The operators behind the Blue Ribbon mini-empire in New York City remade a previous incarnation of Blue Ribbon Sushi at the Tropicana Las Vegas for a more rounded and expansive throwback to the plain old Blue Ribbon that started it all.

Website: cosmopolitanlasvegas.com/restaurants/blue-ribbon

Address: 3708 Las Vegas Blvd.

Phone number: 702-698-7880

Number of seats: 174 in the dining room, 32 in private dining

Entrée price range: $21-$58

Popular dishes: Beef marrow and oxtail marmalade with parsley salt and challah; fried chicken with mashed potatoes, gravy and collard greens; branzino with corn, tomato, avocado and lime butter

What others say: “A great new restaurant in our favorite resort. The Cosmopolitan has so many great selections, STK for steak, Zuma for [A]sian, and now the reinvented Blue Ribbon.” ­— comment on Yelp

The interior dining area

Fried chicken with mashed potatoes

Bryce Shuman, who wowed New York diners with his revered restaurant Betony, moved west and applied his refined techniques and presentations as part of a makeover of the old Monte Carlo.

Website: primroselv.com

Address: 3770 Las Vegas Blvd.

Phone number: 720-730-6600

Number of seats: 361

Entrée price range: $22-$35

Popular dishes: Garden Fries: fried pickled dill beans & hot peppers with gribiche sauce; Fried Chicken Provencal: boneless tenders, herbes de Provence and spring onion aïoli; Suckling Pig For Two: spit roasted over fire, served with potato purée, farmhouse pickles and natural jus

What others say: “Guests at Primrose can enjoy intimate moments along with a menu inspired by the South of France. There's a lot of fresh fish and vegetables, and Shuman likes cooking with fresh citrus and different vinegars and olive oils. This is a place that will showcase all kinds of open-fire cooking, on a gigantic grill created by Bill Blazvick. The grill has four rotisseries, and Shuman is roasting whole suckling pigs.” — Andy Wang, Food & Wine

The bar seating area

Bouillabaisse

Food Network star Robert Irvine put his name front and center for this big and accommodating-for-any-and-all-comers public house in the Tropicana.

Website: troplv.com/dining-restaurants/chef-irvine-restaurant

Address: 3801 Las Vegas Blvd S.

Phone number: 702-739-2307

Number of seats: 275

Entrée price range: $22-$34

Popular dishes: Steak & Frites: 10 oz. Creekstone Farms skirt steak, chimichurri, Kennebec fries and grilled asparagus; Fish & Chips: beer battered cod, malted curry aïoli, green onion, bacon, feta and green cabbage slaw; Public House Poutine: tater tots, pulled pork & shiitake-onion gravy, peppered goat cheese and red vein sorrel

What others say: “Robert Irvine is the new face of the Tropicana — literally. For nearly a year, the celebrity chef’s visage and bulging biceps have been plastered on the outside walls of the resort announcing his Las Vegas restaurant, Robert Irvine’s Public House. And now it’s here, a large, sprawling area with hardwood floors and a lacquered look that has its own corner of the hotel.” — Jason Harris, Las Vegas Magazine

The dining room

Public House Poutine

Decorated with a colorful and by no means subdued graffiti-style aesthetic, this popular addition to the late-night Vegas scene focuses on Japanese street food.

Website: paidinfull-lv.com

Address: 7225 S Durango Dr., #105

Phone number: 725-605-4402

Number of seats: 24

Entrée price range: $10-$20

Popular dishes: Takoyaki with octopus, takoyaki sauce, pickled ginger and bonito; okonomiyaki with foie gras; triple garlic yakisoba with scallions

What others say: “Combine “urban street style decor” with a “contemporary Japanese style Izakaya setting” and you have the potential for the next casual dining hit in the Southwest.” — Bradley Martin, Eater Las Vegas

Takoyaki

Okonomiyaki

In the Aria Hotel, bounties from the sea are plentiful at this magnetic addition to the Strip by chef Brian Malarkey and the globe-trotting Hakkasan Group.

Website: herringboneeats.com/locations/las-vegas

Address: 3730 S Las Vegas Blvd.

Phone number: 702-590-9898

Number of seats: 111 in main dining room, 66 in lounge, 14 at outdoor bar, 19 at indoor bar

Entrée price range: $29-46

Popular dishes: Whole grilled branzino with shaved fennel salad, salsa verde and lemon; Chilean sea bass with vegetable stir fry, yuzu and lemon grass coconut cream; braised short rib with parsnip purée and beet gremolata.

What others say: “After celeb chef Brian Malarkey’s first Vegas restaurant/Hakkasan Group collaboration brought cozy, casual, pre-club dining room Searsucker to Caesars Palace, we were expecting more of the same from Malarkey’s ocean-oriented Herringbone. … And when we discovered former Nove Italiano chef Geno Bernardo was returning to Vegas to run the kitchen, we knew the food would probably be great. But it’s better than great, and Herringbone, with its lounge-style dining room and crisp, sun-soaked patio, is one of the most relaxed restaurant experiences on the Strip.” — Brock Radke, Las Vegas Weekly

Whole grilled branzino

Buffalo octopus