"5"^^ . . "12"^^ . "2009-10-22T00:00:00"^^ . "13"^^ . . "13"^^ . . "Bouchon is one of those select restaurants that makes me want to be a \"foodie.\" It's the kind of restaurant that'd you'd definitely want to go back to and the type you'd recommend to anyone.\n\nAfter watching Top Chef: Las Vegas for the first time ever, it got me wanting to explore and learn more about the culinary world. Then in my multi-task mode I went looking for places to eat in Las Vegas for my recent trip there. The words \"Thomas Keller\" and \"Michelin rated\" came up and so I was sold on Bouchon. \n\nWith more than 600 reviews I'll just add some nice things for when someone else is on a similar search for nice places to eat in Vegas in hopes that a Yelp review will steer them in the right direction especially if you're not feeling eating buffets all the time...this is a nice change of pace. \n\nBrunch is excellent here. It's relaxed but at the same time you're experiencing some fine dining. I've had people tell me after I went, that every time they come to Vegas with their family, they go to Bouchon. \n\nI like pastries and with so many choices I just decided to go with an assortment of four pastries in the Bouchon Pastry Basket. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/rcaPajgKOJC2vo_l3xa42A?select=mHIby3_tPU4T_b9Jubc7fg\nThey're all good but filling. Another instance where I was eating with my eyes and not with my stomach.\n\nI had the Chicken and Waffles and they were the best. Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles is great too but Bouchon delivers it like no other. \n\nThe Croque Madame was as good as advertised and the pommes frites were delicious. Leave it to the French to make great French Fries. \n\nIt was all so filling that I couldn't possibly fit dessert. But then I saw the table across from me all come in just to eat dessert and I cried a little bit when I saw the various dessert options. Then they proceeded to savor every bit as if to rub it in my face. I tried to focus on the fact that we had a table overlooking the pool in the Venetian or that our waiter had been especially helpful in providing an excellent dining experience but none of that puts amazing looking profiteroles in my stomach. \n\nI guess I'll just have to wait until they open the Bouchon in Beverly Hills later this year. But if you're in Vegas and want a great place to eat for anytime in the day then Bouchon is a can't-miss restaurant."^^ .