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Delmonico Steakhouse

Celebration dinners, group bookings, or any occasion where the Strip address is part of the point.

Open until 10 PM $$$$ Upscale DiningDate NightCocktail Bar
6.3/10
№ 45 on the List Issue № 137 · 6 wks · Scored by Hal Brennan Full List →
№ 01 · The Brief

The Strip Steakhouse That Earns Its Address

Delmonico Steakhouse operates inside The Venetian, which places it squarely in Strip territory, the kind of address where the room is part of the occasion. That positioning is honest: this is a celebration room, a group-booking room, a place people plan around rather than stumble into. The bone-in ribeye is the anchor, a cut that signals the kitchen's priorities plainly. Prime beef, properly handled, is the whole argument here, and the ribeye makes it without qualification.

The creamed spinach is the supporting evidence, the kind of steakhouse side that exists not to complicate the plate but to hold up its end of it. It does. The bread pudding soufflé closes the meal with the same institutional confidence, a dessert that reads as a commitment rather than an afterthought. The room handles volume, including fully booked holiday seatings with large parties, without losing composure.

Service runs attentive and organized under those conditions, which is the real test for a high-covers room working a busy night. Not every visit lands at the same height: the kitchen's execution can vary, and a Strip steakhouse at this price point sets expectations it does not always clear. The honest read is a room that performs best when the occasion matches the setting, a birthday dinner for a table of ten, a Thanksgiving meal for a solo diner who wanted the full experience, a celebration that calls for red leather and a serious wine list. That is what Delmonico is built for, and at its best, it delivers the Strip steakhouse the way the format was designed to run.

№ 02 · What to Order

The order, from the record

№ 03 · Insider Tip
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Book for the bone-in ribeye and end with the bread pudding soufflé; the soufflé takes time, so order it early in the meal. Large parties hold up well here, but reservations are essential on any holiday.

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№ 04 · The Verdict

What earns the 6.3

01
The ribeye holds

The bone-in ribeye is the kitchen's clearest statement, and it is the reason to come.

02
Built for occasions

The room runs organized under full holiday seatings and large-party bookings, which is where it earns its price.

03
Uneven at the margin

At Strip prices, the kitchen's occasional inconsistency matters; the room is best when the occasion calls for exactly this kind of setting.

The record

Insider Score history

On the List 6 wks Current № 45
How we score

The Insider Score is our own 10-point editorial rating, set by the writer who covers the room. It is never an average of other sites’ stars, and it is never for sale. It weighs three things:

01Track record

How highly a kitchen rates, across how many diners, over how long.

02Consistency

Whether recent diners still agree with the long-term verdict.

03Distinction

What the kitchen does that its category does not.

Delmonico Steakhouse earns a 6.3, solid on our scale for Steakhouses in Las Vegas.
Hal Brennan
Hal Brennan
Editor at Large

Hal covers the rooms that earn their reputation the hard way: the long-running kitchens, the specialists, the places Las Vegas quietly agrees on. His reviews start with the record and end with a reason to go.

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