Best after-hours spot I've ever been too. There is a line but I think everywhere in Vegas has a line when your not a local or ballin out of control. Its Vegas people, everyone is here to party.
Riding the elevator down to what feels like the basement is pretty awesome and it sets a certain mood upon entering the spot. I didn't really see any spectacular lights but the music was good, loud, clear and I was able to move around and dance freely. Â
I left and the sun came up as I was walking back to my resort. It was amazing and I will return every time I go to Vegas.
$20 cover.. great place to come if you want to keep the party going... Especially great place to go if its all girls... drinks are very very pricey here... so guys be ready to empty your wallets... Theres a hip hop room and a trance room where you can go back and forth from...Sometimes when it gets too crowded, they limit those (guys) from entering the hip hop rooms unless you have bottle service... This place opens at 330 til the sun comes out... normally the line starts forming around 3... and people waiting around will gamble or drink at the bar (which is smarter and cheaper) Â they'll normally hold the lines if its all guys, but if your a group of girls, just work your way to the front and let the bouncer know.. and you'll be in.. you may have to still pay the $20 but atleast you're not stuck in line..
Review Source:My friends and I had a lot of energy after getting out of Tryst and decided to dance until the wee hours of the morning at Drai's.
When we got there, a line was already wrapping around the small entrance. Many people were more than happy to pay the cover charge ($20 for ladies; $30 for gents). Make sure to find someone who can get you on the list to avoid the cover charge ;)! Once we got in I felt like I was in a high school basement party. I'm not into house so I was trying to find some way to enjoy the music being played.
Fortunately, we discovered a closed off hip-hop room on the other side. For guys, they had to get bottle service to be let in (at least that's how it was the night we went) and ladies are let in with no string attached (what a surprise...not). Some of the guys we made friends with were forced to leave since they tried to sneak in...which was kind of a bummer.
My first impression of the "hip-hop room"....hmph....let's just say I was in a really bad rap video.
Would I come back? My drunk alter ego says yes. My sober, rational self says probably not.
$30 for dudes, $20 for females if you aren't on the list. Thank goodness, I was able to talk my way into getting all of us in through one of my hooks who came thru last minute. Spot is mostly hip hop but everyone was pretty much cracked out, or tryna sober up. Was there for a few and rolled out. Something to experience, but not all the time. I like the one in LA better.
Review Source:Love the vibe and atmosphere! The music is always awesome every time I go there. It's really crazy to come out of that club b/c you feel like a vampire, the sun is shining in your eyes b/c its like 10am. I was there last year the night after New Years. We had amazing service. The prices were much better on tables than in some clubs in LA. I heard it is kind of hard to get in there b/c that's the only after hour club, so everyone tries to rush in there. Make sure you make some connections before you go or come before the club gets too packed, especially if you are a guy.
Review Source:At about 3:30am, bf and I head over to Drai's which is located in Bill's Gambling Hall.
Quite a line, so we did what others wouldn't do and got in without waiting!
I believe 20 for gals and 30 for boys.
Very dim-lit red inside. I felt vampire-ish haha. It's underground, and it's pretty poppin' up in there! They play some good music. It's danceable! Unlike some other clubs in Vegas.
It's not that big, so don't expect a huge place. But, it's very comfy :] . I felt like it was more of a mature crowd (which I like).
Bf and I were dancing for forever. Btw, they stay open till 9:00am. We didn't leave till about mm 6:15 or so.
Bathrooms are nice..and the ladies who hand you paper towels are even nicer!
This will be a place to definitely come back to while in Vegas.
Short Review:
- There is a line so best come with people who work for the industry
- Cover Charge I forgot how much but I'm guessing $40?
- It's underground and they play your typical house/dance music
- All I see is black and red lights
I walk out of here mad drunk every time so if you want a real review of this place skip mine and proceed to read below.
I was there for the Labour Day long weekend and I have to say it was a surprise! Â The place itself is kept immaculately. Â I have never seen such service where staff are hired specifically to clean up a drop of water or sweat the millisecond it touches the dancefloor. Â It was surprising because you do not see that anywhere in Toronto. Â The men and women are all dressed in a respectable uniform as are the many security men that are seen everywhere. Â So, no funny business or giant men in suits will have you wisked away immediately (and saw a few people exit that way)!
The music was amazing! Â We got there around 3:30 am and the place was just getting warmed up. Â Special shout-outs to Chris and Fabian ending out that last few hours of the night. Â Fantastic house beats:) It was great talking to you Chris:)
The only downfall of the place are the very rude locals who do not like outsiders. Â The worst being are the women who dress and dance like w@#res who do not like other ladies showing them up. Â The most immature was throwing water on my friend 3 times because she was a phenomenal dancer. Â So stupid! Â The friendliest people we met were people from out of town which, like I said, comprise a small percentage of the crowd (spoke to staff to confirm this fact). So if you go, best with a group and have a blast!
I would recommend this place if you want to keep partying until the sun rises and hear awesome music in a fabulously clean and roomy venue.
This is the best and worst of every stereotype about Vegas, all rolled into one. It's grimy, dark, seedy, and excess veiled with alcohol and loud music. It's infamous, iconic, and amazing. Came here on a girls night out at 5am when XS closed, and intended to stay only an hour or so. This is definitely the after-hours spot to go to when you just aren't ready for the party to end. Between the still-flowing drinks (7am gin and tonic, ... only in vegas), the lights, the awesome hip hop/house blend music, we were going strong until 8am. When we left, the sun was blinding, and there were still plenty of people tearing it up on the dance floor. That's just insane.
Review Source:Opens at 2 am, so if your just getting out of whatever club you went to, or just woke up at 2 am, head over to Drais, they stay open til 6 or 7 am. Â
if their is any line to get in to Drais when it first opens, don't worry, they serve one dollar frozen margaritas. Â That should tide you over for a bit.
Nice club too...deep undergound with a very gothic, bordello feel to it.
I'm a fan of Drais afterhours in Vegas!!
My girlfriends and I got to Vegas at around 11:00 one Friday and managed to get out of our rooms by 12:00ish. Headed over to Drais and it was still a little dead. By around 1:30 - 2:00 the crowd started coming in. And ooh it got pretty bonkers!
Just a little word of advice you loose track of time in there, and by the time you come out the sun will def be OUT!
Drai's afterhours is a really fun club! Theres the house room which places obviously house music(techno) and then the hip hop room which is a v.i.p area room. Very fun.
You can pretty much dress how you want, I've seen people dress super skanky (typical Vegas club dress) to dressy/buisness to jeans and top. From heels, to flip flops. Most clubs have a super tight dress code so its nice to be able to decide to dress how you want.
 The service is awesome and aside from a few bartenders whom I havn't seen in awhile, I've never had any issue with any staff members at Drai's!  If you havn't been and want to check out a cool late hour night club, this is the place to go!
Seriously.. I have to be looked over to get into this place?
Time: was I think close to 2 or 3ish am.
And I got in with chucks, jeans and a tank top so either they don't care or it's slow for a Saturday night?
So after paying the entrance fee I noticed that all tables are reserved..all tables and I had asked is there no seating anywhere.. apparently you may sit down until someone request table service.. okay.. One of the main dance floors the music was too much techno for me and the room we wanted to go in the hip hop room was closed off only to men who purchased bottle service and then the girls who where with that guy can go in..soooooooooo stupid.
We manage to have a good time because it was the people I went with that made it fun but $80 to my debit card for 3 drinks was not cute at all
The worse after-hours in Vegas I've been too so far.
Best after hours lounge I have ever been to!!!! Came here on Saturday and Sunday night of my stay in Las Vegas. Get on the guest list or expect to make a long line to get in. Came here after the club at around 3 am and didn't leave until 7 am. I heard Drai's closes at 9 in the morning!!! Woow now that's a party!!! Never been here to eat just to party but after seeing the pictures on yelp, I think I will be coming back for the food. ;)
Absolutely fell in love with Drai's!!! Not soo much for the first room, the music was kinda weird and slow and I came here to dance so this room wasn't my thing. Luckily my friends and I got invited to the VIP room and THAT'S were the fun is at!!!!! OMG the music was soo good! Nothing but hip hop and old school hip hop. The crowd is really friendly and when your here the night is young. It does not seem like its almost 6 in the morning. People are still up and the best part of it all is that THE BAR IS TILL OPEN AFTER HOURS!!! :) I was shocked!! I stoked up on my liquor before coming here thinking the bar was going to be closed but surprise surprise!! So we still kept drinking until the sun came up!
Definitely will come back! I loved DRai'S! AWESOME night!!
Place is so much fun and THE afterhours place in Vegas. Â
One time my partner in crime on that trip and I went back into the room at around 9pm to take a nap before heading out. Unfortunately, we didn't hear the alarm or didn't set it right, and woke up at 12:00 am!
Drais to the rescue. Â We got ready, out of our room at 1:30am and off to Drais we went. Had so much fun and ended up at the traditional Fatburger early in the am to reload some of the lost danced away calories. Love Drais.
Make sure to look good, be confident, and you will get in easy. As I recall each time they open, they just have a cluster of people around the rope and they select whoever they want to go in if you don't know anyone to get you in or have a table. Â Place is pretty much always packed. Â
Music is house, dance, and located in Bills Casino. Â Spent New Years Day here dancing till the am. Â Met some locals at XS earlier, they had a table reserved at Drais and the rest was super fun dancing times!!! If you are staying at Caesars it is pretty much across the street.
Till we meet again Drais!
I came in here to meet up with a girl that happened to have substantial influence on the staff that works here. So of course, my review is going to be a little bit distorted because of the preferential treatment they gave me.
I considered Drai's to be one of the best After Hours parties I have ever seen. I frequently go to the Rain Nightclub at the Palms so Drai's happened to be a convenient 5 minute drive down Flamingo. It strives to maintain the nightclub atmosphere, they play the same EDM style form of music like Rain does, and even has a hip hop room, like the Moon Nightclub.
I thought it was awesome that they let me in by myself to see 5 girls that already went inside. All I did is drop a name and 5 minutes later they opened the rope JUST for me (:
The group I was with, the security let us occupy the VIP tables until someone bought the section, so we just spent our time table hopping and flirting as we went. Eventually we came across a table of losers that didnt like us very much (because they were all dudes that wanted to look powerful with a table I guess), and tried to call security against us. However, due to our good standing with the staff, and our generally more positive vibes, the bouncers just told those fuckers to shut up and enjoy the party.
The bouncers are really committed in maintaining a good atmosphere to party in. And unlike the other public After Hours joint I been in, The Artisan, this place isn't full of hookers, sex offenders, and small time drug dealers. I like the folks that come here a lot. And for most visitors, I guess their perception of the best part is that it is FREE.
I will not be back. Â Here's how it went down.
Went to Drai's on friday night after going to Haze. It was about 2:30am. Â There was me, my gf, two other girls and 1 other guy. Â We didn't want to wait in line so we walked up to the front to talk to the bouncer. Â The guy says, "well is someone going to shake my hand??" Â I said "yes, I got you", and hand him some cash as we walk in. Â This is normal around vegas, not a big deal. Â The problem is that once we walked inside they wanted a cover from everyone, girls included. Â $30 for guys, $20 for girls. Â Incredibly lame, but I still had high hopes that it would be worth it so I paid the money. Â WRONG, not worth it. Music sucked, drinks were weak, vibe was terrible. Â Complete waste of time and money, two thumbs down.
After the club is the after party...because no one wants to go home at 4am in Vegas! Drai's is a hit or miss in my opinion.
The first time I went there, I came with two Vegas locals and 4 girls after a night out at Marquee/Tao. We didn't have a problem getting in, danced all morning, and didn't leave until 8am. The only bad thing was when we first got there and walked down the stairs, this drunk ass girl was peeing as she was stumbling up the stairs to leave. We were BEYOND disgusted...like girl CONTAIN YOURSELF/YOUR BLADDER. However the music was good and the shots kept on coming so it was soon forgotten.
This most recent time I was in Vegas, I was super excited to go back to Drai's because I had such a blast the first time (minus peeing girl incident)...but it was pretty empty at 3am and the guy at the door kept us (3 girls) waiting for a good 10-15mins! These dudes kept on walking by and handing the doorman $100s...so I guess I can understand. The music was pretty ehh this time and the whole environment was just not as fun. Maybe it was because it was a Thursday night?
I would have given Drai's 4.5 stars based off of my first experience (I've never gone out and danced from legit 10pm to 8am before) but would probably give it 2.5 for my second experience! I have another Vegas trip planned in a couple of month's for a friend's bachelorette party...so we'll see how I feel after my 3rd time!
The final stop for the night.... Drai's. Yea we were pretty much on our last leg here and needed to sit down at this point and of course get more drinks. Just because we couldn't support our own weight to walk doesn't mean we can't refuel. We grabbed a couple of tables in front of the karaoke stage, sang a few songs, and ha d a good time.
While we were there, we noticed a very young and attractive lady (her name was "Sunshine") with a very old man... if you catch my drift. She showed up when the place started to die out and her an another girl would frequently go up on stage to sing. Definitely employees of the joint trying to keep the place going for the night. It mostly worked because our group decided, hey why not buy her a crap load of drinks in exchange for her singing some song of our choice. Sure, she said. Why not? Kung Fu Fighting, anyone? Yes, you know we did and that wasn't all the embarrassing songs of the night. On the last song, Sunshine took off faster than a bat out of hell out of the hotel. At that point, we pretty much decided to call it quits.
Decent service and hey... the karaoke was pretty amusing while we were buzzed.
Where else can you go? It's 230am and the party vibe has not worn off. The birthday girl in your group is still walking upon her own accord and the addition of random dance parties with strangers in the casino just doesn't fill that void. DRAI'S IT IS!!!
Staff were extremely courteous to us...but not the rest of the line. One because we were adult about approaching security and speaking with a friendly attitude without alcohol influenced slurs; and two, because we were humble and modest. While my group walked in, I caught the convo of three dudes having to be escorted out of line, having tried to enter dressed like Pauly D in tshirts and fake bakes screaming about what kind of car they drive.
Inside, about equally distributed female:male ratio, house music blaring, decent bar, dark............................awesome. End
Short review ^_^
I honestly don't see why there are such bad reviews.......hahaha you just aren't cool enough I guess....
So about 10 of us come together, 3 girls 7 dudes.... Â us ladies were in for free the men paid the 20 at around 3AM .... after dancing all night I was tired and decided to head back to the hotel at around 6am I change into my vans but I still have my little sexy black dress and head back.... how awesome is that? to be able to LEAVE a club and come back?? It doesnt get any better than that. when I came back to Drais, the music WAS SICK, tried speaking to the dj but he didnt speak english..... HE WAS SO SICK!!! and about them being nazis on dresscode? its bull, i saw so many people in there in jeans and tennis shoes....maybe you should smile? be more talkative? be nice? Can't wait to go back in January!!!!!!!!!!!
I have been here twice, excited by the reviews of other yelpers. Â Both times, I was disappointed.
There's a really weird vibe in this place at 430am. Â There were a lot of dudes in desperation mode, desperate to pick up a chick at the end of the night in a very aggressive grab by the hand manner. Â I didn't see the carefree-hard-core-partying-dancing attitude that I was expecting to see. Â The place was oozing in dirty testosterone. Â
The bouncers in the club were douchey, the doormen (i.e. Ian) is cool.
I'll admit it... I quite often end up at Drais for some late night dancing after the regular clubs. I belive Drais opens at 12 AM and closes at 10 or 12 PM the next day, i could be wrong. This past weekend we showed up....a few hours before the sun rose and it was SO PACKED...A friend we were with ended up shoving several 20$ bills into the hands of a security guard before they let us in.....Are they allowed to do that? They must make so much money working the door there.
Although I was happy we were let in...we had to pay cover to! I had to shell out another $20 on my own.... That was a little dissapointing as well. We walked in, grabbed a few drinks and danced the night away for another few hours. It was really fun and they had a great DJ.
When we left, the sun was up....just another day in vegas.
My recommendation: Make sure you bring cash and the earlier you get there, the better chance you have of getting in.
After 12 years at Drai's, buying bottles and hanging out in the comfy booths until 10 or 11 in the morning while listening to some great music, my time at one of my favorite spots has come to an end.
The staff is clearly not having fun and clearly hate their jobs. Â From the bouncers, to the bartenders, to the waitress, everyone seems to be miserable and wants to make sure that they spread their misery to you.
To the staff: Â I'm sorry that you have to deal with people as they end their nightly bender, I know they're drunk, destroyed, and often, much worse. Â However, you chose to work there, not me, and the least you could do is be courteous and make the night part of our fun, not part of what we disliked most about our trip.
On our last trip we bought a table and had a very tall, bald bouncer yell at us, our waitress spilled the wax from a candle on some VERY expensive clothes without even an apology, and crappy choices in the bottles that you don't really need to buy because there's plenty of room to sit by 5 or 6 am. Â
I'm genuinely bummed that they gave such crappy hospitality to me and my friends, this place is an icon, but I don't go to Vegas enough to have a place screw up even a few hours of my trip. Â
Off to see what's next....
Roadtrippin' to Vegas
But got there so late.
Please no long lines
For this we would hate.
0400, what's poppin'?
Someone shouted "Drai's!"
Found a shitload of people
Outside forming a maze.
All hope was lost
As we stood there dead last.
When an guy with a ticket
Scooted us past.
For a group of just girls
Vegas don't suck.
One dude in your crew
And you're shit out of luck.
:)
Naughty, naughty Vegas.
So you dressed up like the ho you aren't, drank even yourself under the table at some swanky *exclusive* must-experience, perhaps swapped spit with randoms of both sexes like the rebel you aren't, and you're content thinking that OHHH THAT is what the *real* Vegas is all about! Â Oh you are SO BAD! Â Teehee! Â "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!"
Sorry Richie Cunningham, but Drai's is not for you.
Think less "The Hangover" and more "Very Bad Things." Â It's a basement basically. Â Pretty sure it was a McDonalds way back in the day, followed by some sort of fancy shmancy? Â Now it's dark, red-adorned hallways and shadowy corners that make you feel like you're Laura Palmer reincarnated.
Blow through the long lines, pay that outstanding (in a bad way) cover charge, and revel in your fellow late-night hounds walking about and dancing on a remarkably shaped "dance floor" in one room and couch-sitting on another. Â Drinks are expensive but strong (per the Vegas usual) when you can actually get one.
Don't get me wrong, the experience here is definitely lacking the appropriate adjective base -- surreal, trippy, exquisite, sensual, extrasensory, whatever you wanna call it -- and it's definitely not for everyone. Â I wish I could remember what the bathroom was like, but eh, too much of a good thing. Â I do remember it was Spring Forward so even though Vegas clocks don't actually "move" until 5am (for shift changes), McCarran Airport still does at 2am and adjusts accordingly. Â UGHHHHHHHHH
Anywho, when I return it'll definitely be with my vacuuming crew: Â Kate Moss, Mrs. Mia Wallace, Tony Montana, Bruno Mars, Carrot Top, where you at? Â LOL
It's good to know that Drais has stood the test of time. Â Drinks are strong and expensive. Â Music is loud and bumping. Â Oh, yes. Â
Mixed crowd to say the least. Â Ladies in the shortest dresses. Â Dudes dressed like they're at a Pimp N Ho event. Â Raver girls that look questionable. Â Douchebags and debutantes. Â And some dude that dances like Michael Jackson. Â
Drai's is the only club where I've passed out in a booth with friends still partying...then woke up being surrounded by some of the hottest asian women I've ever seen...only to pass out again and wake up with all these huge euro dudes around me. Â I tried to get a few more drinks in me to pass out again to reverse the euro dude effect or travel back in time, but my friends wanted to leave. Â I put up a fight, but they dragged my whiny ass out.
Fun.
Bottom line: you gotta pay to play.
Or at least know the doorman.
The girl in the white flip-flops? She got in.
She paid the doorman.
The 6 guys who looked like the cast of Jershey Shore? they knew the doorman. They were able to get a table with just 1 bottle minimum. (nomally, 2 bottle minimum on Saturdays)
The PREGNANT lady and her man who looked like he was voted off Jerry Springer? they got in.
He slipped the doorman $40.
Drai's is the only after hours club on the strip in Vegas. The appeal of partying til 8am sure draws a crowd. I made a reservation for bottle service on a Saturday night with a promoter named David R. (who apparently resigned the day after I was in contact with him). He said he can get me in for only ONE bottle minimum. I was skeptical but went ahead since I had the email as proof. We get there Saturday night, the doorman says that the minimum for table service is now 2 bottles and he is NOT OBLIGATED TO HONOR ANY DEAL I had with that promoter since he doesn't work there anymore. WTF.
Well, we didn't want to spend $800 just to secure a table for my party at this club. We didn't pay so we didn't get to play.
Hence, the one star review.
P.S.
It's been a week now and I Â still can't get over the fact that a PREGNANT woman got in.
Deep red velvet couches. Animal print couches. Dark mood lighting. Mysterious and sexy atmosphere... This place is definitely an afterhours club where the dancing and drinking don't end until the sun rises.
This place has stood the test of time and generations. For all those who are troopers and can party for a few more hours after the regular clubs have closed, make your way here. It doesn't start crackin until 4am.
bars and clubs closed and no place to go? Here's the place. We defended some drunk girls who were shoved by some douchey guys in the giant crowd trying to enter, and they adopted us into their party so we got to enter with nearly no wait at all. I remember that part.
It's downstairs, cover is $20 on these ultra crowded nights, creepy people hit on us. Drinks were strong. It was dark. And red. And we got home at 6am. I remember less about that part.
4:30am: TIME FOR DRAIS!
Yes folks, Drais is THE after party location in Las Vegas. I can't believe I never wrote a review on this place. Any way, this posh club, located in the middle of the strip at Bill's Gambling casino, may lead you to think this place isn't that great, given that it's not a Wynn or Bellagio. But don't let its location fool you.
This place has about 4-5 different rooms each with their own music. I stayed mostly in the hiphop room, where they had some comfy leopard couches to lounge on. Beware though that these couches are meant for bottle service. But I was able to sneak a few minutes to rest my feet ;)
Alcohol is alcohol and drinks in Vegas are always expensive. So don't expect an awesome deal with price, but hey, I'm sure you could smooze your way through and get some free drinks if you make friends with any one mingling around the bar.
What's crazy is that this place is almost packed around 4:30am, and isn't before 4am. People in Vegas seriously know how to party. So if you get into Vegas late and still want to party, or your feet ain't killing you yet from partying your butt off else where, Drais is the place to be.
This place sucks ... don't come here.
It gets too crowded. Â You won't ever want to come back. Â I mean why in the world would you want to go out still after spending a grip of money at another club then come here to spend more?
The music sucks and I can't believe there are people dancing til almost 8 in the morning. Â I mean who wants to see strippers come in after working and then spending the money they made here on more alcohol.
I guess I'll give you reasons why I didn't like this place at all ...
I came with a group of guys ... never again
I came before 4am
I saw too many strippers here
I really hate the music they play here
Interior in Drai's is .... well just check out the website
In case you haven't figured it out yet ... just take everything and make it completely opposite. Â
The 1 star rating is really a 5 star rating. Â I don't hate this place, I really like it I just don't want too many people knowing about it because the line to get in is insane. Â
I didn't come with a group of guys because mostly everyone else wanted to go back to the room. Â But if you are coming with guys though, just separate and come in one at a time, you have a way better chance to get in, don't worry ... you'll see your friends inside once they eventually get in.
The only thing that wasn't opposite was the amount of strippers that come here. Â It must be the music ... that's what gets me coming back. Â Where else can you say don't come before 4a?
For me, coming to Drai's would be like going to the gym. Â
You're tired, you don't feel like going. Â But once you get there, you forget about all that other shit and you feel great. Â Not to mention all the people watching that you'll enjoy while burning calories.
But there ain't ever a line at the gym like there is at Drai's.
I guess I should tell you it's at the Barbary Coast ... yeah, Barbary Coast.
It's no surprise to me that I forgot to write a review about one of my favorite after hours joints.
1. Â I never have any recollection from the moment the elevator doors shut till one of my friends pulls my face off the table and tells me it's time to go.
2. Somebody always slips something in my drink and usually that somebody's me.
3. I leave the hotel with a pair of hot new stiletto's, I return with 1 and the heal's usually broken along with my ankle.
4. The pictures on my camera leave me with questions, Who's that? When was that? Where was that? WHY did I do that?
5. I thought I was staying at Mandalay Bay, Why am I at the MGM?
Fun place, start your night off with a minderaser.
In a collins glass filled with ice
1 & 1/2 ounces Kahlua
1 & 1/2 ounces Vodka ( I like Vanilla Stoli or Vanilla Absolute or Grey Goose)
fill w/ soda
Suck it down through a straw like a shot. D-licious.
Drais is by far the best place for afterhours in Vegas. Â The ghetto ass shady afterhours we have available to us in San Francisco really makes me appreciate the luxurious afterhours party that Drais provides. Â
It can be kind of tough to get in, and guys will have to pay cover unless they have hookups. Â I am grateful of the fact that I know a few of the employees here so I usually never have a problem, but if you're rolling up anywhere between 3am-5am, be prepared for a short wait.
The best thing about Drais by far is how they have a hip hop room as well as a house room. Â This is GENIUS! Â One of the things I dislike about afterhours is the house music I am usually forced to endure- and it's not like there are many options when it comes to afterhours. Â At Drais I can party to the music I like! Â I like to roam around the club to make fun of the house music people dancing when I get bored as well, so that provides for some additional entertainment. Â
Much better than Empire Ballroom- Drais has class and luxury...something that most afterhours spots do not provide. Â It makes me feel slightly better about partying until 8am when I know I shouldn't be....hey, at least we're not in some warehouse being served low grade alcohol in plastic cups! Â Yes, that is what we're dealing with in SF, people.
Beautiful, sexy, red interior makes you feel like a pimp. Â Sexy music too.
The real reason this gets 5 stars is my experience here, however.
I stumbled in late at night while my comrad continued to LOSE at poker upstairs. Inbetween my new guy friends, we simultaneously looked at the bar and happened to see ANDY EFFING DICK falling over on himself.
So we screamed "Andy! Andy! Come sit with us!"
To our surprise, he did. The boys started screaming hilarious stuff like,
"Andy! I loved your work in Blond Ambition. Would you ever consider being on The Wire?"
"What's The Wire?"
"A Show on HBO"
"Oh. Sure."
"How are you?"
"Ask me seriously."
"How are you?"
"I used to say I've been better, now I say I'm six feet above ground."
"What are you doing here?"
"Money."
"How does it feel to know that four of these guys want to be on your cock right now?"
"Pretty good, I guess."
Moments later, a fat girl came running over.
"OMG! Andy! Andy!" It's my bachelorette party! Will you take off your underwear and give them to me?"
To which he doesn't reply, but merely sticks his hand down the front of his pants and within two minutes has managed to rip his underwear so that it appears to mimick the scene in Zoolander where Hansel wins the Walk Off. Andy triumphantly holds his underpants over his head with both hands, and the fat girl squeals,
"Can I have them? Please?"
And then she grabs them and wears them as a necklace.
Classic.
WHAAACCKKK!
It's Friday night and the bf & I got back to our room too late to get ready and out to a regular club on the strip. Â Soooo, we ended up at Drai's around 2am. Â Paid $20 for me and $30 for the bf to get in. Â
We walk in and they're playing crazy techno trance music...whatever the hell it's called. Â We go over to the bar and order a couple of drinks. Damn...$16 each + tip!? Â "Okay, okay...it's Vegas," I thought in my head.
We stood around in the hall overlooking the dancefloor. Â There were only about 10 people dancing that all looked like they tweekin' at some rave. Â All they were missing were some glowsticks, pacifiers, and beads! lol
I ask the bouncer if they are going to play some hip hop later or something and he tells me the hip hop room is in the back. Â I motion to my bf to come with me over there. Â Then, the bouncer tell me the hip hop room is free for ladies, but guys can only be in there if they're VIP (meaning BOTTLE SERVICE ONLY) Â How retarded is that!?
We're not going to pay an extra $300+ just to go into another room to listen/dance to hip hop music!!!!!!!!!! Â
$85 down the drain to spend an hour gawking at some tweekers and listening to what it seemed like the same song on continuous play...
I again say WHAAACCKKK!
(Also, I wish I could give this dumbass place ZERO stars!)
I suffered a major disappointment my first evening in Las Vegas. Â
Drai's no longer serves food. Â
I was led on all evening by stories of the delicious mac-n-cheese. Â Having determinedly shaken my booty all evening to justify the caloric intake, it was a devastating surprise to discover my friend's favorite after-hours club no longer served the tasty treat. Â In the showdown between smoking and food --- food lost.
Drai's made up for the disappointment with a decidedly lush bordello-style interior, friendly bouncers, nice bartenders, strong mojitos AND free seats in which to rest my overworked feet. Â It certainly helped that we were handed free entry coupons as we left the cab --- 'no cover' are two of the best words to hear together at a club. Â
The music was more trippy/trancy than anything else, but that was perfect for the time of night. Â The sparse crowd (we were there early for an after-hours club --- 2am) ran heavily to wannabe Euro-gigolos in big bug-eyed sunglasses but started to fill later with a cross section of late-night dwellers. Â It seemed like the kind of place where anything goes and nobody really cares. Â That's not quite as good as mac-n-cheese at 3am, but it comes close.
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