text: I am stunned this place is getting stars consistently Let me be the first to tarnish its nearperfect rating with a medeocre but unbiased review nnThe Artisan is not bad We went on a First Friday the night when all the arty nightcrawlers come out There was a generoussized crowd there making it rather difficult to get a drink Luckily we knew a cocktail wench that works there and got a comped round even though she totally burned one of our buddies and totally stole all his shit but that is a different review different day This was the first time I have ever been and I have heard friends say they have been when they were just about the only party there nnValet is a requirement Unless you want to park in the lot of the adjacent with the Will tow at owners expense signs all over the place nnThis place is like Narnia kind of hard to find Come from the west side of Sahara and turn right onto Highland Otherwise I do not know what to say nnThe decor is pretty garish They have all of these prints of Da Vincis Degas Renoirs whatever all done up in these guilded frames Which is not a bad thing if it were not for the fact that the walls were densly packed with these things nnThey did some innovative things with decor it was not all that bad nnThe DJ was on fire though He was the big redeeming point about the place nnThe place is not suitable for large parties as there was like eight of us nnAs shwag as it was I thought it was odd that they had ESPN on the monitors nnI will give the Artisan credit for being different from the rest of Vegas Even though it is kind of the dark side of Roccoco nnIn all fairness I have not checked out the rest of the hotel so I could not give a thourough review All we saw was the lounge and the mens bathrooms for a hot minute while we banged in the stalls jk It was more like two hot minutes