text: What happens when Steve Wynn pilfers the greatest chefs from Vegas and the world and sets them up with their own restaurants at his Wynn Las Vegas hotel Someone has to be top dog Alex howls at the moon in the selftitled restaurant that to be called French by category is wholly inaccurate The category is Alex and nothing morennThere are lots of celebrity chefs out there that command big dollars because you have watched them on the Food Network or bought their book Most have restaurants that vary wildly in quality of food and service and BAM You spent a fortune for a meal that you could have acquired a lot less expensively elsewherennAlex is not that kind of restaurant It is staggeringly not cheap Your price fixe meal can run per person to per person without wine If you go with the wine pairings on the course meal expect to add about If you want anything with white truffles offered add another to per person Your tip for two will run around for a basic meal with limited beveragesnnNow that you or your spouse has fainted pick yourself up This may be one of the only restaurants in the world that I can safely say lives up to its hype and is worth whatever you pay for itnnAlex is going to take you on a culinary adventure of the time you are getting some level of his personal attention They make special events a treat with little extras and the three courses with little taste bonuses that the chef throws in works out to be closer to five anywaynnPlates are set down in deceptively tiny amounts in front of you Do not be fooled This is very rich food as my writing this in some level of exquisite agony at am will attestnnYou will experience tastes that you may never have experienced before with a depth and subtlety that are simply shocking Even the bread is amazing We had a rosemaryorange infused slice that was for this allergyravaged nose a wondernnDesserts are ordered at the time of your initial menu foray Each one is rich and complex My wife had some chocolate dish that was about as big as a Kit Kat bar in size covered in dark chocolate with three toasted hazel nuts and ribbons of dark chocolate and a painting of gold leaf on the plate next to it served with a small hazel nut ice cream that was so rich that she could only finish half They do have doggie bags but if you give any of it to the dogs or your children you are either insane or incredibly attached to your pooch or rug ratnnJackets are suggested but not required Most men in the room wearing them worked there as waitersnnThe waiters were beyond amazing and deserve the that they command Eat earlier and then jog about miles to work off the joys of true gluttonynnIf you can she will out money for the wonders of Cirque du Soleil then you should worry little about giving this culinary acrobat your hardearned dough