Las Vegas Mixtape v10: U2 Sphere Takeover, Swap Meet Thrills, and Neon Feast Smarts

Track #4: Neon Feast

Where to eat in Vegas? Which places to recommend? And in which neighborhoods? The choices here are infinite and seriously daunting. That’s where the free Neon Feast app—celebrating its second anniversary this month—comes in handy.

Launched by the acclaimed former Review-Journal food writer Al Mancini, this tool for Vegas dining is curated by “top local chefs, restaurateurs, professional journalists, critics, and influencers,” he says. “I wanted to create an online resource that was convenient to access, easy to navigate, and packed only with ‘expert’ opinions.” Hostile Yelpers—move over.

Like Neon Feast’s 33,000 unique users do each month, simply browse by type of cuisine and neighborhood, and you’ll see restaurant picks with comments from the app’s team of experts. My favorite section is the anything-goes “Picks of The Day.”

“We tell everyone about a few places, within one of those categories, that are recommended by people who take food very seriously,” explains Mancini, a local hero who’s easy to spot around town with his multi-colored Mohawk cut. He also hosts the lively “Food and Loathing” weekly podcast, pointing folks to the city’s best restaurants, chefs, and daily food happenings.