There are many Las Vegas restaurants that offer exquisite lounge areas where you can still indulge in the food and beverage offerings. Make a dinner reservation, but while in town try doing it a little differently by hanging out inside the lounge area for a more laid-back, cool experience.

At The Venetian and The Palazzo, Tao Asian Bistro has one of the sexiest lounge areas—an interior design of East-meets-West wrapped inside a decadent and dark environment. Just a short walk away is another Asian delight, Mott 32, where Chinese-inspired cuisine and cocktails can be enjoyed in the beautiful and expansive lounge designed with an upscale bohemian flair.

For a cool, Cuba-meets-old-school-Vegas experience, head to the Flamingo’s Bugsy & Meyer’s Steakhouse, where the lounge area has a tropical design; it feels as if you’re lounging on the patio of a Caribbean resort.

Two favorite restaurant lounges that transport you back in time to that old-school Las Vegas experience are perennial favorite The Steakhouse at Circus Circus—its intimate lounge area surrounded by dark woods and vintage-inspired furnishings—and Edge Steakhouse at Westgate Las Vegas—its petite lounge just outside the main dining room offers high-top tables and just a few seats at the bar that make for a perfect setting for a romantic date night.

For some group fun, Giada at The Cromwell offers a living room-type lounge area with low tables and sofas, all with a feminine touch to the design—a great place to gather with girlfriends for a cocktail. Another fun restaurant lounge, one that whisks guests away to old-school New York City, is Carbone at Aria. The lounge here is spacious, and the interior design is an upscale nod to the postwar boom.

For a period-piece design, there’s perhaps no more vogue display of classic, speakeasy-style surroundings than the lounge inside Mayfair Supper Club at Bellagio. The lounge is so elegantly decorated that having a cocktail and bite here is a true only-in-Las Vegas moment. For another throwback design perfectly executed, the 1960s- and ’70s-inspired lounge at Barry’s Downtown Prime at Circa Resort & Casino deserves a visit. A living room-type environment like Giada, it just begs you to order a classic gin martini and relax while the sounds of Sinatra play in the background.

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