Is Firefly Restaurant Still Open? Restaurant Stakeout Update

Restaurant Stakeout's series premiere, "From the Top Down," sent host Willie Degel and his surveillance crew to Firefly, a Spanish tapas restaurant in Las Vegas, in an episode that aired March 11, 2012. The show's format wires a struggling restaurant with hidden cameras so Degel can watch service play out unobserved, then confronts the owner and staff with what the footage shows before coaching changes meant to fix the problems. At Firefly, the premise centered on the service and management breakdowns typical of the show's format, though the specific incidents captured for this episode are not independently documented outside the broadcast itself.

Wikipedia's article on Restaurant Stakeout describes the series as staged, citing a 2012 realityblurred.com report that producers directed incidents and coached cast members at several of the show's featured restaurants, so any on-camera drama here should be read with that caveat. Firefly has since grown well beyond its original footprint: the brand now operates as Firefly Tapas Kitchen + Bar with multiple Las Vegas locations, including one in the Flamingo/Hughes Center area. A Yelp listing for that location shows customer reviews updated through August 2026, and the company's own website lists current hours, phone service, and online ordering for the same address.