Features
What to expect: Exquisite, opulent, magnificent—these descriptions convey Bellagio's appeal to discriminating world travelers who wish to vacation like royalty. Adult-oriented, Bellagio bars non-hotel guests under 18 after dark and permits strollers only for the children of hotel guests. Amenity highlights: A 9.5-acre Mediterranean garden featuring fruit trees and slender cypresses is home to six heated pools, three with oversize fountains and the two largest—180 feet and 150 feet long—open year-round. The garden also offers four jet spas roomy enough for 12-18 people, expansive sundecks, and luxurious for-rent cabanas furnished with television, telephone, refrigerator, sink, dining set, padded lounges, and both ceiling fan and misting system for cooling. Insider tip: On request, undecided diners may peruse the offerings at Bellagio's sumptuous breakfast, lunch, and dinner buffets before buying a meal ticket.
Picasso - This lakeside restaurant offers French/Spanish cuisine. Tasting and fixed-price menus offer treats such as Peekytoe-crab salad and boudin of lobster, shrimp, and scallops. Prime Steakhouse - Also located next to the lake, this steakhouse includes contemporary choices such as foie gras brûlée with spiced-fig jam in addition to meat, seafood, and 11 potato options. Le Cirque - An outpost of the fabled New York City restaurant bearing the same name, this intimate, jewel-box restaurant features a draped silk "big-top" ceiling, an onyx bar, and mahogany accents. French-style dinners offer selections such as quail-confit salad and braised rabbit. Osteria del Circo - Adjacent to and a sibling of Le Cirque, this restaurant also branched out from New York City. It serves Italian lunches and dinners featuring dishes such as a salad of poached lobster and Tuscan beans, rabbit-and-foie gras tortelli, and wild boar chops with onion confit.
Sensi - A culinary journey for the senses, with four open kitchens creating Italian, Asian, Grilled, and Seafood menus. Earthy decor with natural stone, wood, glass, water design. Located in Spa Tower. Jean Philippe Patisserie - European-style pastry shop showcasing a jewel box of edible gems. Gourmet delicacies including chocolates, cookies, crepes, cakes, sandwiches. Located in Spa Tower. Tuscany Kitchen - State-of-the-art demonstration kitchen with classroom seating and television. Olives - Offering lake-view terrace seating in warm weather, this lunch-and-dinner place offers choices such as spicy lobster, crisp duck, veal chops with caramelized endive, and flatbread pizzas. Aqua - This restaurant features selections such as lobster pot pie and whole roasted foie gras, as well as a vegetarian tasting menus. Jasmine - This Chinese restaurant serves Peking duck, live-tank seafood, and wok-fried lamb chops in a windowed dining room overlooking the lake. Shintaro - This Japanese restaurant offers a pre-theater tasting menu in addition to sushi, teppanyaki, and other classics. noodles - Featuring Pan-Asian noodle dishes. Dim sum is served Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. The Buffet - Bellagio's version of a classic Las Vegas all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant upgrades the usual breakfast, lunch, and dinner fare. A champagne brunch is offered on weekends and "gourmet" fare on Friday and Saturday nights. Café Bellagio - This casual cafe serves light meals and offers conservatory views on one side and lake views on the other. Palio Café - From pool-view tables, visitors here enjoy coffee drinks, pastries, and sandwiches. Café Gelato - Italian ice creams are the attraction at this colorful spot. The Pool Café - This poolside cafe offers full-service breakfasts and dinners. Snacks - This spot serves quick food in the Casino. Petrossian Lounge - This elegant wine bar features Champagne by the glass, specialty cocktails and beers. FIX - Opened in June 2004, this sophisticated restaurant is constructed almost entirely of Costa Rican padouk wood. The menu offers classic American fare, with seafood, meat, and poultry dishes prepared on a wood-burning grill. Breads are baked on the premises, and the dessert menu includes bubble-gum vanilla floats. Specialty cocktails are offered in the bar and lounge area.
Periodic displays by the Fountains at Bellagio attract thousands of sightseers. Located in eight-acre Lake Bellagio fronting the hotel, the lighted fountains erupt, sway, and dance to music ranging from Sinatra to Pavarotti. Employing a stage that rises from and falls into a 1.5-million-gallon pool, a Cirque du Soleil troupe presents "O" in, on, and above water—a cycle-of-life, "liquid magic" show of such grace and skill it ranks as perhaps Las Vegas' premiere stage-show attraction. Comprising 89,000 square feet, the posh Casino features exquisitely colored, interior-lighted awnings that add grace and dampen noise. Exceptionally roomy, the Casino feels uncrowded even when busy. It provides a poker room, a plush high-limit room, video poker, blackjack, craps, roulette, baccarat, pai gow, keno, a sports book, and a race book. An ornate vault of glass and green wrought iron, The Conservatory contains a seasonal flower garden over which hangs a serpentine glass-butterfly sculpture. Giant fabric butterflies and gentle fountains also grace the garden, which ranks among Bellagio's most photographed sites.
The Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art exhibits works of renowned artists on loan by museums around the world. Light supplies an opulent and elegant nightclub ambience.
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