glk11b

We're going to the 7:30PM performances of "O" and LaReve next week. Since we're from Florida we will be ready for dinner by 4:30-5PM. Are there any good restaurants that have pre-theater Dinners? These are good value in NYC since they know you won't linger long after the meal. Thanks, Jerry

Neopolitan

I know that both shows offer some package dinner and theatre specials, but since you already have your show tickets, I don't think that works. I entered "early bird" (a familiar term to all us Floridians) and "the strip" on menu pages and got nothing.

Lori

I got to Vegas alot and I've never heard of early bird dinners there. There are so many places to eat, many 24/7 that early bird is not a factor up there. If you are looking for elegant (i.e. expensive) dining I rather doubt if you will find it at 4:30 in the afternoon.

Have you thought about a "snack" (maybe split a sandwich, or have a pastry - that sort of thing) about 4 p.m. before you get ready for the show and then eat afterward? Dinner at 4:30-5:00 is pretty early if you want to eat in a really nice place.

We don't do buffets but I believe most are "ready" for dinner about 5 p.m. if you want to go that route.

saps

"Since we're from Florida we will be ready for dinner by 4:30-5PM"...

This makes me laugh. I've been to Flordia a few times and I do recall seeing people eating dinner at 8:00...I guess they must have been tourists!

bill_boy

There are tons of restaurants in Vegas - cheap ones, expensive ones, good ones, bad ones, sleazy ones, righteous ones, open all day, open all night. Just go to any one that catches your fancy.
Pre-theater dining, in your case, realy just means dining any time before 7:30 p.m. You can do this at any restaurant in Vegas and they won't give you any preferential treatment.

It's not like the Times Square restaurants in New York where they have prix fix menu for those who'd be dining befoe going to the shows.

Neopolitan

saps, I think you missed the point of them being ready to eat by 4:30 - 5 PM. They are flying in from Florida and with the time difference that's 7:30 to 8 PM at home.

saps

I didn't think of it in the context of time difference but unless they are arriving the same day that they are seeing the show it doesn't matter that they are on FL time. Their first day/night in Vegas will throw them all out of wack.

Vegas is on Vegas time...not Pacific or Central or East. Go to bed late, wake up late, eat all times of the day.

p.s. I still don't think they were refering to the time difference...I've been wrong before though

Neopolitan

I think I probably interpreted it right because I am from Florida. Been there -- done that! We've arrived in California with advance dinner reservations for 8:00 and changed them to see if we could come at 5 as we were dropping in our tracks. The time difference is also usually compounded by the fact that we probably had to get up at about 4 or 5 AM to catch our plane -- that would have been 1 or 2 AM local time in Vegas or California. No wonder we're ready for dinner early.

vegasnative

Not really sure what the question is, do Florida residents eat dinner at 4:30-5? Do you want to eat in Vegas at this time? If so, the dinner restaurants even if they serve lunch usually open at 5PM for dinner. Even if they don't serve lunch and it is high end, they open at 5. You can make reservations at the Bellagio online if you want to eat there before "O" and check with the Wynn they may do the same. But, yes for dinner the upscale restaurants open here at 5, so if you are there right at 5 you should be fine.

vegasnative

Oh, you won't get any values at the restaurants though unless you play in the casinos...at least I have never heard of pre-theatre dinners here. Heck, we don't even call them theatres they are show rooms!

Neopolitan

Wow, I didn't think the original question was that difficult. Someone is arriving from Florida and seeing a couple of shows in Vegas. They wanted to know if there are restaurants that offer pre-theatre dining specials since they will need to eat around 5 to see their shows (presumably 7 or 7:30. That's all.

Wasn't that the question, glk11B?

Apparently the answer to the question is "no, restaurants in Las Vegas do not offer early or pre-theatre dinner specials."

rjw_lgb_ca

Initially I also interpreted the "ready to eat by 4:30" remark as indicating Early Bird Specialists. But then I thought about it....

Yeah, your internal clock gets a good beating in Vegas. Like mine does when I go to South Beach.

Having said that, the better sit-down places at the hotels usually open for dinner at 5 PM. At Bellagio, for one, you could eat at Fix, which opens promptly at 5, and then walk over to O. I love Fix-- a stylish room serving an eclectic "stylish comfort food" menu, with the HOTTEST servers, barstaff and hosts/hostesses in Vegas.

But really-- within a day, you'll adapt to Vegas' "party vampire" schedule. And then those 24-hour coffee shops in the hotels get quite appealing.

vegasnative

Neopolitan~"Wow, I didn't think the original question was that difficult." It was the "Since we're from Florida we will be ready for dinner by 4:30-5PM" comment. At first I thought it meant everyone in Florida was ready for dinner at 4:30-5, and that others in the country don't eat at this time. But I guess that was meant to mean that they normally eat at 7:30-8 and they don't think they will adjust to the time change. Anyway...the answer had already been given, restaurants are open at 5PM for dinner (that is 8PM Florida time ) and no there really isn't such a thing as specials even for theatre goers, just for the players in the casinos. Enjoy that dinner!

Scarlett

You will be at the Bellagio for "O" and they have a very nice restaurant ( Bellagio Cafe) that is open all day..
You can call the hotel or look online
http://www.bellagio.com/pages/din_casual.asp

and see which of their restaurants is open early enough..Personally, this is what we do, we have a late lunch or a big snack in the late afternoon that tides us over til the show is over..then we have dinner ..Circo is one of our favorites.
early bird really does not apply to Las Vegas where most people are just waking up at early bird hours lol...

Neopolitan

Actually my point about the post apparently being too difficult to understand for some, was because people seemed hung up on why on earth would anyone eat at that hour. Clearly it was because they wanted to do "pre-theatre" -- that's the hour dictated by pre-theatre dining. So the question wasn't about what time restaurants open or if there are cheap places to eat. It was that since they HAD to eat early and it wouldn't bother them to do so anyway (probably due to the time change), could they get a benefit of pre-theatre specials -- like in NYC. Yes, you are right, that question was answered very early in the thread.