Marché Bacchus

This French bistro has been a consistent favorite among our experts since our very first survey, when it was named by a dozen responders in five different categories. Fans include Secret Burger and Vegas Test Kitchen founder Jolene Mannina, Chef/Host Lorraine Blanco Moss, one French celebrity chef who chose to remain anonymous and famed seafood chef Rick Moonen, who named it as the place near his home where he dines most often.

Marche Bacchus lives up to their praise with its location on Desert Shores’ picturesque and tranquil Lake Jacqueline, tables along the water, an onsite wine shop with 950 labels (and a ridiculously low corkage fee) and refined French cuisine in a casual, yet elegant, atmosphere.

A menu of traditional and contemporary French dishes has long been the restaurant’s calling card, with a variety of meat and seafood dishes, as well as vegetarian and vegan specials that change daily for lunch and dinner. Dinner offers classics like French onion soup, a selection of artisan cheeses, seared foie gras, coq au vin, magret duck breast and three types of caviar. The daily brunch includes reasonably priced sandwiches like croque madame (Swiss, ham and fried egg), which come with salad and choice of potato. And the recent addition of James Beard Award-winner Bradley Ogden to the team, as culinary director, has brought several of his New American classics (like his blue cheese souffle) to the menu.