Hell’s Kitchen is a reality television show hosted by Gordon Ramsay. The Las Vegas restaurant of the same name is modelled around the restaurant used in the show and features Gordon’s signature dishes.

I confess to not being that big a fan of the show – US reality shows have the drama and emotion turned up to the max – there’s too much shouting, crying and whoop whooping. That said, I do like Gordon Ramsay and his food.

I wanted to visit a Ramsay restaurant while in Vegas. My first choice was Gordon Ramsay Steak in the Paris Hotel. But then I found that Hell’s Kitchen had my favourite choices as their prix fixe menu.

HK signature prix fixe menu $80

Pan-seared scallops
English pea puree, pickled fennel, sherry braised bacon lardons

Beef Wellington
potato puree, glazed root vegetables, red wine demi-glace

Sticky toffee pudding
speculoos ice cream

It’s a perfect menu, I had to Google ‘speculoos ice cream’ – it is a real thing and sounded delicious.

We booked for Monday 27th May late afternoon/early evening as we were going to see the Penn & Teller Magic Show at 9pm.

The entrance is impressive and just inside is a video wall with Gordon vignettes featuring Gordon – I could have watched that for 30 minutes as they were great. I even wrote to the Ramsay media contact to ask if there were any that I could share – they didn’t bother to reply. Instead, here’s a video promoting the opening of Hell’s Kitchen.

Inside is perfectly themed as HK.

Our waiter was a little abrupt and slightly condescending. It didn’t help when I asked about three prix fixe menus, but could one scallops be swapped for:
wagyu meatballs, slow roasted tomato sauce, polenta croutons, parmesan cheese, basil US$22.

He was quick to say ‘no substitutions’ and I’d sort of guessed that, even though the meatballs cost less than the scallops. So I said “Okay three set menus plus one wagyu meatballs”. This led to some confusion and I had to explain that two of us like scallops so much that we’d eat the, now spare, third plate.

A glass of Malbec was $16.00. A beer $9.00.

The scallops were amazing.

and the wagyu meatballs looked pretty good too.

I was really looking forward to the Beef Wellington. I’ve previously made it myself following Gordon’s recipe.

It really was as good as it looks – I was so happy to have a perfect Beef Wellington.

Sticky toffee pudding – amazing.

We absolutely loved the food and I’d go back and have the same menu over and over. I tipped 15% – low by US standards, although generous in Europe. But that tip was all because of the food and not really the service – I just hope the tips are shared with the kitchen. Our check number 9352505/935 server was Omar.

One thing that would have disappointed me if I was a big HK (the show) fan, was that there wasn’t any focus on the red/blue kitchen competition. I’m surprised that they don’t say “your starter was prepared by the red kitchen” then “main, blue” and ask you to vote. As it was, I don’t even know if the kitchens even operate separately.

I wanted to watch more of the entrance videos as we left, but the evening sun was streaming directly on to the screen making them hard to see – HK need to consider moving the screen or shielding it from the light.

Despite a few issues, I’d recommend a visit and I’d certainly go again if I was in Vegas.

Gordon Ramsay Hell’s Kitchen Restaurant (within the grounds of Caesar’s Palace)
3570 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA

(702) 731-7373

Daily: 11 AM – 12 AM

https://www.gordonramsayrestaurants.com/hells-kitchen-caesars-palace/