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The 22 Best Speakeasies in Las Vegas

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The best speakeasies in Las Vegas, according to the experts: Time Out, The Infatuation, and Eater have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Ghost Donkey comes out on top.

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The Cabinet Of Curiosities and Ski Lodge hold the next two places. Eater shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with The Infatuation next.

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  1. A donkey illustration on an easy-to-miss door inside the Cosmopolitan's Block 16 Food Hall is all the signage this dimly lit agave bar bothers with. Red string lights, floral murals, and a serious list of tequilas and mezcals fill the rest of the room. The nachos come loaded with toppings that make you look twice at the menu. Time Out named it one of the best bars in Las Vegas, which feels about right for somewhere this committed to being hard to find.


  2. To get into this speakeasy cocktail bar inside the Horseshoe, you pick up a phone, answer a riddle, and crawl through an entrance. The bar itself looks like a haunted Victorian study, shelves packed with odd artifacts and enough atmosphere to make you forget you're technically in a casino basement. Cocktails run strong and strange, and there's a dedicated mixology classroom if you want to learn why your drink tastes like that.



  3. Address
    3708 S Las Vegas Blvd, FL 2, Las Vegas, NV · Las Vegas
    Hours

    Open now, until 2 AM

    Wednesday 2 PM–2 AM

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  4. This is a velvet-draped, 1920s-style cocktail parlor, reached by slipping behind the doughnut stand inside Aria's food hall, which is about as speakeasy as a doughnut counter can make you feel. Live jazz fills the room most nights, and the drinks arrive with props: mushroom-shaped glasses on a mossy board, a Manhattan in a cigar box. Dress for a date, and bring someone who won't mind sharing the dry ice.


    Address
    3730 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV · Las Vegas
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Wednesday 6 PM–2 AM

    Reserve
    Make a reservation
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  5. A lone clothespin near the door is the only sign you're in the right place. This 22-seat speakeasy inside Commonwealth runs on cryptic reservation clues, a red light for walk-ins, and a ceiling lined with antique doors staring down at you. The cocktail menu here doesn't overlap with what the main bar pours, and the vintage Hollywood portraits on the walls set a mood that takes itself seriously, which the drinks earn the right to match.


    Address
    525 Fremont St, Las Vegas, NV · Las Vegas
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Wednesday 6 PM–10 PM

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    SevenRooms
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  6. A compact caviar and seafood bar just off the Caesars Palace casino floor, where Pringles arrive with caviar French onion dip and nobody blinks. The real trick is a life-sized portrait of a sailing captain that swings open onto a purple-and-turquoise room with a stage, hosting yacht rock nights and karaoke. Expect smoked Old Fashioneds, espresso martinis, and strangers committing to "I Will Always Love You."


  7. The entrance is a walk-in freezer at the back of a Downtown ice cream shop, which is the kind of plot twist a Las Vegas cocktail bar can get away with. On the other side is an Old Hollywood-style hideaway serving movie-themed drinks, some arriving in milk pint glasses. You can also roll a pair of dice and let the bartenders improvise around your fate. Dress for a drink, not a sundae.


    Address
    1 E Charleston Blvd, Las Vegas, NV · Las Vegas
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Wednesday 5 PM–11 PM

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    OpenTable
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  8. Rank 6. Más Por Favor

    Mexican Cocktail Bar

    Past a door that makes very little effort to hide, this cave-like cocktail bar sits behind a taco spot in a busy Chinatown plaza. The drinks lean loud: tequila infused with Flamin' Hot Cheetos, mezcal with chamoy, a margarita lightened with a splash of Corona. The kitchen next door keeps the snacks coming, birria ramen included, so nobody has to leave the cave hungry.


    Address
    3879 Spring Mountain Rd, Las Vegas, NV · Las Vegas
    Hours

    Open now, until midnight

    Wednesday 3 PM–Midnight

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    OpenTable
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  9. The Underground is a Prohibition-themed speakeasy tucked beneath the Mob Museum, and yes, there's a daily password, which the museum's website will hand over to anyone who asks nicely. The brick walls double as a 1920s exhibit hall, with flapper outfits and a cocktail kit hidden in a briefcase. It also runs its own working moonshine distillery, so the bootlegging is technically legal, which is the one disappointing part.


    Address
    300 Stewart Ave, Las Vegas, NV · Las Vegas
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Wednesday 11 AM–11 PM

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  10. Wax Rabbit is a speakeasy tucked behind a tequila cellar at the Durango resort, and getting in means finding the right miniature rabbit among the many on display and pulling it like a lever. Past the door, everything is red, a DJ spins vinyl from blues to 2000s throwbacks, and the guava-and-strega Hidden Passion arrives in a pineapple-shaped glass. Eater and The Infatuation both keep it on their hidden-bar lists.


    Address
    6915 S Durango Dr, Las Vegas, NV · Las Vegas
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Wednesday 6 PM–Midnight

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  11. Address
    3377 S Las Vegas Blvd, FL 2, Las Vegas, NV · Las Vegas
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 7:30 PM

    Wednesday 7:30 PM–8 PM

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  12. Getting into this off-Strip speakeasy means ringing a football, which feels like a sentence from a fever dream, and then supplying a password you only get by booking ahead. A host in a vest and flat cap works the room while jazz singers handle the stage, and you can request an unlikely cover from the lounge. It's an Italian steakhouse in costume, so the red leather booths fill up with tourists.



  13. Address
    3460 Arville St, Las Vegas, NV · Las Vegas
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 6 PM

    Wednesday 6 PM–10:30 PM

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  14. Address
    3000 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV · Las Vegas
    Hours

    Open now, until 11 PM

    Wednesday 11 AM–11 PM

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  15. Address
    3333 W Blue Diamond Rd, Las Vegas, NV · Las Vegas
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 4 PM

    Wednesday 4 PM–9 PM

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    OpenTable
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    WebsiteInstagram
  16. The unmarked door is the whole point. Tucked behind the sushi counter at the Venetian, this speakeasy bar keeps a low profile by design, with a full bar, ube espresso martinis, and snacks that skew sharper than the hand rolls out front. Convention-goers grabbing a boxed set to-go have no idea it's back there, which is more or less how the regulars prefer it.



  17. Address
    3570 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV · Las Vegas
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Wednesday 5 PM–11:59 PM

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  18. Rank 11. Secret Pizza

    New York Pizzeria

    Secret Pizza is a counter slice shop on the third floor of the Cosmopolitan, reached by a hallway of Rat Pack-era record sleeves that makes the whole thing feel like a bit. The secret got out years ago. Now it's a New York-style slice reheated until it could laminate your fingers, handed over by a quick-moving crew to bleary-eyed clubgoers who eat standing up in a tiny square room or carry it off into the night.




  19. Address
    3708 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV · Las Vegas
    Hours

    Open now, until 10 PM

    Wednesday 10 AM–10 PM

    Reserve
    SevenRooms
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  20. Rank 11. WAKUDA

    Japanese

    Tetsuya Wakuda made Las Vegas his US debut, reportedly because the Strip's energy reminded him of Shinjuku, which is either a compliment or a warning depending on your tolerance for spectacle. This fine dining room inside The Venetian pulls Japanese seafood, Canadian lobster, and Tasmanian oysters into a menu that moves between traditional and contemporary Japanese cooking. A hidden omakase room exists for those who know to ask, with rare whisky alongside the meal.


    Address
    3325 S Las Vegas Blvd, #1790, Las Vegas, NV · Las Vegas
    Hours

    Closed now, opens 5 PM

    Wednesday 5 PM–10 PM

    Reserve
    SevenRooms
    Online
    WebsiteInstagram

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