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| - I don't even know where to begin. Rose.Rabbit.Lie is so completely unique and 100% fun. It's operates on a whole 'nother level when compared to the predictable bar and nightclub scene that's de rigeur elsewhere on the Strip.
So, what is Rose.Rabbit.Lie, exactly? It's a fusion of restaurant, speakeasy cocktail lounge, interactive funhouse, theater, and dance club. Tucked away at the very back of the second level of the Cosmo, the venue is quite unassuming on the outside -- which belies the massive and gorgeously appointed interior.
When entering, you find yourself in a small circular anteroom that's the "hub" of Rose.Rabbit.Lie, and all the various rooms are found off of it. Depending on whether you have restaurant reservations, show tickets, or are simply in the mood to sip a cocktail, you'll be led to a different area of the venue.
The concept seems simple, but the distinctions between the various rooms are more fluid. As the night progresses, walls tend to disappear.....and the venue morphs....
First the restaurant merges into the bar....
Then the bar merges with the theater.....
Then the theater transforms into a nightclub.
On the first night I visited Rose.Rabbit.Lie, I arrived with a ticket for the midnight show. It was only 11pm, so I wandered into the lounge and enjoyed a delicious Paloma cocktail. The crowd was very friendly, and more adult than elsewhere in the Cosmo. Shortly before midnight, I wandered into the theater room, where I enjoyed a performance of Vegas Nocturne, a series of variety/cabaret acts starring Butterscotch, Piff the Magic Dragon + Mr. Piffles, a knockout of a drag queen, tap-dancing twins, a fire-eater, a sword-swallower, and more. When the show was over, the stage recessed into the ground, revealing a huge dancefloor on which the audience was invited to dance the night away, with the help of Butterscotch's awesome beats.
I loved it all so much, that I came back the following night.
That's when I was *really* blown away.
I wasn't expecting anything in particular, since I didn't have show tickets this time 'round. Instead, the show came to me! The various acts from Vegas Nocturne were mingling with the bar patrons and breaking out into spontaneous performances around the bar -- and, occasionally, on top of it! It was all so eye-poppingly cool!
Things got even better. A sweetheart of a bartendress personally introduced me to a hottie of a shirtless acrobat, who asked me to be his "assistant" for a hat-throwing trick. It was all so seamlessly pulled off, that some of the other bar patrons asked me if I worked there and had planned the trick with the acrobat in advance. They were shocked when I told them that I hadn't. Amazing.
There's more. It involves secret rooms and fish funerals. I can't reveal any other details, though. You have to see it for yourself.
Every moment I spent in this venue ultimately become an amazing memory. Let it be known that I absolutely LOVE Rose.Rabbit.Lie!!!
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