I met a friend at this small but stylishly decorated cocktail lounge smack-dab in the middle of the Aria casino floor. (It's stylish until your eyes are assaulted by the video slots on the bar top.)
The specialty cocktails sounded too sweet for my taste, so I opted for my old standby -- an Aviation. I winced at the fact that cocktails were $14, which is high, even for a well-made cocktail at a prime Strip location.
What's not standard is the bizarro $4 surcharge on my bill for ordering a classic cocktail. It's called a "classic bump" and isn't disclosed anywhere, until you see it on the bill. So, so lame.
That said, the Aviation was well made and delicious. But there are so many other, better cocktail lounges nearby, with better prices and no video slots. I'll stick to the Chandelier or Rose Rabbit Lie at the Cosmo.