Big wallet is required - Atelier du Robuchon, Las vegas

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Never been to the Vegas outpost, but a dinner at L’Atelier de Robuchon in Paris is still one of the most mermorable meals of my life!

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Hoping not to offend anyone, but Atelier Robuchon Las Vegas is to Atelier Robuchon Paris as the Venetian is to Venice. Or Paris Las Vegas is to La Ville-Lumière…

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Food looks great. Might be expensive but its an experience.

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this was less expensive than “Robuchon at the Mansion,” right?
What did dinner cost?
alan

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Lord I hope it was…the Mansion is ridiculous. I would rather go to Alex twice than the Mansion once…hell, I’d rather go to Alex once than the Mansion.

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I’ve eaten to the Atelier in Paris a few times and was always very pleased. Never been to the Ateliers in other venues though. Typically, excluding wine, a good meal in the Paris branch goes to around Euros140-150 per person.

N

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The tasting menu is now 160 Euros. Without wine. Worth it.

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Yes, the degustacion menu would be that. The times I was there, though, very few of the items on the degustacion menu interested me so I always would “build” my own.

For example, in summer of '06, they had the roast suckling pig available but that was not included in the degustacion. Neither was the squab stuffed with foie gras. I wanted to try them, so included them in my own “degustaion”. I also tried their langoustine and black truffle dumpling (a spin on the Cantonese har gaw), so I ordered that too paired with a glass of Michel Niellon Chassagne Montrachet (village), and, liking it so much, I doubled up on both immediately after. Can’t do that with the degustacion menu.

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LMD,
We do the same. Coincidentally, they were roasting a pig on the open hearth when we were at L’Atelier a couple of weeks ago. They said it only provided 15 servings. Usually, we share servings and create our own menu. At both L’Atleier and La Table, they prepare half portions as a standard ‘option’ (at La Table, the entire left side is half portions). We did NOT share portions of the suckling pig! Too good to share.

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Definitely agreed! It wasn’t available when my wife and I went back in autumn of 2007, too bad for us…

Why I like ordering that is that, aside from it being a tasty dish to begin with, whole roasted pig is something of a national dish of the Philippines, so I like trying the different versions of it wherever I find it. Admittedly, the Cantonese suckling pig is hard to beat. The ones I tried in Hawaii were all very disappointing. The one at Atlelier Paris was pretty darn good though.

I don’t like sharing my food though. It’s a little quirk of mine for some reason. That bugs my wife who just wants “a taste” of what I order. I always just tell her to order her own. She’s used to it after almost 18 years of marriage.

I’ve not eaten at La Table in Paris. Actually, since I visit in France for an absolute minimum of 3 weeks+ at a time (anything shorter than that I do not consider the long trip from SE Asia worth it), the most “up-scale” I go is 2 Michelin stars (and mostly just 1 star or even no star as long as it is good). 3 Michelin stars and restaurants in that price range I steer clear of. What with the expense of airfare, hotels, car rental, daily wining and dining, etc., I have to cut costs somewhere.

Best,

N

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I was unclear. Shared portions are most often (and always, if requested) separately plated. I don’t enjoy anyone else sticking his/her fork in my food, either :slight_smile: . La Table is no more expensive than L’Atelier, especially if you create your own menu from the 1/2 portion side of the carte. The best thing about La Table is the roaming pot of mashed potatoes that magically replenishes your plate from time to time. The first time we visited, my wife joked with the potato server (yes, there seems to be one server whose main function is to roam the dining room with his pot of mashed potatoes) that the famous Robuchon potatoes tasted half butter and half potato. He seriously replied that the ratio was more like 60/40 – butter to potatoes!

We visit France in monthly increments for the reasons you mention and tend to avoid the 2 and 3 star restaurants in Paris because their counterparts outside the City are a much better value (although the meal we ate last month at Les Crayeres was obscenely expensive and uneven). However, my wife loves both Robuchon restaurants, so we always seem to end up at one or the other. During a long trip, we mix haut cuisine dinners with very simple ones, both for cost and for health! Best regards,

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Looks yummy :slight_smile:

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get a f1.4 lens,
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Good idea.
save your money on the yummy food instead
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Ha ha ha! Yes, that’s not fun at all. Well, it’s also because I always feel that there may not be enough for me! Silly, really, since I almost never finish what’s on my plate, but, in my own defense, even the full portions of the Atelier’s version of chuletillas de cordero are pretty small.

La Table is no more expensive than L’Atelier, especially if you create your own menu from the 1/2 portion side of the carte.

Really? Oh, then I must try it out next I’m in Paris. My friends who have eaten at La Table (Paris) told me the bill is around twice that of L’Atelier, so, of course, I avoided going there. Thanks for the tip!

Best,

N

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The l’Atelier Robuchon in NYC is terrific, btw. Especially if you go there when Chef Robuchon is in town–its a step up from even its “regular” excellence.