#18 in Top 20 Las Vegas for a Bachelor Party · ★★★★
The Vanderpump Hotel (formerly The Cromwell)
The boutique Center Strip base, now reborn under Lisa Vanderpump.
The boutique Center Strip base, now reborn under Lisa Vanderpump.
The verdict: The Vanderpump Hotel, formerly The Cromwell, is the boutique Center Strip base on this list, best for a small, style-minded group that wants walkability over an on-site megaclub. Its rooftop Drai's era is over; the draw now is 188 redesigned rooms, the Soleia pool and GIADA, steps from the Strip's biggest venues.
"The corner opposite Caesars Palace has not moved, and neither has the appeal of a 188-room boutique in the dead centre of the Strip. What has changed is what is on the roof: the resident megaclub is gone, and in its place is a calmer, prettier pool that asks you to walk to the party rather than ride an elevator to it."
Scored on our six-point framework and revised for the 2026 rebrand. See our methodology for how the criteria are weighted.
Because location and boutique scale still make it one of the easiest small-group bases on the Strip, even after the rebrand changed everything else. The property that opened in 2014 as The Cromwell, the Strip's first true boutique hotel with just 188 rooms, reopened on June 11, 2026 as The Vanderpump Hotel, with interiors reworked by Lisa Vanderpump in her industrial-romantic style. It keeps the corner it always had, at Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road, directly opposite Caesars Palace and a short walk from Bellagio and the Cosmopolitan. For a bachelor group, that dead-centre position is the asset: almost every major club, restaurant and casino sits within a five to ten minute walk. It earns its number eighteen rank in our Top 20 Las Vegas for a bachelor party list on that walkability and its small, easy-to-coordinate scale, with the rebrand and the loss of the on-site megaclub the reason it sits low rather than high.
The honest headline is that the reason many groups once booked The Cromwell, the resident rooftop Drai's, no longer exists here. That changes who this hotel is for. It is now a strong pick for a smaller group of four to six who want a stylish, central place to sleep and pre-game, and who are happy to walk to the clubs; it is the wrong pick for a big group that wanted a dayclub and nightclub in the same building they slept in.
Book a suite for a group of four to six; the Vanderpump redesign puts its best foot forward in the larger categories. The 188 rooms and suites are all new inside as of 2026, with custom furnishings and lighting from Vanderpump's design line, and the boutique count means the whole property is easy to move around, from room to pool to street. For a bachelor group, a suite gives you a shared living area to gather before heading out, which matters more at a small hotel than a marginal view upgrade. Ask for a higher floor facing Las Vegas Boulevard for the classic Strip outlook, and confirm the exact bedding and occupancy when you book, since the boutique rooms are not built for cramming six people into a standard.
One practical note for groups: because the hotel is small, connecting rooms and same-floor blocks go quickly on peak weekends. If your group wants to stay together, book early and ask the reservations team to note the block rather than assuming it can be arranged at check-in.
Treat the location as the plan. Book a table at GIADA for the group's arrival dinner, use the Soleia rooftop pool for a low-key first afternoon, then walk to the bigger clubs at Caesars, the Cosmopolitan and Bellagio, all five to ten minutes away. If your group specifically wants a resident dayclub in-house, look at a larger resort on this list instead, because that is the one thing this address no longer offers.
The on-site scene is smaller and more design-led than it was, anchored by a rooftop pool rather than a megaclub. Soleia is the reworked 65,000-square-foot rooftop space, eleven storeys above the Strip, with cabanas, daybeds and ambient music instead of a full EDM dayclub, so it reads as a stylish pool-and-event terrace rather than a party engine. For dining, GIADA, Giada De Laurentiis' Italian restaurant, stayed open right through the rebrand and still handles the hotel's room service, and it remains the standout table on the property. New bars include The Bar at The Vanderpump Hotel and the Gigolo cocktail lounge, a 50-seat room named after Vanderpump's late Pomeranian, with velvet banquettes and a circular bar, plus a basement Drai's After Hours and a Starbucks for the morning after. It is a genuinely nice set of venues; it is simply not the resident-club machine the old rooftop was.
For nightlife, the strategy is now geographic rather than in-house. The Center Strip position means the biggest clubs are a short walk in every direction, so a bachelor group here builds its nights around the neighbourhood rather than a single elevator ride. That suits groups who like variety and dislike being locked to one venue, and frustrates groups who wanted everything under one roof.
The Vanderpump Hotel wins on central location and boutique ease; the big resorts win on on-site clubs, pools and sheer room capacity for large groups. The table sets it against three properties groups most often weigh against it on our Las Vegas list.
| Hotel | Best for | Trade-off |
|---|---|---|
| The Vanderpump Hotel | Small group, central walkable base | No resident dayclub or nightclub now |
| Wynn Las Vegas | On-site clubs, pools, big-group luxury | North Strip, pricier, sprawling |
| Caesars Palace | Iconic pools, dining, capacity | Huge and easy to get lost in |
| Park MGM | Newer rooms, dining hall, arena access | Less of a party-hotel identity |
Because the hotel reopened only in June 2026, guest sentiment is early, but the pattern is already clear: praise for the redesign and location, questions about the lost nightlife. Early reviewers highlight the striking Vanderpump interiors, the intimacy of a genuinely small Strip hotel, the unbeatable central position and GIADA's food and room service. The recurring hesitation is exactly the thing that changed: visitors who remember The Cromwell for the rooftop Drai's note that the on-site club scene is gone, that Soleia is a pool rather than a dayclub, and that a boutique property has limited casino and amenity space compared with the mega-resorts next door. We will keep refreshing this section and the ranking as a fuller body of stays accumulates over the season.
Yes, the Center Strip is arguably the best base on the Boulevard for a group that wants to club-hop, and this hotel sits in the middle of it. From the corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road, you can walk to Caesars Palace, the Cosmopolitan, Bellagio and Paris Las Vegas in well under ten minutes, which puts most of the Strip's biggest clubs, pools and restaurants within an easy stroll rather than a rideshare surge. For a bachelor group, that geography means you are never committed to a single venue and can move the night around on foot, which is exactly what the Center Strip does better than the quieter ends of the Boulevard. The catch, post-rebrand, is that the party you walk to is no longer the party you sleep above; if your group's whole plan hinged on an in-house dayclub, this address no longer delivers it, and that is the honest reason it now sits where it does on our ranking rather than higher.
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