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| - For a casino bar, Bond really is truly distinctive and a pleasant surprise. Of course, it resides in the Cosmopolitan, so Bond gets "cool" points for being in the Strip's hottest property. From the floor to ceiling picture windows that look out onto the Strip, giving you one of the best people-watching vantage points on the Strip to the modern interior dominated by brown wood and the swinging seats, bright lights, and pulsating beats, it possesses a lot of flash for your standard 24 hour casino bar just off the gaming floor.
We were there mid-week in the early afternoon so the bar was minimally staffed with only one bartender and one cocktail server. Service was friendly, but a little slow. I had first tried Bond a few months after the Cosmopolitan's opening. To my recollection, at the time, Bond didn't have a craft cocktail program (or if it did, it certainly wasn't memorable). Since then, it has seriously upped its cocktail game by creating its "Shaken & Stirred" list of craft cocktails. I had the Dirty South ($13) made with Breaking and Entering Bourbon, peach purée, peach simple syrup, and mint leaves. Nicely balanced, it lived up to its name. It was the best cocktail that I had while I was in Vegas and a much, much better drink and value than what I paid for and got at Lily at the Bellagio. http://www.yelp.com/biz/lily-bar-and-lounge-las-vegas#hrid:WxrU1pRUwFnkNSHEqVgX6g/src:self
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