Gigolo at The Vanderpump Hotel: Dark, Moody, Intimate

Black velvet banquettes. Deep red chandelier shades. A 62-inch resin statue of Lisa Vanderpump’s late Pomeranian standing at the center of the room. A martini for two with an oversized olive-stuffed skewer. A locked vault where you can whisper a secret into a tiny envelope. Gigolo is the most intimate room Vanderpump has ever built on the Strip, and it opened inside her own hotel this past May.

Moody, Sultry, and Named After Giggy

Gigolo opened May 29, 2026, inside The Vanderpump Hotel at 3595 S Las Vegas Blvd, occupying the space formerly known as Bound Bar, next to the hotel’s check-in area and directly across from Caesars Sportsbook. It is the latest cocktail destination imagined by Lisa Vanderpump and, unlike her earlier Strip venues, it is deeply personal. The lounge is named in honor of Vanderpump’s late Pomeranian, Gigolo, affectionately known as Giggy, whose memory inspired the creation of The Vanderpump Dog Foundation, an organization that has helped pass animal cruelty laws and saved more than 3,000 dogs in California alone, with thousands more aided worldwide.

“A dark, sultry space with a wink and plenty of sexy undertones,” is how Vanderpump describes the room. “Creating a bar in his honor has always been a dream of mine. He has meant so much to us and to so many others.” The centerpiece of the 50-seat space is a 62-inch-tall resin statue of Giggy, positioned as the visual and emotional anchor of the entire lounge.

The Design: Dark, Detailed, and Deliberately Different From Her Other Venues

Gigolo represents a sharp turn from the bright, pink-accented, Instagram-built aesthetic of Vanderpump Cocktail Garden at Caesars Palace, which opened in 2019. Where that venue plays bright and social, Gigolo runs the opposite playbook: darker, moodier, and more intimate. Deep red chandelier shades, black velvet banquettes, black-and-red carpet, refined crystal lighting, red roses, and brass accents define the space throughout. A circular bar with gaming positions sits at the center of the room, giving guests the option to play while they drink, a detail that ties the lounge directly into its casino-adjacent location.

The room seats 50 and functions as both an intimate social lounge and a private event space, positioned to complement The Vanderpump Hotel’s broader event offerings. It is a fundamentally different kind of room than a Strip megaclub. There is no dance floor, no DJ booth built for spectacle. Gigolo is built for conversation, for lingering, for the kind of evening where the room itself is part of the draw.

What to Order

The drink menu at Gigolo carries the same wink and sexy undertones that define the room. The Talk Dirty To Me is a martini for two, served with an oversized skewer stuffed with olives as a shared garnish, designed specifically for couples or close friends splitting a drink together. The Slow Burn is a blackberry-flavored Old Fashioned smoked with hickory. The Hush Hush is the most interactive drink on the menu: ordering it requires writing a secret on a tiny piece of paper, sealing it in an envelope, and locking it into the Vanderpump Vault built into the lounge, a genuinely memorable bit of theater for a first visit.

Vanderpump loyalists will also find her established classics on the menu, including the Pumptini, the Pump and Bump, the Giggy Tonic, and Vanderpump’s own signature wines. Gigolo is cocktail-forward rather than food-focused, though a few snack options are available including a platter of elegant bar bites and a caviar service. For a full meal, GIADA is inside The Vanderpump Hotel, and Pinky’s by Vanderpump is a short walk away at Flamingo Las Vegas.

One Hotel, Three Venues, All Vanderpump

Gigolo is one piece of a larger move: Vanderpump did not simply open a bar on the Strip, she put her name on an entire hotel. The Vanderpump Hotel, the rebranded former Cromwell at the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road directly across from Caesars Palace, holds 188 guest rooms including 21 suites, a 40,010-square-foot casino, Gigolo, and The Bar at The Vanderpump Hotel positioned at the center of the casino floor. GIADA anchors the culinary side of the property. For anyone already familiar with Vanderpump Cocktail Garden at Caesars Palace or Pinky’s by Vanderpump at Flamingo, Gigolo represents the most personal and design-forward room she has built in Las Vegas to date, and the fact that it lives inside her own hotel gives it a different weight than her earlier Strip venues.

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