lapal_fan Posted March 25, 2019 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Go back in November for the first time since my wedding there 6 years ago. Really looking forward to doing the bits we missed out on due to the wedding Staying in Luxor, which I went in a few times (brother stayed there), not as nice as Caesars, but still a cool venue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 I haven’t been since 2014 and fly on Thursday. I’m not sure where’s good to go these days. Any tips for clubs and bars? Omnia has opened since then, but not sure if it’s good or not. We’ve planned for XS one night, but nothing else booked as yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 31, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted March 31, 2019 I'm back. Somehow I'm still alive. Just. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 31, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted March 31, 2019 On 27/03/2019 at 12:16, Morley_crosses_to_Withe said: I haven’t been since 2014 and fly on Thursday. I’m not sure where’s good to go these days. Any tips for clubs and bars? Omnia has opened since then, but not sure if it’s good or not. We’ve planned for XS one night, but nothing else booked as yet. Omnia was amazing. Saw Calvin Harris there on Friday. But crazy expensive. Not sure if it was just because Harris was on or if it's always like that. Entrance was $160 on the door and the first round of 3 drinks cost me another 160. Hakkasan was probably the best night. But again it's down to the DJ. Steve Aoki was on and he was incredible. Intrigue at the Wynn was awful. Apex at the Palms was quite shit but probably worth it for the views. Drai's was good, both the day club and night club. It was a lot more hip hop than other clubs though so depends what you're after. Didn't go to XS but a few people said that was a good place too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Omnia was amazing. Saw Calvin Harris there on Friday. But crazy expensive. Not sure if it was just because Harris was on or if it's always like that. Entrance was $160 on the door and the first round of 3 drinks cost me another 160. Hakkasan was probably the best night. But again it's down to the DJ. Steve Aoki was on and he was incredible. Intrigue at the Wynn was awful. Apex at the Palms was quite shit but probably worth it for the views. Drai's was good, both the day club and night club. It was a lot more hip hop than other clubs though so depends what you're after. Didn't go to XS but a few people said that was a good place too. You must be a millionaire, saved for years or had a lotto win if you did all that ! Edited March 31, 2019 by Demitri_C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 31, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted March 31, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: You must be a millionaire, saved for years or had a lotto win if you did all that ! None of the above. I did get my bonus just before we went though Edited March 31, 2019 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 52 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Omnia was amazing. Saw Calvin Harris there on Friday. But crazy expensive. Not sure if it was just because Harris was on or if it's always like that. Entrance was $160 on the door and the first round of 3 drinks cost me another 160. Even if it was amazing, those prices are just ridiculous and would quell my enjoyment of the evening. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 18 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: None of the above. I did get my bonus just before we went though Well I hope it was worth it! I must admit I've gone off Vegas it's really become such a poser place and the money you have tk spend to go on a night out at the club is just crazy. I've been to better clubs in other countries for no where near the price vegas charge. Such a shame the corporations have ruined it toj what it once was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 31, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted March 31, 2019 3 minutes ago, Xela said: Even if it was amazing, those prices are just ridiculous and would quell my enjoyment of the evening. I think if it had been the first night I'd have felt the same. But it was the last night, I knew what I had left to spend and could afford so knew that even though it was ridiculously expensive, I had enough left that i could say **** it. If it had been day 1 when I was worried about money then you're right, to be honest I just wouldn't have gone in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 31, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted March 31, 2019 1 minute ago, Demitri_C said: Well I hope it was worth it! I must admit I've gone off Vegas it's really become such a poser place and the money you have tk spend to go on a night out at the club is just crazy. I've been to better clubs in other countries for no where near the price vegas charge. Such a shame the corporations have ruined it toj what it once was. If I went back, and I'd love to, I wouldn't touch the clubs. I only went because the lads I went to wanted to go to a couple. I might go to the day/beach ones as they were a lot of fun. But the night ones really aren't worth it. Even though I had a great time, I'd rather go to some more normal bars and get drunk there and still be alive fore the morning! I had far more fun in our 3 days in LA than I did in Vegas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 59 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Omnia was amazing. Saw Calvin Harris there on Friday. But crazy expensive. Not sure if it was just because Harris was on or if it's always like that. Entrance was $160 on the door and the first round of 3 drinks cost me another 160. Hakkasan was probably the best night. But again it's down to the DJ. Steve Aoki was on and he was incredible. Intrigue at the Wynn was awful. Apex at the Palms was quite shit but probably worth it for the views. Drai's was good, both the day club and night club. It was a lot more hip hop than other clubs though so depends what you're after. Didn't go to XS but a few people said that was a good place too. Thanks for the tips. I think we’re going to try Omnia, but on Thursday night, so it might be a tad quieter as there’s no top-tier DJ playing. I went to Hakkasan last time, but was horridly drunk so barely remember much! I think that could be one for Saturday night. I wasn’t a fan of the new Drais, but that’s because it was pretty empty when we went in 2014, and they didn’t have the outdoor area open (not sure if they do so at night if the club is packed?). You can’t beat a bit of LV, but **** - it really takes it out of you and you feel like you need a proper holiday afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 31, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted March 31, 2019 7 minutes ago, Morley_crosses_to_Withe said: Thanks for the tips. I think we’re going to try Omnia, but on Thursday night, so it might be a tad quieter as there’s no top-tier DJ playing. I went to Hakkasan last time, but was horridly drunk so barely remember much! I think that could be one for Saturday night. I wasn’t a fan of the new Drais, but that’s because it was pretty empty when we went in 2014, and they didn’t have the outdoor area open (not sure if they do so at night if the club is packed?). You can’t beat a bit of LV, but **** - it really takes it out of you and you feel like you need a proper holiday afterwards. Like I said we had a 3 day break in LA and it was so needed. It was my favourite part of the trip, but even if you love the clubs we needed that time off. I think a lot of the clubs depend on the DJ. The only reason Hakkasan was so good was because Aoki was so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morley_crosses_to_Withe Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 54 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: If I went back, and I'd love to, I wouldn't touch the clubs. I only went because the lads I went to wanted to go to a couple. I might go to the day/beach ones as they were a lot of fun. But the night ones really aren't worth it. Even though I had a great time, I'd rather go to some more normal bars and get drunk there and still be alive fore the morning! I had far more fun in our 3 days in LA than I did in Vegas I can understand this. I’m thinking now to suggest this approach for Saturday night and then we can head to Encore Beach Club on Sunday feeling relatively normal (for Vegas at least). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted April 1, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 1, 2019 7 hours ago, Stevo985 said: Like I said we had a 3 day break in LA and it was so needed. It was my favourite part of the trip, but even if you love the clubs we needed that time off. I think a lot of the clubs depend on the DJ. The only reason Hakkasan was so good was because Aoki was so good. Did you end up doing anything on the way to LA? And what did you do in LA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 I'd be gutted if I had to go to clubs in Vegas, even though (apart from Gambling) that's one of the main pulls. I went to Lavo one night, which was alright, but I just don't enjoy club music much, and paying eye watering fees (even for Vegas standards) would further tarnish it for me. I've said before, but a litre bottle of Vodka and 3 mixers, given to you by a (absolutely beautiful) woman in stockings should have cost us $1500 (bottle service in VIP they called it) and, had I, or any of my party paid that, it would have been terrible. We got it gratis, but we looked at the bar menu and were amazed the service cost more than $200, never mind 6 times that. I'll be doing more site seeing, like the neon graveyard, catch a show or two, visiting Caesars again, and other hotels we didn't manage to go see. I just don't enjoy much music (which is a fallacy of mine) to warrant spending a lot of money going to clubs. I'd just be annoyed I mean, a helicopter trip to have a champagne picnic in the Grand Canyon was $300 each, I'd find that much better value for money. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 1, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 1, 2019 11 hours ago, il_serpente said: Did you end up doing anything on the way to LA? And what did you do in LA? We didn’t do anything big. It was too far away to do Death Valley or Joshua tree. Would have taken up the whole day. But we did go off the main free way and do a bit of Route 66. Stopped at an old fashioned diner and stopped at this bottle tree ranch place In LA we spent a day in Santa Monica, a day in Venice, and then the last day I went on my own to the Griffith observatory and hiked up mount hollywood and a few of the trails around it. That was probably the best thing I did all holiday. I loved it. The views are amazing 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 1, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 1, 2019 Some of the views from the top of mount hollywood and a good one of the Griffith Observatory in the way up the trail 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 39 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Some of the views from the top of mount hollywood and a good one of the Griffith Observatory in the way up the trail I've ran @Ginko over a billion times around there.. happy times. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted April 1, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted April 1, 2019 1 minute ago, lapal_fan said: I've ran @Ginko over a billion times around there.. happy times. And I’ve shot you in the face a few times around here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Loved the Hollywood Hills hike. Throughout my time in LA in general I did feel like I was in GTA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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