As usual, I'll be hanging with my 96-year-old Mom in IL for the holidays, but I have some advice for those who will be in Las Vegas and want the best & cheapest steak dinner.
As Chief Engineer at a TV Station in Tucson, I would spend a week in Vegas every April from 1981-2016 at the National Association Broadcasters Convention. Of course, our station group would have a corporate dinner at the President’s favorite restaurant. During my tenure, I had 3 different owners. They favored the usual suspects, Smith & Wolensky, Ruth Criss, Mortons, etc.
My first year at NAB as Chief, we had already done the corporate stuff & the Corp Big-Wigs had split, the engineers stay behind for the Network Affiliate Engineering meetings. On our own, the Chiefs were debating where we should go to dinner. Our Chief from Omaha suggested The Steak House at Circus Circus. We all started to laugh & he got pissed. “I’m from Omaha & you don’t think I know a great steak!”
OK, so we gave it a shot. Back then, if you didn’t know it was there you would walk right past it at Circus Circus. They just had a little stand with a sign on it outside of a door (they have since spiffed up the entrance). So you open the door & walk down this narrow hallway – on the left is a glass wall with the Midwestern beef aging before your eyes. There are no windows in the place so if a dining view of The Strip is required for your dining experience this place is not for you.
Not only do they have the best steaks, but the complete meal is included in one price – unlike the aforementioned Big Name steak houses, where all of the extras (salad, potato, veggie, etc.) are ala carte.
At The Steak House:
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As always, dinner includes fresh baked breads, Chef’s vegetable and your choice of black bean soup or house salad and garlic mashed potato, baked potato or wild rice blend. Tri-color peppercorn sauce and cheddar cheese sauce are available upon request.”
https://www.circuscircus.com/restaurants-1/the-steak-house/
For many years you could just walk right in & get a table, but word of mouth got around & reservations are highly recommended.
So if you find yourself at the North part of the Strip, this is the place to go if you are in the mood for a great steak!