Cocktail Bars in Las Vegas
Beyond the casino bars, Las Vegas has a deep bench of independent cocktail rooms. Downtown, The Laundry Room seats sixteen inside Commonwealth by reservation only. The Arts District mixes its styles: Velveteen Rabbit has poured since 2013, Jammyland pairs rum drinks with a reggae kitchen, and Bar Ginza carves ice imported from Japan to order for its whisky. Stray Pirate is a sunken pirate ship tiki lounge, and Legacy Club looks out from the 60th floor of Circa. These are the nineteen we would start with.
★ TOP 10NORTH AMERICA'S 50 BESTCocktail BarHerbs & Rye
Owner and mixologist Nectaly Mendoza built a classic cocktail program on West Sahara Avenue that won Best American High Volume Cocktail Bar and Best American Bar Team at the 2019 Spirited Awards. Mendoza received the 2025 Industry Icon of the Year at the Next Wave Awards. At No. 86 on North America's 50 Best extended list in 2025, the bar delivers cocktails under twenty dollars inside a room of crushed red velvet wallpaper, black leather booths, and twinkling chandeliers. BarMania, Mendoza's WWE-inspired speed-cocktail competition raising funds for childhood cancer research, runs annually since 2015. The icon status is earned, not awarded.
3713 W Sahara Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89102Mon-Sat 5pm-3am, Sun closedFull profile
★ TOP 10SPIRITEDCocktail BarCleaver
Nectaly Mendoza's steakhouse sibling to Herbs & Rye won Best U.S. Restaurant Bar at the 2024 Spirited Awards with a program that proves cocktail ambition and red meat belong on the same ticket. Classic Las Vegas steakhouse aesthetics, celebrity portraits, elegant lighting, frame a seasonal cocktail menu that runs as seriously as the prime cuts. Top Four finalist at Tales of the Cocktail 2020, Regional Top Ten Honoree in 2022, and operating with the same Mendoza philosophy that drives his Sahara Avenue flagship: classic cocktails, fair prices, no compromises. The empire runs deep.
3900 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89169Daily 5pm-12amFull profile- Ski Lodge at Superfrico★ TOP 10Speakeasy
Ski Lodge at Superfrico
A 2025 Spirited Awards regional honoree created by Spiegelworld, the company behind Absinthe and Atomic Saloon, Ski Lodge hides behind a nondescript door marked only by a bronze skier emblem inside the Cosmopolitan. The Alpine lodge aesthetic, elevated classics, and frico-crusted square pizzas from the connected Superfrico restaurant create a speakeasy experience that operates on theatrical terms. Bartenders Jason and Jonathan draw consistent praise for a program that channels mountain-lodge warmth into Strip-side sophistication. Ski Lodge proves that the Cosmopolitan alone could sustain a top-ten list.
3708 Las Vegas Boulevard, Level 2, Las Vegas, NV 89109Mon-Thu 2pm-2am, Fri 12pm-2am, Sat until 2amFull profile - Nocturno★ TOP 10Cocktail Bar
Nocturno
Bar Manager Lu Lopez, formerly of the Cocktail Collective at the Palazzo and Youngblood in San Diego (North America's 50 Best Bars), built a Mexico City-inspired cocktail bar on South First Street with creatively crafted drinks, a wall of vinyl records spanning Chet Baker to Wu-Tang Clan, and an intimacy that the Strip cannot replicate. Co-founders Chef D.J. Flores and Aaron Cappello of Nivel Hospitality Group designed the room for cinematic atmosphere and high-touch service. Nocturno sets a new standard for the Arts District with every pour.
1017 South 1st Street, Las Vegas, NV 89101Tue-Sun 5pm-2am, Mon closedFull profile - Aft Cocktail Deck★ TOP 10Hotel Bar
Aft Cocktail Deck
Aft Cocktail Deck is an open-air bar on the Lake of Dreams at Wynn Las Vegas, designed by Todd-Avery Lenahan after the parties held on the aft decks of superyachts, with nautical flags spelling out the resort's name. The menu by Wynn's master mixologist Mariena Mercer Boarini names its drinks for coastal destinations, a Turks & Caicos guava mojito, a Monaco with butterfly pea and edible parfum, a Cozumel margarita with mango-chile salt.
3131 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 89109Sun-Thu 4:30pm-2am; Fri-Sat 4:30pm-3amFull profile 
★ TOP 10Cocktail BarThe Chandelier
Over two million cascading crystals define a three-level bar where each floor serves a distinct cocktail philosophy, classic concoctions at the first level, modern creative at the second, champagne-forward at the third. A 2025 Spirited Awards regional honoree and Las Vegas Magazine Hall of Fame inductee for 2024, The Chandelier occupies a central position in the Cosmopolitan that makes it unavoidable and a cocktail program that makes it essential. The recently reimagined menu under Head of Mixology Tsegaye extends a tradition established by Mariena Mercer's legendary Verbena. Scale and quality rarely coexist this comfortably.
3708 Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, NV 89109Daily 24 hoursFull profile- Legacy Club★ TOP 10Rooftop Bar
Legacy Club
A rooftop cocktail lounge on the 60th floor of Circa Resort & Casino, overlooking downtown Las Vegas. The room is finished with gold bullion display cases, metal busts of Las Vegas founding figures and archival photography, and opens onto a terrace with fire pits. The drinks list centers on reworked classics, including a build-your-own Old Fashioned. An upscale dress code applies.
8 Fremont St (Circa Resort & Casino), 60th floor, NV 89101Sun-Thu 4:00pm-2:00am; Fri-Sat 4:00pm-3:00amFull profile 
★ TOP 10Wine BarGaragiste Wine Room | Merchant
Garagiste is a wine room and merchant in the Las Vegas Arts District focused on small-production wines from regions off the beaten path, run as a shop and a bar at once, with memberships that let you drink four bottles a month in house at retail prices. The James Beard Foundation named it one of five finalists for Outstanding Bar in 2023.
197 E California Ave, Suite 140, Las Vegas, NV 89104Sun-Thu 3pm-10pm; Fri-Sat 3pm-11pmFull profile
★ TOP 10Cocktail BarJammyland
Jammyland is a rum-led cocktail bar and reggae kitchen on South Main Street, opened in 2018 by former Los Angeles bartenders Allan Katz and Danielle Crouch. The menu pairs creative rum cocktails with Jamaican-inspired food, and the bar hosts live music. It was a 2022 Spirited Awards regional honoree for Best U.S. Cocktail Bar.
1121 S Main St, Las Vegas, NV 89104Wed-Thu 5pm-12am, Fri-Sat 5pm-2am, Sun 5pm-12am, closed Mon-TueFull profile- Velveteen Rabbit★ TOP 10Cocktail Bar
Velveteen Rabbit
Velveteen Rabbit is a cocktail bar on Main Street in the Arts District, opened by sisters Pamela and Christina Dylag and named for the children's book. The lounge has a long wooden bar, groupings of vintage furniture, trompe l'oeil wallpaper and a DJ booth, and outside a patio with a floral mural wall and trees. A seasonal house menu runs alongside a list of drinks named for pieces of music, with non-alcoholic cocktails, draft beer and wine.
1218 S Main St, Las Vegas, NV 89104Full profile 
Cocktail BarSki Lodge
Ski Lodge hides inside Superfrico on the second floor of the Cosmopolitan's Chelsea Tower, behind an unmarked entrance. Inspired by the world's coziest après-ski bars and by Bar-Gyu, a slope-side hole-in-the-wall in Hokkaido, the cabin-style room has coffered wood ceilings, leather couches plumped with pillows, a fire that burns all year and a picture window onto a falling forest snow. The cocktails, elevated classics and seasonal originals, are overseen by Superfrico's beverage executive Niko Novick, with Superfrico's pizzas and toasted s'mores alongside. It takes no reservations and admits guests 21 and over only. Tales of the Cocktail named it a regional honoree for Best U.S. Hotel Bar in 2023, 2025 and 2026.
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas (Superfrico, Level 2, Chelsea Tower), 3708 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 89109Mon-Thu 2pm-2am, Fri-Sun 12pm-2amFull profile
Tiki BarStray Pirate
Stray Pirate is a tiki bar on South Commerce Street dressed as a sunken pirate ship crewed by dogs, with portraits of pirate dogs on shiplap walls and portholes looking out on sharks and squid. Owner Chris Gutierrez pours classics such as the Mai Tai and Saturn alongside house drinks like Robbing the Gulf with reposado, watermelon and jalapeno. The bar sells its own ceramic mugs and runs fundraisers for animal charities.
1321 S Commerce St, Las Vegas, NV 89102Mon-Thu 2pm-12am, Fri 2pm-1am, Sat 1pm-1am, Sun 1pm-12amFull profile- Atomic LiquorsCocktail Bar
Atomic Liquors
Atomic Liquors on East Fremont Street holds Las Vegas tavern license number 00001 and calls itself the city's oldest freestanding bar, opened by Joe and Stella Sobchik after their Virginia's Cafe. Scenes from Casino and The Hangover were filmed here, and a floor safe sealed around 1950 is on display under glass. The bar pours classic cocktails and a sour beer list, with food from the adjacent Kitchen at Atomic.
917 E Fremont St, Las Vegas, NV 89101Sun-Thu 12pm-2am, Fri-Sat 12pm-3amFull profile - Bar GinzaWhiskey Bar
Bar Ginza
Bar Ginza is a small Japanese whisky bar on South Main Street in the Arts District, modeled on the whisky bars of Tokyo. More than 90 Japanese whiskies line its brick walls, poured in flights served omakase style or in cocktails. Co-owner Joshua Monsivais hand-cuts ice from blocks imported from Japan for the Old Fashioneds.
1301 S Main St, Suite 170, Las Vegas, NV 89104Mon-Thu 7pm-1am, Fri-Sat 5pm-1am, closed SunFull profile - Bel-Aire LoungeCocktail Bar
Bel-Aire Lounge
Bel-Aire is the centrepiece lounge of Durango Casino & Resort's main floor, with brass and gold finishes and windows onto the Bel-Aire Backyard pool. DJs spin vinyl and live bands play several nights a week, and roving martini carts serve drinks such as the Blue Blossom with gin, violet, yuzu and egg white. Small plates include hamachi tostadas, spicy tuna crispy rice and Kobe sliders.
Durango Casino & Resort, 6915 S Durango Dr, Las Vegas, NV 89113Mon-Fri 4pm-close, Sat-Sun 11am-closeFull profile - Frankie's Tiki RoomTiki Bar
Frankie's Tiki Room
Frankie's Tiki Room is a 24-hour tiki bar on West Charleston Boulevard whose interior was built by Bamboo Ben, with carvings and art by Shag, Leroy Schmaltz, Crazy Al Evans and others. The rum list is long and the menu rates each drink's strength on a scale of skulls. Bartop gaming machines and a soundtrack of exotica, surf and garage complete the room.
1712 W Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89102Open 24 hours dailyFull profile - Petite BohemeCocktail Bar
Petite Boheme
Petite Boheme is a 40-seat Parisian-inspired cocktail bar on South Main Street, the sibling of chef James Trees's brasserie Bar Boheme next door. Its list leans on French spirits such as Cognac, absinthe and Champagne, including the J'accuse, built on flamed absinthe with apple brandy and amaro. The walls carry graffiti-style murals and a string-lit patio adds seating; Keith Bracewell is managing partner and Jonah Gibbs beverage director.
1407 S Main St, Las Vegas, NV 89104Daily 5pm-2amFull profile - The Laundry RoomSpeakeasy
The Laundry Room
The Laundry Room is a 16-seat speakeasy hidden inside Commonwealth on Fremont Street, marked only by a clothespin by the door. The room has antique doors on the ceiling and vintage portraits of Hollywood actresses, and its menu of bespoke drinks is not served in the main bar. Seatings are booked through the bar's reservation page, with a red light outside when walk-in places are free.
525 E Fremont St (inside Commonwealth), Las Vegas, NV 89101Wed-Thu 5pm-10pm, Fri-Sat 5pm-9pm, Sun 5pm-10pm, closed Mon-TueFull profile - The Sand Dollar LoungeCocktail Bar
The Sand Dollar Lounge
The Sand Dollar opened as a blues bar on Spring Mountain Road in 1976 and hosted Muddy Waters, B.B. King and Mick Jagger before closing in 2007; it reopened in 2009 as The Sand Dollar Lounge. Live bands play every night, the cocktail list names its drinks after classic songs, and artisan pizza comes from its own kitchen. Each autumn and winter it runs the Nightmare and Miracle themed pop-up bars.
3355 Spring Mountain Rd, Suite 30, Las Vegas, NV 89102Daily 4pm-4amFull profile
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