Coug Fan: Vegetarian dining in LV?

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I?m trying to arrange a group dinner for ~20 friends in Vegas. We?d like to go as a single group. A significant portion of the group will be vegetarian/vegan, so a steakhouse is out.

I?ve found one or two places in some of the nicer casinos on the strip, but for a group our size, they want to book us through group dining and charge us a $2000 minimum, which is way out of budget for our group. If need be, we?re willing to walk in as 3 groups of 7 or something like that.

So the criteria we?re looking for are:

1. Good for groups
2. Vegetarian ?friendly?
3. On/Near the Strip or Downtown
4. Price range of $30-60/person for dinner (I think this is reasonable, or am I way off base here?)

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[Hard 8 :: ::]

Had a real nice experience with a large group (20) at Olives at the Bellagio. They have two menus, a $40 and a $50 pp, each of which included veg options. About a fourth of our party were vegetarians (no vegans, however,) and all enjoyed it. The food was excellent, and the service was absolutely outstanding.

The place is a little too snooty for me, but the whole rest of the family loves that schtick.

It's easy to get to (use the North valet entrance), has a nice view of the fountains, and the staff that handles the reservations was very gracious and helpful (Edith Varela, et. al., phone 702-531-3876), which was nice, because you can't book large groups on-line.

I also recall tha Hugo's Cellar in the Four Queens can accommodate vegetarians well, despite its (deserved)reputation as a steak joint. I don't remember details, but I think it was a little more pricey.

You might also check out websites www.vegdining.com and www.vegeats.com, which I have never done for Vegas.

Good luck.

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> I?m trying to arrange a group dinner for ~20 friends
> in Vegas. We?d like to go as a single group. A
> significant portion of the group will be
> vegetarian/vegan, so a steakhouse is out.

> I?ve found one or two places in some of the nicer
> casinos on the strip, but for a group our size, they
> want to book us through group dining and charge us a
> $2000 minimum, which is way out of budget for our
> group. If need be, we?re willing to walk in as 3
> groups of 7 or something like that.

> So the criteria we?re looking for are:

> 1. Good for groups
> 2. Vegetarian ?friendly?
> 3. On/Near the Strip or Downtown
> 4. Price range of $30-60/person for dinner (I think
> this is reasonable, or am I way off base here?)

> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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