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| - Hakkasan is currently the hottest club on the Vegas strip. Located in the MGM Grand, it's hard to miss nowadays with the exterior of MGM Grand hotel largely displaying electronic ads for Hakkasan. Although 5 levels in total, the first two levels are actually the restaurant space. The club is located in the upper three floors, with one level being just a lounge, second being the main room with resident DJs and third having a hip hop dance room.
I came the second weekend after it's opening debut and Calvin Harris and Fergie were featured in the main room. I prefer house music, so the main room was my favorite dance floor, however, if you like hip hop, head to the Ling Ling Lounge for some beats.
My group of ladies arrived early around 8:45/9PM to make the guest list line (a ladies only one) and were in the club upon its doors opening at 10PM. FREE. No cover charge. Love it. Many thanks for to my gal pal who contacted the right promoter for the hook up. Also wanted to note that contrary to other Yelp reviews here, my girl friend told me we didn't have to submit our group photo in advance to be accepted on the guest list. That's so weird some patrons had to fulfill that requirement. I've never personally done this to get on other top tier Vegas nightclubs either.
Once inside, we found the club very spacious, although at that time, not many people were there yet. The dance floor in particular was hauntingly empty. Was it even open? So we proceeded to start the night with drinks at the bar. By midnight, the club filled up. The dance floor was super packed, but the ladies and I managed to get a good spot close to the front to hang out. So close we could see the DJ's expressions. Party on. The light effects were pretty amazing as well. Lazers, smoke and ever-changing neon blinking lights. On another note, I found that even though it was crowded, I didn't have a hard time getting a drink at the bar. There were enough bars around on each level to keep the bar crowd from being 10 people deep.
Overall, I had a great time, but there were some small disappointments along the way...
- Stairs everywhere. Unavoidable, unless you had table reservations. Elevators for the VIP. Watch your step, ladies and gents!
- Nowhere to sit (even if half of the tables were empty in the club), and couldn't even take off my shoes for a moment of rest. Security watched all patrons very closely. Needless to say, my group was called out several times.
- Rude restroom attendant. Does she even want a tip? Guess not, none given.
- Expensive, small $10 bottles of Fiji water. I expected the cocktails to cost me $20 a piece, but no free glass of water?! No regular glass of tap water provided when requested and there was no other water alternative. At least at the Vegas clubs held in pool areas (i.e. Marquee, XS, Surrender) I could quench my thirst for free from a water fountain.
Now, if I were to go back, since I'm usually with male friends, I would try to arrange table reservations with a promoter. I imagine it will be tough to get in with mixed groups.
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