How do you get into The Pinky Ring at Bellagio?

What it is

The Pinky Ring opened inside Bellagio in February 2024. It was created and curated by Bruno Mars, designed with Yabu Pushelberg, and it is not a nightclub. It is a live music lounge built to look and feel like a Rat Pack era room: a stone bar over a sunken conversation pit, booths flanking a stage, brass and onyx everywhere. The house band is The Hooligans, Bruno Mars' own band, and they play nightly alongside a rotating roster of artists he picks himself.

That distinction matters for planning. You are booking a seat at a live show in a bar, not queueing for a dance floor. It changes the timing, the dress code and the etiquette.

Reservations, and the honest odds of walking in

This is the part people get wrong. The Pinky Ring is primarily a reservation venue. There is some walk-in capacity, particularly early, but on a weekend or any night with a notable guest artist it is gone quickly and you can be turned away at a room that looks half full from the door, because those seats are held.

If the Pinky Ring is a must-do on your trip, treat it like a restaurant booking rather than a bar you will wander into. Reserve it, and reserve it for a specific night rather than assuming you will fit it in.

What it costs

There is no traditional cover charge. Seating is sold in tiers, each with a spend minimum that works exactly like bottle service elsewhere in the city: the number is a commitment to spend, your drinks count toward it, and tax and a service charge land on top.

The tiers that get quoted publicly start roughly here, and they move with the night and the lineup:

• Stage side seating for a small group, from around 300 dollars.
• VIP booths for a larger group, from around 400 dollars.
• The Champagne Room for a large party, from around 3,000 dollars.

Cocktails run from around 20 dollars, which is normal for a Bellagio room and considerably better value than a nightclub bar given what you are drinking. For two people, a stage side minimum is genuinely reasonable once you account for the fact that it includes your drinks and a live show. Confirm the current figure for your date before you commit, because these tiers are repriced for holidays and big guest nights.

The no phones rule

The Pinky Ring runs a strict no phones policy on the floor. No photos, no video. It is enforced rather than suggested, and staff will ask you to put it away.

People find this either the best or the worst thing about the room. It is why the room feels the way it does, and it is also why there is comparatively little footage of it online. Go in expecting to actually watch the band. If your plan for the evening involved posting from the venue, pick a different room.

Dress code

Smart casual and a step up. This is a supper club aesthetic rather than a nightclub one, and the room rewards being dressed for it: a jacket over a plain shirt, a good dress, real shoes. No athletic wear, no beachwear.

You do not need the strict nightclub uniform we cover in the dress code answer. A clean fashion sneaker with a jacket is entirely at home here in a way it would not be at XS.

Hours, age and where it is

• Where: inside Bellagio, on the Strip.
• Hours: nightly from 8pm, running to around 2am and later on Friday and Saturday.
• Age: 21 and over, like every venue on a Las Vegas casino floor. Full rules in age and ID.
• Music: live, nightly. Soul, funk, R&B and throwbacks rather than DJ sets.

Who this room is right for

The Pinky Ring is the single best answer we give to a few very common requests: a couple who want one great night out rather than a club, a mixed age group who need to hear each other, anyone who has decided they are too old for nightclubs, and anyone entertaining people they actually need to talk to. It is also an excellent first night in town, because it does not cost you the next day.

It is the wrong room if you want a dance floor, if your group is eight guys looking for a big night, or if you were planning to film the whole thing.

Tell a host your date and group size and we will sort the seating tier that actually fits, confirm the current minimum and the all-in number, and tell you honestly whether walking in is realistic that night. No booking fee. You can also see the room on our Pinky Ring page, or browse the rest of the city's lounges.