Here's a look at restaurants and bars suitable for entertaining clients, treating a team, or even making a private presentation outside the office.
In the space previously occupied by Central Michel Ricard, Caesars Palace opened Fizz, a high-end champagne lounge, in November. The main floor has a 2,750-square-foot champagne bar and lounge and holds as many as 200 guests. The $3.2 million project, designed by TAL Studio, includes photography from Elton John and David Furnish's private collection.
Photo: Anthony Mair
Chayo Mexican Kitchen & Tequila Bar opened New Year's Day at the Linq, the new restaurant, retail, and entertainment corridor between the Quad Resort & Casino and the Flamingo Las Vegas. The 14,000-square-foot space, spread over two floors, seats 320 and includes a 40-seat semiprivate dining room and a patio. Rounding out the experience is a DJ booth and a mechanical bull.
Photo: Brian Mannasmith
Located upstairs from Rm Seafood inside Mandalay Bay, Rx Boiler Room is Rick Moonen’s molecular-mixology-focused cocktail lounge. Designed to look like a modernized steampunk bar, it's the kind of place Jules Verne may have found comfortable. Opened in July, Boiler Room seats 180 guests, taking over the upper portion of Rm’s 17,000-square-foot floor plan. Since it’s interconnected to the downstairs restaurant via mid-room stairwell, it works for larger groups looking for a pre- or post-meal drink.
Photo: Courtesy of Rx Boiler Room
Opened in July, Carmine’s Las Vegas inside the Forum Shops at Caesars Palace is a spin-off of the New York-originated eatery. The 750-seat space maintains a quaint Italian restaurant vibe despite its sprawling 27,000-square-foot floor plan. Carmine’s also hosts smaller events in six private dining rooms, which include access to Wi-Fi, T1 lines, and charging stations at each table.
Photo: Courtesy of Carmine's
A small space inside Restaurant Guy Savoy at Caesars Palace, the cognac lounge is perfect for small-group events. Composed of little more seating than a couch, oversize chairs, and barstools, as many as 10 guests can sit around the fireplace and taste from 33 rotating cognacs, edited by sommelier Phil Park.
Photo: Courtesy of Caesars Entertainment
Brooklyn Bowl—the activity entertainment complex founded in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood—debuted a Las Vegas location in March. The music, dining, and, bowling venue holds 2,200. Much like its Brooklyn sibling, the Vegas locale has food from Blue Ribbon Restaurants. The venue is part of the Linq.
Photo: C. Taylor Cruthers
Blvd. Cocktail Company, a craft cocktail bar, opened in March at the Linq. A baby grand piano anchors the 2,700-square-foot space, which has seats 150 or holds 40 for receptions. A 600-square-foot patio, accessed through pocket doors, offers views of the Linq's High Roller observation wheel. Above the piano is a custom art installation by local artist Gabriel Culp. Made from 11,000 LED florescent lights, the cloud-like piece displays visual effects, such as thunderstorm simulations, to accompany performances.
Photo: Anthony Mair
Crush, a restaurant from the Morton Group, opened in December at MGM Grand. The 7,000-square-foot restaurant is divided into two rooms, a garden-like atrium that seats 130 and the 100-person main dining room, which has a separate private dining space for 40 guests. Each dining room has its own bar. The shared-plates menu includes dishes such as shrimp risotto, roasted cauliflower, and wood-fired pizzas.
Photo: Brian Brown
