Drai’s After Hours

I even work in the industry here in Vegas– and hands down this is the WORST club in town. Sure the décor is pretty and they have a nice line they keep outside just to make it look like they’re busy… However, their staff is rude and customer service does not exist, what-​so-​ever. They don’t care you’re coming to their club, so don’t bother going. I will not even go back to visit my good friend DJ there after yet again another pitiful experience with their staff.

Staff treat people like animals in slaughterhouse. Very rude security. Especially Edd security manager and Mike one of security staff. If you have any self respect do not even enter. Hotel security claims they don’t have any control over the club security. Technically security of the club has power to even insult you. You are not even allowed to complain.

Had the night of my life end here, after almost $ 60,000 in bottle service and tables the whole night we end up in drai’s with Girls we don’r even know partying our faces of and whoes next to us winding down after the club its calvin harris and diplo with all theses girl partying do 8 more bottles and still dont’ have the time or what the fuck is going on but it was a blast. If you are scared of lines and don’t know how to talk up bouncers or the club don’t even try it. I’m in my 30’s but i still held it down with all the models, in the club. Ie: MORE Champaigne. BEST AFTER HOURS IN VEGAS

Horrible experience at Drai’s after hours! Poor customer service and treatment by staff! With so many options in Vegas Drai’s has some work to do! I would never return or recommend this club to anyone!

This was EXACTLY what I needed after a night of listening to EDM. EDM is taking over majority of clubs now a days, & I’m so glad my friend found this place. There’s two rooms, a main room for EDM & the hip hop room, which is small & full of tables. The dance area is pretty small but that doesn’t stop the dancers from dancing! The whole club flashes red lights & the AC is turned on full blast so it never got too stuffy in there. The place is mainly catered to women & the men have a hard time coming in… Especially inside the hip hop room (which had a bouncer). BTW: $ 20 cover for women & not sure about the men. The music takes you back in time & plays Bay music as well! I felt at home! Definitely will be back!

Not in my 20s anymore but I can still hang with the after hours crowd. Line was super quick and drinks are cheaper than the vegas club going rate. Believe it was about $ 12 a drink in a larger than normal glass. Two rooms, one with edm and one with hip hop. Now I love edm and I go to mainly edm clubs but their edm room music was kinda wack when I was in it for a couple of minutes. I spent vast majority of the time in the hip hop room and the dj was on point. Lots of hits from the late 90s and 2000s which are considered throwbacks nowadays I suppose. Great music in the hip hop room to dance to. Also lots of places for sitting or perching for the ladies. The bar is spacious. Crowd is meh. Left the place and the sun was out.

I left Drai’s Beach Club so I could go into Drai’s After Hours and I had the bracelet to get in.
Here comes the issue… What you see in the pictures is what is only allowed in the club. Only chicks that look like models (nothing wrong with that) but if you don’t look like that DON’T BOTHER TRYING TO GET IN unless you BUY your way in & you’re looking at $ 100+ just for an after hours spot.
The bouncers & main man Spencer were arrogant pricks & assholes. Worst customer service ever. I like to club but not at places like this. Get over yourself its a job not a career.

I love me some after hours music! I’ve gone to Drai’s before its renovation and the interior still looked the same — just cleaner. The club is located at the back corner of the Cromwell, apart from the Drai’s Nightclub and Beachclub.
They open at 1AM and close around 10AM (sometimes even later). It starts to get packed around 5−6AM since the nightclubs end around 4AM. There’s a house room and a hiphop room on the side. The crowd is diverse, the music is bumping, and if you prefer bottle service — there’s plenty of tables to choose from throughout the club.
There is usually always cover for both males and females. We bribed the bouncer to line cut and the ladies were able to walk in for free while the guys paid the cover charge. We didn’t have any issue with dress code — everybody was dressed differently, from dressy to trendy to casual. If you still want to continue to get your party on after the nightclubs close, Drai’s is the spot to go to.

4 stars for being open at such a late hour!
due to needing recovery naptime after clubbing at encore beach all day, our party missed guestlist for basically every other club so we decide to walk over to Drais after hours which is open all night!
Cover :$ 20 for ladies, $ 50 for guys, Free for me and my party of all females going up to the bouncer when he asked for a group of ladies
atmosphere: loungy, a little stuffy with low ceilings
music: EDM in one room, hip hop in the other. the hip hop DJ reused the same playlist, which was pretty sad, we left shortly thereafter
Overall a generally good time, especially when other venues are not an option due to closing times

This is the first one star review I ever written on Unilocal.Guess the worst club in LV goes to drais after hours.
They discriminate against asians. Me and my girlfriend are the only asian girls in line. And they didn’t let us in. We waited for over 30 minutes and no one gave a sh-​t about us. Seriously, we are the minority and I felt discriminated against because they don’t even give us the attention. They would let 9 other girls in who just got in line when we’ve been in line forever. We decided to wait until we finally got to the front of the line, and still no one came to accommodate us. would not come here again because I honestly feel disrespected. At least don’t leave two small girls hanging there confused and rejected.
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So I was really pissed about the whole experience while waiting in line and observing everything… So the above review was done under the influence of alcohol. I would like to really comment on the issues sober lol.
So waited in line for a really long time. A bouncer came over and asked us how many girls and guys. We answered and he simply said «wait» and walked away. After about 20 minutes of waiting, I already see the same bouncer letting in a LOT of people. We attempted to ask other bouncers what was going on and how long we had to wait for, they simply walked past us and continued to let other people inside.
Finally, we waited until we were actually in front of the line. Then a bouncer came and talked about how much we have to pay… yada yada… I had a very angry thought in my head… which secretly screams «why the f did you NOT tell us that when we were in line? You gotta wait until we have waited 40 minutes in line and when we have finally REACHED the front!?» They honestly cannot take like 30 seconds of their time to notify us of the charges (they were crazy charges, not to mention that it’s not even a high end club).
Drais after hours is just… not worth it guys. Go home happy, drunk, and party comfortably in your hotel rooms. Unless you have the money to pay the bouncers to let you in… Let’s just say… a pretty rachet club. Or you can go if you simply wanna get pissed off. They certainly will do well at Pissing you off.

Drai’s after hours is the best especially since it closes at 10am. I had planned to go to Tao this night but after walking the strip all day I needed a nap and didnt wake back up until 3am. Good thing Drai’s stays open til 10am because Tao closed at 4. So basically I woke up and went to drai’s.
They had the best dj ever saturday feb 20^th in the hiphop section. I fell in love with him. Played the best music ever and it all flowed together. He played new hip hop old school reggae everything. Cant wait to go back
One con is getting in they try to be like studio 54 in the 70’s and only let you in if you know someone or are cute or if they just feel like it. I think its dumb being that everyone will pay the same amount. My friend had to curse the bouncer out for him to let us in

Drais after hours is not only the icon for after hours in Vegas, but has newly been renovated. Club opens at 2 am because it is an after hours club. It’s a great spot to keep the party going if you have been partying all night and just want some more!
The ambience is sweet, and the open format keeps it live in there. They play everything so you get a mix in the music. No huge artists, but when you come they have great DJ’s. It’s an after hours club so the concept is some what minimal.
If your going to go you wanna do VIP table and bottle service. They fill up quick so make sure to get a reservation. Text or call Rich 702−756−7251 for table reservations or Guestlist. It’s a must stop spot for your Vegas adventure.

If only no stars were an option.
If you’re a group of girls this might be your place, but if you’re a mixed crowd (even if the ratio of your group is mostly females,) just party in your room or find some place else. I took my girlfriend and some friends here last night and immediately started recognizing the hustle.
Sure there’s a cover charge, but if you want to be acknowledged by the door man you have to tip an obscene amount. That being said we gave the guy a hundred dollars expecting for our small group to get in, but once we got past the first guy there was another guy with his hand out. He said the girls could get in free but the 3 guys including myself had to pay a cover. Whatever.
So we’re finally inside, and there’s this creepy music from the first Blade movie playing, in a dim lit red area, with barely any people. We find out there’s another side that plays hip hop and top 40. We get there and there’s another bouncer, guess what? He wants us to pay another cover charge, but our girls could get in free.
There were clearly payed models in there, and we weren’t about to get hustled again. I don’t blame the sleazy people who work there I blame the establishment itself for painting Vegas as exactly the kind of place you’d expect, a cesspool of scammers. I don’t even write reviews but If I can spare one person the waste of time or headache I’ll have done my job.

My friend and I loved this place. The lights and the music were ON POINT! It wasn’t super crowded, but the music and the vibes were so awesome that it didn’t matter! We got in through a promoter last minute and the line was not long when we got there around 12:30am.
I definitely would hit this place up 100% before other venues in Vegas. The DJ wasn’t a famous DJ but he was awesome and really engaged the crowd. The crowd was also pretty chill and nice at Drais which I enjoyed.

This club is a JOKE. They are unprofessional, unorganized and rude. Let me start by saying that I’m a Vegas local and in the night life industry. That said I know how this SHOULD work. Last night (and for the remainder of the weekend) Drais’ is promoting a Superhero themed costume contest. Up to $ 200K in cash and prizes. Sounds great, right? We thought so too. The sole purpose of us attending this party was for my boyfriend to enter into the Superhero Themed contest.
Upon arrival to the Cromwell, the security guard would not allow my boyfriend to enter the casino with any props for his costume. We’re talking about PLASTIC swords and a light up toy gun. I can almost justify against the toy gun, but the swords made the whole outfit. We should have turned around and left right then but we figured we’d give them the benefit of the doubt.
As we’re walking into the club, we see 4 other guests with props and even worse, we see one of Drais’ employees wearing the exact same swords that my boyfriend wasn’t allowed to bring in. Again, we should have left.
We get inside, go sign up my boyfriend for the contest, they take his photo and hand us a copy of the rules. I have OCD so I read through the rules and saw that the 1^st round would begin at 12am and final round at 12:45am. We must have asked 6 different employees where the contest participants needed to gather and finally we found someone who directed us outside.
We proceeded to wait from 11:30pm until 1:45am before someone came around to the contestants. At this time, the guy is carrying a few contest entry forms and numbers. I asked him if I could get my boyfriend’s participant number. This is where it gets good. This guy proceeds to tell me that the 1^st round of the contest has already been completed and my boyfriend wasn’t qualified. Excuse me? This so-​called contest was supposed to start 2 HOURS ago and we’ve been standing around this entire time just to be told that wasn’t how it was going to work. He also tells me that the rules that THEY handed me were inaccurate. Those rules were intended only for a Sexiest Heroine Contest. As you can clearly see from the copy of the rules, no where does it state that, not to mention that you handed it to us upon entering.
After going in circles with this kid, he insists that he will make good on it tomorrow but right now he was on a time constraint to get the participants up to the stage. Are you serious? We have been waiting for 2 ½ hours for absolutely nothing and now you suddenly have a timeline for the contest? I don’t think so.
Customer Service 101 — Don’t let the customer leave angry. Well I’m more than angry and now I’ve made it my mission to let everyone know.
I’d also like to point out that there were only 4 or 5 contestants for the Superhero Themed contest. Maybe they expected more and decided to skip the preliminary round and just do the final judging. NOPE! They had already selected the winner (The Hulk, by the way) so they weren’t in fact having a legit contest. They had picked the winner at the beginning of the night and just let everyone else stand there for over 2 hours, maybe so their half empty club would actually look full.
The so-​called «judging» categories were Originality, Creativity, Complexity and Design. Someone please tell me what is original, creative, complex or an interesting design about a Hulk costume? What an absolute JOKE. Then the kid tells us that other people worked really hard on their costumes, implying that my boyfriend hadn’t. He actually put a lot of time, effort and creativity into his REAL Superhero costume. He was Dead Pool by the way. Oh yeah and then the kid tries to say that the other guy who was a Transformer didn’t qualify either. Really? You’re saying that a costume that ISN’T a Superhero didn’t qualify for the Superhero contest? Shocker. Don’t have a themed contest if you don’t even understand the definition of what a Superhero is. Just because a character had a comic book, doesn’t mean they’re a Superhero. Archie had a comic book too.
This whole experience was complete crap. Expecting a night club to act professionally, follow the rules and care about customer service is apparently asking too much.

Getting woken up at 5am to go to a club is different so i got up quick showered and headed here with 5 other guys. $ 30 for guys, and $ 20 for girls. unless you know someone. Anyways theres a big room playing edm and then theres a separate room playing hip-​hop (yes!) but we were told we had to pay an extra $ 20…wtf… thank goodness one of the boys flirted with a cocktail waitress and she got us in easily… i guess we could’ve waited 20 min because they got rid of the ropes! You see all types of people in vegas! The ones that you know got the money and those that just kick it with that group and fake it till they make it! hahaha
It was crazy that you see so many people openly selling eachother drugs and with all the security in the room they do nothing about it.
Great experience but sonot my crowd.

I loveee Drai’s, the music they play here is alot funner to dance to compared to Artisan (the other after hours club)
My friends and I came here around 4:30am on a Thursday night, and there were about 20 ppl waiting to get inside, the line situation was a bit confusing but being girls we just kinda walked right in, Girls are usually $ 20, and Guys are $ 30, but I am sure that there are some kind of guestlist you could get on. I would not pay that much for this club because they don’t usually bring in any top DJs.
The interior is red and black and plenty of dark corners for people to sneak into, they also had another smaller room with tables available but it wasn’t open that night.
The DJ played a great mix of hip hop, R&B, all music that was great to dance to, sometimes you do get sick of EDM.
Drink prices are the usual Vegas prices.
The crowd also had a great mix of people, we ended up staying till 6.
You should definitely come here if the club you were at has closed, and you still have the urge to party. I’d suggest you to put yourself on the guestlist beforehand just in case so you don’t have to pay the cover charge though.

Its 1AM or beyond and you’re still drunk. You’re ready to party, find more adventures, but get shuffled out of the club you’re in. Where do you go? Drai’s After Hours is definitely one option.
First off, Drai’s After Hours is not the same as Drai’s Nightclub. The After Hours location is actually in an elevator that leads below the Cromwell. Look for it near the front entrance of the Cromwell. Without being on the guestlist, it is $ 20 for girls and $ 30 for guys — at least on the Friday I went. The club opens at 1AM and closes… around 10−11AM depending on the crowd/​mood.
So when you come, unless you want to look at the décor and have a really chill talk with your friend or the bartender/​staff, come around 2:30AM-3:30AM as its very, very quiet before. Beware though as the closer you come around that period — the longer that line becomes. Once it hits that time though, the place is pretty active. There are two sections — a house music section and a hip-​hop section. The house music is what you’ll see first most likely while the hip-​hop section is down near the restrooms. Funny enough, the hip hop section was busier (and eventually closed off to guys) as the night went on.
The décor is quite different and cool. For a first-​timer, I was quite surprised — everything has a very dark red hue with lamps and a library feel. The crowd is also very different — you’ll get a mix of veterans that frequent the place as well as very drunk (but mostly friendly) clientele — each with their own funny story for why they’re down there. The bartenders are also super cool (drinks are normally priced — around $ 10+ for most drinks).
The atmosphere is so different from the other Vegas nightclubs as the night wears on but again, if you’re that party animal or just wanting to people watch and see something a bit different, the After Hours club is definitely interesting for any Vegas-​goers.

U.S.A. you were born to rage, so come on!
Hawaiian shirts, express shirts, t-​shirts, hoodies, jean shorts, chuck taylors, flats — no problem. Drai’s After Hours has to be the most casual club that I’ve ever been to. Don’t get me wrong, I saw some sharp outfits that night, but frumpy casual attire was the theme.
It starts getting lively at around 3:30am and it starts to die out at around 7am. Trust me, you don’t want to be that fool leaving at 8−9am. It’s such a trip leaving the dark and red basement club and taking the elevator up to exit. Right when the elevator doors open you’re struck with bright sunshine and lights. Then you think to yourself, OMG we’ve been partying all night! What time is it? No really. Wait… What day is it? Lol. Wow.
The staff, (for the most part) were on top of their game here! All of the bouncers we interacted with were helpful and professional. I watched the security and ushers patrolling the club, scan continually for people that couldn’t hang and they were on top of it — they were also professional and not at all rude. Also the bussers worked crazy hard all night — wiping, cleaning, and mopping up any spills instantly. I rarely see clubs put that much effort into keeping the club pristine during the event. Plus the bottle service girls were sweet and friendly. They didn’t make us feel pressured to buy anything, just kept checking on us to make sure we were good.
Though, I can’t speak for the bartenders behind the bar, a lot of them were bitchy. Some bartenders offered us free iced waters in glass cups, but when we asked for water for our DD, a few bartenders bitched about it, trying to force us to buy bottled waters for $ 5. No thanks lady. No tip for you.
My favorite part about this club is the ample amount of comfy seating. It’s first come first serve, but you can sit at any of the bottle service plush leather couches (all night) until someone buys the table. Also, the restroom attendant has anything you can think of ever needing in the club: Altoids, gum, all brands of perfume, body spray, new hair ties, seriously everything (perfect for those that have been out all night partying, girl, refresh yoself!) — Just be sure to tip her.
I’ll let you in on a little secret. The pros weigh out all of the cons here. This place is perfect for the serious night owl.
Pros;
— Cheap cover– $ 20 women $ 30 men
— Located in the basement of the swanky Cromwell Casino and Boutique Hotel (we call it a mini Cosmopolitan)
— Casual attire
— Ins and outs
— Well ventilated– they crank that A.C. up on full blast in there
— No wait for the women’s bathrooms
— Staff are on top of keeping it clean and pristine
— Very comfy plush leather seats
— Perfect for big groups of friends
— Intimate environment
— Very diverse crowd
— 2 rooms: hip hop room (top 40 remixes, underground) and EDM house room (DJ did a really good job keeping up the energy all night)
— Quality bass sound system throughout the club
— Friendly bouncers/​staff
— Lively all the way up until 7am! :x
Cons;
— $ 5 waters, $ 10 coke, $ 10 beers
— Red lighting throughout was a little rough on the eyes
— Underground basement and not that spacious.
— No cell phone service– make sure to connect to the Cromwell free Wi-​Fi
— Bottle Service Tables take up most of the club — so barely any room to dance

This was the first time I’d visited Drai’s AfterHours since it moved from Bill’s Casino. The set up was pretty much the same, minus the dark stairwell to enter. It still has that dark, sultry feel to it, which is part of the appeal. The front room is EDM/​house music, and the back room was hip hop. I don’t even know what time this place closes– my friends said that they stayed till about 8am!
At the time we visited, the EDM room was pretty empty, but the hip hop room was definitely full and jumping! The DJ was great and kept everyone dancing. The line was crazy when we arrived at 3, and when I left at 5:00 (I couldn’t keep going with my friends), it was even crazier! I had made a promise to myself that I was going to beat the sun home, and even though it was light outside when I pulled into the garage, the sun wasn’t out– so I win!