The Ainsworth

Always a great place to go to after a show at the Joint or at Vinyl. Great odds in gambling and quick service!

If you are interested in being completely ignored, this is the place for you. 5 employees, not one of them acknowledged us. In fact, while walking passed us to serve 2 occupied tables (the only other people in the bar) the female employee went as far as to turn her head away from our direction. The other 4 employees, stood off to the side, behind the bar, deeply involved in conversation, and never looked our way. There were 4 of us, sitting directly in from of the bar, on the sofa, it took a lot of effort for them «not to see us» sitting there. We left after 20 minutes, and went to Center Bar.

Went to watch NFL football this morning, but the place was deserted despite the reported «open 24 hrs» by the hotel staff. When signs of life occurred at 9:00 am, and still no customers in sight, we were told that there was a $ 50 minimum per person to sit at a table to watch football. We opted to sit at bar and play slot machines (no extra charge) but discovered that there was a charge for premium drinks despite gambling… There seemed to be a lot of confusion among wait staff about food & drink orders/​charges. We left after a couple of hrs, with only a couple of tables occupied. We probably would have stayed much longer and spent more, if there wasn’t a minimum charge. There was no advance or advertised notice of this… and with no customers… shouldn’t you welcome the ones you have??? Needless to say, we won’t be back & certainly won’t be recommending it to anyone.

Sat around waiting for someone to acknowledge our presence. Finally walk up to the bar (not sure what the server was standing around doing) and at this «sports bar» the bartender sausage doesn’t know how to change the TV channel to put a different game on, and just shrugs.

Go to McDonalds. This place is horrible. It is $ 50 a person minimum, the servers take forever to get around to you, and their burgers are not only cold, but tasteless. I have had better food from someone who was grilling outside of a grocery store. Oh, and if you have the audacity to ask for extra pickles, the server will look at you like you have leprosy. This place sucks. Go to McDonalds, at least there you know you are paying for shitty food. The only reason that this place gets even one star from me is that the little corn dogs are pretty good. You can buy little corn dogs at a gas station though. In reality, this place should get .5÷5 stars. Horrible. It makes me angry to even think about it.

Worst Cocktail «Server» EVER!!! This was our second experience there, and both experiences were the same. We are locals and went there both times to scout out a musician for a private party, and really would have loved for our «Server» to actually come to us and ask us if we wanted a drink, both times. Nope, not even once! I could understand if it was really busy, or even slightly busy but I don’t even think the first time that there was 10 people in the entire bar. And the second time, there was only about 20. The first time she would ask one table closest to her if they wanted something and then be busy at the computer for about 10 mins. Needless to say, we were there all of 30 mins without ever being approached. I finally had to ask for a manager and while we were waiting, the bartender was so mean to describe the manager to me as taller, overweight guy. (Rude, Rude, Rude)
I don’t have a clue how this place even stays in business. They had 1 bar tender and 1 «Server» on a weekend. How the heck can you make money if your not serving drinks. There are so many other bars in Vegas, why would anybody frequent this place? It’s beyond me.

Ok only because of the huge screen tvs. Drinks were so so. Do not get the Irish whatever drink unless you like the taste of cherry NyQuil. The place was empty like the rest of the Hard Rock. I keep trying to give this place second chance and it keeps disappointing me. Again, I did not personally choose this hotel for my Vegas stay.

I came here for a book signing. They had us on the side that doesn’t have the stage. There were tons of people and not much room to move around. Knowing this event was happening, I wish they had more bartenders and servers on staff, but the few that were working appeared to be doing the best they could to keep up with the large crowd. During the day The Ainsworth is a sports bar and at night it turns into something with more of a lounge/​club vibe. I was only here during the day and they had sports as well music videos playing on the many tv’s mounted all over. They had about 8 specialty drinks on the menu and offered bottle service. There is also a food menu that has appetizers like wings ($ 13), quesadillas ($ 11), tater tots ($ 11), onion rings ($ 13), jalapeño poppers ($ 17) and fried shrimp ($ 23) as well sandwiches like BLTA ($ 16), pot roast sandwich ($ 17) and a top shelf grilled cheese sandwich that has a crab cake in it with a $ 17 price tag. I’d recommend coming here during HH since the prices seem high on certain items. Even though drink and food menus were passed around, I only saw people ordering drinks, so I never got to see if the portion of the food might have been worth the price. If watching sports is your thing then i’d recommend this place during the day if you are used to paying casino prices and don’t mind it. I’d come back if it were for a specific event like this visit was for or if someone I was with wanted to stop by for a drink, but I wouldn’t come here on my own just for drinks or to hang.

Basic Vegas bar. Inattentive staff, pricey drinks. The spiced mule was good though, but doesn’t come in a copper mug

Ok. So I have run bars for 12 years. This place originally caught my eye after an Andrew dice clay show at vinyl. Guitarist was great. Atmosphere pretty good. No coors light wtf. I guess they sold out to Budweiser. Not cool. So having a pretty good time dancing in front of the guitarist playing sublime. Not getting crazy or anything and the GM wants to call security on my friend because «he’s intoxicated». Yes. HES IN A BAR IN A CASINO! Duh. He was by no means being inappropriate or out of hand. From running bars I know the difference. After security gets there I talk to security and assure them that nothing is wrong. Well GM bullshits and gets my boy kicked out. Total douche move. Even after I talk to him and try to reason he becomes even more of a fucking asshole and kicks me out for «talking rowdy». Really? I’d like to see him outside and show him «ROWDY». This place is not part of Hard Rock and should be kicked to the fucking curb!!!

Found it comical that the music being played was intended to mimic a live, scratching DJ though there wasn’t one to be found.
The table we sat at was ready to collapse – and this place is relatively new to the Hard Rock.
Beer list is small. Prices are high. Service is ok. I like the look of it, but I’m not pining to go back.

This is a sports bar in the early to mid-​evening, which appears to change into a lounge later at night (they have a DJ booth, small dance floor, and were advertising live music). I was not there after 9pm, so not sure how it changes. On a Friday night at 7pm we had no problem getting a table (the tables are nicely set-​up and could set groups well). This could be a very fun place to relax later in the evening, especially since they had some great drink specials.
The drinks were fine. We had a TravelZoo deal for 6 cocktails for $ 30 — which was about right for the drinks we got. I ordered the Blind Stud, which was grapefruit vodka, absinth and ginger beer. It was good, but a little sweet. My companion ordered the Hot and Spicy Margarita. They were out of jalapenos, but our server went to the kitchen after bringing our drinks and got her a side of sliced jalapenos – it was fine, slightly spicy, but a little too sweet. We finished our night there were a few extra dirty martinis, that were not dirty at all (we had to ask for extra olive juice to be brought out since they were mostly just vodka). Overall, the quality of the drinks was ok, but if I had paid $ 15 per drink I would have been disappointed.

The Ainsworth is a swanky sports bar in the LV HARD ROCK Hotel. The drinks are very good, the bar service is great and the décor is beautiful. There is live music later and daily drink specials Sunday through Friday.

They make this bar a pretty nice little lounge late night, I enjoyed our down and relaxing time there. We negotiated the bottle price with the host, they agreed to give us $ 300 for a 720ml Ketel one, including 4 monsters, mixers and tips, not bad huh… But it was just a small lounge after all, they needed bottle business. :)
Of course we couldn’t finish that bottle, ended up having people over to help us drink it up. Everybody was nice, polite and fun. The couple at the table next to us gave us champagne, we gave them our vodka, very friendly crowd!
They have a DJ spinning, a small dance floor, it was not crowded at all, that’s why I love small lounges, much better than night clubs, and less super drunk and aggressive guys too. Our waitress was very attentive, she made sure we had what we needed the entire night, great job, and she was very pretty too.
A good place for low key night out, couple times or friends hangout.

Disappointing.
I came in for the $ 5 happy hour, ordered two basic cocktails (1 spirit+soda mixer) each were charged at more than twice the posted price and nothing was done to fix it. The extra money won’t kill anyone but dishonesty in any establishment should not be condoned.
Furthermore, when I expressed my disappointment with the manager he told me that a dark’n stormy had sloe gin in it among many other ingredients which have no place in such a cocktail. It’s rum and ginger beer, any bartender should know that.

Came here back in April with my friends and well… it Ainsworth it ;)
The lack of knowledge that was evident from our waitress was upsetting. One of my friends and I happened to order the exact same dinner. Chicken + asparagus + sweet potato. The chicken was drastically overcooked. The asparagus was ok because really, how could you screw that up? The sweet potatoes you ask? It appears that at Ainsworth, their sweet potatoes have evolved into good ol’ tater tots. That is correct. We received tater tots. When questioned, our waitress did her best to fabricate this concoction of nonsense about how sweet potatoes are tater tots, to my amusement. I simply pardoned her attempt and tried to enjoy the rest of my visit. Will not waste my time again.

It’s located inside the Hard Rock casino. I went there on a Tuesday night they happened to have a happy hour at 8pm. It included $ 5 well drinks (house drinks, not everything) and $ 5 domestic beers.
The place is nice, not too big the bar only had about 8 – 9 seats.
They have another bar in the middle of the place looking straight towards the karaōke stage (more like a step with a mic) and the big screen TVs.
I’m not a big fan of TVs in the bars like this one, but I guess they should have them for the karaōke night. That night they were playing «Wedding Crashers» and «The Dark Kight», to me this is not a great use of big screens in a bar like this one.
The drinks were good and you should always ask for a tall glass, since it’s the same price but is bigger :)
Don Julio will cost you $ 12 in regular hour and the cocktails will be $ 15.
Good place to hang out for a while but boring on Tuesdays

Great $ 5 happy hour drink specials in a relaxed atmosphere. Well, assuming it isn’t a game night. Otherwise, it’s a zoo. Worth stopping in when it’s not packed though (unless that’s your thing) because it’s a nice change from the usual spots inside the hotel when you want to grab a beverage and chill out for an hour.

I’m not sure if this was a «typical» evening at the Ainsworth, as we were there for a private party, but it was a cool little bar & lounge. For our party, there was a good dj, and silhouette dancers projected onto the tv screens (I’m assuming those screens usually show sports and the like). The drinks were good and reasonably priced by Strip standards. My only complaint was that it seemed under-​ventilated for the party space (no air conditioning), so it got quite hot, quite fast. I was sweating all night! I guess they weren’t expecting a big group of people dancing the night away!

Just watched the playoff’s here this past weekend and it couldn’t have been better.
Good food and nice place to watch a game; there is even a mini sports book inside!
We watched all the games and got really good service even though we sat there for like 2 hours after we were done eating.