2026 Speakeasy & Hidden Lounge Guide

The Southern Nevada Territory has spent a century perfecting the art of hiding a good drink in plain sight. Behind a working barbershop, shelving lined with golden lucky cats, or a faux freezer door, cocktail rooms reveal themselves only after a second look. Elsewhere, historic saloons, riverfront bars and desert taverns stand in plain sight, their appeal rooted as much in local history as in the distinctive character of the rooms themselves. The LVT Speakeasy & Hidden Lounge Guide maps that range across all eight territories, with the passwords, entry rituals and practical context needed to plan a visit.

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Territory Tips

Most hidden bars in this guide are 21-and-older, even when the venue in front—a restaurant, barbershop, ice cream counter, or food-hall stall—welcomes younger guests during the day. A small number have limited earlier or restaurant-service access for younger visitors, so confirm the individual entry’s age policy before going.
Password-based entries can change without much notice. When a venue uses one, check its official website or Instagram Story on the day of your visit rather than relying on an older post or secondhand information.
Some Arts District venues are cashless, while rural taverns and casino lounges may be cash-preferred for tips or incidental charges. Carrying both a card and some cash avoids unnecessary friction.
The rural entries sit well outside city services, and cell coverage can thin on the routes to Goodsprings and Overton. Confirm directions, fuel, and return transportation before leaving the city.

Las Vegas Speakeasy & Hidden Lounge Guide

The Lock opened in 2022 inside The Cabinet of Curiosities at what is now Horseshoe Las Vegas. The Cabinet of Curiosities is a puzzle-driven experiential lounge where guests use a digital decoder to uncover the bizarre lore behind its collection of unusual objects. Created by Imagine Exhibitions, the company behind National Geographic’s Rarely Seen and Discovering King Tut’s Tomb at Luxor, the lounge is filled with curio cabinets whose oddities can be scanned for clues. Among the more memorable is the Mystical Typewriter, said to bring wealth and fame to anything written on it as long as the letter “n” is never used. The puzzle unfolds alongside the Cabinet’s cocktail program, which ties drinks to the curiosities and exhibition stories around the room. A separate series honors women of the Prohibition era. Festival of Lights, inspired by the former National Geographic Rarely Seen exhibition’s image of lanterns rising into a night sky and reflecting on the water, combines bourbon with vermouth, orangecello, lime and honey.

Alongside its drinks, the Cabinet offers an individual charcuterie box, specialty popcorn in assorted flavors and 5 O’Clock Crunch. Private mixology classes and public Mixology Masterclasses extend the interactive experience beyond the puzzle. Once guests have begun exploring the cabinets, an old-fashioned telephone delivers the secret password that opens a large vault door onto an antechamber where “The Locksmith” presents a series of riddles. Solving them reveals the final entry code for The Lock, after which guests may either walk through the vault door or crawl through a concealed lower passage designed to evoke breaking into a high-security bank vault. Inside, the intimate cocktail room is styled like a private safe-deposit chamber, with seating for about 29 guests.

A second hidden layer, the private VIP room, accommodates up to 11 guests and can be booked separately for groups too large for the main room. The Lock has its own signature cocktail menu, including Love Potion, a citrus-forward combination of Lillet Blanc, Aperol, triple sec, cranberry and grapefruit. A secret-menu experience takes a more personal approach, with bartenders using a custom flavor questionnaire to build cocktails around each guest’s preferences, while the Cabinet of Curiosities snack selection is also available inside The Lock. Reservations are limited to 90 minutes with a two-drink minimum per guest, though walk-ins may be accommodated when space permits. The combination of interactive curiosities, puzzles, hidden passageways and personalized drinks helped earn the Cabinet of Curiosities, including its hidden speakeasy The Lock, Las Vegas Weekly’s 2025 Best of Vegas award for Best Speakeasy. Few hidden bars make the journey into the room as important as the cocktails waiting on the other side.

Best for an interactive experience built around mystery, puzzle-solving and cocktails tailored to individual tastes.

Planning Notes:

The Cabinet of Curiosities is open daily 2 PM–1 AM; The Lock is open daily 4 PM–midnight.
Self-parking and valet are available on-site; Nevada driver’s license holders receive free self-parking for three hours, while Caesars Rewards Platinum members and above park free.
The Cabinet of Curiosities happy hour runs daily 2–4 PM, with reverse happy hour from 9 PM to close.
ADA Information: The Cabinet of Curiosities and The Lock are ADA accessible; The Lock’s walkthrough entrance bypasses the crawl-through route; call ahead for specific accommodations.

The Saloon and its host, Barbershop Cuts & Cocktails, opened together in 2019 inside The Cosmopolitan. The storefront operates as a fully working grooming parlor, with vintage-style barber chairs and professional haircuts, beard trims and straight-razor shaves. Each service includes a complimentary drink, and the grooming experience can also be paired with the full bar menu, making the storefront an active part of the visit rather than simply a themed façade. Near the back of the shop, a plain white door marked “JANITOR” conceals the entrance to The Saloon, where a doorkeeper slides open its peephole before granting access.

Beyond it, the setting changes into a Prohibition-style whiskey parlor with tufted leather sofas, velvet armchairs, patterned rugs over polished wood floors, heavy drapes and ornate chandeliers. A full bar and live-music stage make the room as much a performance space as a concealed lounge. The drinks program pairs a broad selection of bourbon, rye, Scotch, Irish and Japanese whisky with house cocktails and modern riffs on classics. Black Beauty combines bourbon with strawberry, lemon, honey and Peychaud’s bitters, while Six String Sling pairs Japanese whisky with Drambuie and bitters, served with flavored guitar-shaped ice in a guitar-pick glass.

The regular menu does not list food or snacks, though select events may include food, keeping the focus on drinks and live entertainment. Live music fills the room seven nights a week, but the stage has also developed a reputation for unannounced celebrity appearances, with past performers including Bruno Mars, Rod Stewart and Sammy Hagar. The combination makes the working barbershop more than an elaborate entrance, allowing a haircut or straight-razor shave to lead into a whiskey parlor where the night’s live act is not always as predictable as the entrance suggests.

Best for whiskey, live music, surprise performances and pairing a classic grooming service with a hidden night out.

Planning Notes:

Barber services are available Sun–Thu 10 AM–10 PM and Fri–Sat 10 AM–midnight; The Saloon opens at 8 PM Sun–Wed and 6 PM Thu–Sat, closing at 2 AM nightly.
Live entertainment runs nightly; headliner bands generally begin at 10 PM; cover charges and table minimums vary by event.
Dress code enforced; smart casual attire is required, and beachwear is not permitted.
Self-parking and valet are available on-site; Nevada driver’s license holders receive free self-parking for three hours except during special events, while MGM Rewards Pearl members and above park free.
ADA Information: Barbershop Cuts & Cocktails and The Saloon are ADA accessible; call ahead for specific entrance accommodations.

Ghost Donkey opened in 2018 inside Block 16 Urban Food Hall at The Cosmopolitan, a collection of acclaimed dining concepts gathered on the second level of the resort. At the back of the food hall, an otherwise ordinary door beneath an Exit sign is marked by a small donkey graphic, providing the only obvious clue to the cocktail bar hidden beyond. Inside, the compact, fiesta-inspired room is strung with twinkle lights and centered on a bar devoted to Mexico’s agave spirits. The agave-focused menu includes more than 100 tequila and mezcal selections available by the pour and in tasting flights, alongside cocktails such as Pistolero, a tequila-based drink with roasted poblano, pineapple and lime, and Mezcal Sun-risa, combining tequila and mezcal with bitter orange, habanero and hibiscus. The compact food menu includes guacamole, queso fundido and tacos, but Truffle Nachos are the signature, combining white cheddar, black truffles and chives. Limited seating keeps the room intimate despite its resort setting. Once the hidden door closes, Block 16’s communal food-hall setting gives way to a compact, fiesta-inspired agave bar centered on tequila, mezcal and Mexican bar snacks.

Best for tequila and mezcal, tasting flights, Truffle Nachos and a lively hidden bar in an unexpectedly small space.

Planning Notes:

Open Mon–Thu 4 PM–midnight, Fri–Sat 2 PM–2 AM and Sun 4 PM–midnight.
Self-parking and valet are available on-site; Nevada driver’s license holders receive free self-parking for three hours except during special events, while MGM Rewards Pearl members and above park free.
ADA Information: Ghost Donkey are ADA accessible; call ahead for specific accommodations.

Here Kitty Kitty Vice Den opened in 2021 inside Famous Foods Street Eats at Resorts World Las Vegas. Its front is FUHU Cha Chaan Teng, a Hong Kong-style café whose name comes from the Cantonese term for “tea restaurant.” The menu spans dim sum, noodle soups, claypot rice, roasted meats and café specialties, with whole crispy Peking duck among the standouts.

One corner of the storefront resembles a compact Asian market, with shelves of snacks, sweets and branded merchandise. Although the counter functions as a real retail façade, it becomes Here Kitty Kitty’s official host stand in the evening, where staff manage the waitlist before opening the golden-lucky-cat-adorned shelving unit concealing the entrance.

Inside, the intimate cocktail lounge pairs Prohibition-era traditions with Singaporean flavors and a notable selection of Japanese whiskies. Inspired by vintage opium dens and Tokyo nightlife, the room layers red lanterns, neon tigers and dark wood against the bright food-hall setting outside. The menu includes Hennessy G Code, a cognac cocktail with lychee and elderflower, and the Jerry Thomas Brandy Punch, combining cognac, aged rum, citrus liqueur and hibiscus grenadine. Bartender’s Choice takes a more personal approach, with bartenders asking about drinking preferences along with favorite foods, scents, hobbies and other interests before creating a custom cocktail that the guest can name. Standout creations may graduate to the permanent menu or be recorded in The Book, a collection of memorable drinks created with previous guests.

Here Kitty Kitty does not maintain a regular food menu, though High Fidelity Fridays may include specialty dishes, making FUHU Cha Chaan Teng the natural stop for dining before entering the speakeasy. The Friday series brings an all-vinyl DJ soundtrack inspired by Japanese listening bars, while seasonal installations periodically recast the room and cocktail list around themes such as cherry blossoms and tropical escapes. The transition from Hong Kong café to concealed cocktail den creates two distinct experiences without leaving Famous Foods Street Eats.

Best for personalized cocktails, Japanese whisky, an all-vinyl Friday soundtrack and a hidden passage behind a working Hong Kong-style café.

Planning Notes:

FUHU Cha Chaan Teng is open daily 11 AM–10 PM; Here Kitty Kitty Vice Den is open Sun–Thu 6 PM–midnight and Fri–Sat 6 PM–1 AM.
Self-parking and valet are available on-site; Nevada residents with Nevada plates receive complimentary self-parking, while Genting Rewards Elite members and above receive complimentary self-parking.
ADA Information: FUHU Cha Chaan Teng and Here Kitty Kitty Vice Den are ADA accessible; call ahead for specific accommodations.

Ski Lodge and its host restaurant, Superfrico, opened in 2021 inside The Cosmopolitan. Created by Spiegelworld, the company behind the long-running Las Vegas show Absinthe, Superfrico turns Italian-American dining into a psychedelic house party spread across colorful dining rooms, bars and lounges, with an all-vinyl soundtrack and impromptu performances throughout the restaurant. The menu includes tableside mozzarella and frico-crusted square pizzas among the signatures, while the cocktail program includes the Cosmonaut of Las Vegas, combining vodka, vermouth and sherry. Guests can enter Ski Lodge directly from the public resort hallway through an unmarked black door with gold trim, identified only by a small bronze skier emblem, or from inside Superfrico through a concealed door near the back beverage coolers. Inside, the intimate après-ski cocktail bar draws inspiration in part from Bar-Gyu, the tiny slope-side hideaway in Hokkaido, Japan. Wood-paneled cabin details frame a digital fireplace with a shifting glow and crackle, while a large digital picture window shows an ongoing forest snowfall, establishing the alpine setting within the resort.

Built around elevated classics and seasonally inspired originals, the cocktail program carries its Japanese influence through drinks such as the Niseko Old Fashioned, combining Legent bourbon and Suntory Ao whisky with spiced persimmon-coconut and Angostura bitters. Superfrico square pizzas are served inside the lodge, including the Ultimate Pepperoni Square layered with house-made mozzarella, ’nduja, pepperoni, pickled chile and honey. The Mountain Campfire Kit completes the alpine setting with a tabletop campfire pot, house-made spiced graham crackers, milk chocolate and vanilla marshmallows roasted at the table. Ski Lodge turns an unobtrusive doorway beside one of the Strip’s most theatrical restaurants into a year-round escape to the slopes.

Best for Japanese-influenced cocktails, frico-crusted pizza and a year-round après-ski escape.

Planning Notes:

Superfrico is open daily 5 PM–11 PM; Ski Lodge is open Mon–Thu 2 PM–2 AM and Fri–Sun noon–2 AM.
Self-parking and valet available on-site; Nevada driver's license holders get free self-parking for three hours; MGM Rewards Pearl members and above park free.
ADA Information: Main venue and speakeasy are ADA accessible; call ahead for specific accommodations.

1923 Prohibition Bar has two locations, with the original opening in 2020 inside The Shoppes at Mandalay Place. Beside Minus5 Ice Bar, a large bookcase conceals the entrance to the lounge. No password is required; guests simply find the bookcase and step through into a dimly lit room with plush seating and New Orleans-inspired Prohibition décor. NOLA Nights brings live music and burlesque to the room, while a separate hidden chamber hosts the ticketed Ghost Stories mind-reading and dark-magic show with its own show-only cocktail menu.

The second location opened in 2024 inside Grand Canal Shoppes at The Venetian, where an elevator near the end of the Grand Canal leads into a larger Prohibition-style space with plush seating, a central bar and performance areas. NOLA Nights continues here, while The Docksiders bring a ticketed yacht-rock show to the main lounge.

Both locations share a bourbon-focused cocktail program of barrel-aged house specialties, led by the 1923 Barrel-Aged Old Fashioned made with Nevada Smoke Wagon Straight Bourbon, alongside signatures such as the mezcal-based Smoking Jacket and Camp Fire, a smoked-bourbon drink. Both operate primarily on a first-come, first-served basis, though VIP tables can be booked for select live-entertainment nights. A shared Lite Bites menu accompanies both 1923 experiences, including Torched Maple Bourbon Bacon, a Charcuterie Box and House Dill Chips. Concealed behind a velvet curtain inside the Venetian location, Voodoo Underground creates a second hidden layer within the speakeasy. More than 300 rare and eccentric relics fill the intimate room, including a plaster cast made from the face of actor Vincent Price after his death. Described by the venue as a “living cabinet of curiosities,” Voodoo Underground has its own chef-driven tasting plates served tapas-style and designed to pair with the drinks.

The cocktail program is equally distinct, using rotating mysticism-themed house creations with no fixed published menu, alongside theatrical tableside presentations involving smoke, fire and even levitation. The progression from elevator to Prohibition lounge to velvet-curtained chamber gives the Venetian location two successive reveals, while the original Mandalay Place location retains the bookcase entrance that introduced the 1923 concept to Las Vegas.

Best for bourbon, live entertainment, unusual artifacts and multiple layers of hidden-room discovery.

Planning Notes:

1923 Prohibition Bar at Mandalay Place is open Sun–Thu 11 AM–midnight and Fri–Sat 11 AM–2 AM; the Venetian location is open Wed–Thu 4 PM–midnight, Fri–Sat 2 PM–1 AM and Sun 2 PM–midnight, closed Mon–Tue; Voodoo Underground is open Wed–Thu 4 PM–midnight, Fri–Sat 2 PM–1:30 AM and Sun 2 PM–midnight.
NOLA Nights runs Fri–Sat at Mandalay Place and The Venetian; Ghost Stories at Mandalay Place is ticketed separately and performance dates should be confirmed when booking; The Docksiders at The Venetian is ticketed separately Thu–Sat. VIP tables for Mandalay Place’s NOLA Nights include reserved seating, two cocktails per guest, a digital group photo and a personal acknowledgement from the performer on stage; they can be booked up to two weeks ahead by table size.
Mandalay Place: Self-parking and valet are available on-site; Nevada residents receive up to three hours of complimentary self-parking with a valid Nevada driver’s license except during special events, while MGM Rewards Pearl members and above park free.
The Venetian: Self-parking and valet are available on-site; Nevada driver’s license holders receive free self-parking for three hours except during event parking, while Venetian Rewards Sapphire members and above receive complimentary self-parking.
ADA Information: 1923 Prohibition Bar at Mandalay Place, 1923 Prohibition Bar at The Venetian, and Voodoo Underground are ADA accessible; Voodoo Underground is reached through a floor-level curtained entrance; call ahead for specific accommodations.

Easy’s Cocktail Lounge and its host, Easy Donuts & Coffee, opened in 2023 inside Proper Eats Food Hall at ARIA Resort & Casino. Easy Donuts & Coffee operates as a working coffee and pastry counter, with a rotating selection of donuts alongside breakfast pastries such as its almond croissant and espresso drinks served during the day.

Behind the counter, a false wall near the coffee equipment conceals the entrance to Easy’s Cocktail Lounge. Velvet ropes lead behind the counter, with no password or puzzle required, before the bright food-hall setting gives way to an intimate cabaret-style lounge. Floor-to-ceiling emerald-green drapery and velvet upholstered panels frame a recessed performance stage, while channel-tufted sofas, dark-stained oak, marble coffee tables, and a floral ceiling installation establish the room’s period-influenced setting.

The cocktail program moves from elevated classics and Speakeasy Libations to theatrical Show Stoppers built around elaborate presentations. Shroomin combines Botanist gin, matcha, lemon and honey in mushroom-shaped glasses set on a wooden board filled with moss and mushrooms beneath dry-ice fog. Smoke Show pairs Basil Hayden bourbon with banana liqueur, sweet vermouth and chocolate bitters, presented in a cigar box with candied cigarettes and a smoking ashtray. Caviar service is the lounge’s primary food offering, served with fresh blini, crème fraîche, chopped egg and chives, plus two one-ounce pours of chilled Belvedere vodka. Live music runs nightly, typically from 8 PM to 1 AM, with rotating vocalists, bands, trios, and specialty nights spanning jazz, blues, soul, R&B and pop.

The transition from a daytime donut counter to a velvet-lined cocktail room gives Easy’s a concealed reveal built equally around performance and presentation.

Best for theatrical cocktails, live music and a hidden lounge behind a working donut counter.

Planning Notes:

Easy Donuts & Coffee is open daily 7 AM–4 PM; Easy’s Cocktail Lounge is open daily 8 PM–2 AM.
Live music is offered nightly, typically 8 PM–1 AM.
Self-parking and valet are available on-site; Nevada residents receive up to three hours of complimentary self-parking with a valid Nevada driver’s license except during special events, while MGM Rewards Pearl members and above park free.
ADA Information: Easy Donuts & Coffee is ADA accessible; Easy’s Cocktail Lounge accessibility is unconfirmed; call ahead for specific accommodations.

Más Por Favor Taqueria y Tequila opened in 2020 in Las Vegas Chinatown as a fast-casual taco shop with a hidden nightlife counterpart. The casual front focuses on traditional street tacos alongside more unconventional creations, including the signature Pho-Kin, which combines pulled chicken, kimchi slaw and hoisin in a crispy wonton shell.

Asking the cashier about “tonight’s delight” starts the transition to the hidden parlor, with staff directing guests through a secret passage staged like a smuggling tunnel. Skeletons and faux cocaine bricks line the dark corridor before a second door opens into the speakeasy.

The rear room shifts into a vintage-inspired Mexican lounge, where velvet seating, chandeliers, skull imagery, moody lighting and darker decorative details frame a red rose arch and rose-covered wall. Tequila and mezcal anchor the drink program, alongside margaritas, specialty cocktails and playful tequila presentations such as Mexican Tickler, a chilled tequila shot served inside a hollowed jalapeño with black salt over crushed ice.

The taqueria menu remains available as part of the broader Más Por Favor experience, allowing the restaurant’s tacos and hidden tequila bar to function as two sides of the same concept. DJs add a livelier nightlife atmosphere after the tunnel reveal, but the most memorable part of the experience begins before reaching the bar, when a simple passphrase turns an ordinary taco counter into the entrance to an elaborately staged passageway.

Best for inventive tacos, tequila and mezcal, energetic nightlife and a secret-tunnel entrance.

Planning Notes:

Open Mon–Thu 3 PM–late and Fri–Sun noon–late.
Happy hour runs daily 3–6 PM.
Street parking, garages and lots are available within walking distance.
ADA Information: Más Por Favor Taqueria y Tequila and the speakeasy’s secondary entrance are ADA accessible; call ahead for specific accommodations.

The Vault opened in 2023 inside Bellagio, occupying the former casino cage just off the gaming floor. Finding it requires looking beyond the table games for an alcove with a discreet gilded door marked only by a small “V” placard.

Beyond it, the 50-seat lounge steps away from the casino with mohair-upholstered walls, curvilinear black-mohair banquettes, bronze wainscoting, Portoro Gold marble and faceted bronze mirrors. A mirrored back bar displays its bottles like collectibles beneath a chandelier of 80 faceted glass globes. Designed by Studio Munge around the idea of heritage luxury, the room centers on what Bellagio describes as an ever-changing archive of “liquid history.” Vintage spirits spanning the past century are available by the pour or incorporated into cocktails, with a 1930s Bacardi made in the Bahamas among the current examples, served alongside its modern counterpart for comparison. Once a rare bottle is depleted, that expression may disappear from the collection entirely.

Beyond the archive pours, the cocktail program pairs historic recipes with modern technique. The Gold Rush Martinez traces the evolution from the Manhattan toward the Martini, while Heritage 100 combines nine aged tequilas totaling a century of maturation with agave, orange and mezcal essence. The limited food menu includes caviar service; nigiri of bluefin tuna, A5 wagyu and hamachi; lobster rolls; and the Gold Bar dessert, a passion fruit and chocolate bar dusted with edible gold and served inside a custom jewelry box.

The 2026 Liquid Legends series adds another layer, bringing influential bartenders, writers and cocktail historians into the room for limited-run menus built around pivotal moments in drinking history. More than a concealed casino lounge, The Vault uses its finite archive of vintage bottles to make each visit partly dependent on what pieces of cocktail history remain behind the gilded door.

Best for vintage spirits, cocktail history, rare pours and an intimate hidden-lounge experience.

Planning Notes:

Open Mon–Thu and Sun 5 PM–midnight and Fri–Sat 5 PM–2 AM.
Liquid Legends runs throughout 2026 with limited-run menus and two-night appearances by visiting cocktail figures; reservations are required for those events.
Dress code enforced; dress to impress; shorts and athletic wear not permitted.
Self-parking and valet are available on-site; Nevada residents receive up to three hours of complimentary self-parking with a valid Nevada driver’s license except during special events, while MGM Rewards Pearl members and above park free.
ADA Information: The Vault is ADA accessible via its level entrance from Bellagio’s casino floor; call ahead for specific accommodations.

Nowhere opened with Fontainebleau Las Vegas in 2023 as a speakeasy-vibe lounge designed to feel like an eccentric stranger’s opulent living room. Set beside the resort’s fitness center and across from the guest-elevator bank, it is tucked into an amenity corridor away from the casino floor. A host podium outside the entrance handles admission, with no password or concealed mechanism required.

The venue unfolds through multiple connected rooms filled with curated art, plush seating and playful details that reward wandering rather than remaining at a single table. A billiards table gives one section the character of a game room rather than a traditional cocktail lounge. The drinks program moves between inventive house cocktails, a dedicated spritz selection and group-format serves. Stairway to Nowhere combines Fortaleza Reposado tequila with umeshu, lime and tangerine.

For groups, the Spritz Tree arranges eight individual spritzes on a vertical, branching metal tower. The eight may be one style or mixed across selections including Aperol, Hugo, peach, vodka grapefruit and passion-fruit–mango–blood-orange spritzes, with a zero-proof peach option available.

The only published food offerings are complimentary Distilled Snacks French Onion Kettle Chips and a custom nut mix to accompany cocktails. Live performances anchor the room nightly, with jazz, vocalists, bands and other rotating acts changing the character of the space throughout the week. Rather than relying on a concealed door or password, Nowhere builds its sense of discovery inside the lounge itself, where moving from room to room can lead from cocktails and conversation to billiards and live music without leaving the venue.

Best for live entertainment, billiards, inventive cocktails and an eccentric multi-room lounge experience.

Planning Notes:

Open daily 6 PM–late.
Live entertainment runs Sun–Thu 8 PM–midnight and Fri–Sat 9 PM–1 AM.
Dress code enforced; trendy or fashionable attire is required, with athletic wear, shorts and flip-flops prohibited.
Self-parking and valet are available on-site; Nevada residents and Fontainebleau Rewards members receive complimentary self-parking; complimentary valet validation is available with eligible dining, bar, retail or spa purchases.
ADA Information: Nowhere is ADA accessible via its level entrance; call ahead for specific accommodations.

The Vinyl Parlor is a hidden cocktail bar inside On The Record, the 11,000-square-foot music-driven nightclub concealed behind its functioning record-store façade at Park MGM. Across from Dolby Live, On The Record’s multi-room layout turns record-store nostalgia into a full nightclub with cocktail bars, private karaoke rooms and an outdoor patio, with the Vinyl Parlor tucked deeper inside.

The main room centers on a DJ booth built from a vintage Rolls-Royce; three private karaoke rooms provide their own hidden diversions; and the outdoor patio incorporates a commissioned 1963 Bristol Lodekka double-decker bus converted into another bar and DJ booth. Cassette tapes, framed vinyl and other music memorabilia carry the theme through the spaces, while DJs and live performances move among them. Rather than a menu-driven specialty-cocktail program, On The Record’s three main bars provide straightforward nightclub service of cocktails, premium spirits, beer, wine, shots and bottle service. The Main Room Bar sits beside the dance floor, where its back wall can lower to form a performance stage; the Living Room Bar serves the indoor lounge; and the patio bar is built into the converted double-decker bus.

On The Record does not serve food, keeping the focus on drinks, dancing and performances. Its only public entrance is a functional record-store façade with wood-paneled walls, retro listening stations, vintage music posters and shelves of real vinyl records. The storefront opens only when the club is operating, and its retail checkout counter becomes the check-in and box office for the entire venue.

Beyond it, stairs and escalators lead through a red-lit corridor lined with vintage cassette tapes before opening into the club’s main rooms. Within the main club, a British-style red telephone box built into the wall conceals the next reveal. The booth’s cassette-lined back wall contains a handle-less push panel that opens into a hidden hallway leading to the Vinyl Parlor. The intimate room accommodates roughly 20 to 25 guests, with iconic album covers and records displayed in wooden wall cases around a single bar counter and banquette seating. Vinyl Parlor has no printed cocktail menu, but its bartender-led service shifts away from the high-volume club format. From its single counter, the bartender can create a bespoke drink inspired by a favorite album, artist, song or broader musical direction and stated flavor preferences, or make a traditional classic on request.

Vinyl Parlor does not serve food, keeping its smaller room focused on bespoke cocktails and the record collection. The program was originally shaped by Vinyl Parlor’s opening lineup of guest Bartenders-in-Residence, including figures from Death & Co., PDT and The Dead Rabbit, and remains the room’s defining experience.

The progression from a record-store façade to a cassette-lined nightclub and then a telephone-box passage gives Vinyl Parlor a second hidden layer that makes the route into the room as music-driven as the drinks inside it.

Best for music lovers, personalized cocktails, hidden rooms and a nightclub filled with music-history details.

Planning Notes:

On The Record and Vinyl Parlor are open Fri–Sun 10 PM–2 AM and also open on select Dolby Live concert nights.
Regular operating nights generally have a cover charge; guest-list and same-day Dolby Live ticket policies vary by date.
Dress code enforced; fashionable attire is required.
Self-parking and valet are available on-site; Nevada residents receive up to three hours of complimentary self-parking with a valid Nevada driver’s license except during special events, while MGM Rewards Pearl members and above park free.
ADA Information: On The Record and Vinyl Parlor are ADA accessible; Vinyl Parlor has an alternate level entrance beside the telephone box that bypasses the booth; call ahead for specific accommodations.

Rock & Roe Speakeasy opened in late 2024 inside Caspian’s Rock & Roe at Caesars Palace, a caviar lounge and hidden live-music concept that transformed the former Cleopatra’s Barge space into two contrasting nightlife experiences. Located near the Nobu Hotel & Restaurant, the 1,100-square-foot Caviar Lounge seats about 50 guests amid an oceanic setting of mermaids, nautical details, pearl and onyx accents, and brass finishes.

Caviar anchors both the food and drink experience, from traditional service and bumps eaten from the back of the hand to Mini Maine Lobster Rolls and Crabby Caviar Tacos topped with roe. The Cryo Dirty Martini with Caviar Bump turns the pairing into a ritual, arriving on a silver tray with an iced glass, a Belvedere 10 Dirty Martini carafe and a separate caviar bump.

Among the artwork, a large portrait of Captain Caspian conceals the entrance to Rock & Roe Speakeasy. Stepping through the portrait reveals a telephone, where guests ask to be let in before continuing into the hidden 2,300-square-foot music room. A 16-foot ceiling, oversized couches, gold details and a large chandelier frame the stage, shifting the mood from polished caviar lounge to rock-and-roll club.

Caspian’s food and cocktail programs continue into the speakeasy, including specialty drinks such as The Siren, which combines rosemary-infused tequila with honey, lemon, pineapple and black salt. Live music begins nightly, with rotating bands joined by recurring experiences such as Caviar Karaoke, where guests perform with a live band, and Sailing Club, a yacht-rock night built around 1970s and 1980s soft rock. The progression from caviar and champagne beneath mermaids to a portrait doorway, telephone and full live-music room makes Caspian’s two contrasting experiences feel connected by one carefully staged reveal.

Best for caviar, theatrical cocktails, live rock music and a hidden room reached through a portrait and telephone.

Planning Notes:

The Caviar Lounge is open daily 4 PM–2 AM; Rock & Roe Speakeasy is open nightly 8 PM–2 AM.
Food service in the Caviar Lounge ends Sun–Thu at 11 PM and Fri–Sat at midnight; food service in Rock & Roe ends Sun–Thu at 10 PM and Fri–Sat at midnight.
Live music begins nightly at 8 PM; Caviar Karaoke runs Wednesdays with a live band, while Sailing Club brings yacht rock to the room on Thursdays.
Self-parking and valet are available on-site; Nevada driver’s license holders receive free self-parking for three hours, while Caesars Rewards Platinum members and above park free.
ADA Information: The Caviar Lounge and Rock & Roe Speakeasy are ADA accessible; call ahead for specific accommodations.

The Secret Lounge opened in 2025 inside Forke, a modern French-American restaurant defined by a clean contemporary bistro setting rather than overt Parisian theming.

Its menu pairs French classics with modern American technique in dishes such as Beef Bourguignon, Foie Gras Burger, Duck Confit and Lobster Ravioli. Near the back of the restaurant, a built-in bookshelf doubles as a false wall; when staff release the panel for guests, it opens into the Secret Lounge. A separate exterior door provides a direct route for private bookings, with a knock alerting staff to admit guests.

Inside, subdued lighting creates a deliberate contrast with the contemporary bistro. Its concept draws not on American Prohibition but on France’s World War II-era bars clandestins, hidden gathering places where people exchanged ideas, preserved culture and, in some cases, organized resistance.

The drinks program continues the French influence through a curated wine selection and handcrafted cocktails. Pineau des Charentes, an aperitif from the Charentes region, is offered alongside Parisian Jewel, which combines Gardener French Riviera Gin, elderflower and vermouth, and Forke It, which pairs rye whiskey, cognac and vermouth. Forke’s French-American menu remains available in the lounge during kitchen service, allowing dinner and drinks to continue after the concealed entry. A performance inspired by French cabaret and classic burlesque blends vocals, glamour and theatricality, while live jazz broadens the entertainment program.

The Secret Lounge gives the restaurant a concealed counterpart, shifting the experience from a modern French-American bistro to a hidden room whose historical inspiration reaches beyond the usual Las Vegas Prohibition formula.

Best for French-inspired cocktails, classic bistro dishes, cabaret and a hidden lounge with World War II-era French inspiration.

Planning Notes:

Forke Restaurant serves brunch Sat–Sun 10 AM–2:30 PM and dinner Wed–Thu and Sun 5–10 PM and Fri–Sat 5–11 PM; the Secret Lounge is open Wed–Sun 6 PM–2 AM.
Happy hour runs Wed–Thu 5–7 PM in the Secret Lounge and main bar.
Bootsy Bardot performs French cabaret Fridays after 8 PM; live jazz is presented Saturdays 6:30–8:30 PM.
Self-parking is available on-site.
ADA Information: Forke Restaurant and the Secret Lounge are ADA accessible; the Secret Lounge’s dedicated entrance is level with the parking lot; call ahead for specific accommodations.

Chez Bippy opened in 2023, concealed inside the pizza parlor of Luchini Italian Restaurant at MGM Grand.

Luchini is a full-service Italian-American restaurant inspired by the flavors of New York, with handmade pasta, pizzas and red-sauce classics. A seasonal house-made pasta is finished tableside in an aged cheese wheel, while chicken parm receives its own tableside presentation.

Beside the dining room, the 24-seat Luchini’s Slice Shop shifts the experience into a quick-service tri-state pizza parlor, serving East Coast-style round pies and square Consigliere slices, including the Roni Roni square, beneath globe pendants and marquee signage on a checkerboard floor. Near the rear tables, three candy vending machines stand against a brick wall. The last machine on the right presses inward to reveal red curtains and the entrance to Chez Bippy.

Named for the fictional neighborhood bar in the 1993 film A Bronx Tale, the hidden 710-square-foot lounge accommodates only 27 guests. Red velvet drapery and bronze arched mirrors frame red banquettes and maroon-granite tables, while fringed glowing pendants and a ruffled chandelier with a disco ball give the room a glamorous, theatrical finish.

Italian flavors carry into a craft-cocktail program that includes Bella Notte, an espresso-martini-and-affogato hybrid of Belvedere vodka, Licor 43, Borghetti coffee liqueur, Frangelico, fresh espresso and vanilla gelato. A broader amari and Old Fashioned selection rounds out the program, and bartenders can prepare off-menu cocktails on request.

Chez Bippy does not offer food, keeping the focus on drinks, while Luchini’s Slice Shop and Luchini Italian Restaurant provide pizza and broader Italian-American dining immediately outside the lounge. The progression from a full-service Italian restaurant to a casual slice counter, vending-machine door and velvet cocktail room makes Chez Bippy feel like a distinct destination concealed within the larger Luchini experience.

Best for Italian-inspired cocktails, intimate scale, movie lore and a hidden vending-machine entrance.

Planning Notes:

Luchini Italian Restaurant is open daily 4:30–9:30 PM, extending to 10 PM Thu–Sat; Luchini’s Slice Shop is open Mon–Wed and Sun 11 AM–11 PM and Thu–Sat 11 AM–1 AM; Chez Bippy is open Tue–Wed 5–11 PM and Thu–Sat 6 PM–midnight, closed Sun–Mon.
Dress code enforced; smart casual attire is required.
Self-parking and valet are available on-site; Nevada residents receive up to three hours of complimentary self-parking with a valid Nevada driver’s license except during special events, while MGM Rewards Pearl members and above park free.
ADA Information: Luchini Italian Restaurant and Luchini’s Slice Shop are ADA accessible; Chez Bippy accessibility is unconfirmed; call ahead for specific accommodations.

The Count Room is hidden inside Bugsy & Meyer’s Steakhouse, the vintage-inspired Flamingo Las Vegas restaurant that opened in 2020 and takes its name from Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel and Meyer Lansky.

The experience begins at The Bakery at Bugsy & Meyer’s, a 1940s-style faux storefront dressed with imitation breads, pastries and flour displays. Hosts lead diners through inconspicuous back doors and a kitchen corridor, where a glass-enclosed dry-aging cooler displays the restaurant’s premium cuts before the route opens into the centerpiece bar and lounge, raw bar, private dining rooms and ornate main dining room. Art Deco details, historic Flamingo imagery and Jonathan Adler’s custom beaded flamingo artwork carry the old-Las Vegas theme through the restaurant.

Prime and dry-aged steaks, imported wagyu and seafood from the raw bar anchor the menu, including the Grand Seafood Tower with Maine lobster, king crab, oysters and poached shrimp.

The Count Room itself can be reached two ways. Inside the restaurant, a dark 1940s-style office door in the back-left corner of the dining area opens directly into the lounge. Guests approaching from the casino can bypass the restaurant through a separate door marked “Bugsy’s Private Office” beside the Flamingo food hall; beyond it, a winding passage lined with mobster photographs and mock wooden barrels leads into the room. Dark wood, leather seating, vintage Flamingo photographs and mob-themed artwork define the Prohibition-inspired lounge.

Its cocktail program pairs classics and contemporary drinks with a customizable Old Fashioned cart, where bartenders build drinks tableside from a choice of bourbon, rye, rum, brandy or mezcal, then tailor them with house syrups, citrus oils and bitters. Other selections include the Beverly Hills Martini, combining Ketel One Botanical vodka with grapefruit, lime and Luxardo maraschino cherries, and the Japanese Old Fashioned with Nikka Coffey Grain Whisky, simple syrup, Angostura bitters and orange bitters.

The Count Room’s menu includes thick-cut honey-glazed bacon and a bread-service basket with flavored butters, while the full Bugsy & Meyer’s menu can also be ordered from the bar. Live jazz on select nights reinforces the old-Las Vegas atmosphere without turning the room into a conventional nightclub.

The progression from faux bakery to kitchen route, glamorous steakhouse and concealed lounge makes The Count Room feel like the final chapter of a staged journey through Flamingo history rather than a separate bar simply attached to the restaurant.

Best for old-Las Vegas atmosphere, dry-aged steaks, tableside cocktails and a hidden lounge inside one of the Strip’s most theatrical steakhouses.

Planning Notes:

Bugsy & Meyer’s Steakhouse is open Wed–Sun from 4–10 PM; The Count Room is open Thu–Sat from 4:30–11 PM.
Live jazz is presented in The Count Room Fri–Sat from 8–11 PM.
Self-parking and valet are available on-site; Nevada driver’s license holders receive free self-parking for three hours, while Caesars Rewards Platinum members and above park free.
ADA Information: Bugsy & Meyer’s Steakhouse and The Count Room are ADA accessible; call ahead for specific accommodations.

Caramella Italian Restaurant & Lounge opened in 2024 inside Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, near the PH Live entrance, as a 1970s Italy-inspired restaurant with a concealed late-night counterpart. A velvet vestibule beneath a Murano-glass chandelier leads into a glossy dining room with backlit onyx walls, plush seating and a terrace overlooking the Strip.

The menu combines regional Italian dishes with richer Las Vegas touches, including Stuffed Chicken Parmigiano, Lobster Alfredo and the Signature Caramella Tart, made with dark-chocolate custard and salted caramel. Near the center of the restaurant, a working candy shop stocked with Italian sweets and packaged treats creates the transition to the Hidden Lounge.

Behind the displays, an unmarked wall panel opens into the concealed room; restaurant staff arrange entry. Patterned wallpaper, leopard-print fabrics, geometric rugs and plush seating surround a mirror-mosaic DJ booth, carrying the restaurant’s 1970s Italian aesthetic into a more intimate nighttime setting.

The Hidden Lounge has its own cocktail menu, including Set Me Fredo, a frozen blend of reposado tequila, cola and Angostura served with pistachio gelato. A limited selection of Caramella’s menu favorites is available for the lounge, including shareable bites such as Veal Parmigiano Meatballs and Whipped Ricotta Crostini, while the full dinner menu remains in the restaurant and front lounge.

DJs bring late-night energy to the hidden room, turning a candy-shop detour inside an Italian restaurant into a distinct nightlife experience.

Best for Italian-inspired cocktails, retro décor, DJ-driven nightlife and a hidden entrance inside a working candy shop.

Planning Notes:

Caramella Italian Restaurant & Lounge serves dinner Wed–Sun 4–10 PM and brunch Sat–Sun 10 AM–3 PM; Caramella Hidden Lounge is open Thu and Sun 7 PM–1 AM and Fri–Sat 7 PM–2 AM.
Social Hour runs Sun and Wed 4–7 PM in the front lounge only; it does not apply to Caramella Hidden Lounge.
Dress code enforced; business casual attire is required.
Self-parking and valet are available on-site; Nevada driver’s license holders receive free self-parking for three hours, while Caesars Rewards Platinum members and above park free.
ADA Information: Caramella Italian Restaurant & Lounge is ADA accessible; Caramella Hidden Lounge accessibility is unconfirmed; call ahead for specific accommodations.

Nomikai opened in 2025 along Restaurant Row at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas as a two-part Japanese dining concept that moves from an open sushi counter to a hidden restaurant and speakeasy.

The front counter seats about 20 guests and takes inspiration from casual Tokyo sushi bars, serving hand rolls, nigiri, sashimi and poke alongside sake, Japanese beer and the Plum Salt Air Margarita on tap. Miso Black Cod Roll, Toro & Caviar and Yellowtail Serrano are among its signatures, while a takeout window offers boxed sushi sets for guests on the go.

Nomikai was a 2025 Las Vegas Review-Journal Best of Las Vegas Silver Winner for Best Sushi. Just beyond the counter, a small host stand sits beside an unmarked door leading through a dim hallway and into the hidden restaurant. The 50-seat room is finished with walnut and oxidized white-oak cladding, basket-weave green ceramic tile, dark stone, hot-rolled steel and red neon, with plush booths, intimate tables, a cocktail bar, private dining room and a custom mural by Tokyo-based artist Sush Machida.

The food program expands considerably in the back, with shareable dishes such as Bluefin Tuna Pizza, A5 Wagyu Sando and Chicken Truffle Dumplings alongside sashimi, signature nigiri and curated sushi sets.

Japanese spirits become more prominent here, with rare whisky and sake joining cocktails such as the Ube Espresso Martini, made with vodka, coffee liqueur, cold brew, ube and sweet milk, and Kumiko’s Garden, which combines two styles of sake with sakura, yuzu and grapefruit, served with a theatrical garden-fog presentation.

Nomikai turns a quick-service sushi stop into a full evening experience by using an unmarked door and quiet hallway to separate the fast-moving counter from a hidden Japanese restaurant built for lingering over sushi, whisky and cocktails.

Best for premium sushi, Japanese whisky and sake, inventive cocktails and a hidden restaurant behind a casual sushi counter.

Planning Notes:

The sushi counter and takeout window are open Sun–Wed 11 AM–10 PM and Thu–Sat 11 AM–midnight; Nomikai Speakeasy is open Sun–Wed 5–11 PM and Thu–Sat 5 PM–midnight.
Self-parking and valet are available on-site; Nevada driver’s license holders receive free self-parking for three hours except during event parking, while Venetian Rewards Sapphire members and above receive complimentary self-parking.
ADA Information:Nomikai Sushi Counter and Nomikai Speakeasy are ADA accessible; call ahead for specific accommodations.

Close Company opened in 2025 inside Via Via Food Hall at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas, a collection of restaurant outposts arranged among neon signs and murals in a setting inspired by Venice’s winding streets.

Created by the team behind Death & Co., the influential East Village cocktail institution, Close Company marks the concept’s Las Vegas debut, designed as a more relaxed, playful alternative to the original.

At the back of the food hall, an oversized illuminated CLOSE COMPANY sign gives the hidden-bar premise an ironic twist, pointing down a dark hallway toward the entrance. At the end, an understated doorway leads away from Via Via’s bright, bustling counters and into an intimate cocktail room with a low ceiling, retro bar stools, a laminate bar top and a disco ball. The menu organizes drinks into playful categories ranging from Fizzy and Juicy to Boozy and Group Activity. Applejack & Sarsaparilla combines apple brandy with old-timey soda, while Mini Martinis for the Crew arrive as a shareable round of classic or espresso martinis. A dedicated zero-proof section includes the Dangerous Rickey, made with nonalcoholic gin, celery cordial and garden-herb tonic, and the Chennai Cobbler, combining nonalcoholic vermouth, mango and yogurt. Food comes from neighboring Scarr’s Pizza, a New York pizzeria known for organic stone-milled dough, whose Sicilian slices can be ordered from the bar. Among them, the Hotboi combines beef pepperoni, jalapeños and Mike’s Extra Hot Honey, making a late-night slice part of the cocktail experience rather than a separate food-hall stop. Rather than recreating Death & Co.’s more formal cocktail-bar model, Close Company carries its craft pedigree into a tucked-away, deliberately casual room built for approachable drinks and easygoing socializing.

Best for playful craft cocktails, shareable mini martinis, zero-proof drinks and a casual hidden-bar experience inside a food hall.

Planning Notes:

Open Sun–Thu 4 PM–midnight and Fri–Sat 4 PM–2 AM.
Self-parking and valet are available on-site; Nevada driver’s license holders receive free self-parking for three hours except during event parking, while Venetian Rewards Sapphire members and above receive complimentary self-parking.
ADA Information: Close Company is ADA accessible; call ahead for specific accommodations.

Dolce Notte opened in 2026 inside Buddy V’s Ristorante at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas. Led by celebrity chef Buddy Valastro, the family-style Italian restaurant draws on the women and gatherings that shaped his cooking, with Wife’s Eggplant Parmigiano, Grandma’s Meatballs, Nonna’s Lasagna and Mother’s Sunday Gravy among its signatures. The Nutella “Waterfall” Cake reflects Valastro’s background as a baker and star of Cake Boss, while The Cake Boss is a dessert-like martini of whipped vodka, chocolate liqueur and Baileys.

Buddy V’s was named a 2025 Las Vegas Review-Journal Best of Las Vegas Gold Winner for Best Celebrity Chef Restaurant. Toward the back of the restaurant, hosts guide Dolce Notte guests to a Valastro family portrait on an otherwise unassuming wall. The portrait opens as the concealed door, revealing a small, candlelit lounge designed by Valastro’s wife, Lisa, where low lighting, velvet, brass and warm wood create the atmosphere of a Sinatra-era Las Vegas nightcap.

The seasonal cocktail program is designed to be discovered at the bar, with current selections including Ciccio, an Italian Old Fashioned of tequila, bourbon, Amaro Montenegro and smoked hazelnut, and Ice Cold Club, combining gin, Calvados, dry vermouth and fennel.

Dolce Notte has its own small-plates menu rather than extending Buddy V’s full restaurant menu into the room. Osetra Caviar Bombs pair everything-Parmesan puffs with smoked-salmon cream cheese and dill, while the Prime Ribeye Panino layers balsamic onions and creamy formaggio on focaccia with au jus. Desserts include Kiss Me in Capri, a vanilla sponge cake with strawberry-rhubarb jam, Chantilly cream and fresh strawberries.

The portrait doorway divides two distinct experiences: a lively Italian family table in the restaurant and a quieter, more intimate lounge for cocktails, small plates, dessert and conversation.

Best for seasonal cocktails, elevated late-night small plates and desserts, Old Vegas atmosphere and a hidden entrance concealed behind a family portrait.

Planning Notes:

Buddy V’s Ristorante is open Mon–Thu 11:30 AM–10 PM, Fri–Sat 11:30 AM–11 PM and Sun 10:30 AM–10 PM; Dolce Notte is open Thu–Sun 8 PM–1 AM.
Dress code enforced; upscale casual attire is required.
Self-parking and valet are available on-site; Nevada driver’s license holders receive free self-parking for three hours except during event parking, while Venetian Rewards Sapphire members and above receive complimentary self-parking.
ADA Information: Buddy V’s Ristorante and Dolce Notte are ADA accessible; call ahead for specific accommodations.

Downtown Las Vegas Speakeasy & Hidden Lounge Guide

The Underground opened in 2018 in the basement of The Mob Museum, housed in Las Vegas’ former federal courthouse and post office, completed in 1933 as the city’s first federal building.

The museum uses artifacts and interactive exhibits to trace the intertwined histories of organized crime and law enforcement. Among its most significant displays is the original brick wall from the 1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, with additional exhibits exploring Prohibition, Las Vegas casino history and forensic investigation. The Underground extends that history through a Prohibition exhibition space containing a speakeasy, working distillery and private VIP room. Artifacts from the 1920s and 1930s surround a full bar serving contemporary interpretations of Prohibition-era cocktails.

Museum guests enter through the regular lobby, then descend from the ticketing area to the basement exhibit level by interior staircase or elevator, which opens directly into The Underground. Guests visiting only the speakeasy use the exterior entrance along the right side of the building, facing the surface parking lot, where a large wooden barrel marks the outdoor stairwell. At its base, an unmarked dark-green door is fitted with a buzzer. A sliding viewing slot opens for staff, who admit guests using the current password posted on the museum’s website and social media.

Behind the bar, the custom 60-gallon copper-pot Virginia Still, named for mob courier and Bugsy Siegel associate Virginia Hill, produces the museum’s house moonshine and can make up to 250 750-milliliter jars each week. Guided 25-minute Distillery Tastings examine how Prohibition reshaped American drinking culture and explain the process behind the museum’s moonshine.

The on-site program also includes Big Al’s Ale, while 300 Stewart Reserve is available as a distinct bourbon pour. An oversized portrait of Texas Guinan, the silent-film actor and prominent Prohibition-era speakeasy host, conceals the entrance to The Fitting Room, another hidden layer within the speakeasy and a private VIP lounge accommodating up to 10 guests.

The seasonal cocktail program draws on the period and the distillery, with Bee’s Knees combining strawberry-infused gin, lemon and jalapeño honey, and Moonshine Mayhem mixing house-distilled moonshine with pineapple, tea and cardamom. The Underground Old Fashioned combines bourbon, vanilla bean, brown sugar and bitters, arriving with a hidden flask inside a hollowed-out book.

A refreshed food menu offers Prohibition-inspired shareables such as crab cakes with Creole remoulade and garlic knots with marinara and garlic aioli. Live jazz and other period-appropriate music bring the room to life, making The Underground an active extension of the museum rather than a bar merely styled after its exhibits.

Best for house-distilled moonshine, Prohibition artifacts, historical cocktails, live jazz and one of Las Vegas’s most immersive speakeasy experiences.

Planning Notes:

The Mob Museum is open daily 9 AM–9 PM; The Underground is open Sun–Thu 11 AM–11 PM and Fri–Sat 11 AM–midnight; check the calendar for early closures before visiting.
Live music is scheduled Fri–Sat 8 PM–midnight and Sun 7–11 PM, with rotating performers.
Happy hour runs Sun–Thu 5–7 PM.
Distillery Tastings are 25-minute guided experiences requiring a Deluxe or Premier Museum pass and a reserved time slot; capacity is limited.
Limited paid self-parking is available on-site; additional garages and lots are within walking distance.
ADA Information: The Mob Museum and The Underground are ADA accessible; The Underground's stair-only password entrance can be bypassed via the Mob Museum’s front lift and elevators; call ahead for specific accommodations.

The Laundry Room opened in 2012 inside Commonwealth, the two-story Downtown cocktail bar and nightlife venue on a Fremont East corner.

Following a top-to-bottom redesign in 2026, Commonwealth pairs a dark-wood main bar with laser-cut brass screens and jewel-toned Tiffany-style pendant lamps. Its rooftop dance floor overlooks Fremont Street, while a 107-year-old stained-glass installation salvaged from a Philadelphia church frames the rooftop bar.

Commonwealth does not serve food, keeping the focus on craft cocktails, beer, wine, tequila, and bottle service. Current selections include Midnight Smoke, combining Casamigos mezcal and Teremana reposado with agave, Angostura and grapefruit bitters, finished with brûléed grapefruit.

The Laundry Room occupies what was once the laundry facility for the El Cortez across the street. Guests with required reservations check in at Commonwealth’s ground-floor host stand, where staff escort them to an unmarked concealed door with no visible sign or queue before admitting them into the former laundry space. Beyond it, the 350-square-foot lounge replaces the main venue’s nightclub energy with a crystal chandelier, Tiffany-style lighting, crimson velvet, Louis XVI-style chairs upholstered in vintage floral tapestry, and more than 200 original artworks, antique portraits, botanical prints and photographs.

The 2026 reopening introduced head mixologist Davey Francis and Fear and Laundry, a three-chapter cocktail menu that alludes to Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas through the fictional journey of a reporter across Las Vegas. The program moves from modern interpretations of classics, such as Strange Medicine, a martini with Brie-washed Old Bison vodka, Cocchi Americano and herb oil, to more unconventional creations including the Dr. Pepper Old Fashioned with Elijah Craig bourbon, house-made Dr. Pepper syrup and Angostura bitters. Bartenders can use a conversation about spirits and flavors to guide guests toward drinks suited to their preferences, preserving the individualized approach that helped establish the room’s reputation.

The Laundry Room does not serve food, but gourmet popcorn provides a snack alongside the cocktails. Limited to 16 guests, it is an intimate counterpoint to Commonwealth, exchanging rooftop DJs and a busy main bar for elaborate drinks and close interaction with the bartender in a room deliberately hidden only steps away.

Best for narrative cocktails, personalized recommendations, extremely limited seating and an intimate escape from Fremont East nightlife.

Planning Notes:

Commonwealth is open Thursday 9 PM–2 AM and Friday–Saturday 10 PM–4 AM; The Laundry Room is open Sunday–Thursday 6–10 PM and Friday–Saturday 5–9 PM.
Street parking, garages and lots are available within walking distance.
ADA Information: Commonwealth and The Laundry Room are ADA accessible; call ahead for specific accommodations.

SEVEN:45 opened in 2023 in the Arts District as an R&B-focused micro-lounge inspired by the intentional listening culture of Japanese hi-fi bars and Janet Jackson’s The Velvet Rope.

Art, carefully chosen records and high-fidelity sound replace the televisions and background playlists of a conventional bar. The name carries a double meaning, referencing 7:45 as the transitional hour when daytime gives way to evening and the 7-inch, 45-RPM vinyl single.

SEVEN:45 is located next to DTLV Vintage Goods & Barbershop / Vintage Clothing, whose prominent storefront signage provides the clearest landmark. An unmarked door next to that storefront opens to a stark-white hallway lined with portraits of R&B and hip-hop icons. At the soundproof concealed door beyond, the daily password posted in SEVEN:45’s Instagram Story provides entry.

Inside, occupancy is capped at 40 guests and reservations are limited to parties of four, keeping the scale closer to a private listening room than a nightlife club. The room centers on selected vinyl and a high-fidelity system powered by official audio partner McIntosh Labs.

Much of the record collection was inherited from the founder’s grandmother and is both displayed and played in the lounge, while house rules preserve the music as the room’s focus. The R&B theme carries into a song-inspired cocktail program built with house-made syrups and other modifiers. The current SirDavis American Whisky menu includes Green Light, combining the whisky with Lillet Blanc, matcha and strawberry foam, and Irreplaceable, mixing it with blackberry honey, dry vermouth and peach bitters; an optional Upgrade U adds an aromatic whisky finishing mist. Scratch-made small bites include Mama Dee’s Salmon Spread and Salmon Stuffed Mushrooms.

Reservations guarantee admission rather than a particular table, while walk-ins are accommodated as capacity permits; a two-drink minimum applies to every guest. The password, intimate room, vinyl collection, hi-fi system and house rules create a dedicated listening and social environment rather than simply placing music in the background.

Best for R&B, vinyl, high-fidelity sound and an intimate listening room built around intentional listening rather than a dance floor.

Planning Notes:

Open Thu–Sat 7:45 PM–2 AM; Sun 7:45 PM–midnight.
Street parking, garages and lots are available nearby; free street parking is available Mon–Fri 11 AM–2 PM and after 10 PM.
Cash is not accepted.
ADA Information: SEVEN:45 is ADA accessible, with wheelchair-accessible entrance, seating and restroom; call ahead for specific accommodations.

CC Speakeasy and its host, Craft Creamery, opened together in September 2024 in the Arts District as a dual-concept ice cream shop and hidden cocktail lounge.

Craft Creamery’s counter rotates small-batch flavors drawn from Mexican snacks and street treats, including Gansito, based on the strawberry-jelly-and-chocolate snack cake, along with Chongos Zamoranos, Mangonada, Pepino con Chile and Elote. Any flavor can be blended into a custom boozy milkshake, while spiked aguas frescas, Micheladas with tamarind-candy straws and snackable bowls of esquites extend the counter beyond dessert.

Asking for the flavor of the day prompts staff to open a faux walk-in-freezer door into CC Speakeasy. Beyond it, the bright ice-cream shop gives way to a deep-green-and-gold, Latin-themed cocktail parlor with Art Deco accents, midcentury furnishings, arched backbar shelving and jungle murals, including a leopard set among tropical foliage. Two bookcase-style panels conceal the restroom entrances, extending the hidden-door motif beyond the freezer-door reveal.

The cocktail program balances classic formats with originals, each accompanied by a QR code that opens its backstory. A Vieux Carré pairs rye and cognac, while Xocolatl recasts an Old Fashioned with mezcal and mole bitters; Ubi Wan Kenobi adds a shot of cinnamon-spiked ube horchata. For a less prescribed choice, Roll the Dice uses a pair of dice to determine a spirit and cocktail style before the bartender creates a custom drink.

The food menu favors shareable dishes such as Birria Bao Buns filled with marinated oxtail and deconstructed Beef Wellington bites pairing ribeye with puff pastry. The transition from a working ice cream counter through a freezer door to a dark cocktail parlor makes CC Speakeasy a complete food-and-drink experience rather than simply a hidden bar behind dessert.

Best for a freezer-door reveal, interactive cocktails and substantial shareable food.

Planning Notes:

Craft Creamery and CC Speakeasy are open Tue–Thu 5 PM–midnight, Fri 5 PM–1 AM, Sat 3 PM–1 AM and Sun 3 PM–midnight; closed Mon.
Street parking, garages and lots are available nearby; free street parking is available Mon–Fri 11 AM–2 PM and after 10 PM.
ADA Information: Craft Creamery and CC Speakeasy are ADA accessible; call ahead for specific accommodations.

Captain’s Quarters opened in 2025 inside White Whale, the bartender-owned craft cocktail bar that had taken over the former Downtown Cocktail Room two months earlier.

Created by Las Vegas bar veterans in partnership with Sam Ross, the creator of the Penicillin and Paper Plane, White Whale is built around the Japanese art of kintsugi, repairing broken pottery with gold. Stone, leather, warm wood and golden light give White Whale’s main bar, known as the Main Deck, an anime-inflected, low-lit setting in which visible imperfections become part of the design.

Daily-squeezed juices and house-made syrups underpin its 13-drink cocktail menu, which includes Ross’s Paper Plane, combining bourbon, Aperol, Amaro Nonino and lemon, and Penicillin, pairing blended Scotch, lemon and honey-ginger syrup with a smoky Islay Scotch float.

Whale stencils along the brick lead to an easy-to-miss black side door concealing Captain’s Quarters. Inside, the 22-seat room becomes a quieter retreat of warm woods, glowing lamps and cascades of wisteria, whose imagery draws both on Demon Slayer and Japanese associations with friendship, longevity and luck.

Captain’s Quarters has no printed menu or fixed house cocktails. Instead, bartenders use a conversation about preferred spirits, flavors and mood to create a tailored drink, often drawing from mezcal and seasonal tiki influences. Neither White Whale nor Captain’s Quarters serves food, keeping the two-room experience focused entirely on cocktails and conversation.

The transition from a named-menu cocktail bar to a wisteria-filled bartender’s-choice room gives White Whale two distinct ways to drink within the same former Downtown institution.

Best for bespoke cocktails, Sam Ross modern classics, a quieter downtown setting and the choice between a traditional cocktail menu and bartender-guided drinks.

Planning Notes:

Captain’s Quarters and White Whale open Mon–Fri 4 PM–2 AM and Sat–Sun 2 PM–2 AM; the Main Deck’s late-night service begins nightly at 8 PM.
Happy hour is Mon–Fri 4–6 PM; early-bird service is Sat–Sun 2–5 PM.
Street parking, garages and lots are available within walking distance.
ADA Information: White Whale is ADA accessible; accessibility through the Captain’s Quarters concealed entrance and route is unconfirmed; call ahead for specific accommodations.

Henderson Speakeasy & Hidden Lounge Guide

DarkArts opened in 2025 inside Grey Witch, the restaurant, cocktail bar and live-music venue launched by the team behind Red Dwarf and Fat Cat.

Grey Witch combines Detroit-style pizza, cocktails and independent shows in a theatrical, maximalist setting with taxidermy, witch-themed details and a makeshift fireplace. Thick, square-cut Detroit pies anchor the menu, including The Italian Job with prosciutto, fig jam, arugula, goat cheese and black pepper.

The fireplace conceals DarkArts; two mounted peacocks sit above its mantel, while faux LED flames give way to the hidden room beyond. Inside, the atmosphere shifts into a low-lit, ritual-inspired cocktail and smoking lounge layered with animal bones, tarot imagery and dried wildflowers.

DarkArts centers on personalized herbal and spiced cocktails, premium spirits, mocktails, pipe tobacco and cigars. Midnight Masala combines Scotch, tobacco bitters and golden milk, while bartenders can build a drink around individual spirits, flavors and mood. The tobacco program includes pipes and a broad selection of pipe tobacco alongside cigars.

Grey Witch’s food program remains centered in the main venue, while DarkArts’ own service focuses on drinks and smoking. DarkArts is closed during many Grey Witch shows, when the room serves as a green room for bands, making its availability part of the venue’s performance calendar.

The peacock-topped fireplace, ritual décor and tobacco-focused cocktail service create an experience distinctly separate from the pizza, cocktails and live music on the other side of the flames.

Best for pipe and cigar enthusiasts, personalized herbal and spiced cocktails, and a hidden smoking lounge behind an unusually theatrical entrance.

Planning Notes:

Grey Witch is open daily from 11 AM; DarkArts officially operates from 6 PM to 12 AM, but public access is subject to change based on live shows and private events; check the event calendar before visiting.
Grey Witch hosts local, national and international acts, with ticketed events designated all ages or 21-and-older by listing.
Free self-parking is available on-site.
ADA Information: Grey Witch is ADA accessible; accessibility through the DarkArts entrance or an alternate route remains unconfirmed; call ahead for specific accommodations.

The Speakeasy opened in May 2021 in Montelago Village at Lake Las Vegas as a 1920s-inspired restaurant, gaming bar and cigar lounge spanning 6,440 square feet across two floors.

Black-and-gold canopy doors introduce an amber-toned interior with period furnishings, a baby grand piano, bookshelves and a generously sized old-fashioned bar. Fifteen bar-top gaming machines give the main room a distinctly Las Vegas function alongside its cocktail service.

The drinks program covers classic orders such as a Vesper, Aviation and Boulevardier as well as house drinks including Dream Big, combining Kraken Spiced Rum with pineapple juice, guava, lime and coconut cream.

The food menu ranges from shareable panko-fried artichokes and deviled eggs to specialty flatbreads, Angus beef sliders and Nashville chicken sliders, giving the cocktail bar a substantial dinner component.

The main floor’s bookcase is not simply decorative, as a movable section opens to a concealed private room, giving the otherwise open venue a genuine speakeasy-style reveal. An imperial staircase leads to a second bar, a cigar lounge with its own humidor and retail cigar cabinets, and two outdoor balconies overlooking the Village.

Live entertainment further shifts the room from a quiet cocktail stop into a social night-out destination. Rather than hiding the entire experience behind a password or secret façade, The Speakeasy puts its 1920s setting in plain view and lets the bookcase room and upstairs cigar lounge supply the concealed details.

Best for a livelier group night out with cigars, gaming, live entertainment, classic cocktails and a hidden bookcase room.

Planning Notes:

Open daily 3 PM–midnight; food service is Thu–Sat 5–11 PM.
Live music is presented on weekends; check the venue’s current schedule before visiting.
Self-parking is available on-site.
ADA Information: Accessibility has not been independently confirmed; call ahead for specific accommodations.

Boulder City Speakeasy & Hidden Lounge Guide

The Club Room opened in 2024 at the back of Boulder City Co. Store, a coffee shop and local gift-and-apparel store that revives the Six Companies store, the company outpost associated with the consortium of six firms that built Hoover Dam.

The present shop occupies a different historic building, where restoration exposed original brick and timbers, skylights and concrete floors from the dam-building era. Historical memorabilia fills the space, including a 1929 DeSoto Six displayed inside the store. Peet’s Coffee, donuts, quiche, panini, pastries, bagels and avocado toast give the public-facing space a daytime identity of its own. At the rear, a curtain hides an unmarked door fitted with a sliding speakeasy window and a vintage telephone.

The store’s website posts the current password, which guests give staff through the window before the door opens to the roughly 20-seat Club Room. The low-lit, Prohibition-inspired room draws on the original Company Store’s private club room, where Hoover Dam executives could gather in the 1930s even as alcohol was prohibited in the federally controlled town. Cocktails, beer and wine are served alongside a small appetizer menu that changes through the year; the Club Room does not publish a fixed cocktail or food menu.

Rentable liquor lockers let regulars keep their own bottles on hand between visits, while burlesque performances add another connection to Prohibition-era nightlife.

Together, the password entrance, liquor-locker program and direct Hoover Dam history make the Club Room feel less like a period-themed bar than a tiny after-hours extension of Boulder City’s original company town.

Best for Hoover Dam history, an intimate neighborhood speakeasy and regulars who want their own liquor locker.

Planning Notes:

Boulder City Co. Store is open daily from 6:30 AM–4 PM; The Club Room is open Saturday 6 PM–midnight and Sunday 11 AM–5 PM.
Burlesque is presented on select Saturday nights; confirm the current schedule before visiting.
Free street parking and additional free parking are available behind the store.
ADA Information: Accessibility has not been independently confirmed; call ahead for specific accommodations.

Cleveland’s The Lounge opened in 2019 in the basement of the Boulder Dam Hotel, a 1933 landmark built to accommodate dignitaries visiting the construction of what was then called Boulder Dam. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1982, the hotel retains its original gumwood-paneled lobby and also houses the Boulder City/Hoover Dam Museum on its first floor.

Among the hotel’s well-known guests were Bette Davis, Will Rogers, Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr., Shirley Temple and Howard Hughes. Although Cleveland’s is not hidden and does not claim to be a surviving Prohibition bar, its basement setting, period-specific design and classic-cocktail focus create a deliberate modern interpretation of the era.

An interior staircase descends from the hotel into the secluded room, where gloss-black stone walls, hand-made drapery, soft leather seating, Tiffany glass fixtures and an Art Deco mural by Connie Burnett Ferraro create a Rat Pack-era setting deliberately free of television screens.

The full cocktail list is not currently published, but established signatures include the 1933 Cocktail with 10 Torr Gin, lime, Cointreau and simple syrup, and an Old Fashioned with Four Roses bourbon, Luxardo cherry, orange and spiced-cherry bitters. Cleveland’s does not serve a full dinner menu; kettle chips, bar mix, peanut-butter pretzels, praline pecans, mixed nuts and chocolate-covered almonds offer simple snacks to accompany cocktails without disrupting the conversation-first pace.

A rotating roster of singers, musicians and small bands gives the room a listening-lounge character while keeping the music low enough for conversation.

The contrast between the hotel’s public historic spaces and this screen-free basement cocktail room makes Cleveland’s a quiet, contemporary way to experience Boulder City’s 1930s setting without overstating its Prohibition pedigree.

Best for classic cocktails, low-key live music and a conversation-first evening inside a genuinely historic Boulder City hotel.

Planning Notes:

Cleveland’s is open Tue–Thu 4:30–9 PM, Fri–Sat 4:30–11 PM and Sun 4:30–9 PM; closed Mon.
Live music is scheduled Tue–Thu 7–9 PM, Fri–Sat 7–10 PM and Sun 5–7 PM; check the calendar for the current lineup.
Free self-parking is available on-site.
ADA Information: The standard route to Cleveland’s is by interior staircase; an accessible alternate route has not been independently confirmed, so call ahead for specific accommodations.

The Cement Slipper opened in 2025 on the rooftop above Skinny Bar, a craft-cocktail and live-music bar centered on an ornate wooden bar built in Norway in 1880, later salvaged and painstakingly reconstructed.

Skinny Bar’s old-school drinks approach pairs vintage liquor brands and bartender-guided recommendations with more inventive house cocktails, including Goldenstar Fizz, which combines gin and Brennivín aquavit with white jasmine, pineapple, lemon, dill and cucumber. It does not serve food or snacks, though outside food is permitted.

The rooftop can be reached either through Skinny Bar or from the alley behind the building, where a tropical nautical scene with a boat along the exterior wall signals the otherwise easy-to-miss entrance. On Tiki Tuesdays, the alley route is required; guests knock and give the daily password, announced through the venue’s social media, before being admitted upstairs.

String lights and tropical décor replace Skinny Bar’s historic woodwork, while the tongue-in-cheek name nods to the mob trope of weighted “cement shoes.”

The cocktail menu centers on tiki classics, including a rum-forward 1944 Mai Tai, Painkiller, Zombie and Jungle Bird, alongside the bourbon-based Iron Ranger, an unusual departure from the rum that dominates the style. The rooftop likewise does not serve food or snacks, keeping the focus on tropical drinks and the open-air setting.

Tiki Tuesday makes the concealed rooftop a recurring destination, while the contrast between Skinny Bar’s restored nineteenth-century centerpiece and its tropical second floor gives the building two genuinely distinct ways to drink.

Best for traditional tiki drinks, rooftop evenings and a hidden bar with a darkly playful Boulder City backstory.

Planning Notes:

Skinny Bar is open Wed–Thu 4–11 PM and Fri–Sat 4 PM–1 AM; the Cement Slipper opens at 4 PM Tue, Fri and Sat; Tiki Tuesday runs until 11 PM.
Free street parking is available along Nevada Way.
ADA Information: Rooftop accessibility has not been independently confirmed; call ahead for specific accommodations.

Primm–Jean–Goodsprings Speakeasy & Hidden Lounge Guide

Pioneer Saloon opened in 1913 in the mining town of Goodsprings and remains the oldest bar in Southern Nevada. Although it is neither a speakeasy nor a hidden bar, the landmark preserves the physical character and lived-in stories of an Old West drinking establishment that has operated for more than a century.

Original stamped-tin walls and ceilings, ordered from a 1912–13 Sears, Roebuck and Co. catalog, surround a late-nineteenth-century cherrywood Brunswick bar built in Maine, shipped around Cape Horn to San Francisco, hauled to the former mining town of Rhyolite and eventually transported to Goodsprings. Three holes in the tin wall are widely believed to remain from a fatal 1915 card-game shooting; the newspaper account and coroner’s report are displayed beside them. A potbelly stove believed to date to the Civil War era still warms the room in winter, while the Clark Gable and Carole Lombard Memorial Dining Room preserves photographs and wreckage connected to Lombard’s 1942 plane crash on nearby Mount Potosi and Gable’s vigil in Goodsprings.

The saloon has accumulated another layer of history as a filming location for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Mexican, Miss Congeniality 2, Melvin and Howard and Ghost Adventures, while Fallout: New Vegas transformed Goodsprings and its saloon into the game’s Prospector Saloon.

Burgers, barbecue and classic saloon fare anchor the menu, led by the Ghost Burger, a quarter-pound Angus patty with jalapeño bacon and proprietary Ghost Sauce made with real ghost peppers; it has appeared on Food Network’s Food Paradise.

The current owner’s Old Man Liver whiskey brand predates his stewardship of the saloon and supplies the bar’s signature pours, including Goodsprings-specific Wasteland Whiskey, a straight bourbon distilled with local spring water and aged with charred mesquite from the Pioneer property. The spicy Red Menace combines Old Man Liver American Whiskey with Zing Zang and Red Menace seasoning, arriving with Gouda, jalapeño, pickle and jalapeño bacon.

Regular country, classic-rock and blues bands keep the century-old room functioning as a working bar and entertainment venue rather than a preserved historic site. Its surviving fabric, original artifacts and accumulating legends make Pioneer Saloon a living Old West counterpoint to the hidden bars elsewhere in Southern Nevada.

Best for Old West saloon history, Fallout: New Vegas fans and film and pop-culture pilgrimage.

Planning Notes:

Restaurant hours are Mon–Thu 11 AM–8 PM and Fri–Sun 9 AM–9 PM; the bar generally remains open an hour later.
Live bands generally perform Fri–Sun, with karaoke and other rotating entertainment throughout the month; check the calendar before visiting.
Parties of 15 or more require reservations with at least 24 hours’ notice.
Free parking is available in the large dirt lot behind the saloon.
Guests under 21 enter through the adjoining Goodsprings General Store and may use the dining room and outdoor areas only.
The Goodsprings General Store carries souvenirs and Fallout: New Vegas memorabilia. Arrange return transportation in advance, as rideshare companies generally drop off in Goodsprings but do not pick up there.
ADA Information: Contact Pioneer Saloon ahead for specific accommodations; portions of the historic property have uneven ground and flooring.

Moapa Valley Speakeasy & Hidden Lounge Guide

Red Rooster Bar has operated in Overton since the late 1930s, making it the oldest tavern in Moapa Valley and a surviving piece of the small-town drinking culture that developed around the region’s working communities.

Although it is neither a speakeasy nor a hidden bar, the tavern offers the increasingly uncommon experience of an old-school Nevada neighborhood bar that has remained in operation for generations. Its defining landmark is the giant fiberglass rooster perched above the roofline. The original bird, widely attributed to International Fiberglass, the now-defunct maker behind the country’s roadside Muffler Men, stood above the bar for roughly 50 years before a 2020 windstorm broke it beyond practical repair. A new fiberglass rooster was hoisted into place in February 2022, made by a California company still using what the owner believed was the same mold. Inside, dim lighting, well-worn wood paneling and signed dollar bills overhead preserve the feel of a compact neighborhood dive centered on drinking, gaming and pool.

The bar’s program favors a large liquor selection, beer and familiar mixed drinks over a named specialty-cocktail list, though its Bloody Mary is a local favorite. Video poker machines and pool tables provide much of the entertainment.

Red Rooster does not serve food, keeping the experience focused on drinks, gaming and the working local-tavern atmosphere that has sustained it for generations. The continuity of the room and the unmistakable rooster overhead make it one of Moapa Valley’s most recognizable surviving drinking landmarks.

Best for authentic small-town dive-bar culture, local history and one of Overton’s unmistakable roadside landmarks.

Planning Notes:

Open daily 8 AM–midnight.
Free on-site parking is available.
Red Rooster is primarily a drinking and gaming stop; plan substantial meals elsewhere.
The Pioneer Theatre and other historic downtown Overton landmarks are within easy walking distance. It is also a convenient stop before or after Valley of Fire State Park.
ADA Information: Wheelchair accessibility is reported, but specific accommodations have not been independently confirmed; call ahead for specific needs.

Mesquite Speakeasy & Hidden Lounge Guide

Golden West Restaurant & Casino opened in 1995 in downtown Mesquite on a site whose commercial history reaches back to the town’s earliest years. The property was once part of a Mormon tithing lot, where residents contributed crops and other goods in kind before the Hughes & Frehner Store was built there in the early 1920s. Mesquite’s post office moved into the back of the store in 1926, and the building later became the Valley Inn Bar before it was rebuilt as Golden West using the same cement walls.

Although it is neither a speakeasy nor a hidden bar, Golden West offers a surviving example of the small-scale neighborhood casino culture that preceded Mesquite’s larger resorts. Slots and video poker surround a traditional gaming bar serving ice-cold beer, Bloody Marys and other familiar mixed drinks.

The adjoining diner gives the property a substantial all-day food program, from steak and eggs, chicken-fried steak, biscuits and gravy, and omelets at breakfast to Navajo tacos, shrimp baskets and sandwiches later in the day. Half-pound Black Angus burgers, built to order with guests’ choice of toppings, have repeatedly earned local Best Burger recognition. The compact scale, longtime regulars and layers of earlier Mesquite businesses embedded in the property make Golden West feel less like a historical recreation than a continuation of the neighborhood casino culture that developed here before the resort era.

Best for small-town casino culture, locally celebrated burgers and a glimpse of old Mesquite away from the resort corridor.

Planning Notes:

Golden West is open 24/7; the kitchen is open daily from 7 AM–10 PM.
Live entertainment is presented on weekends; check the current schedule before visiting.
Free on-site parking is available.
Smoking is permitted in the casino-bar area; a separate non-smoking dining room is available, though smoke can carry over from the casino.
ADA Information: Wheelchair-accessible parking, entrance, seating and restrooms are reported; call ahead for specific accommodations.

Laughlin Speakeasy & Hidden Lounge Guide

River Rick’s Saloon opened in 1989 at the rear of The New Pioneer, the riverfront Laughlin casino that debuted in 1979 as the western-themed Colorado Club. The property later became a sister venue to Las Vegas’s Pioneer Club, a connection that brought River Rick, its cigarette-puffing neon cowboy, to Laughlin in 1981 as a counterpart to the Pioneer Club’s Vegas Vic.

Although it is neither a speakeasy nor a hidden bar, the saloon combines Old West casino character, historic neon pedigree and an unusually direct connection to the Colorado River. Located along the Laughlin Riverwalk beneath its namesake landmark, the 988-square-foot, wood-trimmed room is known locally as the River Bar.

Nearly all 27 multigame machines face windows overlooking the water, offering video poker, keno and slots alongside the view.

The bar serves top-shelf liquor, 15 beers on tap, and frozen margaritas and piña coladas that can arrive in souvenir cowboy-boot glasses. Its late-night food menu includes nachos, chicken wings, chicken tenders, and a hot dog with fries. Nine televisions, darts and a jukebox fill out the room, while a small dance floor and riverside patio frame the corner stage used by weekend bands.

Named Best Casino Live Entertainment – Lounge Act in the 2026 Mohave Valley News Best Of poll, River Rick’s remains a working neighborhood-style river bar rather than simply an appendage to its famous sign. Between river-facing gaming, live music and River Rick glowing above the Riverwalk, the saloon makes one of Laughlin’s most recognizable pieces of neon history feel rooted just as strongly in its Colorado River setting.

Best for historic Nevada neon, river-view gaming and weekend live music along the Colorado River.

Planning Notes:

The New Pioneer’s casino floor is open 24/7; River Rick's food service from 8 PM–midnight; confirm current bar hours before visiting.
Live bands perform on weekends.
Free self-parking is available on-site.
River Rick’s sits at the rear of The New Pioneer and also has direct access from the Laughlin Riverwalk.
The neon cowboy is best viewed after dark from the Riverwalk.
ADA Information: Wheelchair accessibility is reported for River Rick’s Saloon and The New Pioneer, but the specific accessible route into the saloon has not been independently confirmed; call ahead for specific accommodations.

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