MGM Grand has dining options for very different kinds of Vegas trips. You can grab pizza between activities, settle into a steakhouse dinner, or turn one meal into a major part of your vacation.
The trick is knowing which experience you are choosing before you sit down. A quick lunch and a chef-driven tasting menu might be under the same roof, but their bills have very little in common.
This guide explains the main options, who they suit, and how much to set aside.
MGM Grand Dining Options at a Glance
Compare the restaurant choices and suggested food budgets before you decide where to eat.
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| Restaurant or option | What to expect | Suggested food budget |
|---|---|---|
| Food court and quick bites | Pizza, burgers, hot dogs, chicken tenders, and other counter-service meals | $15 to $30 |
| Avenue Café | Casual breakfast and lunch | $25 to $40 |
| TAP Sports Bar | Burgers, pub food, and sports on screens | $25 to $45 |
| Grand Wok Noodle Bar | Asian dishes, noodles, and rice-based meals | $25 to $50 |
| Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill | Pizza, pasta, grilled dishes, and broad appeal | $35 to $70 |
| Emeril’s New Orleans Fish House | Seafood and New Orleans-inspired cooking | $45 to $85 |
| Luchini Italian Restaurant | Italian-American dishes, pasta, and pizza | $45 to $90 |
| Hakkasan Restaurant | Cantonese food, dim sum, and shared dishes | $65 to $130 |
| Morimoto Las Vegas | Japanese cuisine, sushi, seafood, and premium beef | $80 to $150 |
| Tom Colicchio’s Craftsteak | Steakhouse dinner with separately ordered extras | $100 to $180+ |
| L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon | French fine dining with tasting and à la carte options | Allow roughly $150 to $350+ Confirm your chosen menu. |
| Joël Robuchon | A major French fine-dining splurge | Allow $500+ Initial planning figure only. Confirm the actual menu price. |
| Cabana Grill | Convenient pool-area dining | Check the current menu before budgeting. |
First, Watch Out for Outdated Restaurant Lists
Some older MGM Grand guides include restaurants that should no longer be part of your meal plans.
Recent closure reporting identifies:
- MGM Grand Buffet: Closed after service on May 31, 2026.
- Nellie’s Southern Kitchen: Ended service on May 25, 2026.
- CRUSH: Announced its final service for September 12, 2026.
- Greek Sneek: Also announced a September 12, 2026 closing.
- International Smoke: Closed in January 2025.
The buffet is especially important for first-time visitors. Do not arrive expecting an operating MGM Grand buffet. Older listings and group-dining pages may still appear in search results.
Casino.org’s buffet closure report and its CRUSH closure coverage explain several of these changes.
Casual Meals and Lower-Cost Options
Food Court and Quick Bites
For a quick meal without a reservation, start with MGM Grand’s counter-service options.
The resort’s dining listings include:
- Bonanno’s New York Pizzeria
- Pieology
- Nathan’s Famous
- Johnny Rockets
- Original Chicken Tender
- Pan Asian Express
- Tacos N ‘Ritas
Starbucks and Blizz Frozen Yogurt provide coffee, snacks, or something sweet rather than a full restaurant meal.
What to expect: Counter ordering, less ceremony, and a practical choice when everyone wants something different.
What to budget: Around $15 to $30 per person for a meal, depending on the outlet and extras. Coffee, snacks, and desserts have their own smaller bills.
These are the lower-cost choices within the resort, but “food court” does not automatically mean bargain pricing. You are still eating inside a major Strip hotel.
Check each outlet’s hours individually. Do not assume every counter stays open late.
Avenue Café
Avenue Café is a straightforward option for breakfast or lunch. It suits visitors who want a seated meal without making breakfast an event.
What to expect: A casual café meal before sightseeing, meetings, or a day at the pool.
What to budget: Approximately $25 to $40 per person for food.
MGM’s official page advertises Monday-through-Thursday offers that include:
- $23.99 for a choice of Avenue Breakfast
- $19.99 for all-you-can-eat pancakes
- $12.99 for all-you-can-drink mimosas
Confirm the current terms before ordering. The drink offer is separate from the food budget.
Check Avenue Café’s current offers.
TAP Sports Bar
TAP makes sense when your group wants burgers, pub food, and a place to watch a game.
What to expect: A sports-bar setting rather than a quiet dinner. This is a better fit for a casual meal than an intimate celebration.
What to budget: About $25 to $45 per person for food.
One useful advertised offer is the $19.99 burger-and-beer special, available Tuesday and Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fries cost an additional $4.99.
That is a specific offer, not the price of every burger combination on the menu.
Grand Wok Noodle Bar
Grand Wok is worth considering when you want an Asian meal without booking one of the resort’s more expensive dining experiences.
What to expect: Noodle dishes and other Asian menu options in a less formal setting than a fine-dining restaurant.
What to budget: Roughly $25 to $50 per person for food.
MGM’s official page advertises two offers:
- $18.88 lunch: An entrée, side, and drink
- $38.88 chef’s tasting menu: An appetizer, entrée, and dessert
Check which dishes qualify and when the offers are available.
See Grand Wok’s current offers.
Sit-Down Restaurants for a Regular Vacation Meal
Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill
Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill is an approachable choice when your group has different tastes.
Its menu includes wood-oven pizza, pasta, and grilled dishes. Officially highlighted examples include linguini with steamed clams and a prime flat iron steak.
What to expect: A restaurant meal without committing to a tasting menu or a steakhouse-sized budget.
What to budget: Around $35 to $70 per person for food. A pizza or pasta order will usually require a different allowance than steak plus a starter.
The official listing shows breakfast, lunch, and dinner service, making this one of the more flexible options at the resort. Confirm the current hours for your visit.
View Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill.
Emeril’s New Orleans Fish House
Emeril’s brings a New Orleans direction to MGM Grand’s dining lineup. Seafood and Creole-inspired dishes help distinguish it from the resort’s pizza, burger, and steak options.
What to expect: A seated restaurant meal with dishes such as gumbo, jambalaya, and seafood preparations.
What to budget: Approximately $45 to $85 per person for dinner food, with room for higher spending on premium dishes and additional courses.
An MGM-hosted menu dated June 2025 listed gumbo at $13, a shrimp po-boy at $18, and jambalaya at $25. Those are historical reference points, not confirmed current prices.
Check the latest menu rather than building your budget around that older PDF.
View Emeril’s New Orleans Fish House.
Luchini Italian Restaurant
Luchini focuses on Italian-American food, including pasta, pizza, and chicken dishes. MGM highlights its tableside chicken parmesan.
What to expect: A familiar style of restaurant dinner that can work for couples or groups.
What to budget: Around $45 to $90 per person for food, depending on how many courses you order.
The official page advertises:
- Classics Prix Fixe Dinner: $55 per person, Sunday through Thursday, with an appetizer, entrée, and side
- Nonna’s Special: $75 per person, with shared dishes and an entrée per guest, requiring at least two guests
Optional supplements can increase the bill. Review the included choices before deciding that a fixed-price menu is the better value.
Upscale Dinners and Special-Occasion Meals
Hakkasan Restaurant
Hakkasan Restaurant serves Cantonese cuisine, including dim sum and dishes suited to sharing.
What to expect: A more upscale dinner built around dishes such as the Hakka Basket, crispy duck salad, and Peking duck.
What to budget: Approximately $65 to $130 per person for food. Premium dishes and an ambitious shared order can push the total higher.
The official restaurant listings advertise an Endless Dim Sum Brunch for $58 per person on weekends. Beverage packages cost extra.
That can provide a clearer starting price than ordering several dinner dishes individually, but confirm current availability and inclusions.
Morimoto Las Vegas
Morimoto is an option for visitors who want Japanese cuisine as part of a more substantial dinner.
What to expect: Sushi, sashimi, cooked dishes, seafood, and premium beef options. Your selections make a large difference to the bill.
What to budget: Around $80 to $150 per person for food, with a higher allowance for premium beef or a large sushi order.
MGM’s official page advertises a four-course prix fixe dinner for $89 per person, available Sunday through Thursday from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
A fixed menu gives first-time visitors a defined starting price. Just check for supplements and remember that drinks, tax, and tips are additional.
Check Morimoto’s current menu and offer.
Tom Colicchio’s Craftsteak
Craftsteak is the steakhouse choice for visitors who want dinner to be one of the trip’s main events.
What to expect: Steaks from several beef producers, seafood, starters, and separately listed side dishes. Budget for the full meal, not just the steak.
What to budget: Approximately $100 to $180 or more per person for food.
Two advertised offers provide useful reference points:
- Three-course prix fixe: $95 per person, Sunday through Thursday
- 14-ounce smoked prime rib: $74, Thursday and Friday, with a side, beef jus, and creamy horseradish
At the premium end, Craftsteak’s own menu lists Japanese certified A5 wagyu at $55 per ounce, with a three-ounce minimum. That is $165 for the beef alone.
That one menu detail tells you why checking the price before ordering matters.
View Craftsteak’s menu and MGM’s dining offers.
L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon
L’Atelier offers French fine dining with tasting-menu and à la carte formats. It is a different experience from a conventional casual dinner.
What to expect: Carefully prepared dishes and a meal worth giving time and attention to.
What to budget: A broad initial allowance of $150 to $350 or more per person for food, depending on your chosen format. Treat that as a planning estimate, not a quoted tasting-menu price.
A current regular tasting-menu price was not verified from the available official sources. Ask the restaurant for the price of the exact menu you intend to book.
It may be the more approachable of MGM Grand’s two Robuchon restaurants, but “more approachable” does not mean inexpensive.
View L’Atelier de Joël Robuchon.
Joël Robuchon
Joël Robuchon belongs in the major-splurge category.
What to expect: A French fine-dining experience, not a quick dinner before rushing to another activity.
What to budget: Think several hundred dollars per person before drinks, with $500 or more as an initial planning figure.
A reported regular tasting-menu price from 2025 was $525 per person. That is not a verified current quote. Contact the restaurant for the present menu price, available supplements, and wine-pairing costs.
Also confirm the dress requirements directly. At this spending level, guessing about the menu or arrival details makes little sense.
View Joël Robuchon at MGM Grand.
Poolside Food and In-Room Dining
Cabana Grill
Cabana Grill appears in MGM Grand’s official property information as a pool-area dining option.
Its appeal is convenience. You do not have to turn lunch into a separate trip through the casino.
Check its current menu, operating schedule, and availability for your visit. A dependable current price range was not verified.
In-Room Dining
MGM Grand also lists in-room dining for guests who prefer to eat without leaving their room.
Before ordering, check the complete total, including delivery charges, service charges, and any included gratuity. The menu price alone may not reflect what you pay.
View MGM Grand’s in-room dining information.
How to Choose Your First MGM Grand Meal
Start with the kind of meal you want, then use these restaurant options to narrow your choices.
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| If you want… | Start by checking… |
|---|---|
| A quick meal with less expense | Food court and counter-service outlets |
| A seated breakfast | Avenue Café or Wolfgang Puck |
| Burgers and a game on television | TAP Sports Bar |
| Asian food with a defined offer price | Grand Wok |
| Pizza, pasta, and familiar choices | Wolfgang Puck or Luchini |
| New Orleans-inspired seafood | Emeril’s |
| Dim sum and Cantonese dishes | Hakkasan Restaurant |
| Japanese cuisine for an upscale dinner | Morimoto |
| A steakhouse night | Craftsteak |
| French fine dining | L’Atelier or Joël Robuchon |
The Bottom Line
MGM Grand gives first-time visitors plenty of ways to eat without leaving the resort. The choices range from counter-service meals to some very expensive dinners.
For an uncomplicated trip, mix the categories. Use quick bites for convenience, choose a casual sit-down meal when you want a break, and reserve one upscale dinner if it fits your budget.
Most importantly, check the current menu before you commit. In Vegas, the surprise should be the show, not the dinner bill.
