{"id":38883,"date":"2024-01-16T15:38:34","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T23:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/?p=38883"},"modified":"2024-01-16T15:53:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T23:53:42","slug":"koi-restaurant-goes-belly-up-at-planet-hollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/vitalvegas\/koi-restaurant-goes-belly-up-at-planet-hollywood\/","title":{"rendered":"Koi Restaurant Goes Belly Up at Planet Hollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A longtime fixture at Planet Hollywood, Koi Restaurant and Lounge, has quietly closed.<\/p>\n

The restaurant was located on the resort’s mezzanine level, next to Strip House.<\/p>\n

We have such fond memories of Koi when we ate there that one time in 2012.<\/p>\n

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Dibs on these statues, obviously.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Koi Las Vegas closed Jan. 8, 2024.<\/p>\n

Koi opened at Planet Hollywood in 2007. We don’t remember too much about the opening, other than the fact Pamela Anderson was in attendance. She wore make-up back then. Weird.<\/p>\n

We knew our photos of Koi would come in handy someday.<\/p>\n

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It took us until today to realize “Koi” may have been a play on “coy.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

News of the closure was first shared by @VegasStarfish<\/a>, which is extraordinarily irksome because Las Vegas restaurant scoop has been our exclusive domain since Eater fell off a cliff after editor Susan Stapleton left.<\/p>\n

Presumably, Koi’s main attraction was sushi. We have never had sushi, so we didn’t really go back after our first visit. During that visit, we did enjoy a dish featuring filet mignon.<\/p>\n

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This is what happens when steaks are wet-aged.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We chatted with a Caesars Entertainment executive, and the company doesn’t have any current plans for the Koi space.<\/p>\n

Koi was leased, it’s believed the next concept will be operated in-house. The smart money is on one of these names being involved: Vanderpump, De Laurentiis, Fieri, Flay, Stewart or Nobu.<\/p>\n

That’s only because Gordon Ramsay already has a restaurant at Planet Hollywood, the excellent Gordon Ramsay Burger. Another Ramsay burger restaurant is already in the works at Flamingo.<\/p>\n

The operators of Koi also lease the Strip House space, which doesn’t seem to bode well for that restaurant. They also operated Pink’s Hot Dogs, which closed<\/a> some time ago.<\/p>\n

Sometimes, when we walked past Koi, we would use the prayer wheels to reenact that scene from “Golden Child.”<\/p>\n

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Tibetan stand-up comedy: “What’s the deal with prayer wheels? You don’t pray, it’s for mantras. And it’s not a wheel, it’s a cylinder! Take care of your cocktail servers.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Please feel free to retroactively cancel Eddie Murphy, just leave us out of it.<\/p>\n

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