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JUNE FILE
The new DJT at Trump International Hotel in Vegas
Want to dine like the Donald? His new Las Vegas restaurant has a glamorous 1930s feel and service that'll make you feel like a billionaire.
It may be home to some of the best dining in the West, but when you have to navigate through a smoke-filled casino, choking and weaving a path through flashing, clanging slot machines, a measure of gastronomic magic can be lost by the time you see your amuse bouche.
And so the arrival of DJT, the restaurant in the new Trump International Hotel & Tower, is a breath of fresh air in Las Vegas--there's no casino, and no smoking anywhere in the hotel. The civilized tone is set the moment white-gloved doormen show you in.
And so the arrival of DJT, the restaurant in the new Trump International Hotel & Tower, is a breath of fresh air in Las Vegas--there's no casino, and no smoking anywhere in the hotel. The civilized tone is set the moment white-gloved doormen show you in.
The restaurant is done in shades of eggplant and gray, with a glamorous 1930s feel. All 16 tables are prime--cushy circular banquettes that radiate from a central column and curtained booths that circle the room's periphery. All feel very private, and with service that coddles but doesn't smother, it's hard not to feel like a billionaire.
Chef Joseph Isidori, who was personal chef for the Trump family, turns out market-inspired cooking, and the menu prices aren't as awesome as you might expect for a top-drawer Vegas dining room. The real surprise? The adventurous wine list with down-to-earth prices, put together by sommelier Michael Shearin (fresh from a stint at Restaurant Guy Savoy at Caesars).
Slide into a booth, sip a glass of Pierre Peters Champagne, and dine on roasted California squab with Chinese black beans or king salmon with steelhead roe and grapefruit. Hard to trump that.--
Chef Joseph Isidori, who was personal chef for the Trump family, turns out market-inspired cooking, and the menu prices aren't as awesome as you might expect for a top-drawer Vegas dining room. The real surprise? The adventurous wine list with down-to-earth prices, put together by sommelier Michael Shearin (fresh from a stint at Restaurant Guy Savoy at Caesars).
Slide into a booth, sip a glass of Pierre Peters Champagne, and dine on roasted California squab with Chinese black beans or king salmon with steelhead roe and grapefruit. Hard to trump that.--
DJT, Trump International Hotel & Tower Las Vegas, 2000 Fashion Show Drive; Las Vegas; (877) 878-6711, www.trumplasvegashotel.com.
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