Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab

Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab is an upscale restaurant in the Forum Shops at Caesars, 3500 Las Vegas Blvd S, on the center Strip of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is the Las Vegas outpost of a restaurant brand that originated in Chicago, which in turn draws on the Florida stone crab tradition of the original Joe's Stone Crab in Miami Beach. The restaurant combines a seafood house with a steakhouse, and serves both lunch and dinner on most days.

The signature item is stone crab claws, which are served chilled with a mustard sauce and are available on a seasonal basis, since stone crab harvest in Florida is limited to a period of the year. Other classic dishes include cold seafood towers, creamed spinach and Florida key lime pie, which is a defining dessert of the brand. The steak menu covers prime cuts, and the kitchen balances surf and turf. Prices of roughly $80-150 per person place it in the upper range, and stone crab and seafood towers can raise the bill considerably.

The dining room is polished and busy, with white tablecloths, professional service and a business-lunch and special-occasion crowd. Noise is moderate, and dress is smart casual. The location inside the shopping complex means it is easy to combine with a day at the Forum Shops, and lunch offers a lower-priced way to sample the menu compared with dinner.

Reservations are available through the restaurant website or OpenTable and are advisable, particularly for weekend dinner. Booking several days ahead is usually sufficient, though peak evenings can fill sooner. Hours vary and should be confirmed on the website. The restaurant is reachable on foot from Caesars Palace, the LINQ Promenade and Bellagio, and the resort corridor's transport links are close by.