[GoWest77]

I'll be in Vegas April 15-16 and I want some good sushi. I'm a novice, but I know a few things that I really like. Is there somewhere good, where I won't feel like a dummy for not knowing what I'm doing? I live in a rural southern town for now so there's not much of a selection where I can learn the ropes.

[jpk]

Yellowtail at the Bellaggio is fantastic and not intimidating. T

[jaseda510]

kaizen sushi off the strip (across the hard rock casino) is good, my gf and i were in vegas a couple of weeks ago and that place is great b/c its open late night (until 3-4am), also supposedly a locals favorite.also went to yellowtail, if u go there PLEASE try the tuna pizza appetizer.... it is awesome

[lvkewlkid]

Makino's

[olecapt]

Okada at Wynn. The sushi bars in any of the big casinos will work for a first timer. Makino is also a good selection. You want a place where the chefs are fluently bi lingual and helpful.

I still think Nobu is best in town but very expensive and not newby friendly. Then again Nobu is deviant sushi.

What you really need is to go with someone for the first time.

If you want a real experience olecapt and the admiral might join you at Sushi Ko. But it is a ways off the strip and you have to have a car. Cab fare is impossible. Then again it will cost half the strip prices.

[GoWest77]

That sounds like fun Capt...I won't have a car out there though...I might stick with the strip buffets this time. BTW I know you're the resident expert here, so what do you know about the Golden Gate hotel on Fremont? I know that it's small and not glitzy, and I'm not looking for a 4 star experience. But, in your opinion is it decent for a 2 night stay?

[jaseda510]

oh yeah gowest, if u want to check out a buffet i would not recommend the spice market one at planet hollywood. we went there with high expectations because they were supposedly the top 2 or 3, but came out dissapointed.

i would go with the wynn (went there on my previous visit) or bellagio (haven't been there but have heard great things)

[jpk]

Originally Posted by olecapt

Okada at Wynn. The sushi bars in any of the big casinos will work for a first timer. Makino is also a good selection. You want a place where the chefs are fluently bi lingual and helpful.

I still think Nobu is best in town but very expensive and not newby friendly. Then again Nobu is deviant sushi.

What you really need is to go with someone for the first time.

If you want a real experience olecapt and the admiral might join you at Sushi Ko. But it is a ways off the strip and you have to have a car. Cab fare is impossible. Then again it will cost half the strip prices.

I'm going to dissent on the Okada recommendation. It's more authentic japanese cuisine and less accessible to the new sushi diner, in my opinion. The menu will make you feel like a dummy, which isn't what you want. Also very expensive. I had a decent meal there, but the menu is far less accessible than Yellowtail. I mean, like the poster above said, tuna pizzas!

[aqualung8705]

I don't eat Sushi, she won't let me.

[olecapt]

Originally Posted by jpk

I'm going to dissent on the Okada recommendation. It's more authentic japanese cuisine and less accessible to the new sushi diner, in my opinion. The menu will make you feel like a dummy, which isn't what you want. Also very expensive. I had a decent meal there, but the menu is far less accessible than Yellowtail. I mean, like the poster above said, tuna pizzas!

We are off into one of those eternal discussions. Is real sushi accesssible?

Once you get to sushi pizza...you have kind of lost the point.

I will agree to expensive. Two older dudes easily went through $300 and we turned down the expensive items.

We had a newby couple next to us and the sushi san talked them through the experience very well. He was pushing ganjin rolls...but you can't expect perfection. And the new clients thought it wonderful.

And another thought...Osaka on Sahara still operates at a really good local level and the help is fully bi-cultural. Might try that for real sushi with good background info and relatively low cost. Cheap cab ride from the strip.