Once upon a time, bartenders knew how to make drinks.... My friends and I were going into the Mirage to see "LOVE" and were approached by a promoter of the little lounge "King Ink" which is right near the entrance. We were told "free entry for girls and guys + open bar until 12am". Although skeptical of the "free entry" part, we decided to hit it up after our show. Of course, "free entry" turned into "reduced entry" for everyone. We still went in... Too bad there were only 2 bartenders in the entire place, and on top of that, one was doing "tricks" half the time (ie, throwing a bottle up, and catching it--wooooo). Now, although the lack of staff was in play, that still didn't make my final judgement of the place. The drinks had no alcohol. Thank you for the cranberry juice. So basically "open bar" means free cranberry juice, or tonic, or whatever you prefer (as long as it's not alcohol). The place is pretty small, being that it is a lounge, and kind of weird that it's attached to the tattoo removal place and has jewelry that is for sale in display cases around the place (which would I guess make it kind of cool in a different way...), if not for the other factors we faced. Like I said, it's little too small and packed to be a chill lounge or to be super fun, in my opinion. Plus, "open bar" or not, it gets annoying waiting at the bar for a million years for a lousy virgin beverage because only 2 people are manning the bar. IN CONCLUSION: This place pulled the classic "bait and switch"...promised free entry and an open bar...but when we get to the place it's 1) reduced entry cover 2) open bar--BUT, sorry we only have 2 bartenders for a busy ass lounge that take their time doing strange tricks and PS you are not getting alcohol with your "open bar"--nice try. PASS!
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