Eat Your Way Through This City That Offers The Best Fine Dining Options In America

Fine dining in the United States often brings foodies to the country's major cities, like New York City or Los Angeles. Perhaps Chicago is on the list too, thanks in part to the Hulu dramedy "The Bear." However, recipe organization and food blog The Cookie Rookie reported that the city with the most fine dining restaurants per 100,000 people, with 29, is actually Las Vegas.

Las Vegas is famous for its seemingly endless casinos, celebrity performances, kitschy wedding chapels, and of course out-of-this-world event venues, like the $2 billion dollar Las Vegas Sphere. Some argue that it is the most fun city in America. So it's not surprising that it attracts restaurants from top celebrity chefs. When it's time to eat between checking out the aforementioned attractions, the fine dining options are almost overwhelming.

High-end dining can even begin with your first meal of the day. At the helm of Giada, at The Cromwell hotel, is celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis. Her namesake restaurant serves breakfast and brunch entrees blending Italian and Californian themes, which you can enjoy right on the Las Vegas strip every weekend. For a different view, have breakfast or brunch overlooking lovely gardens at Terrace Pointe Café. With classics like eggs Benedict or light and fluffy croissant French toast, this place features both the sweet and the savory.

Elvis Presley was a pioneer of the Las Vegas concert residency, breaking city-wide show attendance records more than once. One of his frequent hangout spots in Vegas was the Golden Steer Steakhouse, a mainstay of Sin City since 1958 with an atmosphere worthy of any classic mobster film. Other regulars included Joe DiMaggio, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. The Golden Steer's walls display memorabilia reflecting these famous patrons, and the food is still just as important. Don't let the name fool you, either. There is much more than steak available here. Escargots de Bourgogne in particular is a house specialty.

Go from American royalty to feeling like Chinese royalty by dining at Wing Lei. Aside from being the first Chinese restaurant to get a Michelin star in the United States, Wing Lei is also a Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star winner. Its decor is inspired by Imperial China and the dishes easily match this decadence. The variety is impressive too. Wing Lei serves Japanese Wagyu beef, Peking duck, and king crab, and also has plenty for vegans and vegetarians.

French fine dining has definitely taken off in Las Vegas, even away from the Eiffel Tower and Parisian cafe replicas on the Strip. At the MGM Grand is L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon. In 1990, the Gault et Millau cooking guide crowned the late French-born chef Joël Robuchon "chef of the century" due to his ability to create luxurious dishes with sometimes just a few ingredients. Favorites at L'Atelier include a foie gras burger and caramelized quail. Even fancier is the restaurant around the corner from L'Atelier, simply titled Joël Robuchon. This one has three Michelin stars and some meals are upwards of 16 courses.

It wouldn't be Vegas without a hint of showbiz. Right by Caesars Palace is Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen, one of Gordon Ramsay's best restaurants around the world and the first Hell's Kitchen that he ever opened. The imposing flames on the logo in front of the building makes eating at this restaurant all the more epic. Classic high-end dishes like filet mignon are on the menu, as are the restaurant's signature dishes, a list that features lobster risotto and sticky toffee pudding.