How to Get a Reservation at CUT by Wolfgang Puck (2026)
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Wolfgang Puck opened the first CUT at the Beverly Wilshire in 2006, built around longtime collaborator Lee Hefter's beef program, and brought the format to The Palazzo in Las Vegas as the steakhouse that rewrote the American chophouse.
The lineage here runs through Puck's own kitchen. He did not invent the steakhouse; he rebuilt it, trading the cigar-smoke nostalgia of the old chophouse for a modern, rigorously sourced room, and the discipline came from decades at Spago with Lee Hefter on the line. That pedigree is why Bon Appétit placed CUT among the top three steakhouses in America and why the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal each praised it in turn. When you book CUT, you are booking a steak program with a thirty-year provenance behind it.
Where CUT Sits, and What You Are Booking
CUT is at 3325 Las Vegas Boulevard South, inside The Palazzo at The Venetian, and we rank it second among Las Vegas steakhouses. The beef program is the reason. USDA Prime Nebraska corn-fed steaks are dry-aged 35 days for the concentrated, mineral flavour that separates a great steak from a merely good one, and the kitchen is one of a small number of US restaurants recognised by Japan's Kobe Beef Federation to serve certified Japanese Wagyu. A 12-ounce aged ribeye runs north of the usual chophouse line, and the Wagyu supplement climbs from there. This is a room where the bill scales with how far up the beef ladder you climb.
The Exact Booking Method in 2026
Here is the detail that trips up most visitors: CUT Las Vegas is not on OpenTable's booking network, despite carrying thousands of OpenTable diner reviews. You book through the SevenRooms system on the Venetian and Wolfgang Puck websites, or by calling the restaurant directly on 702-607-6300. The phone line is the fastest route when the online calendar looks full, because hotel steakhouses hold inventory back for the property's own guests and concierge desk that the public SevenRooms page does not show. Hours run 5pm to 10pm Sunday through Thursday and 5pm to 11pm Friday and Saturday, with a business-casual dress code.
Lead time depends entirely on the calendar. A normal Tuesday in a quiet Vegas week can be booked days out. A Saturday during a major convention, a fight weekend, or a holiday is a different animal, and those you want to lock two to three weeks ahead through SevenRooms. The single most useful move: if you are staying at The Venetian or The Palazzo, book through the hotel concierge rather than the public page. The property prioritises its own guests, and the concierge can reach inventory the app will not surface.
If the Online Calendar Is Full
A full SevenRooms page is rarely the end of the story at a hotel restaurant. First, call 702-607-6300 directly and ask, because phone inventory and app inventory are not always the same pool. Second, if you are a hotel guest, route the request through the concierge. Third, an early seating at 5pm or a late one near closing is far easier to land than the 8pm prime slot, and the kitchen and the beef are identical at either end. For a client dinner where the table matters, the early seating also gives you a quieter room before the convention crowd arrives.
What to Order to Justify the Spend
Order from the dry-aged Prime list if you want the house argument, and add a few ounces of the certified Japanese Wagyu as a shared supplement rather than a full portion, because a little of it goes a long way. The bone marrow flan and the steakhouse sides are where Puck's Spago refinement shows against a traditional chophouse. For the broader picture, our Las Vegas steakhouse coverage maps where CUT sits among the city's beef rooms, and our wider steakhouse guide places it against the global field.
Why CUT Isn't on the App You Expect
The OpenTable confusion is worth dwelling on, because it costs visitors tables. Search CUT and you will find thousands of OpenTable reviews and a high rating, which reads like a booking link but is not one. The Venetian and Palazzo properties run their restaurant reservations through SevenRooms, the system several of the resort's marquee rooms share, and CUT is booked there or by phone. The reviews live on OpenTable as a legacy of years of diner feedback; the inventory lives on SevenRooms. Mistaking the review page for the booking page is the single most common reason a visitor arrives without a table on a busy night.
This split is typical of hotel-resort dining, where the property controls the reservation channel to keep inventory for its own guests. It is also why the concierge route is so effective at CUT specifically: a Venetian or Palazzo guest who asks the desk is reaching the same pool the resort prioritises, ahead of the public SevenRooms page. If you are staying on property, do not book the restaurant yourself at all. Let the concierge do it, and you move to the front of the line that the resort reserves for the people sleeping upstairs.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you make a reservation at CUT by Wolfgang Puck in Las Vegas?
CUT books through the SevenRooms system on the Venetian and Wolfgang Puck websites, or by phone on 702-607-6300. It is not on OpenTable's booking network, even though it carries thousands of OpenTable diner reviews, so the app most US diners default to will not let you book it. The phone line is the fastest route when the online page looks full, and hotel guests should book through the concierge for access to inventory the public page does not show.
How far in advance should you book CUT Las Vegas?
It depends on the calendar. A normal weeknight in a quiet week can be booked a few days out, but a Saturday during a major convention, a fight weekend, or a holiday should be locked two to three weeks ahead through SevenRooms. Early 5pm and late seatings are far easier to secure than the 8pm prime slot, and the kitchen serves the same beef at either end of the night, so flexibility on time beats waiting for a full page to open up.
How much does dinner at CUT by Wolfgang Puck cost?
Expect a serious chophouse spend. A 12-ounce aged USDA Prime ribeye clears most steakhouse mains on its own, and the certified Japanese Wagyu supplement climbs well beyond it. With sides, a starter, and wine, a two-person dinner runs into the high hundreds before any Wagyu. The room is priced as a top-three American steakhouse, so treat it as a deal-closing or celebration spend rather than a casual dinner, and order the Wagyu as a shared supplement to manage the bill.
Is CUT by Wolfgang Puck worth it?
For a client dinner or a celebration in Las Vegas, yes. Wolfgang Puck rebuilt the American chophouse with Lee Hefter's beef program, the steaks are dry-aged 35 days, and the kitchen is recognised to serve certified Japanese Wagyu. Bon Appétit ranked it a top-three US steakhouse. It is not a casual or budget room, and it is not for vegetarians, but for the occasion of closing a deal over exceptional beef, it does the job better than almost any conference room in the city.
What is the dress code at CUT Las Vegas?
Business casual. CUT does not require a jacket, but it is a polished hotel steakhouse at The Palazzo rather than a casual room, so aim for the level you would wear to a client dinner: a collared shirt and trousers at minimum, smart shoes, no athletic wear or beachwear. The room dresses up noticeably on weekends and convention nights, and for a deal dinner you will feel more at ease matching that register than dressing down to it.