Las Vegas
Polished, precise, civilised. Las Vegas's best hotel-bar drinking — picked for craft, not concierge buzz.
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VooDoo Rooftop Lounge draws a steady local crowd in Strip. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
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A hotel bar our editors keep in rotation.
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Lily Bar & Lounge draws a steady local crowd in Strip. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
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Vesper Bar at The Cosmopolitan draws a steady local crowd in Strip. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
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On the Record occupies a unique position in the Las Vegas cocktail landscape: it is genuinely good, genuinely designed with care, and genuinely not trying to be
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The Sand Dollar Lounge draws a steady local crowd in West Vegas. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
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Skyfall Lounge is the 64th-floor rooftop atop Delano Las Vegas — the highest rooftop bar on the Strip with a 360-degree view of the entire valley.
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Skyfall Lounge at Delano draws a steady local crowd in Strip. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
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A hotel bar our editors keep in rotation.
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The Dorsey draws a steady local crowd in Strip. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening.
Hotel bars solve specific problems. You need a bar near your room. You need somewhere quiet to take a meeting. You want the drink right the first time and you don't want to negotiate a wait. Every recommendation below clears those three bars. Most are open to non-guests; we've flagged any that aren't.
Best for: business travellers, late-checkout drinks, hotel-room negotiations made civilised, anniversaries that deserve a hotel jacket. Pricing skews higher than the city average — that's the trade. The rooms below justify it.
Civilised, polished, not pretending to be a club. Pick by neighbourhood and proximity to where you're sleeping.
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