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Courtesy of Wynn Las Vegas
The Daniel Boulud Brasserie at Wynn Las Vegas is one of two Las Vegas restaurants to be added to AAA’s Four Diamond list.
Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 | 1:01 p.m.
AAA Travel has added two Las Vegas restaurants to its elite Four Diamond list, the travel club announced today.
The additions include CUT by Wolfgang Puck at the Palazzo and the Daniel Boulud Brasserie at Wynn Las Vegas. The two restaurants bring Nevada’s AAA Four Diamond restaurant total to 31, ranking the state sixth among North America’s states and provinces.
All hotel recipients of the Four Diamond Award are repeat winners, including the Mirage, which has won for the 20th time, the longest current streak, according to AAA. There are now 16 Four Diamond Award-winning properties in Nevada. Other Strip winners include Caesars Palace, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, Treasure Island, Monte Carlo, Paris Las Vegas and THEhotel.
“To achieve this accomplishment, hotels are upscale in all areas and offer guests a wide range of amenities while restaurants must feature a distinctive fine dining experience, outstanding service and creative and complex menus,” AAA Nevada spokesman Michael Geeser said.
The travel club announced winners of its top honor, the Five Diamond Award, in November. The latest additions included The Ritz-Carlton at Lake Las Vegas, Encore Las Vegas and the Palazzo in the hotel category. Nationally, no restaurants were added to AAA’s Five Diamond list.
Interesting picture. No customers.
Just like much of the strip, Kash...
Luv the positive vibe !! No wonder Vegas is in the funk that it is !
It's stock photography taken when the restaurant was completed, not when open. Businesses don't have press-package photos shot when there are guests being served because these photos are distributed upon request and there is no way to know when and how they will be used. Not only would the licensing for each person in the photo create too many issues regarding required photo releases, but not always do you want people in a press photo as they are expected to have a long shelf life.
Media photos of restaurants with diners in them are typically shot for specific single-use publication.
Oh, and congratulations to Cut and Boulud for the well-earned recognition.
Too bad Boulud is schedule to close in April. :-(
I think this says more about a very questonable award that would go to 2 obscenely overpriced restaurants opened by chefs who rarely ever appear at these Vegas expense -account outposts. It is always interesting to match the pricing at the chef's original restaurant and then to see how much more is charged for the same exact menu item in Las Vegas. Is it the expensive hotel/casino rents ? The expense of air expressing menu ingredients to the desert ? Or...is it plain good ol' fashioned greed ? Whatever it is, these places are not worth it.
Elite? Hardly. Let's see them pass the Michelin test.
Just curious, but can anyone confirm if the statement in the article that the Mirage's 20-year streak as a 4-diamond hotel means that the Golden Nugget has lost a diamond? As far as I can remember, the Golden Nugget had been a 4-diamond property for something like 32 consecutive years as of last years' list...
Reza,
It sounds like you are a publicist for the restaurant. There were no customers before the restaurant opened. there will be few customers when the restaurant is in business, and there will be no customers after bankrupcy is declared.
I guess AAA didn't check out the buffet at Circus Circus. L.O.L.
And I thought that "China A Go Go" would make the list. Darn...
Gregor,
From what I understand, a lot of the overpricing at restaurants in casino hotels is to make comped gamblers feel like they're getting a bigger freebee than they actually are, and the rest of the patrons willing to pay those prices without getting comps are either a captive audience, don't care about price, suckers, or all of the above...
Upscale joints,, How much for a cheeseburger and some fries... to go...
in-out burger for masses, 4 stars for rich and lazy selfish crowd
I'm so thrilled they got their 3 stars - just because no one but comped customers can afford to eat there! No one cares about fine dining anymore except the ones who wish to be 'seen' while dining. And who wants to pop for a $300 dinner these days?