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Grand Lux Café in the Palazzo hotel shares many of the style points that you’ll find in the restaurant of the same name inside the Venetian hotel. The main difference between the two, aside from location, is sheer size; while the Grand Lux Café in the Venetian has a private dining room that can seat up to 100, the same restaurant in the Palazzo seats only 70 guests in its private dining room. The main dining spaces here feel more intimate than those in the Venetian, if only because they’re not as wide open as its sister restaurant. The décor in the two eateries was created by David Overton, founder of the Cheesecake Factory, to combine the elegance of European cafés, trattorias and bistros with American-style food. Marble floors, intricate ceiling and wall decorations, and a variety of chair and bench setups make the Grand Lux Café a comfortable place to dine — something you can do at the Las Vegas restaurant 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Grand Lux Café exudes the feel of a European café in its décor, but it isn’t exactly our idea of a romantic spot with its casual environment and 24/7 service. While the Las Vegas restaurant does offer an upscale environment and great food for the price, it brings in a lot of patrons, so you may want to choose a more intimate spot for dinner. And at the Palazzo hotel, you’ll have plenty of dining options available, with the myriad Italian, French and Mexican restaurants that better play into that romantic ideal, offering you cozier dining spaces and less families chomping on burgers and other such fare. So while we enjoy Grand Lux Café for what it is, we think you could find other, more romantic options for dinner.

The Grand Lux Café does have a special kids menu, but it isn’t printed along with the restaurant’s regular menu. These selections include all the kid-friendly favorites, such as chicken fingers, grilled cheese, pancakes, pastas, mac and cheese, quesadillas, shrimp and burgers. And of course, with hundreds of meal options at the Las Vegas restaurant, your kids are sure to find something to their liking — even if the massive portions might be too much for them to handle. You can always get a to-go box or have portions adapted to suit your little one’s appetite.

Grand Lux Café has so many options on its menu that you might have trouble deciding what to order. That’s why we’re here. Here’s our list of the five best things to order at the Las Vegas restaurant:

1. Shrimp scampi: One of the restaurant’s most popular items, this dish is sautéed with white wine, lemon, garlic, fresh tomato, basil, parsley and a touch of cream, and served with pasta. You can also order the scampi as part of several combo platters.
2. Max Burger: The signature chophouse burger comes with the works — and then some: cheddar cheese, bacon, mushrooms, onions and roasted short rib. It’s all served next to salad or French fries.
3. Chicken Parmesan: Available as a lunch special or an anytime choice, this dish coats a chicken breast with Parmesan bread crumbs, covers it all with tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese, and pairs it with pasta.
4. Miso-glazed salmon: Available as a standalone dish or as part of a combo with caramel chicken, this salmon comes served with steamed rice and stir-fried vegetables.
5. Southwestern salad: Along with fresh greens, you’ll enjoy chicken breast, fresh corn, black beans, tortilla strips, avocado and pepper-jack cheese tossed in a honey-lime vinaigrette.

If you’re familiar with the Cheesecake Factory, you’ll know exactly what to expect from the desserts at Grand Lux Café — the Las Vegas restaurant inside the Venetian gets its sweets from the Cheesecake Factory, which is the Grand Lux Café’s sister restaurant. That means you’ll have an array of rich cheesecakes to choose from, along with other decadent desserts like the warm sticky bun bread pudding, key lime pie and red velvet cake. While all the desserts are made fresh, for a straight-out-of-the-oven treat, order a box of warm, homemade chocolate chip pecan cookies or create your own cupcakes with an assortment of toppings and frostings. The desserts at the Grand Lux Café are almost guaranteed to satisfy your whole family — even if you have some picky eaters on your hands.

The menu at Grand Lux Café is hard to sum up in just a few words. The Las Vegas restaurant describes its offerings as “grand casual cuisine,” which includes flavors from Thai, Malaysian, Caribbean, American and European cuisines. The massive menu at Grand Lux Café offers you salads, pizzas, burgers, sandwiches, lunch specials, eggs and omelets, pasta and noodles, house favorites, grand casual cuisine, steaks, fresh fish and seafood, combination platters, sides and desserts. If you’re familiar with the food at the Cheesecake Factory, then you’ll have a good idea of what to expect at Grand Lux Café — David Overton, the founder of the Cheesecake Factory, created the design and menu for the Venetian in opening the Grand Lux Café. You’ll be able to go on a grand tour of global cuisine at the restaurant, 24 hours a day, and all in a casual environment.

Straight ahead of the main entrance to the Grand Lux Café, you’ll see the restaurant’s bar, decked out in highly contrasting dark marbles. Glowing oranges and yellows illuminate the various bottles behind the bar and the underside of the bar top. If you sit at the bar, you’ll be able to order off the restaurant’s entire menu, giving you access to favorites such as the Max burger (cheddar cheese, bacon, mushrooms, onions and roasted short rib) or the miso-glazed salmon. And with plenty of draft beers, mixed drinks and wines to tipple, you might just choose to stay at the Grand Lux Café all day, which you can actually do, since the restaurant inside the Palazzo hotel is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The price range for a meal at Grand Lux Café is in line with the restaurant’s upscale-casual atmosphere. Many appetizers are big enough to be a meal in their own right, costing you between $10 and $14 apiece, with such options as chicken wings and duck pot stickers. The menu at the Las Vegas restaurant has a multitude of sections, including salads, pizzas, burgers, sandwiches, lunch specials, eggs and omelets, pasta and noodles, house favorites, grand casual cuisine, steaks, fresh fish and seafood, combination platters, sides and desserts. The most expensive option on the menu is the fillet mignon, which costs $31.95; otherwise, you can expect to pay anywhere between $25 and $50 per person for a meal at Grand Lux Café.

You’ll find the best tables at Grand Lux Café right at the front of the restaurant. If you’re just looking to get a quick bite without having to wait for a table, we recommend skipping the line and heading to the bar, where you can order the full menu with no reservations. Keep in mind, though, that this Grand Lux Café doesn’t get quite as crowded as the one in the Venetian. If you want a more traditional sit-down meal, choose one of the tables in the smaller dining room, which provides you with a bit more privacy. But as we mentioned, this Grand Lux Café tends not to get as crowded as its sister restaurant, so you should be in good shape to get a table at just about any time of day.

Grand Lux Café in the Palazzo hotel shares many of the style points that you’ll find in the restaurant of the same name inside the Venetian hotel. The main difference between the two, aside from location, is sheer size; while the Grand Lux Café in the Venetian has a private dining room that can seat up to 100, the same restaurant in the Palazzo seats only 70 guests in its private dining room. The main dining spaces here feel more intimate than those in the Venetian, if only because they’re not as wide open as its sister restaurant. The décor in the two eateries was created by David Overton, founder of the Cheesecake Factory, to combine the elegance of European cafés, trattorias and bistros with American-style food. Marble floors, intricate ceiling and wall decorations, and a variety of chair and bench setups make the Grand Lux Café a comfortable place to dine — something you can do at the Las Vegas restaurant 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Grand Lux Café has a casual dress code, which is in large part due to its location within the Venetian hotel. You’ll find the restaurant right around the corner from the main bank of elevators to the guestrooms, immediately before you enter the hotel and casino’s gaming area. Other guests may dress up a bit, given that it’s Las Vegas, but you’re more likely to find your fellow diners dressed down. Grand Lux Café will welcome you whether you show up wearing flip-flops and shorts or a full suit. Also keep in mind that the restaurant is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week; so even if you get a late-night craving, you won’t have to dress up to get a great meal.