Star Watch tracks where celebs are in Vegas. See someone notable about town? Email vegas@eater.com.
Celebrity blogger and TV personality Perez Hilton dined at Tao Asian Bistro at the Venetian on Saturday night. He ordered spicy tuna tartar on crispy rice, lobster wontons and wasabi filet mignon with a friend. Dancing with the Stars professionals Mark Ballas and Derek Hough dined at Tao on Friday night with friends. The group ordered spicy tuna tartare on crispy rice, Peking duck and miso-glazed sea bass before heading into the nightclub to dance the night away. Pop singer Carly Rae Jepsen was at a separate table, ordering drunken lobster pad Thai with friends. Members of the pop rock band R5 ordered chicken wings, sausage fried rice and wasabi filet mignon. Hip hop artist Snoop Dogg surprised guests at Tao Asian Bistro on New Year’s Eve just before midnight by jumping in the deejay booth in front of the giant Buddha, wishing the crowd a happy new year and telling everyone to drink up. On Wednesday night, Dancing with the Stars pro Mark Ballas dined with friends at Tao. Members of the pop rock band R5 dined at Tao Asian Bistro last Monday night with family and friends. The group ordered grilled Kobe ribeye, satay of Chilean seas bass and vegetable dumplings. [EaterWire]
Pop star Nick Jonas dined at Katsuya at SLS Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve. He ordered crispy rice with spicy tuna, yellowtail sashimi, braised short ribs, creamy rock shrimp, crispy Brussels sprouts and more before walking the red carpet. {EaterWire]
Actress Halle Berry dined with a group of girlfriends at STK at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve, ordering tuna tartare and Waygu strip steak. Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters dined at STK last Monday night with family and friends. Grohl ordered burrata, beef tartare, New York steak and sweet potato doughnuts. [EaterWire]
Bayer Leverkusen forward Javier "Chicharito" Hernández dined with a large party on New Year’s Eve at Andrea’s at Encore Las Vegas. [EaterWire]
Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton dined with friends at Lavo Italian Restaurant at the Palazzo on Wednesday. [EaterWire]
Deejay Tiesto dined with friends at Nove Italiano at the Palms on Tuesday. He ordered a family-style meal of calamari, rigatoni alla vodka with shrimp, gnocchi with short rib and branzino with with his group. [EaterWire]