Roma Kitchen is the chef-led Italian restaurant from Chef Ricardo Romo, who traded the Las Vegas Strip for intimate neighborhood rooms of classic Italian comfort food and good wine in Southern Highlands and Henderson.
Roma Kitchen is led by executive chef Ricardo Romo, who brings more than 30 years of culinary experience, including Las Vegas Strip kitchens such as Michael Mina at MGM Grand, STK at the Cosmopolitan, Mastro's Ocean Club, Toca Madera, and Beer Park.
Guests can verify both locations by exact address: Roma Kitchen at 10420 S Decatur Blvd #100, Las Vegas, NV 89141, opened August 2024, and Chef's Roma Kitchen at 1550 W Horizon Ridge Pkwy Ste P, Henderson, NV 89012, opened February 2023.
Both Roma rooms are owned and operated by Steven Kennedy through his Las Vegas hospitality group, Element Hospitality. A Las Vegas resident of more than 25 years with over two decades shaping Las Vegas hospitality, he gives the chef's kitchen a real operating history.
Southern Highlands takes reservations online on this site and Henderson through Google Reserve, and both locations offer private dining for celebrations and catering for offices and homes.
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Tuscan Cove Bar & Patio is part of the same Southern Highlands restaurant family, with stone-fired pizza, cocktails, Sunday brunch, private events, and catering.
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Digital strategy and AI integration by PaxomRoma Kitchen is led by executive chef Ricardo Romo, who has more than 30 years of culinary experience and cooked in Las Vegas Strip kitchens including Michael Mina at MGM Grand, STK, Mastro's Ocean Club, Toca Madera, and Beer Park before opening an intimate neighborhood Italian room.
In his words, "I have worked on the Strip, which I loved, but I wanted to step away from the glitz and connect with the local community. I want to serve classic, Italian comfort food and good wine in a small, intimate setting."
Roma Kitchen is owned and operated by Steven Kennedy through his Las Vegas hospitality group, Element Hospitality. He has spent more than two decades in Las Vegas hospitality and opened Chef's Roma Kitchen in Henderson in February 2023 and Roma Kitchen in Southern Highlands in August 2024.
Book Roma Kitchen in Southern Highlands online at chefsromakitchen.com/reservations, or Chef's Roma Kitchen in Henderson through Google Reserve. Call Roma Kitchen at (725) 745-2478 or Chef's Roma Kitchen in Henderson at (725) 240-6153 with questions.
Yes. Roma Kitchen hosts private dining for rehearsal dinners, anniversaries, business dinners, birthdays, and small celebrations at both dining rooms.
Yes. Roma Kitchen handles catering requests for offices, homes, and hosted gatherings, with menus built off the same dishes guests order on a regular visit.
Roma Kitchen serves Italian classics, pasta, antipasti boards, charred mains, and an Italian wine list by the glass or the bottle.
Pickup and delivery, when available, route through Grubhub. Reservations, private dining, and catering are handled through the Roma website and direct team.
Roma Kitchen is led by Chef Ricardo Romo, an executive chef and kitchen expert with more than 30 years of culinary experience. He began his career on Martha's Vineyard before returning to Las Vegas, where he cooked in some of the city's most demanding kitchens.
That resume runs through Michael Mina at MGM Grand, STK at the Cosmopolitan, Beer Park at Paris Las Vegas, Mastro's Ocean Club at Aria and Crystals, and Toca Madera at Aria and Crystals. Along the way he opened and created concepts in Santa Rosa and Paso Robles in California, in Washington DC, and in San Francisco.
Roma Kitchen is where all of that experience comes to rest: classic Italian comfort food and good wine, served in a small, intimate setting built for the local community rather than the Strip.
“I have worked on the Strip, which I loved, but I wanted to step away from the glitz and connect with the local community. I want to serve classic, Italian comfort food and good wine in a small, intimate setting.”
Chef Ricardo Romo's kitchen is backed by owner and operator Steven Kennedy, who operates both locations through his Las Vegas hospitality group, Element Hospitality, and has spent more than two decades shaping Las Vegas hospitality. A Boston native with a finance degree, Steven has called Las Vegas home for more than 25 years.
He opened Chef's Roma Kitchen in Henderson in February 2023, a roughly 4,000 square foot neighborhood Italian restaurant focused on approachable hospitality and dining consistency, then opened its sister branch, Roma Kitchen in Southern Highlands, a roughly 3,000 square foot room, in August 2024.
The result is a partnership of craft and operations: a chef-led kitchen running the menu, and an operator who keeps both locations consistent night after night, with online reservations, private dining for celebrations, and catering for offices and homes.
What sets Roma Kitchen apart is the pairing of an intimate neighborhood room with a chef who spent 30 years in fine-dining kitchens. The cooking is classic and comforting, but the standards come straight off the Strip.
Guests come in for Italian classics, pasta, charred mains, and a wine list built to sit alongside the food rather than upstage it. It is the kind of Italian dinner Chef Ricardo Romo left the glitz to cook.
Both rooms run the same kitchen point of view, so a dinner at Chef's Roma Kitchen in Henderson and a dinner at Roma Kitchen in Southern Highlands feel like the same Roma family, the same chef, and the same good wine.
Roma Kitchen was built small and intimate on purpose, the kind of room where dinner takes its own pace and the chef can stay close to the food. Southern Highlands books online right here and Henderson through Google Reserve, so it is easy to book a quiet weeknight dinner or a weekend table for the family.
Both rooms host private dining for rehearsal dinners, anniversaries, business dinners, birthdays, and small celebrations, and the kitchen handles catering requests for offices, homes, and hosted gatherings, with menus built off the same dishes guests order on a regular visit.
At its core, Roma Kitchen is Chef Ricardo Romo's vision come to life: classic Italian comfort food, good wine, and a warm welcome in a small setting that belongs to the local community.
Visit the Roma table closest to you, reserve online, or reach out for private dining and catering.
10420 S Decatur Blvd #100
Las Vegas, NV 89141
1550 W Horizon Ridge Pkwy Ste P
Henderson, NV 89012
Italian classics, pasta, antipasti boards, and charred mains from a kitchen that leads the menu.
An Italian list built to sit alongside the food, with pours by the glass and bottles for the table.
A warm welcome, courses that take their time, and a dining room spaced for conversation.
Private dining for celebrations and catering for offices and homes at both locations.
Menus, reservations, catering, and private dining. Pick your path and we'll see you at the table.