Pine Bistro is a fascinating mix of cultures and flavors in Southern Highlands.
The idea behindPine Bistrowas simple-minded . economise a drive to the Strip and give Southern Highlands an upscale Mediterranean restaurant to call its own . However , the final result is such an intriguing mix of cuisine and finish that it ’s tie to delineate curious diners from throughout the Las Vegas Valley .
See what it ’s all about when Pine Bistro celebrates an prescribed lofty opening on Thursday , September 28 . The dining room is inviting , vivid , and open , with Grant Wood decor and industrial touches that twin well with a hand - painted mural , copper accent , Turkish window skeletal system , and caning light fixedness , including lantern that glow softly above the bar . The milieu are designed to instill , but it ’s the food that will keep you fall back .
Pine Bistro serves Mediterranean culinary art with a heavy Lebanese influence , rewrapping traditional recipes and nip profiles into an elevated , contemporary package . " We require to take the same service , quality of intersection , and feel you get on the Strip and bring it into the residential area where we live , " Lowell Raven of Ayya Hospitality Group , the driving violence behind Pine Bistro , said . " We take traditional Lebanese culinary art , traditional Mediterranean nip , and put them into a cool , modern , gamey - energy surroundings . "
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Executive chef Dany Chebat , a Strip veteran , draw on his own Lebanese heritage in put a wide raiment of dishes together . Deep , typical seasonings like sumac , za’atar , and kuzbara ( coriander ) are staples of the cuisine , balanced by the frequent use of mint , lemon , pomegranate , and other bright component .
Almost always , a meal begins with a choice of dips and pita staff of life ( the traditional kind that puff up into a circle ) , bake fresh in a custom oven . Do n’t be shy about ripping it apart and dragging pieces through the humus , which is beautifully plated with olive vegetable oil paprika and chickpea beans , and baba ghanoush , where a pop of pomegranate seeds offsets the smokiness of the roasted eggplant bush .
The same pocket bread dough is used with a heavier grain in the fatayer – small PIE filled with spinach , pine nuts , and sumac . " There ’s a pine tree on the Lebanese iris , " Raven manoeuver out . " Pine junky are in much of the cuisine . "
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It ’s just one of the item listed on the menu as " mezza , " the Middle East ’s answer to tapas . So load up on dishes to apportion . The sambousek is a shell of tear - shaped beef and lamb pies with allspice , true pine addict , and a side drizzle of pomegranate syrup . Rakaket Jebneh is a home base of Lebanese cheese rolls with a ticklish pastry shell gormandise with mozzarella , feta , and halloumi ( a cheeseflower traditionally made with goat and sheep milk ) . A soupcon of mint is the secret weapon to take the flavour to life with onions , olive vegetable oil , and sesame come . Even the fries come with za’atar flavorer and shatta , aMiddle easterly hot sauce , on the side .
Kebabs are grilled over an undetermined flame . Choose between chicken taouk with a side of garlic party whip , filet mignon , beef kafta ( similar to a meatball or sausage ) , plump Mexican shrimp , a vegetable combo , or all of the above in a shareable phonograph recording that feeds up to four hoi polloi . you’re able to also split a whole Mediterranean snapper , grilled or fried . Shawarma meat is sliced fresh from one of two vertical broilers , yet if you just desire to splurge on a juicy American steak , ask for a New York Strip or os - in Ribeye slathered in olive vegetable oil , sumac , and other spice while sizzled over the grill .
Two versions of baklava are made in - house : a traditional recipe with pistachio and another with ashta cream , which is almost cheese - like . The former is go past with an redolent house - made pistachio and rise up urine ice cream . Any afters pairs well with Arabic coffee bean served short and firm in a formatting similar to espresso .
Lewis Caputa , the former lead bartender at Rosina , lead a mixology team with Strip experience , craft drinks with sign of the zodiac - made syrups , freshly - press juices , appropriate glasswork , and four types of water ice . The cocktail menu has traditional classic , such as a Negroni or Aperol Spritz , and new creation inspired by the look of the culinary art . A smoked Buffalo Trace Old Fashioned is sweetened with Libyan Islamic Fighting Group syrup , while the Sumac Smack is made with cachaça ( a Brazilian emotional state similar to rum ) and sumac syrup . Arak , a Middle Eastern sprightliness with a licorice flavor , is used in a red sangria and Temple of Niha cocktail with citrus flavors . It ’s also available to sip on its own with water impart , which is a traditional practice that tones down the intensity of the flavor . Ask about Lebanese wines and beer or a choice of Armenian brandies .
Pine Bistro will be exposed for dinner from 5 to 10 pm daily with hookah Robert William Service useable on the outdoor patio – a roomy layout with comfortable article of furniture , large umbrella , a silky water feature of speech , and Strip views . An outdoor grill will cook whole Charles Lamb and other items for extra events . Hookah service moves indoors at 10 pm with a menu of small-scale bites , including wings , shawarma pita wraps , and the awesome family burger ( a kafta patty pinch with rocket , balmy kettle of fish , honey , and an aged yoghourt counterpane ) reimagined as yellow-bellied terrapin . A roaming cart provides the hookah , crafted with shabu water and novel fruit . It ’s an elevated version of the service that ’s more common in a place like Dubai than in Las Vegas .
The reaching of Pine Bistro muse the growth of Southern Highlands , a passkey - planned residential area build around a golf course near the south ending of Las Vegas . Ayya Hospitality Group also operatesThick & Thin(a succus ginmill and meth cream store in one ) andIVI Performance , a 5,000 - straightforward - foot fittingness center for elect athletes ( including professionals from the NFL and MMA ) that focuses on one - on - one personal training . All three patronage are side - by - side near Keller Cactus Hill , a contemporaneous flat complex alongside Interstate 15 that was n’t even around a few years ago .
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But why block off there ? Ayya Hospitality Group also overseesCrust & Rouxfor savory and honeyed pie at Town Square and is openingJ. Blanco , a Mexican chophouse at UnCommons in the Southwest by early 2024 . Big thing are bump , and they are n’t always on the Strip .
Photo courtesy of Key Lime Photography
Photo courtesy of Key Lime Photography
Photo courtesy of Key Lime Photography
Photo courtesy of Key Lime Photography
Photo courtesy of Key Lime Photography
