from Squid Game. Is the food good? Some of it is. But most fans who visit will likely be in it for the campy theming more than anything. That includes a fried chicken dish accompanied by a spinning wheel that determines how spicy your dipping sauce will be, inspired by Squid Game. A Stranger Things Mind Flayer drink is filled with glowing cubes and crowned with an ominous cloud of cotton candy; a Love Is Blind-themed cocktail requires that customers blindly select a flavor profile. From Bridgerton comes a three-tiered English-style tea service. Book a reservation through SevenRooms.

RSK at the Lexi

Billing itself as a “sensual speakeasy,” RSK offers a six-course “aphrodisiac tasting menu” set to sultry R&B. The immersive experience is set in the Lexi, an off-Strip adults-only boutique hotel that markets itself as cannabis-friendly. Meals start with the Foreplay course, before heading into Seduction, Passion, Entwine, Climax, and Afterglow. Dinner starts at $99 per person, with an additional cocktail and wine pairing available to add-on. Book a reservation through OpenTable.

Stubborn Seed

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Chef Jeremy Ford’s Michelin-starred tasting menu restaurant Stubborn Seed opened at Resorts World after a small delay that pushed its debut to 2025. With an elegant dining room and some of the most innovative new food to hit the Strip, it was worth waiting for. The menu rotates often, which means subsequent visits will rarely look the same, unified only through precise plating and the inspired use of ingredients. A small course of uni panna cotta with granita has all the charm of a citrusy dessert, here reimagined with tart and savory flavors that ready the palate for a technicolor dish of cured yellowtail with compressed Asian pear. Creamy bites of ricotta gnudi are shrouded beneath a buttery foam. These dishes and more make it a contender for one of the best new restaurants of the year. Book a reservation through OpenTable.

The Guest House

The Austin, Texas location of the Guest House has cemented itself as a celebrity magnet with visits by Michael Jordan, Gordon Ramsay, Steve Aoki, and other stars. The 15,000-square-foot Las Vegas version has an open floor plan with multiple environments. Diners can choose between sharing charcuterie and wine under the pair of nine-foot-long, 100-year-old crystal Egyptian chandeliers in the parlor — or having a more energetic night in the main dining room anchored by a shimmering, cylindrical light fixture. A DJ takes up residence nightly and dinner looks like chicken tenders, steak tartare, beet salad, and spicy rigatoni. Exclusive Vegas dishes include foie gras French toast and wagyu with fresh shaved truffle. Book a reservation through OpenTable.

Additional reporting by Eater Southern California/Southwest editor Rebecca Roland.