Wondering where Las Vegas' in-the-know crowd is eating and drinking? It's easy to spot lines out the door, but some underlying trends are harder to see.
We took a data-driven look at the question, using Yelp to discover which eateries have been most discussed this month.
To find out who made the list, we looked at Las Vegas businesses on Yelp by category and counted how many reviews each received. Rather than compare them based on number of reviews alone, we calculated a percentage increase in reviews over the past month, and tracked businesses that consistently increased their volume of reviews to identify statistically significant outliers compared to past performance.
Read on to see which spots are extra cool this summer.
Ada's
Open since May, this pizza and Italian restaurant, which also offers ice cream and frozen yogurt, is trending compared to other businesses categorized as "Pizza" on Yelp.
Citywide, pizza spots saw a median 2.3% increase in new reviews over the past month, but Ada's saw a dramatic 133.3% increase, with a slight downward trend from a five-star rating a month ago to 4.5 stars today.
It's not the only trending outlier in the pizza category: Amano has seen a 10.9% increase in reviews.
Located at 410 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 120, in Tivoli Village, Ada's offers Calabrian pizza with spicy salami, tomato, chili oil and ricotta Salata cheese, as well as a white pizza with taleggio and fontina cheeses, mushrooms and charred kale.
AmeriBrunch Cafe
Whether or not you've been hearing buzz about downtown's AmeriBrunch Cafe, the breakfast and brunch and traditional American restaurant is a hot topic according to Yelp review data.
While businesses categorized as "American (Traditional)" on Yelp saw a median 2.4% increase in new reviews over the past month, AmeriBrunch Cafe bagged a 7.8% increase in new reviews within that time frame, maintaining a superior 4.5-star rating.
Open at 316 E. Bridger Ave., Suite 102, since 2015, AmeriBrunch Cafe offers a full brunch menu six days a week, with offerings like the steak and egg hash, the spicy bacon sandwich and the avocado toast with eggs.
Hamptons
Hamptons is also making waves. Open since 2017 at 440 S. Rampart Blvd., Suite 180, in Tivoli Village, the New American restaurant has seen a 5.6% bump in new reviews over the last month, compared to a median review increase of 2.1% for all businesses tagged "American (New)" on Yelp.
Hamptons offers Maryland lump crab cakes, aged New York strip steak with chive potato puree, deconstructed swordfish tacos and pan-basted Idaho trout, as well as sandwiches, salads and savory soups. Over the past month, it's maintained a sound four-star rating among Yelpers.
Pacific Island Taste
Downtown's Pacific Island Taste is the city's buzziest breakfast and brunch spot by the numbers.
The Hawaiian and breakfast and brunch spot, which opened in April at 1428 E. Charleston Blvd., increased its new review count by 9.8% over the past month, an outlier when compared to the median new review count of 2.3% for the Yelp category "Breakfast & Brunch." It outperformed the previous month by gaining 2.2 times more reviews than expected based on past performance.
Pacific Island Taste, with a 4.5-star rating on Yelp, offers chicken katsu (Japanese-style fried chicken), as well as Spam musubi, hot dog musubi, pork hash and both bento boxes and poke bowls.
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