The Lift

It is no longer the Lift, Wildfire Casino took them over.
I stopped by at 11:34 on Feb 1 Saturday night. The sign outside says ring ell after midnight, well parking lot was empty but I was just stopping in to get a bite to eat. I rang the bell, waited outside for a minute, looked inside and seen a girl behind the bar not paying attention sitting by herself. Rang it again and she was walking around. So I left, as I am driving out she opens the door but I was already aggravated so I kept going.
When it was the Lift on a Saturday night they would have about 80% of the bar filled, now empty. Another good Vegas dive closed down by big corporations.

4 stars for the UFC specials. Been going there for more than a year. Won a case of Legbiter Ale the last UFC event I went to.
Now closed – being converted to a Wildfire Casino. We’ll see how that goes.
CLOSED

Was there for 35min and not 1 person asked me if i wanted anything to eat or drink. there was 1 person in dine room eating and not busy at all.2 people at the bar… worst service in Vegas… it was 9am and not busy at all. no excuse for that.

We went to the lift bar to watch the UFC fight. The $ 10 cover charge was cheap and you were given a ticket for two drinks (must get at the same time). We also entered into a drawing to win cases of beer. There were TVs everywhere so the game was easy to watch.
The food was good for bar food. The smoke free restaurant, unlike most bars, is not closed off from the smoking area. People were standing right along the outside edge of the area smoking which defeats the purpose of having a smoke free area.
The service wasn’t very good. The waitress walked past us every time and never once asked if we needed anything. We had to go up to the bar and get our own drinks every time. At the end of the fight, within seconds one of the staff came to the table we were sitting and told everyone they had to move. This was not said politely. The karaōke area needed to be set up in that area. We understand this but as it was our first time going, we did not know this and they could have politely asked us to move instead of telling us and ushering us from the table. All in all, we were not impressed by the staff.

It’s three miles from the strip but definitely a local bar. I always come here to watch the fights and other big events that are otherwise too expensive to get in. Its a dive bar and the service is just like that; but it’s fun and much quieter. I like the feeling of being local! :)

There wasn’t even a heading for this one.
One thing I noticed about Unilocal,is that there’s no hangout section in the bars category. It took me awhile to decide to categorize this as a sports bar.
There is a bar, some video poker machines away from the bar, and a dining room area with a pretty elaborate kitchen, so I wouldn’t call it a dive bar. I have even seen guys stand in line one Friday when I first came here, as one of the bars that has a cashier where you can cash your paychecks at.
I have been here several times, it’s a good Man’s Bar. And by that, I mean it could be on the Man Show as a good afternoon hangout. It’s a place just off strip for construction workers to go before going home.
The kitchen is GREAT. Prices are good and I never had to worry about quality. The first time I came here, it was a football night and families were actually all over the place. They used to have a janky setup where you scraped your own plates in a bus tub, it was like a cafeteria, but the steaks and appetizers were/​are worth it.
And then a few visits ago, they redid the whole dining room area. Instead of the awkward mini stage, there was a bank of televisions for sports, the table chair seating was replaced by nice dining tables and furniture. And gone were the bus tub setups!
So, I called it a Man’s bar, but saw that families go there, too, which is nice. It separated The Lift from those janky afternoon hangout bars that are just filled with smoke and hardened old Robert Duval character types.
They serve sodas in cans, which is interesting to me. I actually like it because you know the soda 1) will be crisp and 2) not taste all syrupy or stale from the gummed up soda gun/​fountain that’s been in use since the 70’s. It always seems strange to me when a bartender gives you a can that they or sometimes you pop. Is it me or does everyone give you a look when you pop a can open, as if you smuggled a beer into a movie theater? Or does that sound make you look just to see what is being opened?
Overall a great place I frequent.