Welcome to the Jewel Box: The Vanderpump Hotel is the New Gem on the Strip
Las Vegas has always been a city that rewards the bold, the glamorous, and the unapologetically extra.
But when Lisa Vanderpump — television icon, restaurateur, and one of the most beloved LGBTQ+ allies in pop culture — officially opened the doors of The Vanderpump Hotel on June 11, 2026, something felt different—and oh-so-right. This wasn’t just another hotel rebrand. This was a love letter to everyone who has ever felt completely at home inside one of her unapologetically feminine, attainably opulent, romantically lit spaces. And for the LGBTQ+ community, it may now be the most natural home base Las Vegas has ever offered.
Situated at the iconic corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Flamingo Road — the literal heart of the Strip — The Vanderpump Hotel is a hair-to-heels do-over of what was once The Cromwell boutique hotel, and before that, a series of accommodations going all the way back to the Barbary Coast in 1979! For the current incarnation, Caesars Entertainment has partnered with Vanderpump on a full transformation, resulting in one of the most distinctive properties on the Strip: intimate, intentional, and unmistakably hers.
“The 50-Yard Line”: Location, Location, Location
Vanderpump herself jokes that the hotel sits on the “fifty-yard line” of the Las Vegas Strip, and she’s not wrong. Perched directly across from the lavish, massive Caesars Palace and nestled between the Flamingo and Paris Las Vegas, The Vanderpump Hotel gives guests immediate access to everything the Strip has to offer without the overwhelming scale of a mega-resort. For LGBTQ+ travelers who want to be in the thick of it all — nightlife, shows, dining, shopping — there is genuinely no better-positioned boutique hotel.
The walkability alone is extraordinary. Within a 15-minute stroll, guests can reach the Bellagio Fountains, the High Roller observation wheel, the Cosmopolitan, and a constellation of world-class restaurants and entertainment venues. And for those who want to stay inside the Vanderpump universe? Her other Strip venues — Vanderpump Cocktail Garden, Vanderpump à Paris, and Pinky’s by Vanderpump — are all close enough that you can wear your fancy shoes to your LVP fix.
Industrial Romantic: The Design That Makes You Feel Fabulous
Step inside and the aesthetic hits you immediately. Gone is the loud maximalism of classic Vegas. In its place is what Vanderpump and her longtime design partner, Nick Alain, call “industrial romantic” — a layered, deeply personal style that blends feminine elegance with a masculine edge, plush textures with cool metallic accents, moody intimacy with an eclectic, slightly eccentric wink. It’s a bit of a Paris maisonette-meets-English drawing-room vibe. Not many of us have the courage to try this at home, which is why we’re at The Vanderpump Hotel!
Vanderpump’s cheeky British humor is woven into the details throughout, rewarding those who look closely. A striking mural of Vanderpump in a rainy London street alongside an iconic red British telephone booth sets the tone, while a classic English taxicab populated with two puppies serves as the installation greeting guests near the entrance. A gallery wall of black-and-white photographs showcases cherished moments from her life — friends, family, famous faces, and four-legged companions. Across the casino floor, a dramatic walkway is lined with chandeliers from the original resort, reimagined with new crystals and custom shades.
Every fixture and furnishing — from the check-in desk to the gaming floor — has been custom-created or hand-selected through Vanderpump Alain, the design line she runs with Nick. Instead of a casino with a hotel attached, this is a world-class boutique haven that also happens to have a casino—with lavender upholstered chairs. Rest and revelry have never looked so tasteful.
The Rooms: Your Own Private Salon
With 188 guest rooms and 21 signature suites, The Vanderpump Hotel is boutique by design and luxurious by intention. Standard king rooms measure a generous 360 square feet, while the suites range from 723 to 1,730 square feet. Rates start at as little as $174 per night throughout the summer months, according to the Caesars website.
The lighting was a particular obsession for Vanderpump during the design process — she has spoken about how light shapes a guest’s experience, and her intention was for every person who stays here to feel beautiful in their room. For a community that can feel either invisible or overly-performative in public spaces, there is something touching about a hotel designed to make you glow. I believe each room gets its own mini chandelier along with at least three terrific lamps.
The palette in every room is soothing and sophisticated: vintage-style textured wallpaper with a dog-in-a-landscape motif, moss-green, sage, plum, and dusty lilac accents, velvet headboards, mixed metal touches of warm gold against cool silver, jewel-toned cabinetry, and mirrored surfaces that bounce soft light around the space. I’ve collated some vignettes below.
And there are campy touches, too: black-and-white portraits of Vanderpump, mantras tiled into the shower stall (in my bathroom, ‘c’est la vie’ was near the drain); and some very thoughtful (and naughty) amenities to encourage a sense of play and recovery.
All rooms come equipped with premium bedding, free Wi-Fi, robes and slippers, and a generous flat-screen TV. Full room service — delivered on chic trays with real silverware, in proper Vanderpump fashion — is available from GIADA, the celebrated Italian restaurant from top female chef Giada DeLaurentiis.
Gigolo, Soleia & Drai’s: Nightlife On Tap
The Vanderpump Hotel is not a place where you check in and quietly stay in your room. Although you totally could! But the property’s social spaces are where the real magic happens and are a rich part of the experience.
Gigolo, the hotel’s signature cocktail lounge, is an intimate, inviting bar named after Vanderpump’s beloved late Pomeranian, Giggy — although you can embrace its other meaning, too. The cocktail menu features Vanderpump classics like the iconic Pumptini, alongside creative new concoctions—especially for gin lovers. Moody, beautifully lit, and designed to make every conversation feel like a scene from your favorite reality TV show, Gigolo is already becoming one of the Strip’s most talked-about bars. Expect Vanderpump’s trademark generous pours in elegant, etched-glass stemware served from silver trays.
Soleia, the hotel’s crown jewel, sits 11 stories above the Strip. At 65,000 square feet, this rooftop pool and event space delivers sweeping panoramic views of the Las Vegas skyline — Caesars Palace to the left, the Bellagio to the right, glittering into the desert beyond. Cabanas and daybeds are available for rental, and the vibe is deliberately relaxed: ambient music rather than EDM, snacks and spritzers rather than a raucous dayclub. It is, in the truest sense, an escape — a sun-drenched sanctuary in the sky. It gets very hot up there, though, so wear your sunscreen, hat, and flip-flops.
For those who want higher energy after dark, Drai’s After Hours, the legendary underground nightclub, continues operating in its original home beneath the hotel. It is one of the most iconic late-night destinations in Las Vegas, and its continued presence ensures The Vanderpump Hotel has something for every hour of the day.
GIADA, Starbucks & Curios: Eating, Drinking & Shopping
Dining at The Vanderpump Hotel is anchored by GIADA, celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis’s award-winning flagship restaurant, which has remained one of the most beloved dining rooms on the Strip throughout the renovation. Expect elevated Italian cuisine in a beautifully designed, spacious room — perfect for a pre-show dinner, a long celebratory lunch, or a late-night splurge. Everything is good, but the lemon spaghetti and the cacio e pepe (served inside a wheel of cheese) are showstoppers and palate dazzlers. The presentation is divine, and Giada’s female excellence pairs well with Lisa’s.
For a more casual start to the day, a Starbucks on the property ensures guests can caffeinate without leaving the building. And for those who want to take a little piece of the Vanderpump magic home, Curios, the hotel’s retail shop, offers a curated selection of gifts and mementos (think gorgeous black silk Vanderpump pajamas, wine, ball caps, T-shirts, and more!)
The hotel also features a 24/7 fitness center, and although we queers often ignore casinos, this one is 40,000 square feet with 440 slots, keno, and video poker machines, plus 21 table games including Blackjack, Roulette, Craps, and Baccarat. A Caesars Sportsbook rounds out the gaming offerings for sports fans. Just in case you’re feeling lucky.
Why the LGBTQ+ Vacationer Will Feel at Home
None of this frivolity and indulgence would mean quite as much without understanding who Lisa Vanderpump is to the LGBTQ+ community — and who the community has always been to her.
Her relationship with queer people goes back decades, rooted in her upbringing in London and nurtured through the restaurants and bars she has created throughout her career. Her West Hollywood venues became genuine safe havens.
Her television shows — The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Vanderpump Rules, Vanderpump Villa — have consistently centered queer characters, celebrated Pride, and treated LGBTQ+ storylines with the warmth and normalcy they deserve. She has been an outspoken advocate for same-sex marriage and LGBTQ+ civil rights, and in late 2025, Nevada’s Silver State Equality organization honored her with the Equality Visibility Award for her ongoing allyship and advocacy.
Her own words on the subject are concise and unambiguous: “Who somebody sleeps with is actually the least important part of who they are. It’s about every other aspect of their life that’s not about that.” She has said repeatedly that she has always aimed to create spaces where LGBTQ+ people feel safe, celebrated, and valued — not as a marketing strategy, but because it is simply who she is.
The Vanderpump Hotel is the fullest expression of that philosophy. A hotel where the aesthetic is right up our alley: maximalist yet intimate, glamorous yet personal, full of wit and heart with a wink and a nudge. But seriously, Vanderpump has also been clear that she does not intend to price anyone out: rates are accessible by Strip boutique standards, and she promised not to “charge thousands of dollars for a room tonight.'”
Las Vegas has long been a destination of choice for LGBTQ+ travelers — its spirit of acceptance, its 24-hour energy, its celebration of the theatrical and the extraordinary have always aligned with queer sensibilities. And now we have a stylish new place to stay, run by the most fabulous British woman in Nevada!
Vanderpump Things to Do Nearby
For entertainment, the Strip is your stage. Sphere, residencies from global pop icons, world-class comedy, jaw-dropping magic shows — the options are limitless. For a Vanderpump fix away from the hotel, the short walk to Vanderpump Cocktail Garden at Caesars, the highly stylized French-Mediterranean lounge inside the Paris Hotel and Casino, Vanderpump à Paris, or the Art Deco greenhouse glamour of Pinky’s by Vanderpump at the Flamingo keeps you firmly in Lisa’s world. Each of these three venues embodies LVP’s insistence that we can and should have nice things; that taste is a matter of knowing what’s good. And Vanderpump knows—from nuts to Champagne. As a friend of mine said, “I love everything she touches!”
Final Verdict: Your Fabulous Desert Nest
Lisa Vanderpump has called it her “jewel box on the fifty-yard line,” and that is exactly what it is. Small enough to feel personal. Beautiful enough to feel special. And positioned right at the center of everything. The recent opening was a smash success, and our favorite hospitality maven was everywhere, putting the finishing touches on it and talking to staff and the media.
The Vanderpump Hotel is not trying to be everything to everyone. If you want loud, crowded, generic, or over-the-top, you have other options. But if you want something more discreet, distinct, in-the-know, yet with the best of the Vegas essentials, this is the place—especially if you enjoy the idea of your host being a woman who has made it her business to serve up fabulousness and fun with a European twist.
The Vanderpump Hotel is located at 3595 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV. Reservations can be made at caesars.com/thevanderpumphotel or via the Caesars Rewards app.
