A table for eight at $10,000 a night

The reservation list for Rao’s has been closed to all but a lucky few for the past 38 years.

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Leonardo DiCaprio: just one of the stars keen to bag a table at Rao's

Who needs celebrity chefs? Certainly not Bo Dietl. Richard "Bo" Dietl is a former New York detective who now has a regular table at one of the most sought-after restaurants in the world. He calls it his "prized possession... like having a Picasso".

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