We have tried to find the answer many times here at wbpstars.com why Joël Robuchon is so amazing. He truly deserves all the acclaim he has achieved over the years and honestly, name any chef who is more excellent than Joël Robuchon or for that sake has accomplished more? Consistency surely is one of the key components why all the Robuchon restaurants around the world are so fantastic. Another is texture which is something all chefs talk about, but few in the world are as good at it as Monsieur Robuchon.

You will find two of Joël Robuchon’s restaurants in Las Vegas and both of them are located just next to each other in the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino. This review is about the flagship restaurant which is the more formal compared to the neighbouring L’Atelier. The Joël Robuchon Restaurant in Las Vegas is absolutely everything you ever come to associate with fine dining. You can expect one of the most lavish dining rooms in the United States and that is what you will get. An ultra luxurious dining room would just be an empty shell unless you had extraordinary service, but no worries, the service at the Joël Robuchon Restaurant is one of the best in the world.

Chief Operating Officer Gamal Aziz of the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino managed to convince Joël Robuchon to start up his restaurants at his property in Las Vegas which happened in 2005. There are several great restaurants in Las Vegas, but Robuchon pushed the envelope once more and has created one of the best restaurants in the United States, an impeccable restaurant which easily can compete with any other restaurant in the world as one of the very best.

Joël Robuchon does not rest on his laurels, no; he visits all his restaurants around the world regularly. You will not find him cooking for you in the kitchen, but you may rest assured that one of the best chefs available is helming the kitchen of Joël Robuchon Restaurant. Executive Chef Claude Le-Tohic was working with Monsieur Robuchon at his legendary Restaurant Jamin in Paris in the 1980’s which was one of the best restaurants which ever existed so you surely are in good hands when you indulge yourself in some of the best haute cuisine in the world.

Las Vegas might not be the most obvious place to have one of the country’s very best restaurants in, but that is a fact and it is even more fascinating that so many talented and skilled persons have been gathered to work at the Joël Robuchon Restaurant in Nevada. Everyone who has ever had a meal at Robuchon’s restaurants understands why – Joël Robuchon is simply the best.

Written by Andy