#9 in Top 20 Hotels in Las Vegas · ★★★★★
Fontainebleau Las Vegas
Newest mega-resort, LIV Beach + LIV Nightclub, Miami DNA on the Strip.
Newest mega-resort, LIV Beach + LIV Nightclub, Miami DNA on the Strip.
"The Strip's newest mega-resort: a December 2023 opening with Miami-bred design and a heavyweight dining and nightlife lineup."
Why this rank: Fontainebleau Las Vegas is the most significant Strip opening of the decade, debuting in December 2023 after a 16-year construction saga and arriving as the first Fontainebleau outside Miami Beach. It has 3,644 rooms and suites in a single 67-floor tower that reaches roughly 737 feet, the second-tallest building in Nevada. The case for it is the dining and nightlife depth: more than 30 venues, anchored by a Las Vegas edition of David Grutman's LIV nightclub and the LIV Beach dayclub, plus Mother Wolf from Evan Funke, the pan-Asian Komodo, and the Don's Prime steakhouse. Rooms are brand-new and the design carries the Miami-Beach vocabulary onto the Strip. Best for the traveler who wants the freshest, most design-forward resort in town. The trade-off is its spot at the far north end of the Strip, which puts the center-Strip cluster a 15-minute walk away.
Best room: Royal Suite, 5,200 sq ft
"Newest mega-resort, LIV Beach + LIV Nightclub, Miami DNA on the Strip."
Fontainebleau opened in December 2023 after a 16-year construction saga, having sat roughly 80 percent built when the 2008 financial crisis halted work before new ownership finally finished it. The result is 3,644 rooms and suites in a single 67-floor tower, one of the tallest buildings in Nevada. Its strongest card is the venue lineup: a Las Vegas edition of David Grutman's LIV nightclub and the LIV Beach dayclub bring the Miami-Beach club programming to the Strip, while the dining roster runs deep with Mother Wolf from Evan Funke, the pan-Asian Komodo, and the Don's Prime steakhouse. Because the resort is barely two years old, the rooms are pristine and the design feels current rather than dated. Best for the traveler chasing the newest, most stylish address on the Strip with serious nightlife on the property. The trade-off is geography: the resort anchors the far north end, walkable to Resorts World and the Wynn-Encore cluster but a 15-minute walk from center Strip.
For groups, request a multi-room suite high in the tower for the Strip views; couples or solo travelers do well in a Lakeview or Strip-view king. The lower-floor entry rooms are comfortable but miss the skyline that makes the tower worth it.
Reserve a LIV nightclub table in advance for the marquee Saturday nights, and use LIV Beach on a Friday afternoon for the dayclub scene. If you want to club-hop, the walk to Resorts World (Zouk) and Encore (XS) runs about 8 to 12 minutes, so plan a ride for center-Strip venues.
Fontainebleau Las Vegas sits within our Top 20 Hotels in Las Vegas list, where it ranks #9. It scored an aggregate 9.5/10 across our editorial criteria; in a field this deep, its newness, design, and nightlife are what earned the placement. For nearby alternatives and other angles, see the related Las Vegas lists below.
If the dates are locked in, secure the room around the three-month mark. Suites with the prime view angle sell through first; for peak months, availability is measured in months rather than weeks. Suite-level rooms with private plunge pools or terraces, the ones that earn this rank, are typically the first to sell out.
Editorial · #9 on the Top 20 Hotels in Las Vegas 2026 list
Fontainebleau's case in Las Vegas rests on being new in a city where new is rare at this scale. It opened in December 2023, the most significant Strip debut of the decade, with 3,644 rooms and suites in a 67-floor tower.
The design translates the Fontainebleau Miami Beach vocabulary onto the Strip, and because the resort is barely two years old, the rooms and public spaces feel current rather than worn.
The dining and nightlife lineup carries the weight: a Las Vegas edition of David Grutman's LIV nightclub, the LIV Beach dayclub, Mother Wolf from Evan Funke, the pan-Asian Komodo, the Don's Prime steakhouse, and a spa on site. The position at the far north end of the Strip is the catch, walkable to Resorts World and the Wynn-Encore cluster but a ride from center Strip. Best for the traveler who wants the freshest, most design-forward Las Vegas address with nightlife built in.
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