I will be in Vegas at Thanksgiving time and would like to know which restaurant or restaurants at the Bellagio would give a good view of the fountains. I am not sure if I will be able to get a reservation so late but would like to go the Monday after Thanksgiving. All suggestions will be appreciated.

We love to eat at Circo. It overlooks the fountains. I know there are other restaurants too, but Circo is our most favorite. Wonderful food! Try for a table by the windows and you won't be disappointed.
Have a great time!

Prime is excellent! If you tip the host/hostess, you can get a perfect seat- lake level. We did it for our anniversary and it was wonderful.

Jasmine also overlooks the lake, but I wouldn't go there. It's overpriced, loud, and the service is so slow, you'll be there hours past what you expected. Just my personal experience, but I would never send anyone I like to eat there!

The Monday after Thanksgiving should be slower, so you have a good chance at getting a window seat. Have fun!

Prime, Circo and Picasso all have a view and all are fantastic! Go for an early seating and/or tip the host a little extra.

I'm not all that familiar with these bribe tips. But when we had booked at Circo way ahead requesting a window table for after seeing O, and checked again when we got there (pretty late) the hostess made quite a big deal about not being sure what she could do to get us a window table. It seemed very clear she was asking for a tip. We gave her $20. She studied the list quite a while and said, yes she could "sneak" us into a window table and she did. There were three or four other window tables vacant all night. That's what's called being ripped off.

Patrick- It definitely felt funny in the beginning, but pretty much everyone in Vegas expects a tip. We just expect to pay an extra $10-20 bribe if we want a great table. Granted, if they're not busy it seems excessive. I've made reservations months in advance and ended up next to the kitchen before the bribe. IMO you just need to know it will work- it's always your choice to use it.

Along that line, it's rather funny when we go to other states. We're so used to tipping everyone for doing their jobs, we do it whether we're in Vegas or not. It surprises people in areas where tipping isn't so prevalant.

Yea, I know how it works. And I don't mind tipping a host or hostess at a regular restaurant I go to where they pull strings to seat us ahead of others who aren't "regulars" or to someone who manages to get the staff to more quickly clear a special table and set it up so we can sit there. But I guess I object to the dishonesty of this woman standing there whining about how busy they are and how she just doesn't understand what she can do to get us a table, when there are clearly a whole bunch of them right there totally unbooked. I'd actually prefer the honest approach -- maybe a sign that says, "if you want a window table there is an additional $20 charge". To be honest, it wouldn't bother me a bit to pay it in that case.

We eat at Circo every time we are in LV, which has been twice a year for some years now. Not once has my husband had to bribe anyone for a room upgrade or a better table in a restaurant.
If you ask for the table when booking the reservation, that should be enough.
Whichever you choose, do it now, I booked ours about a month ago for THanksgiving week and some told me that certain nights were already booked up. Aqua gave us a choice of 6pm and 8:30 and that was it.
It would be a good idea to make a list and choose alternatives if you can't get reservations at the first one you choose.
Good luck!

You raise a good point, Patrick. I don't really know why she was such a prickly pear. Maybe the tips were slow that day. I'd love to have a sign, too. They charge more for apartments with a view- why wouldn't it be the same for a table? Tipping someone to give me a good table always ticks me off, even though we expect to do it. Why should I have to pay someone for the best seat available? Hmmm...

Have you ever gotten a window seat in Vegas w/o the bribe? Can't say that I have, but we don't take the chance either.

We've never given the extra $$ for a good table at Circo. Sometimes we get next to the window and sometimes we don't! I typically book the table a day or two before we plan to eat there, and usually ask to be seated by the windows.

The times I've eaten at Picasso, Circo and Olives we've always been given window tables. We've never even requested them. Have to beg and plead for a good table half the time when eating out at home. Go figure.

Now some of you have sort of upset me. We requested a window table at Circo when we booked some four or five weeks before we went. When we arrived, this woman kept whining about how they weren't sure they could spare one. Clearly we were ripped off. We had little doubt that if we didn't give her a tip (bribe) we couldn't get a window table, even though during the course of the evening it became obvious there were plenty of them. At the time we suspected they were all being held for later arrivals (who never came) -- although as we pointed out to her, "I thought you don't hold window seat tables, otherwise why aren't you holding one for us since we requested it weeks and weeks ago?"

Personally, I love the system in Vegas, capitalism at work. Forget "the early bird gets the worm". Waltz in last minute with a $20 in your hand and you're good to go. Shows, rooms, parking spots, dinner reservations, you name it!