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The Country Club is open all week long at varying hours; so matter what part of the week you find yourself visiting Las Vegas, you’ll have ample opportunities to dine at the Country Club inside the Wynn Las Vegas. Stop in for lunch Monday to Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., or enjoy a sophisticated dinner Wednesday to Saturday from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Brunch is also offered on Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.; but the real treat is Country Club’s Sunday Jazz Brunch, which is available from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Treat your taste buds as chef Carlos Guia whips up a New Orleans-style brunch that pays homage to classic Big Easy favorites, all while tapping your foot to the live jazz trio.

When you dress for the Country Club, be sure to bust out those button-down blouses, skirts and nice shoes — the Four-Star Las Vegas restaurant has a business casual dress code. Refined, intimate, yet still comfortable, you’ll dine on upscale and creative versions of classic American comfort food. The restaurant also provides a nice escape from the hustle and bustle of Sin City, since it offers sprawling views of Wynn’s lush golf course and the stunning waterfall on the 18th hole. Whether you’re enjoying an actual meal or just stopping in for a drink at the sultry bar, the Country Club is the perfect place to check out if you’d like a delicious and classy meal.

Though there is no official cancellation policy set in stone, the Country Club requests that you call at least a few hours prior if you need to cancel or change your reservation — particularly if your party has more than five people. For smaller groups, the Four-Star Las Vegas restaurant still suggests giving at least an hour’s notice, so it is able to accommodate diners who were not able to get a reservation. However, your credit card information will not be taken at the time of booking your reservation, so you don’t need to worry about being charged any fees if you need to cancel.

Securing a reservation at the Country Club is a relatively easy process — simply call the Wynn/Encore Las Vegas Dining Services directly, and a helpful representative can assist you with booking a meal at your desired time. If you’re staying at the Wynn Las Vegas, you can always take advantage of the ultra-accommodating concierge staff, who are more than willing to assist with arranging your dining reservations. With lush golf course views and sophisticated cuisine to match, this is one Sin City gem you’re going to want to try. The Four-Star Las Vegas restaurant goes above and beyond your typical American steakhouse fare.

The Country Club is a chic, exclusive place to see and be seen on the glamorous Las Vegas Strip. Here are five important things you should know about it:

1. It has a secluded country club feel. Tucked into a secluded section of the luxurious Wynn Las Vegas, the Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star restaurant will have you feeling like you’ve walked into a country club’s dining room — but here, everyone is welcome.

2. The restaurant overlooks the golf course. The restaurant is a fine dining experience near the 18th hole of the Four-Star hotel’s golf course, and you’ll find it is more than up to par. You’ll be able to take in views of the golf course and, if you want, sit out on a terrace to get the best views.

3. A James Beard-nominated chef creates the cuisine. You won’t forget your meal here thanks to the creative inspirations of executive chef Carlos Guia, a nominee for the 2006 James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef: Southwest.

4. You’ll need a reservation. Diners need to make a reservation for both evening dinners and brunches as the tables fill up quickly, especially at the peak dining hours of 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Call ahead to get a reservation secured so you can be sure you can get in at the time you want.

5. Sundays feature a jazz brunch. The Las Vegas restaurant also offers a Sunday brunch served with a background of lively jazz music. You’ll find mouth-watering stations where you can fill up your plate with appetizers such as shellfish, smoked salmon, salumi, artisanal cheeses and various breads. Then dig into entrées like eggs, French toast bread pudding, hot dogs, chicken and barbecued pork before heading to the carving station. 

The Country Club is surprisingly a great place for group dining at Wynn Las Vegas. At first glance, the Four-Star restaurant appears to be a place created for a romantic dinner for two. But this Las Vegas hotspot also caters to larger groups in town for conventions or business trips, plus bigger families on vacation. While we were visiting, two large groups enjoyed a slow dining experience, delighting in ordering every appetizer from the menu and then conducting their own informal taste-testing event. The server made sure to spend time with the groups and answered all of their dining inquiries rather than rushing them to order. So you can host a larger group here and relax and enjoy your time without feeling a sense of urgency to finish your meal.

The Country Club doesn’t have private dining rooms available if you want to dine in privacy. However, the entire restaurant can be rented out for parties of up to 135 guests for special occasions. If you’re hoping to bring in a small group, the restaurant can easily accommodate your group with larger tables. You won’t be dining in private, but you’ll be dining together and get great service at the same time. Be sure to call and make a reservation — this Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star restaurant is popular and gets busy quickly.

In terms of the price range for a meal at The Country Club, the menu tends to be on the pricey side. Keep in mind, though, that this is a fine dining Las Vegas restaurant. You’ll find that entrées such as Hawaiian tuna steak cost $42 and a sea bass dish rings in at $40. Steaks are pricier and can hit the $60 range, but that’s for a 14-ounce chili-rubbed Montana flat iron Wagyu steak. Appetizers are generous and include fresh greens topped with grilled duck for $15 and a big bowl of specialty gumbo for $18. Sides include delicious creamed spinach for two for $12 or a specialty mushroom and zucchini mix for $14. Desserts like bananas Foster hover in the $12 to $15 range. And you’ll find drink prices go from $15 for a Grey Goose on the rocks to $18 for a glass of merlot. You can still come in and enjoy dinner for under $100 if you choose not to order a three-course meal.

Lunch prices for appetizers range from $13 for sweet corn chowder to $21 for a shrimp cocktail. Entrées run from an $11 grilled hot dog with all the fixings — sauerkraut, housemade spicy pepper relish, Creole mustard, onions, pepperoncini, potato crisps — to a tossed Cobb salad with jumbo shrimp for $25. You can also order a sirloin burger for $16 or two others with fun accouterments (guacamole, smoked bacon) for $19.

If you’re coming in for brunch, you’ll find that menu to be similar in price to the lunch menu. Appetizers range from $12 to $19 and entrées, such as French toast bread pudding and Parmesan crusted free-range chicken, average around $20. Again, you’ll find burgers for $16 or $19 and steaks that range from $47 to $56, depending on what you want. If you want to experience the Sunday jazz brunch at the Four-Star restaurant, the preset price is $59 per adult and $24 for children under 12. You’ll get to fill your plate with as much as you want from a large selection of appetizer stations (salumi, cheeses, breads, salmon, shellfish), entrées (shrimp and grits, French toast bread pudding, eggs, chicken, omelets) and a carving station that includes house-smoked andouille sausage, jumbo shrimp, pork chops and more. So if you want to try a little bit of everything, this brunch might be your best bet. The bonus? You’ll get to listen to live jazz music while you eat.

There is a window in the second room at The Country Club that overlooks the lush, green golf course at Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star Wynn Las Vegas. The highlight of the area is a large, man-made, multi-tiered waterfall that sparkles both day and night. Large evergreen trees that surround the waterfall add to the appeal of gazing at nature while dining; the view supports the theme that the Las Vegas restaurant is part of a country club’s fine dining experience. If you want to take in these great views, you’ll have to request one of the tables by the window, so you should arrange that when you make your reservation. 

There are many dishes at The Country Club that could be classified as the restaurant’s “greatest hits,” but here is our list of the five best things to order at this Las Vegas eatery:

1. Chef Carlos’s Gumbo. One of the best appetizers on the menu is Chef Carlos’s Gumbo — executive chef Carlos Guia’s concoction of house-smoked andouille sausage highlighted with shrimp and crawfish. You’ll feel transported to the South with one bite of this flavorful dish.

2. Sea scallop ceviche. You’ll find this amazing starter on the dinner menu. The ceviche is a mix of sea scallops with citrus juices, zest, jalapeño, mint and red chili threads. All the flavors work well together, making it a refreshing dish with some added spice.

3. Brown sugar brined pork chop. This is one of the best entrées on the dinner menu. It’s served with fire roasted corn succotash and black mission fig-bourbon barbecue sauce.

4. Sesame-crusted Hawaiian tuna. An exceptional dish, the tuna is surrounded by shiitake mushrooms and covered with yuzu caviar, ginger “froth” sauce and soy glaze. If you’re a fan of tuna and like mushrooms, you’ll love this.

5. Chile-rubbed American flat iron Wagyu steak. Meat lovers will rejoice while savoring this 14-ounce fine cut of steak topped with the chef’s trademark “roasted garlic mojo.”

The executive chef at The Country Club is Carlos Guia. His father is Venezuelan and his mother is from New Orleans, which explains why he likes to use Venezuelan and Creole cuisines as his base. A classically trained French chef, he’s worked at Lutèce, Le Bernadin and the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, which are all located in New York. He also worked at Stages in Europe and Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, Georges Blanc, Auberge de Hoefslag, Scholteshof and Marco Pierre White at Harvey’s. Then he moved to New Orleans and worked with the Brennan family at Commander’s Palace and Palace Café before he relocated to Las Vegas to open Commander’s Palace Las Vegas, among others, and to take on his current position at The Country Club at Wynn Las Vegas.

Carlos Guia, The Country Club’s executive chef, clearly loves variety and follows a philosophy that incorporates various types of cuisines into his menu. He provides diners with mouth-watering steak dishes along with inspired fish and fowl alternatives that are anything but average thanks to unusual toppings and creative, out-of-the-ordinary sauces. When asked about his food philosophy, Guia says, “I don’t like to be bound by too many things. Basically, I love utilizing various flavors and cuisines to create my dishes.” He adds, “For me, powerful flavors and contrast in flavor is the most important aspect, but it also needs to be visually appealing and create a memory for the guest, so when they think of the dish, it brings back great memories.” Given his experience working in kitchens in Europe, New Orleans and New York, you’ll find various global influences in the dishes that grace the menu at this Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star restaurant.

The Country Club doesn’t have an official pastry chef, but executive chef Carlos Guia collaborates with Pierre Gatel, who is the executive pastry chef of Wynn Las Vegas and Encore at Wynn Las Vegas. Both chefs decide on the daily and nightly dessert menu, which consists of an array of sweets including specialty offerings such as an apple brown betty crumble, a blend of gala apples, fall spices and brown sugar crumbles topped with bourbon toffee ice cream. Other sweet treats include a Nutella chocolate custard bread pudding, which is chocolate cake soaked in Nutella hazelnut spread and covered with whipped cream. There are plenty of other desserts to choose from, as well as a wide variety of ice cream flavors.

The menu at The Country Club covers a wide variety of fine dining cuisine, including a wide range of steak options. For those who aren’t meat lovers, there is a nice selection of seafood, including sea bass and raw tuna steaks covered in caviar. The menu offers some great appetizers, but it’s hard to choose just one. The Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star Las Vegas restaurant is known for its gumbo appetizer, but there was also an interesting wild greens salad covered with grilled duck meat and garnished with sliced cranberries when we dined here last. Another appetizer that was a tasty treat featured thin slices of fresh beets covered with horseradish wasabi and a slice of ginger. That dish has gotten a lot of buzz as being a highlight of many guests’ meals. The chef also featured a crab cake with a mountain of large fresh crabmeat chunks seared lightly on the top and bottom and served with a mellow cream sauce. After you’ve had your share of appetizers, there are usually six entrées on the menu that include dishes such as pork chops, Hawaiian tuna, sea bass, lobster, chicken and lamb. All of these dishes are prepared using other ingredients that add to the flavor of the main dish, such as the brown sugar brined pork chop that comes with fire- roasted corn succotash and black mission fig bourbon barbecue sauce. Then there are six charbroiled steaks to choose from. You can get a nine-ounce filet mignon for $54 or a 14-ounce Wagyu steak for $58.

For lunch, you’ll find similar appetizers but a few lighter options such as an avocado salad and shrimp cocktail. For entrées enjoy salads such as a tossed Cobb salad with jumbo shrimp and an open-face Country Club French dip with shaved prime rib and Gruyère cheese. You’ll also get a few burgers to choose from including a Black Angus sirloin burger.

The brunch menu features appetizers and entrées like French toast bread pudding and Parmesan crusted free-range chicken. You’ll also find burgers and steaks similar to those found on the lunch and dinner menus. Then there’s a Sunday jazz brunch, where you get to fill up your plate as much as you want with a large selection of appetizers (salumi, cheeses, salmon, shellfish), entrées (shrimp and grits, French toast bread pudding, eggs, chicken) and a carving station that includes house-smoked andouille sausage, jumbo shrimp and pork chops.

Regardless of when you dine and what you order, you’re sure to be thrilled by chef Carlos Guia’s delicious creations.

There isn’t a special menu, such as a gluten-free menu, offered for those with food allergies at The Country Club. However, if you’re dining at the Las Vegas restaurant, just let your server know of any special food requests and if you have any allergies. The chef will accommodate any special needs, so be sure to speak up or even call the restaurant ahead of time to discuss how dishes are prepared. With a variety of choices on the menu, you should be able to find something that works for you.

The Country Club has a full vegetarian menu that offers both appetizers and entrées for those avoiding animal protein. On one of our visits, our server informed us that Steve Wynn, the owner of Wynn Las Vegas, is a vegetarian, so this menu was important to him. You can order any of the vegetarian dishes as side dishes to accompany your meal as well. Some of the selections included red beet and carrot salad, arugula salad with candied pecans, vegetarian crab cakes, sesame seared tofu, seasonal sautéed woodland mushrooms and crispy yucca fries with a garlic sauce. A simple grilled asparagus dish was a hit at our table along with sautéed mushrooms and zucchini. One of our favorite vegetarian dishes is the black quinoa with roasted red peppers and polenta cakes with a blue cheese dressing. So if you’re a vegetarian or vegan, you can feel at ease when you make your reservation at this Four-Star Las Vegas restaurant.

The Country Club at Wynn Las Vegas offers a cheese menu that is sure to please any cheese lover. “I love cheese,” says chef Carlos Guia, who offers his cheeses on the dessert menu. The Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star restaurant features four cheeses that vary from artisanal domestics to European classics. Chef Guia pairs the cheeses with housemade preserves, chutneys, nuts, port-macerated figs and slices of rustic wheat bread. For types of cheeses, the chef normally features a cow, goat and sheep offering, plus blue cheese. If you enjoy savory over sweet, be sure to order some of these delicious cheeses after your meal.

The Country Club offers an amazing array of desserts including specialty offerings such as the apple brown betty crumble, which combines gala apples, fall spices and brown sugar crumbles and is topped with bourbon toffee ice cream. There’s also the Nutella chocolate custard bread pudding, which is chocolate cake soaked in Nutella and then covered with whipped cream. Other dessert offerings including lemon meringue gratin, bananas Foster profiterole and a dark chocolate espresso bar. A highlight for kids is the chocolate bombolone, small warm doughnuts surrounded by chocolate sauce, berries and cream. There is also a wide variety of ice creams if you want something a bit simpler but still filled with creamy flavor. Be sure to order a tasty dessert to satiate your sweet tooth after your dinner at the Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star restaurant.

You’ll find a few signature desserts on executive chef Carlos Guia’s dessert menu at The Country Club. The apple brown betty crumble, which you’ll need to order during your meal to account for the extra baking time, is a highlight. This dish takes gala apples, fall spices and brown sugar crumbles and tops it all off with bourbon toffee ice cream for a heavenly treat. One of our favorite specialty desserts is the Nutella chocolate custard bread pudding. If you’re a fan of the chocolate-hazelnut spread, you’ll love this dessert, too: chocolate cake soaked in Nutella and covered with whipped cream. The menu also offers New Orleans-style beignets with café au lait dipping sauce. If you’re a fan of beignets like we are, you should certainly order these before you end your evening at the Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star restaurant. 

The Country Club’s executive chef Carlos Guia offers special gifts and treats throughout the course of your meal at the Four-Star Las Vegas restaurant. When we dined, we received his delicious sliced beets covered in wasabi horseradish sauce. Various tables were also served the crab cake as a special gift. We also noticed smaller portions of the specialty desserts sent to various tables as a thank you. You’ll never know what the chef might send out, but you can most likely expect an extra bite of something delicious.

The food presentation at The Country Club is different for every course. When we dined, the crab cake was served on a clear, hot, small crystal platter. The gumbo was brought to the table in a little silver pot sitting atop a white China platter. The entrées arrived on various sizes of white plates in interesting geometric designs that didn’t take away from the special sauces swirled on them. You’ll find that the presentation is elegant and unique, allowing the cuisine to be the star of the show.

The menu at The Country Club offers seasonal dishes reflecting the bounty of the season. Other seasonal specials have included a red kuri squash soup with pumpkin spiced chantilly, toasted pepitas and pumpkin seed oil in the fall, watermelon gazpacho during warm-weather months and jumbo lump crabmeat with avocado, cilantro and yucca crisps. “We run seasonal specials, so there is always something different,” says executive chef Carlos Guia. Depending on the time of year you visit the Four-Star Las Vegas restaurant, you’ll find seasonal ingredients reflected in all the dishes.

The Country Club’s interior design is true to its name. Picture an upscale country club dining room that belongs in Maine or Connecticut but is located in the heart of Las Vegas. The restaurant has dark paneled walls and beige and red carpeting that sports a plaid design and gives a wink to old-fashioned country club restaurants where people grabbed a bite after a day spent at the pool or on the tennis courts. The atmosphere is casual yet formal with tables covered with white cloth, which suggests fine dining, and walls covered in framed photos. Each table at the Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star restaurant is complete with a small candle, red flower in a vase and clear wine and water goblets.

You’ll find that the best table at The Country Club is the center table among the tables that run along the window in the second dining room. It’s tucked away from the entrance and seems far from the hubbub of people waiting to be seated by the hostess. This table, and the ones next to it, provide a more intimate atmosphere as it avoids the bar in the other room. What makes this table special is that it overlooks the golf course at Wynn Las Vegas and a beautiful man-made waterfall. Even at night with only the moon and some low lighting, it’s a beautiful view of lush greens with the water sparkling in the distance. During warm weather, you can also eat at outside tables that look out over the golf course and waterfall. 

The table settings at The Country Club are classy yet casual with a hint of country club rustic thrown in. The white tablecloths are accented with flecks of beige. The rest of the setting at this Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star restaurant is elegant with white porcelain dishes in various shapes, crystal and porcelain plates for the appetizers and plates in geometric shapes (ovals, large rectangles, circles, swirls) for the main courses. Drinks are served in clear glasses and large crystal goblets. There are also silver, slightly oversize forks, knives and spoons at each place setting. Each table is accented with a deep red flower in a simple vase and a small candle. It’s all very simple yet elegant. 

The service at The Country Club rivals any other Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star restaurant on the Strip and elsewhere. During our recent visit, our server was friendly but not intrusive. He spent time patiently explaining the ingredients in many of the special dishes and seemed truly interested in providing the details of why the evening’s specials were indeed quite special, down to the fact that certain mushrooms were only in season during a specific time of the year. The waiter had a supportive assistant who immediately cleared dishes, filled water glasses and returned with drink refills. At the beginning of the meal, he also mentioned a special baked apple pie dessert that would take additional time, just in case we were planning to order it. Overall, the service was attentive throughout our meal without hovering — even though anytime we needed something the server was there instantly. 

The atmosphere at The Country Club is geared toward a romantic first date or a special occasion like a proposal or an anniversary. The lighting is low and the view of the golf course and waterfall will make you feel as though you’ve truly gotten away. There is no rush to finish dinner, which can easily turn into an event that lasts more than two hours. Share bites of one of the rich desserts such as the delicious cake or apple crumble. The Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star restaurant has top-notch service that won’t disrupt a quiet discussion or even some hand-holding. It’s a great place for a little romance.

The Country Club has a bar neatly tucked into the back of the first dining room. You’ll find that it’s a more low-key spot, where you can enjoy a cocktail with friends — don’t expect the bar to be a wild party like other Las Vegas options. On a Saturday night when we visited, it was quiet and didn’t get much traffic although diners frequently stopped by to check on the score of the local Rebels basketball game. It’s the perfect bar to have one last glass of wine or a mixed drink after dinner, offering a list of fine wines, mixed drinks and a few drink specials. There are also specially blended drinks available that change depending on the season. Just like the Four-Star restaurant’s name, the bar is also reminiscent of a relaxed country club setting.

While there isn’t a specific bar menu at The Country Club, you can order anything off the main menu and dine at the bar. If you’re looking for a snack to go along with your cocktails, it’s easy enough to choose something from the appetizers list. You’ll find a delicious sea scallop ceviche, foie gras and beef carpaccio that will pair well with a glass of wine or Scotch. If you’re looking for a full-on dinner, you can order a three-course meal at the bar as well. Being a steak house, this Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star Las Vegas restaurant offers mouth-watering steaks and burgers using some of the finest beef.

The regular menu at The Country Club doesn’t offer wine pairings, but specialty menus do link the food choices with suggested wine selections. Chef Carlos Guia also offers a special prix fixe menu, in which each course is offered with a different wine selection. A tasting menu served in the past was his “A Taste of New Orleans” menu, which was influenced by Creole cuisine. You’ll also find menus such as these during Las Vegas Restaurant Week. If you’re looking to pair wines with your choices from the à la carte menu, you can ask your server for suggestions so the right wines are chosen to accompany the food.

The sommelier at The Country Club is Jay Martino. He trained at UNLV, where he first started learning about wine, spirits and beer. Martino enrolled in every course that was offered to educate himself on the beverage and wine industry. His next stop was the Hard Rock Hotel, where he worked for four years under chef Kerry Simon at Simon Kitchen and Bar. From there, he opened David Burke at The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino where he also worked for four years with renowned chef David Burke. Martino was also able to work with an advanced sommelier named Jeffrey Bencus, and learned all aspects of wine. He has met and tasted with many master sommeliers and travels regularly to Napa Valley, Sonoma, Paso Robles and Willamette Valley. If you’re looking for someone to help you choose a wine to pair with your meal at this Four-Star restaurant, Martino can certainly use his vast wine knowledge to help you make a decision. 

The Country Club provides a fun atmosphere and drink specials to ignite a special night out in Las Vegas. One of the restaurant’s favorite specialty drinks —Old Blue Eyes — is a nod to Frank Sinatra, one of Vegas’ favorite crooners. The cocktail combines Stoli Blueberi vodka with muddled blueberries, fresh lime juice and fresh pomegranate juice. Or try the Island Mule, which features XO Reserve rum, lime juice, agave nectar and ginger. The Rage mixes gin, POM Wonderful pomegranate juice, lemon juice and rock candy syrup for a sweet and potent cocktail. If you’re a fan of pears, order up a Yvette’s Pear, which combines pear vodka, Crème Yvette and muddled Asian pears. Whatever it is you like to drink, you’ll find it at the bar, but be sure to try one of the  specialty cocktails.

If you’re an oenophile, you’ll be happy to know that The Country Club offers several rare bottles of wine. This list of rare bottles includes an impressive 1904 Armagnac from Domaine de Peyrot. When you’re dining at Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star restaurant, you can also explore and order from the entire Wynn Las Vegas wine inventory, which contains a blend of whites and reds. There are other amazing rare wine selections that should please any palate. These include a first-growth Bordeaux, Burgundy Grand Cru, Petrus, Cheval Blanc, Romanée Conti, Harlan, Grace Family, Staglin and Screaming Eagle. Speak with your server about the rare bottles offered and he’ll be able to give you some suggestions as to what to pair with your meal. 

While The Country Club does not have an official mocktail list per se, it does recommend the following non-alcoholic alternatives, including a virgin version of the Old Blue Eyes with just POM Wonderful pomegranate juice, fresh lime juice, rock candy syrup and muddled blueberries (sans the Stoli Blueberi vodka). Those who want to skip the buzz can also order a virgin daiquiri, a virgin piña colada, Becks non-alcoholic beer or a virgin mojito. Of course you’ll also find the regular sodas, teas, coffees and water offerings on the menu if you want something less extravagant.