The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas | LUXURY HOTEL TOUR
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The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, aka The Cosmo to fans, was never intended to be a typical
Vegas casino hotel. That may be the best thing about it.
The project originally had a lot of condos, and by the time that fell through, construction
was too far along to change the basic footprint of the structure. As a result, the hotel rooms
here, many intended to be apartments, are generally the biggest on the Strip, even without
upgrading to a suite, and fans have long loved that the Cosmopolitan delivers bigger and
typically better-appointed rooms and more bang for the buck. This value proposition
among upscale hotels has become the worst kept secret on The Strip
But the fortunate change of plans also gave the hotel other advantages. While it has about
3,000 rooms, it was not meant to be another mega-resort like its neighbors, so it required
a smaller site. This allowed it to be built in a perfectly prime location in the heart
of the most desirable part of the Strip, right next to the Bellagio. Because it is more compact,
it’s also easier to maneuver than many of its ginormous and often intentionally confusing
and convoluted peers, and this improves everything from simply getting in and out to moving around
inside. In short, it feels more like a hotel, and guests love that.
The Chandelier Bar at the Cosmo spans three levels in the middle of the lobby atrium,
and has become one of the most popular places to go for a cocktail in the entire city.
Necessity being the mother of invention, because the casino area is smaller than just about
any other resort with this many rooms (gaming was originally planned to be on the second
floor), more stress was put on other operations to help the hotel’s bottom line from day
one. As a result, the Cosmopolitan has had some of the finest cuisine and amenities in
Vegas ever since it opened. For example, it was Wicked Spoon, the all-you-can-eat three
meal a day eatery here, that reinvented the Las Vegas buffet concept as more gourmet,
with individual servings, better plating and more cooked to order dishes, and its success
led pretty much every big competitor to revamp its buffet in similar fashion. Just a year
after the hotel opened, its wildly popular Marquee Nightclub & Dayclub was believed to
be the nation’s top grossing nightclub.
Another perfect example is the signature centerpiece three-level Chandelier Bar. While many Vegas
casino floor bars are colorless adjuncts to blackjack tables, the Cosmo has become one
of the most popular places in the entire city to have cocktails, a bar for bar’s sake,
and as a result, it draws in many guests staying elsewhere. In general, the casino level – the
first thing anyone sees – just generally looks nicer, classier and more inviting than
most Vegas properties.
In a city known for gaudiness, the Cosmo takes a classy approach, and the lobby, casino and
public areas just look nice.
Also, while pretty much all of the big casino resorts in town have some standout eateries,
you can wander around until past your reservation simply trying to find them. Not so in the
Cosmo, with the city’s most concise collection of great dining, all laid out around the shopping
mall-style multi-level escalator served atrium. Guests can easily eat very well here, fancy
or casual, star chefs or upscale food court, night after night.
All this would be enough, but the Cosmopolitan is better than ever after a recent round of
notable additions and renovations – including all guest rooms. The deep-pocketed Blackstone
Group acquired it in 2014 (and earlier this year retained a bank to put it up for sale,
with a change of hands rumored to be imminent) and made plans for a major expansion, adding
four top floors of ultra-luxury high roller residences called the Boulevard Penthouses
(free to those gambling 7-figure bankrolls and not for rent to mere mortals).
The Block 16 Food Hall imported beloved cult eateries from around the US to the Cosmopolitan
a few months ago. One is Portland’s Lardo.
But there were a lot of upgrades everyone could enjoy. The most edible of these is the
all new Block 16 Urban Food Hall, opened last year. This imported several famous names with
cult followings in other parts of the century, all first appearances in Vegas. These include
Lardo, whose crazy good sandwiches, many focused on artisan Italian charcuterie, is a huge
hit in its native Portland; the first branch of New Orleans’ beloved District, a donut,
slider and beer specialist; wing lovers drool over James Beard award-winning Chef Andy Ricker’s
Pok Pok Wing in Portland and now here; and my personal favorite, Nashville Hot Chicken
legend Hattie B’s, which brings the first taste of the Music City’s spicy signature
to the Strip. Wow, that’s a lot of fantastic choices, and it’s not even a complete list.
Andy Ricker has wing lovers drooling at his Portland Pok Pok, now in Vegas for the 1st
time at the Cosmopolitan.
Besides this stunning new food court, the latest wave of improvements added Red Plate,
a sophisticated traditional Chinese eatery, and the brand-new Barbershop Cuts and Cocktails.
An actual upscale barber shop with a hidden door to a speakeasy featuring a huge whiskey
program and one of the city’s best intimate live performance spaces – something surprisingly
lacking in Vegas. Cosmo also added a very high-profile new show, Opium by Spiegelworld,
the production company’s sequel to wildly popular Absinthe, usually rated the number
one show in the city and rightfully so. It plays in the new Opium Theatre, which like
the tent that houses Absinthe, is small and has nothing but good seats close to the action.
You don’t need to splurge for a suite to have lots of space at the Cosmopolitan, with
some of the biggest guest rooms on the Strip – all just renovated. This is a regular
King.
Last but hardly not least, last year the hotel completed a remodel of all 3,033 guest rooms,
which are essentially brand new. Because of the original condo concept, many had kitchenettes
no one used, so the space has been repurposed and many room types now have more functional
living, dining, working and/or bedroom areas.
Also, while almost no casino hotels in Vegas offer outdoor terraces, generally considered
a no-no here, the Cosmo does, up and down its towers, including awesome wraparound corner
Terrace Suites. All rooms are now equipped with tablets allowing guests to book restaurant
and spa reservations, purchase show tickets, order room service, access thousands of e-newspapers
and magazines and control automated lighting and temperature. The Cosmopolitan claims to
now have the fastest Wi-Fi on the Strip. There’s too much other fun stuff to do.
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to know!
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