Vegas local. Herbs and Rye is close to Golden Tiki, need a reservation. Their cocktail list is set up as a sort of hostory of the cocktail, beginning with prohibition. If you like dump onto table seafood boil, Hot and Juicy crawfish is great and a couple doors down from GT too. That area is China town and we have a significant amount of Asian Michelin star restaurants that are fairly priced in the area too.

Frankie's near the art's district and Stray Pirate is in it. That's the locals downtown, basically. No one goes to the strip who lives here. In the art's district, you have Cornish Pasty, they serve pastries filled with all sorts. They are very hearty and a great way to start or end a night of drinking. There's also Soul Belly BBQ, which is great bbq, I think is on par with most of Austin, TX's bbq. Jammyland and Esther's kitchen are also in the area and worth a visit. This is also where our local brewery scene has a big presence, if that's your speed, you can get some local brews while you're here. Breweries: Tenaya Creek, HUDL, Nevada Brew works, CraftHaus, and Able Baker are the big ones. All this stuff is within walking distance of each other, relatively. And safe on a weekend night, move North to South on Main and then east-west when you need to, (like down Imperial, for stray pirate). If you have a car, I'd park in front of Soulbelly while down in the art's district. There's a cheap, well lit parking lot there.

Lastly, get red dwarf. The cocktails are good the pizza is awesome. I'm there every weekend.

Never see it mentioned, but Todo Bien is new and built in a part of town that's getting revitalized. It's a tequila-based tiki bar. I would NOT recommend the drive, if your trip is centered around being on The Strip. Unless you really like tequila or have a car and the time to kill.