Johnathan Wright

Las Vegas

Restaurant Reporter at Las Vegas Review-Journal

Content Writer and Editor at Freelance

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Articles

Restaurant owners leave Las Vegas Strip for their newest spot

3 weeks ago | reviewjournal.com | Johnathan Wright

From the Strip to the neighborhood. Jenna and Michael Morton, the restaurateurs behind three spots on the Strip, are opening Nudo Italiano this May in the Southern Highlands community of southwest Las Vegas. “This restaurant is deeply personal for us,” Jenna Morton said. “We wanted to create a place that feels like home — where families, friends and neighbors can come together to share great food, celebrate milestones and build memories.
Be early and naughty to win free burgers for a year in Las Vegas

3 weeks ago | reviewjournal.com | Johnathan Wright

How naughty will the patties be at Naughty Patty’s? Find out when the smash burger spot pops up for one night only at 6 p.m. May 24 at The Cosmopolitan. The first 25 people in line will be added to Naughty Patty’s List, giving them free bawdy burgers (with a side of sexy) for one year. The full Naughty Patty’s is scheduled to debut this summer in the former retail space between China Poblano and Block 16 Urban Food Hall, in the Boulevard Tower of The Cosmopolitan.
Star chef opens his 7th restaurant on Las Vegas Strip

3 weeks ago | reviewjournal.com | Johnathan Wright

Zaytinya, the seventh Las Vegas Strip restaurant from celebrated chef José Andrés, opened Tuesday in the Forum Shops at Caesars. The highly anticipated restaurant, announced more than two years ago, anchors its menu in the culinary traditions of Greece, Lebanon and Turkey. “Zaytinya” means “olive oil” in Turkish. It’s also the title of a 2024 cookbook by the chef offering Greek, Lebanese and Turkish recipes, from fried vegetables to spiced seafood to grilled kebabs.
Mr. Chow, famed Chinese restaurant, closing Caesars Palace location

3 weeks ago | reviewjournal.com | Johnathan Wright

Mr. Chow, the lavish (and lavishly priced) Chinese restaurant in Caesars Palace that once served a $1,000 gold-wrapped filet mignon, is closing, a Caesars Entertainment representative confirmed for the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Online reservations are not being accepted for dates after May 17. When it opened in December 2015, Mr. Chow felt like an ideal fit for Vegas.
Cathedrale restaurant closing at Aria on Las Vegas Strip

4 weeks ago | reviewjournal.com | Johnathan Wright

Cathédrale restaurant at Aria will close permanently after dinner service on May 31, with no immediate plans for the space, the Las Vegas Strip property said in a Friday announcement. Cathédrale opened to much anticipation on May 1, 2023.
1st look inside stunning seafood restaurant opening on Las Vegas Strip

1 month ago | reviewjournal.com | Johnathan Wright

Pisces Bar & Seafare, the new seafood restaurant in Wynn Las Vegas, naturally draws inspiration from seafaring and oceangoing and the nautical moment. But the Pisces nautical moment is not one of anchors and Breton stripes, of nets and glass balls and puddles of sand populated by faux crabs and sea gulls. This nautical moment is more like life aboard a luxury yacht. Which means the abundance of the briny deep on the plate, just a day from the ocean.
Blue Orchid Thai Kitchen restaurant, from Pin Kaow owners, opens in southwest Las Vegas

1 month ago | reviewjournal.com | Johnathan Wright

Blue Orchid Thai Kitchen recently debuted at 10516 Las Vegas Blvd. South, near Cactus Avenue. The restaurant comes courtesy of the family that opened the first Pin Kaow Thai Restaurant 25 years ago in Las Vegas. “The inspiration for our Blue Orchid menu was re-creating classic family recipes with a modern style — marrying old-school flavor and new-school trends,” executive chef Steve Piamchuntar said. The menu mingles northern and southern Thai dishes.
New sushi restaurant and speakeasy opens on Las Vegas Strip

1 month ago | reviewjournal.com | Johnathan Wright

The drinking party has begun. Nomikai, a sushi counter, sushi restaurant and speakeasy, is now open at The Venetian. Nomikai can be translated from Japanese as “drinking party.” More broadly, the term refers to a convivial collegiality fueled by food and drink. Culinary director Yongjun (Jun) An and his identical twin brother, Yongju (Nick) An, the executive sous chef, contribute to the conviviality as they lead the food program at Nomikai.
Where to dine out in Las Vegas for Mother’s Day brunch

1 month ago | reviewjournal.com | Johnathan Wright

Here are some suggestions in Las Vegas for celebrating the mother(s) in your life at brunch on Mother’s Day, May 11. This holiday is one of the busiest restaurant days of the year, so reservations are typically required. The list below is not comprehensive and does not include dinner-only service. Off the StripAda’s Food + Wine, 410 S.
Much-anticipated seafood restaurant reveals opening date on Las Vegas Strip

1 month ago | reviewjournal.com | Johnathan Wright

Pisces Bar & Seafare is about to take to the briny deep. The restaurant on the Lake of Dreams at Wynn Las Vegas has set an opening date. Folks can land reservations beginning May 10. Pisces replaces what was supposed to have been Fiola Mare, which Michelin-starred chef Fabio Trabocchi bailed on in January. About a month later, Wynn announced plans for Pisces, a return to its longtime (and successful) practice of creating concepts in-house. Executive chef Martin Heierling leads the kitchen.