Delmonico's vs Craft - need advice/opinions

[VegasNoob]

For an anniversary, no doubt, Delmonico's. My wife and I have been there several times, including dinner after our wedding (we got married on a gondola at the Venetian), and the atmosphere there will be great for an anniversary. When we did our wedding dinner there we got a tasting menu which was a lot of fun as it let's you try small portions of several dishes. They'll do the tasting with or without a wine pairing for each course, so you can go without if you don't want a lot of wine, but just let the waiter know your situation and ask if you can have a glass of red with the main course or however you want it. If you are going to order an entree off the menu though, then it begins and ends with the bone-in ribeye, do not pass go just order that puppy! By all means, call ahead and let them know you are celebrating a special event. I think the service there is always fantastic, but when I've been there for something special, they've really done it up.

By the way, I like Craft, but I think the atmosphere is totally wrong for an anniversary. It's loud, and it's easy to feel like you're sitting on top of the people next to you. Delmonico's is a much better setting for a romantic intimate dinner.

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By the way, I like Craft, but I think the atmosphere is totally wrong for an anniversary. It's loud, and it's easy to feel like you're sitting on top of the people next to you. Delmonico's is a much better setting for a romantic intimate dinner.

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I can agree with you here to an extent. Craft is a little louder. I don't think either place is the quiet romantic type of place, though, where you are in your own little world in the corner. If you want that you are picking from the wrong two choices. Commander's palace for instance is much more romantic than both of them, that eiffel tower restaurant at Paris is supposed to be romantic as well. But the OP didn't want us to get off track and only gave two choices [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] I didn't find Delmonico's to be particularly romantic, but I'll agree it is quieter than craft.

As far as the guy whose bill was $1900, the platinum Kobe menu was ~$190 per person, as I said before I feel like the regular ribeye for two was just as good as the kobe and it was $78 (for two, remember).
Unless it is something you want to do for the hell of it, there is no reason to run the bill up with the kobe.

I'm sure OP will get a great meal either place. I really think their styles are totally different - my wife's lamb was encrusted with bacon and bread crumbs, was over goat cheese grits, and had a rosemary reduction sauce.
I haven't had the lamb at Craft, but I can guarantee ut will be a great cut of lamb simply prepared and served in a cast iron skillet in a reduction of its own juice from the cooking, with maybe a sprig of rosemary on top. Totally different styles.

[VegasNoob]

Actually, one of the best places I've been in town for an intimate atmosphere is Nob Hill at MGM. They have a row of booths right opposite the bar that seem like your own private room when you're in there. I've never eaten in the main dining room there, just those booths, and I haven't been there in quite a while, so I don't know if the food there is still good (it was fantastic when I was there before).

But as you said, the response to OP was limited to two choices.

And I'm probably a little biased towards Delonico's for romance since we ate there after our wedding.