Chinatown Las Vegas

Pan Asian Dining District Of Strip Malls Along Spring Mountain Road, Begun With Chinatown Plaza In 1995 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Chinatown Las Vegas is not a historic neighbourhood of old streets and temples but a long run of strip-mall shopping centres along Spring Mountain Road, starting about a mile and a half west of the Strip and stretching west for several miles. It began in 1995 with Chinatown Plaza, a shopping centre usually credited to developer James Chen, with a gate and tiled roofs in what is described as Tang-dynasty style, and it has grown into one of the densest Asian dining districts in the western United States. The plazas now hold Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Filipino, Taiwanese and Malaysian restaurants, ramen and izakaya bars, Korean barbecue, hot pot, dim sum, boba and dessert shops, Asian supermarkets, bakeries, karaoke rooms and foot-massage parlours. Many places stay open past midnight, which is why Strip chefs, dealers and locals eat here after their shifts, and prices are far below the Strip. It is a driving district of crowded parking lots with no single walkable centre, so it rewards visitors who pick a few places in advance and arrive hungry.

Spring Mountain Road, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89102, United States

NO OPENING TIME HERE WAS CHECKED. The typical pattern: there is no single opening time for Chinatown - each restaurant, shop and supermarket keeps its own hours. Many restaurants open from late morning until 10 pm to 2 am, a few reportedly run 24 hours, dim sum is served mainly mid-morning to mid-afternoon, supermarkets keep roughly 8 or 9 am to 9 or 10 pm, and many small places close one weekday. The traps that ruin a night are arriving at a small famous place without a booking on a Saturday, hitting a restaurant's weekly closing day, turning up for dim sum after service ends, and assuming everything is open all night. Confirm current times before relying on them.

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