Bruno Mars has been performing in Las Vegas for years and has always wanted a place to throw parties when he’s in town: “A place that felt like my personal penthouse suite, with live music and sensational cocktails,” he says. So he teamed up with Yabu Pushelberg to make it happen at the Bellagio, where they recently pulled back the curtain on the Pinky Ring. Envisioned as a secluded experience separate from the casino floor’s lights and bustle, the 5,000-square-foot cocktail lounge takes cues from ‘70s-era decadence and museum architecture to forge a glamorous, speakeasy ambiance unlike anything else on the Strip.
Guests immediately venture down a mirrored hallway as a palette cleanser from the outside world before entering the main bar and lounge, which sits in front of a sunken conversation pit wrapped with wavy banquettes and dotted with chartreuse velvet armchairs. The downlit environs provide a suave setting to sip signature cocktails like the Hooligan (tequila, agave nectar, lime, jalapeño) and the Mars Mocha (chocolate rum, espresso, banana, sesame froth) as DJs spin vinyl throughout the night. Don’t expect to see much of the Pinky Ring on social media—phones are forbidden—but we don’t need to tell you about what happens in Vegas.
