(Hotel restaurants are not eligible in this category)
Seafood Restaurant
LANDRY'S SEAFOOD HOUSE
2160 W. Sahara Ave.
Whether its the punny sayings on the marquee -- always a welcome relief to shark-eat-shark traffic at Sahara Avenue and Rancho Drive -- or the Southern-leaning menu at this New Orleans-themed franchise, Landry's swamped the competition. Red Lobster -- winner for the past two years -- swam to second place.
Our Pick:
THE HUSH PUPPY
1820 N. Nellis Blvd. 7185 W. Charleston Blvd.
No piped-in Dixieland music or theater marquees here. In fact, the glassed-in rock garden is about the only thing that passes for atmosphere at the many-times-added-onto ranch house location on Charleston Boulevard. But walk in with a $20 bill on a Monday night, and the all-you-can-eat crab legs will make you believe you live by the sea -- or in the deep South, if it's catfish and fried green tomatoes you crave.