The Bellagio and Carbone Riviera Bring Yacht Life to the Las Vegas Strip

Carbone Riviera Arrives at the Bellagio With a Yacht and Front-Row Fountain Views

The team behind one of Vegas’s most sought-after tables launches a seafood-focused stunner in the former Picasso space.

Carbone — created by Mario Carbone, Rich Torrisi, and Jeff Zalaznick — first arrived in Las Vegas a decade ago with a location at Aria. It quickly became one of the city’s toughest reservations, known as much for its spicy rigatoni vodka and veal Parmesan as for its throwback glamour and celebrity appeal.

Carbone Riviera marks a new chapter for the brand, one with a sharper focus on seafood. Developed in partnership between Major Food Group and MGM Resorts International, the restaurant will feature a centerpiece display showcasing Dungeness and king crab, oysters, langoustines, ricci di mare sea urchins, and razor clams sprawled over ice. Daily flown-in seafood will support whole-fish preparations like salt-baked branzino and grilled Dover sole. Signature Carbone dishes — including spicy lobster meatballs and spicy rigatoni vodka — will also appear on the menu, along with a decadent two-pound lobster pasta.

Carbone Riviera will join other big-name talent that borders the lake, with neighbors like Wolfgang Puck’s Spago, Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s Prime Steakhouse, Julian Serrano’s Lago, and fellow New York darling, Le Cirque. It’s also the fourth Vegas restaurant for Major Food Group, joining Parm at Aria and Sadelle’s at Bellagio.

It’s one thing to watch the Fountains at Bellagio from the table. It’s another to sail past them on your way to it.