text: This might sound brash but for a city built on an excess to the senses you have to execute things wellnnAnd the Cosmopolitan to me is the name of my favorite drink and is one of the newest hotels on the Strip that I kept hearing about So I wanted to see it for myselfnnThe styling in the hotel fits me well I was awed and noted a lot of the little details they infused into the place It was like Tom Ford had a party with David Bowie and then did drugs with maybe Christian Dior or Diane von Furstenberg Just very cool modern with touches of glamour everywherennHowever a few detrimental notesnnThe Chandelier was hyped up to me but once I was inside it it lost its lustre Yes you are a sitting in a place strewn with crystals but I expected a little more It also did not do them well that once sat it took about minutes to be noticed And this is while everyone is waiting in line at Marquee on a Saturday night So needless to say first impression of service BLEWnnThe signature Cosmopolitan sucked And for it being the name I expected something out of it It is like Carrie Bradshaw took a big weewee in my glass nnWhile styled well the hotel might have been planned out more than what it should have been Everything was packed in so tight and it made for a bit of claustrophobia You could not see where you were going when you walked in and about Best design element that struck a chord were the video walls in the lobby Those fascinated me the mostnnCrowd was okay it tasted like LA walking through here There was so many LBDs or little black dresses to you that it looked like Herve Leger took a big shit on the placennBottom line lies in the execution For paying good money you still need to be seamlessly good and the Cosmopolitan failed at that point just on the surface It still holds my curiosity at this point but it would not be my first choice to come back to when staying in Vegas I do not think