Huntridge Tavern ★ 4.4
$Downtown{'monday': 'open 24 hours', 'tuesday': 'open 24 hours', 'wednesday': 'open 24 hours', 'thursday': 'open 24 hours', 'friday': 'open 24 hours', 'saturday': 'open 24 hours', 'sunday': 'open 24 hours'}
Huntridge Tavern is the 24-hour old-school dive in the historic Huntridge District, with heavy pours, video poker, Tuesday karaoke and a Larsh Kellogg ownership going back to 2004.
Tip: Anthony Bourdain filmed Parts Unknown here and called it the side of Vegas he liked. Tuesday karaoke is the room's tradition.
The Golden Tiki ★ 4.5
$$Chinatown{'monday': 'open 24 hours', 'tuesday': 'open 24 hours', 'wednesday': 'open 24 hours', 'thursday': 'open 24 hours', 'friday': 'open 24 hours', 'saturday': 'open 24 hours', 'sunday': 'open 24 hours'}
The Golden Tiki opened in 2015 on Spring Mountain Road in Chinatown as a 4,000-square-foot tiki fantasy with four themed lounges, animatronics and a 24-hour bar program.
Tip: Walk past the lava-rock waterfall entrance to find the Pirate's Lair and Mermaid Cove rooms. Reservations recommended on weekends.
Herbs and Rye ★ 4.7
$$$Chinatown{'monday': '17:00-03:00', 'tuesday': '17:00-03:00', 'wednesday': '17:00-03:00', 'thursday': '17:00-03:00', 'friday': '17:00-03:00', 'saturday': '17:00-03:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}
Herbs and Rye on West Sahara runs a pre-Prohibition cocktail program with hand-pressed juices and house bitters, plus an Old Vegas steakhouse menu, until 03:00 Monday through Saturday.
Tip: Closed Sundays. Late seating is the play for the cocktail program; the kitchen runs through the listed close.
XS Nightclub ★ 4.7
$$$$Strip{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': 'closed', 'thursday': 'closed', 'friday': '22:30-04:00', 'saturday': '22:30-04:00', 'sunday': '22:30-04:00'}
XS Nightclub at Encore Las Vegas pours into a poolside courtyard with floating dance floor, gold-leaf ceiling and Friday through Sunday EDM headliner residencies from the Wynn nightlife roster.
Tip: Buy tickets through the Wynn nightlife app before midnight to skip the queue. The pool deck opens around 23:30 once the indoor floor fills.
Hakkasan Nightclub ★ 4.4
$$$$Strip{'monday': 'closed', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': '22:30-04:00', 'thursday': '22:30-04:00', 'friday': '22:30-04:00', 'saturday': '22:30-04:00', 'sunday': '22:30-04:00'}
Hakkasan in Las Vegas runs five floors inside MGM Grand with a main room for arena-scale EDM and the Ling Ling lounge upstairs for hip-hop and bottle service tables.
Tip: Wednesday through Sunday from 22:30. Ling Ling Lounge on the third level often clears the line faster than the main room queue.
Marquee Nightclub ★ 4.4
$$$$Strip{'monday': '22:00-04:00', 'tuesday': 'closed', 'wednesday': '22:00-04:00', 'thursday': 'closed', 'friday': '22:00-04:00', 'saturday': '22:00-04:00', 'sunday': 'closed'}
Marquee at The Cosmopolitan stacks a main room, library lounge and boom box room on the second level above the casino with Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday programming.
Tip: Marquee Mondays draw the longest local crowd. Walk up the escalator near the high-limit pit, not the main hotel lifts.