Las Vegas Mixtape v2: Diving Into the City’s Culinary Gems and Top-Shelf Entertainment

Track #9: Kassi Beach House, Virgin Hotel

The entrance to Kassi Beach House is sweeping and warmly inviting, too—a real architectural come-on. Inside, the bar leads to a spacious dining room with clubby vibes, and there’s a perfect-for-brunch patio outside adjacent to the pool. The restaurant serves what it calls “authentic coastal Italian cuisine.”

Kassi’s Margherita pizza with Italian sausage (an instant home run) and the beet salad (with a memorable kale and pistachio pesto) set us up nicely for two seafood entrees: the oven-roasted branzino (with olives and cherry tomatoes in a rose wine sauce) and the roasted salmon with ultra-healthy “ancient grains.”

Looking around Kassi, it was easy to tell that cacio e pepe (spaghetti with pecorino, butter, and black pepper) was popular that night. Perhaps on a return visit, I’ll add .05 ounces of caviar to this dish for an extra $40—and celebrate another day of living.