Like all good house parties, Angie Mar’s Lunar New Year bash in 2024 drifted into the kitchen — where guests eagerly pilfered dumplings and slices of suckling pig before they could make it onto party trays. Mar describes her annual New York party as an over-the-top food-filled and celebrity-magnet version of the home gatherings she grew up with — and they’ve evolved into the stuff of New York lore. This February, Mar will bring the party from her Le B restaurant to Las Vegas, as one of the many celebrations of the Chinese holiday.

Mar’s Lunar New Year party attracts guests like Vogue editors, Martha Stewart, and Christian Siriano. On the heels of visiting during the World’s 50 Best event in May 2024, Mar will host the party inside Delilah at the Wynn Las Vegas. New York-based DJ team the Muses will provide the soundtrack while Mar will serve a menu of roast duck bao buns and carved suckling pig. Toward the end of the night, the passed trays of bites will take the form of Mar’s Le B burger and fried chicken with caviar. “Because who doesn’t want fried chicken with their Champagne, right?” Mar says.

Mar’s party kicks off at 7 p.m. on Sunday, February 1 at Delilah and tickets are $500.

Angie Mar & Christofle

The Lunar New Year — also known as Chinese New Year, Spring Festival, Tết, and Seollal in different countries, is celebrated by millions of people around the world and vibrantly in Las Vegas. Celebrations call for ceremonial lion dances, red envelopes, and feasts — marked by the appearance of certain “lucky” foods — shared by loved ones. Las Vegas restaurants are hosting parties and serving special menus for anyone looking to celebrate the Year of the Wood Snake in 2025.

On the Las Vegas Strip

• At the Fontainebleau, Chyna Club will offer a prix-fixe menu with several festive dishes, including poached cuttlefish with seasoned soybean, braised fish maw with sprouts, steamed loup de mer, and moon cakes from Monday, January 27 to Sunday, February 2 for $188 per person. On Wednesday, January 29, Komodo will feature lion and dragon dance performances during a party with a Champagne toast and a special dessert.
• The Proper Eats Food Hall at the Aria Resort & Casino will celebrate with a Palette Tea Lounge pop-up menu of lobster har gow ($14) and xiao long bao pork soup dumplings ($14), plus milk tea from the food hall’s Easy Donuts from Thursday, January 30 to Saturday, February 1.

Proper Eats

• At the Venetian Resort, Mott 32 will serve exclusive items like wok-fried golden oysters, prawn crackers, wok-fried tiger prawns, and wok-fried rainbow cauliflower. Wakuda will offer exclusive dishes like Japanese A5 wagyu sukiyaki, king crab with uni chawanmushi, and whole grilled fish with ginger sake soy. A lion dance will take place on Wednesday, January 29 at 3:08 p.m. in front of the Venetian near the outdoor gondolas.
• The Noodle Den at the Sahara Las Vegas will have a special menu that includes bird’s nest soup ($138), garlic snow pea leaves ($28), and stir-fried prawns ($48), plus other dishes from Wednesday, January 29 through Sunday, February 16. The Sahara will present a lion dance at 6 p.m. on Friday, January 31, at the Sahara Theatre.

Sahara Las Vegas

• China Poblano at the Cosmopolitan will have new dishes like shui zhu yu fish fillet poached in a spicy broth, siu niu rou braised beef short rib, and xia baozi steamed buns from January 27 to February 9. The restaurant will host a 10-seated dim sum class on January 29. Tickets start at $50.
• At Caesars Palace, Beijing Noodle No. 9 will serve specialty dishes of pig tongue, sea moss and lotus root soup, and braised pig knuckle with peanuts, while the Bacchanal Buffet has a station of ginger prawns, Singaporean blue crab, and pig trotter with oyster sauce from Tuesday, January 14 to Thursday, February 13. From January 29 to February 12, Water Grill’s menu will feature whole crispy black sea bass ($42 per pound) and wok-fried spiny lobster ($65 per pound).

Water Grill

• Genting Palace at Resorts World will host a Lunar New Year brunch on select dates between Saturday, January 25 and Monday, February 2 with Cantonese food and dim sum.

Off-Strip

• At the Palms, Send Noodles has a special menu from Monday, January 27 to February 9 of ginseng chicken soup and steamed sea bass with chili sauce. Tim Ho Wan’s specials include abalone siu mai and steamed custard buns from Friday, January 24 to Wednesday, January 29. And the A.Y.C.E. Buffet will have a Taste of Asia Night theme on Saturday, January 25. The resort will also host a lion dance on Saturday, February 1 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
• At the Gold Coast, Ping Pang Pong will offer specialty dim sum dishes, including braised chicken feet, sui-mai and more, while Noodle Exchange will have a signature hot pot special through Thursday, February 6. The casino will host a parade on Thursday, February 6 at 8 p.m.
• Jing (10975 Oval Park Drive) will host a Lunar New Year party on Wednesday, January 29 with a DJ, gogo dancers, and a fire dance performance. On Sunday, February 2, a party brunch will feature a lively lion dance.

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