Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas Unveils a Stylish Renovation

• Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas has launched two new bars as a part of a property-wide renovation.
• Peacock Alley, the model’s signature bar, serves afternoon tea and incorporates a sundial-inspired clock, a feather-shaped bar, and floor-to-ceiling home windows.
• The brand new Exhausting Shake is a contemporary cocktail lounge with a sturdy mixology program, mild bites, and panoramic views of the Las Vegas Strip.
• In 2023, the lodge additionally renovated its 392 visitor rooms and relocated the foyer and entrance desk to the bottom flooring.

Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas, named the most effective lodge in Sin Metropolis in 2024 by Journey + Leisure readers, continues its multimillion-dollar transformation with the current unveiling of two new bars on the resort’s renovated twenty third flooring.

The addition of Peacock Alley, the model’s signature bar and assembly place, and the debut of Exhausting Shake, a lounge expertise the place craft cocktails are loved with lengthy views and direct sightlines down the Las Vegas Strip, mark the completion of one other main section of a property-wide redesign.

“These are two distinct experiences with a nod to Hollywood glamour,” Waldorf Astoria Las Vegas lodge supervisor Robert Jenny informed T+L of the Rockwell Group-designed areas.

“Each Waldorf [Astoria hotel] has their very own interpretation for the clock,” Jenny defined, referring to the signature timepiece in each Peacock Alley bar. “We took inspiration from our location. We have now 320 days of solar, so naturally, a sundial was our inspiration. It’s somewhat sense of place that takes up all the wall whenever you come off the elevator.”

The feather-shaped bar is topped by a glass cover, whereas a close-by customized clear-glass mild fixture hangs delicately over the lounge among the many muted blue couches and particular person seats.

Right here, you’ll discover friends having fun with afternoon tea—a set of finger sandwiches, scones, and pastries with the resort’s very personal particular blended teas, resembling The Showgirl, a passionfruit and vanilla black tea, and The Meadows, a crisp, refreshing inexperienced tea infused with lemongrass.

“There’s a sure magnificence surrounding afternoon tea,” Jenny stated. “It’s been so well-liked that we expanded the seating capability so we might accommodate the rising demand. It’s such a serene, lovely area above the fray of the Strip.”

Come dusk, consideration turns to the brand new Exhausting Shake cocktail lounge, accented by artwork decor motifs. Tucked into the previous SkyBar area, the glitzy, trendy lounge is all concerning the cocktail. The title itself, Exhausting Shake, comes from a stylized three-point shaking method pioneered by Japanese bartender Kazuo Uyeda through which the mixologist rolls and folds the components within the shaker with exact actions. Signature cocktails like The Katana, crafted with Hibiki Concord whisky with house-spiced Drambuie and a touch of pecan bitters, might be paired with mild bites and loved with views of the neon-lit Strip.

“All the things we’ve completed,” Jenny explains, “all of the small touches, whether or not it’s the cocktails, tea picks, or the design itself, is supposed to attract individuals collectively and provides them an area to assemble and alternate tales.”

The lodge’s renovation began in 2023 with a floor-to-ceiling redesign of all 392 visitor rooms, together with 57 suites, upgrades to the lodge’s assembly and occasion area, and the relocation of the foyer and entrance desk to the bottom flooring.