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| - Interesting, featured in Las Vegas Weekly, but no reviews. This bar, and especially its $7.50 Happy Hour (Sun-Thu, 5-7pm), is a hidden gem.
Bar menu is an elaborately researched, leather-bound history of American cocktails, rendered in an unfortunate cursive font that's hard to read, but give it a chance and you'll learn a lot.
The cocktails are all handcrafted with exquisite attention to detail. I enjoyed talking booze with our friendly mixologist, and could easily have ordered each and every classic on the menu, but crab legs were waiting for me at the buffet.
Clover Club (gin, lemon juice, raspberry syrup, and egg white): a knockout.
Vieux Carre (whiskey, cognac, bitters, Benedictine): also great, strong.
Tasted:
Mai Tai (a souped up version of the classic): killer, tart
Hemingway Daiquiri (rum, lime & grapefruit juices, maraschino liqueur): not at all the sweet daiquiri you'd expect, very smooth.
Alas, it's trapped in the Monte Carlo. HIT appears to be carved out of half the High Limit Lounge (never seen so many cameras hovering over a bar before), and while the sofas and bar feel luxe, the blah view of the gaming area reminds you that you're not at Cosmopolitan or Mandarin's sexier bars. Easily the biggest drawback, but if you can get over it, you're in for some fantastic drinks.
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