I started this review in June after I went to Daylight on EDC weekend, and never finished. So it's a super late post. But my feelings are still the same. Don't go here. Don't. Even if you're staying at Mandalay and it seems "convenient". It's not. You'll regret it. You wait in line and then wait in line again and then get charged way too much for everything you want to buy. We bought pre-sale tickets, thank goodness, so we didn't have to wait in the massive line. Our pre-sale tickets were $50 (for females). I asked my sister why they were $50. What do I get for my $50? I guess a DJ and a 21+ atmosphere? Take this review with a grain of salt, it was EDC weekend, so maybe on a normal weekend the lines and crowd aren't THAT bad??? We waited for about 40 minutes to get a drink. It's a mob of bodies surrounding the bar trying to do the same thing you're doing, so good luck. We both agreed to get a strong drink to make up for the amount of time we waited and would have to wait again. So, in true Las Vegas fashion, we order two long island ice teas. Go ahead and judge, it's fine. This drink was suitable for the environment, trust me. So being the big sister, I tell little sister that I will get this round! Don't worry about it! The not friendly at all bartender fills our big plastic sippy cups to the top with ice, fills the cup with an unimpressive amount of booze considering it's a Long Island, and then says "That will be 80 bucks". Crickets chirp in my brain. I blink my eyes. My surroundings fade away. Old lady Liz says to me "Did she just say 80 dollars? Did this woman just ask me for $80 for these two long islands? Did I just wait in a line, to wait in a 40 minute line, to be charged EIGHTY DOLLARS for two ice filled long islands?" And then the bass from the DJ kicks back in, I remember that I am being shoved from all sides, sigh a big sigh, and hand her my sad little debit card, soon to be pillaged for 80 something dollars. Out $130 so far, I decide we should make the best of it. We go to the front where the DJ is spinning and dance our little hearts away. Whoever the DJ was that day, he gets 5 stars. He played great music. If your income is substantial and you get a cabana, where you can actually find shade and have drinks brought to you, thus avoiding the horrible bar scenario, you will probably have fun. But if you are an average person, and arrive sober, you will probably hate it. If you go, at least show up with alcohol pumping though you so that you wont mind the high prices and long bar waits. In my case, I just won't be doing this again.

negative

Food was decent. Service was pretty crappy. Waited like half an hour for them to bring breadsticks and other stuff, and they forgot my drink for about that long too. And couldn't they have brought out the soup earlier while we were waiting for salad or whatever? Scoop it out from a huge pot? So lame. Yeah I'd write more about it but it's not worth the energy.

negative

Yay! Now they have a better Happy Hour and a Reverse Happy Hour! Another plus for this place! So far some of the bands we have loved What Laura Says, Bill Dutcher, Delcoa, Easton Ashe, CowBoy Junkies (of course) Matt Schoefeld... and a few others great atmosphere and service with good food organic food supporting local vendors which is always nice.

positive

Whenever my girlfriends and I need to go to HH we always choose Ra. They have a BIG HH menu and it goes until 7 which is the latest Ive found. After dinner there is still time to shop around at the stores. It is a great spot and can get busy but they will take reservations which is a huge plus for organizing a successful Happy Hour. The food is always great and we never have to wait too long for our food.
positive