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Only a hour flight away from Las Vegas we visit frequently, sometimes once a month. I'll be sharing our trip reports, tips on making the most of your stay in Vegas, reviews of restaurants and shows we have seen, along with my thoughts related to our favorite place to get away from it all.

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

CliQue New Lounge and Bar at THE Cosmopolitan!


CliQue Bar and Lounge opened around January 1st where the Book and Stage bar used to be.  If you don't know where that was it's first floor, west tower which isn't far from the hotel registration area. CliQue's hours are 3pm to 3am with snack type food being available from 5pm to midnight.

I was there on Friday night January 22nd before dinner with my friend Boots and later returned to have a drink around 10pm with my friend Deann. Since it was Friday night I made a reservation and was glad I did as the lounge was full at 10 until we left around 11pm.

I never got to the bar area but I've read on vegasmessageboard a post that said they do have video poker at the bar but they only comp drinks for VP play up to $15 and most drinks at CliQue are more then that as you will see from the menus below.
 The servers are very attractive and friendly. However since it's newly opened sometimes the staff can get confused on the orders and while service both times I was there that night was very friendly it was a bit slow, but I'm sure that will clear itself up after it has been opened longer.
 Our server above recommended the Dr. Cel Ray Pepper as one of the best drinks and it was definitely a stand out, very refreshing, I would also recommend this.
 Boots ordered the Off the Leash drink and it was also very good.
 There was a bit of confusion with initially taking our order as our server thought the mixologist had said that only one drink that available on the table side mixology menu and since that one didn't appeal to us we ordered the drinks above. However when she served them to us she let us know that she had misunderstood and the drink we didn't want was just one he recommended and all were available, so after a taste of the two above she took those back and we ordered off the table side mixology menu.
 Seating was very comfortable. It was early around 5pm so they hadn't put down the dividers that would lowered later that evening to cut off the view of the slot area from the lounge.
 It took a while for them to set up for the table side mixology but once it happened it was fun to have them mix the drinks at our table. There's a video at the end that I took of the mixologist making our two drinks.  I loved my drink on the left,  Heated Moments which is spicy and served with a few jalapeños that have a cinnamon sugar glaze. Boot had the Chester Copper Pot and she liked the drink but the mixologist seemed to have a slight problem in our opinion getting all of her drink to drip out of the barrel so she ended up with a drink that was mainly a large round piece of ice and her drink was $30.00!  Drink prices are a bit steep at CliQue but then again most of the nice lounges on the strip these days have drinks at $15.00 or more.
 Later that evening I returned with my friend Deann and like most lounges the music was playing a bit too loud to make it easy to talk but was bearable.
I think Deann's drink was Luck be a Lady and she liked it enough to order two. I had the Dr. Cel Ray Pepper as a fall back drink because I was able to confirm that if you want something off the table side mixology drink menu everyone at your table must order off one of those.
 We tried a couple of their snacks, the Edamame which was good but then it's hard to ruin Edamame.
 The Deep Fried Oreos with vanilla anglaise sauce was yummy, and the portion generous.
 I will return to CliQue again in the future when I'm meeting up with friends because I found the table side mixology fun and there are some snacks on that menu I would like to try and lately I have found Bond Bar to be too noisy at night to attempt to talk to friends while drinking there.  However for those of us who are slot players and we're not looking for a snack at the time, the best meet up place at The Cosmopolitan might be in the casino while playing games with friends there as they are still among the best complimentary drinks on the strip!

For the slideshow of photos and also video of the table side mixology click on this youtube video I put together.

10 comments:

  1. Enjoyed your report.
    Thank you for sharing.
    Because I'll never get to see this. Thank you.

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    1. Deb, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for commenting, that's always appreciated!

      Cheers,
      Diana

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  2. Another great report!!-very good info!! Thank you very much!!! Hope all is well! Chriss in UK.

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    1. Chriss, I'm glad you liked it. Everything is good here and I hope the same with you!

      Cheers,
      Diana

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  3. Thanks for this post, I'm always looking for new spots with crazy oddball drinks. The prices are pretty steep, but it's the Cosmo, glitzy bling bling

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    1. I agree very pricey! Vegas has been very busy the last 6 months or so and it seems to me the casinos, restaurants, bars, etc... are encouraged to start raising prices even more to take advantage. Thanks for commenting. :)

      Cheers,
      Diana

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  4. Hi Diana,

    It all looks lovely but you'd of thought for that money they'd at least free pour! I felt like your friend really drew the short straw too - there couldn't have been more than a mouthful in her glass once you'd removed the ice :(

    Hope you're doing well
    Mark
    xx

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    1. Hi Mark!

      Boots really didn't get shorted with her drink and even though she was on a comp, it was annoying. Hopefully that won't happen to anyone else and whatever was going on with getting the drink to drip out that barrel has been resolved!

      Doing great here other then I need a winning trip to start out the year! Hope all is well with you Andrea!

      xoxo,
      Diana

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  5. Diana,
    Thanks for your detailed reviews and videos! I will be at Cosmo later this month & may have to try CliQue- the mixology looks like fun!

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    1. Hi Margie, thanks for letting me know it's helpful. The mixology was fun except for Boots drink that was basically a ice cube. :) Have a fun trip to Vegas!

      Cheers!

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