Gregg M.
Yelp
After a long week, the wife and I and a couple of other friends checked out Liquid Diet on a Friday night for some much-needed cocktails and were blown away by their creative concoctions. Liquid Diet had been on our to-do list since its opening, but our motivation reached critical mass once it was named one of Esquire's Best Bars of 2024. While not another speakeasy (thank God), Liquid Diet was without signage, tucked away in an alley in the Arts District, and easy to miss if you weren't looking for it. Once inside, it looked like a mashup between a professional restaurant kitchen and a mad scientist's lab that reminded me more than a little of the since-closed, iconic, NYC bar, Booker and Dax in both aesthetic and cocktails. Mind you, my one visit to Booker and Dax was over 10 years ago at the end of long night of food and drink so forgive me if my recollection is faulty.
The two bartenders who took care of our group at the bar were friendly and helpful in describing Liquid Diet's drink lineup and explaining some of the method to their madness. Between the four of us in our party, we ordered pretty much every alcoholic drink and shot on their menu sharing sips off each other's drink. As a result, I had a fairly comprehensive sampling of most of Liquid Diet's offerings. While I usually favor whiskey-based cocktails, Liquid Diet's creativity and skill were truly put on display with their drinks utilizing other base spirits. In a night full of home runs, the Pandan Key Lime Pie and Pico de Gallo Michelada were my favorites of the night.
There's no shortage of good places in Las Vegas to go for a cocktail. However, the list of GREAT places for a well-made, inspired, drink is much, much shorter. Add Liquid Diet to that very short list. I can't wait to get back there.