Las Vegas’s dining scene moves quickly — powerhouse casinos usher in new behemoths with Champagne and sparklers while off-Strip restaurants continue to open doors in homey neighborhood strip malls. Here is a list of new and notable spots that opened in Las Vegas recently. For the best restaurants in town, check out Eater Las Vegas’s Essential 38 or Eater’s guide to eating and drinking in Las Vegas.

Following the success of Wineaux’s first location at shopping and dining development Uncommons, James Beard Award winner Shawn McClain and master sommelier Nick Hetzel have brought the wine bar to the JW Marriott in Summerlin. The second Wineaux location is now open in Summerlin, with an extensive menu of bottles, wines by the glass, and a tight menu of snacks, including caviar service, charcuterie boards, and hummus or roasted eggplant spread. The bar also offers guided wine tastings.

Carbone Riviera – The Strip

Major Food Group — the hospitality group behind Carbone, led by Mario Carbone, Jeff Zalaznick, and Rich Torrisi — debuted Carbone Riviera, its first seafood concept, to much fanfare in November. Inside the elaborate restaurant at the Bellagio, guests dine surrounded by Picasso and Renoir originals, or outside on a lakeside terrace overlooking the Bellagio fountains, dotted with olive trees. The menu spans a whole fish program that includes salt-baked branzino and Dover sole grilled over Japanese charcoal, a two-pound lobster fettuccine, and Carbone’s famed spicy rigatoni vodka.

Chefs Alex Reznik and Matt Meyer opened barbecue spot SMKD, an anagram for Smoked Meats and Killer Drinks, on November 12 in Henderson. The menu features sliced brisket, chopped pork, pastrami by the pound, slabs of St. Louis-style ribs smothered in sauce, citrus-glazed mojo chicken, and combo plates. In addition to local craft beers, SMKD serves ready-to-drink cocktails, including a spicy watermelon margarita and Crown Royal whisky lemonade.

Saint Felix Sin City – Southwest Las Vegas Valley

Saint Felix Sin City, an outpost of Hollywood’s iconic Saint Felix, has opened at the Bend, a new restaurant and bar hub in the city’s southwest valley. Open late, the restaurant and lounge is a welcome spot for locals craving a midnight mezcal mule or watermelon martini. The menu sports a series of skewers as well as risotto balls, hot chicken sandwiches, chipotle shrimp pasta, and four-cheese macaroni with bacon and peas.

High-end hot pot Copper Sun is now simmering premium meats inside its large, lavish space at Resorts World. The first upscale concept from the Happy Lamb Hot Pot chain centers around its steaming signature bone marrow broth and rolled cuts of Japanese A5 wagyu and premium Australian lamb. The menu also includes flaky lobster and black truffle puffs, grilled Mongolian skewers, and fresh arugula topped with soft tofu strips.

Lilli by Chef Tyler Vorce – Spring Valley

French Laundry alum Tyler Vorce just opened Lilli as a temporary pop-up at the Durango Social Club in Spring Valley, where he serves a seven-course tasting menu ($125 per person) on Saturdays and Sundays at 7 p.m. through December 28. ​​Named after his daughter, the pop-up serves a Mediterranean-influenced meal infused with French techniques he learned during his five years at French Laundry and later work at restaurants in France. Menu highlights include dayboat scallops; wild-caught hake from the coast of Maine; duck breast from Sonoma County Poultry; and lamb saddle with stewed plums, carrot puree, and black pepper sauce.

Chilangos Tacos – The Strip

Texas-born taco shop Chilangos has opened its first Las Vegas location at the Grand Bazaar Shops outside the Horseshoe. While the restaurant serves breakfast burritos, along with tacos and quesadillas stuffed with carne asada, al pastor, grilled chicken, and chorizo, it’s the signature las costras — a disk of cheese fried on a griddle, loaded with meat, rolled, and served on a flour tortilla — that has gained a cult following.

Butcher and Thief – Southwest Las Vegas Valley

Chef Cory Harwell and the team behind Carson Kitchen will debut their new steakhouse, Butcher and Thief, at the Bend on December 15. The restaurant cooks steaks using a three-step process — sous vide, sear, and grill — and offers both traditional cuts of beef, like rib-eye, and butcher’s selections, like zabuton and bavette. Steelhead trout, branzino, and sausage rigatoni are among some other entree options, while starters include peanut butter bacon with jalapeño cucumber jelly and Chicago clam chowder, a unique marriage of New England and Manhattan styles.

Ivan Kane’s Forty Deuce – The Strip

The New York pizza shop known for its rectangular pizzas, Sicilian SoHo Squares, and crisp Neapolitan pies (all overpacked with ingredients like blistered pepperoni cups, ricotta, or sausage) has opened its second pizzeria on East Serene Avenue near Henderson. The restaurant also serves 10-inch pizzettas, mozzarella sticks, and desserts like the Italian rainbow cake and New York-style cheesecake. Prince Street’s first Vegas location opened in December 2023 in the food hall of Durango Casino and Resort.