Following pre-opening festivities including an exclusive in-room dining showcase, comprehensive design tours and an official celebratory ribbon-cutting ceremony with partners Chef Nobu Matsuhisa, Robert De Niro, Meir Teper, Trevor Horwell and architect David Rockwell, the world's first Nobu Hotel Restaurant and Lounge Caesars Palace Las Vegas welcomed its first official guests on February 4.

The 181-room boutique hotel, the world's first Nobu Hotel at Caesars Palace Las Vegas, is a collaboration between Caesars Palace, Chef Nobu Matsuhisa and Nobu Hospitality primary shareholders, actor Robert De Niro and Hollywood film producer Meir Teper. 

Nobu Hotel Caesars Palace is the first celebrity chef-branded hotel venture in Las Vegas. David Rockwell and his firm the Rockwell Group led the overall interior design for the boutique hotel, which has 181 guest rooms including 18 suites that range from one-bedroom (1,000 square feet) to five-bedroom (3,500 square feet).

The Nobu Restaurant and Lounge, at 12,775 square feet, is the world's largest Nobu Restaurant and the first to offer teppanyaki in the United States. With 327 seats, the restaurant has a sushi bar, a private dining area and an impressive selection of dishes including Nobu's signature items such as black cod with miso, rock shrimp tempura, yellowtail sashimi with jalapeno and squid "pasta." Other options include cold dishes, hot entrees, brick oven dishes, kushiyaki, specialty tempura, sushi and more.

Room reservations are now being taken at www.NobuCaesarsPalace.com or by calling (800) 727-4923. The interactive website allows guests to not only book a room but also explore the various rooms and suites and browse hotel amenities and offerings.