Vanderpump Hotel Las Vegas: Room Tour, Rates & Caesars Rewards

We filmed The Cromwell Las Vegas before it closed — and that turned out to matter more than we expected. When we were there, we knew the transformation was coming — The Cromwell was becoming The Vanderpump Hotel, opening May 29, 2026.

We weren’t sure how dramatic the change would be. After seeing the official room reveals from Lisa Vanderpump’s media tour, the answer is: pretty dramatic. What she’s building looks genuinely impressive, and we’ll be back for the full stay once the comp offers roll through Caesars Rewards.

This post covers both sides: what The Cromwell was, what The Vanderpump Hotel is becoming, what it costs, and — if you’re here for the Caesars Rewards angle — what Diamond Plus members are already seeing on rates. And with Bravo’s new series Vanderpump Rules: Lisa Las Vegas already documenting the launch, this is the hottest ticket on the Las Vegas Strip right now.

What Happened to The Cromwell

The Cromwell was one of the most underrated properties on the Las Vegas Strip. 188 rooms, boutique scale, dead center on Las Vegas Boulevard at the corner of Flamingo Road — a location most Vegas hotels would trade for in a heartbeat.

It had a Parisian-apartment vibe that felt genuinely different from the mega-resort experience surrounding it on all sides. Berry tones, warm wood floors, mood lighting, intimate common areas. It wasn’t trying to be everything to everyone, and that restraint was part of what made it work.

Caesars Entertainment announced the full transformation in early 2025. The Cromwell brand is gone. The building stays, but everything inside has been redone. And Lisa Vanderpump — who already has Vanderpump Cocktail Garden at Caesars Palace, Vanderpump à Paris at Paris Las Vegas, and Pinky’s by Vanderpump at the Flamingo — is now adding her first hotel to that portfolio.

Bravo noticed too. The network announced Vanderpump Rules: Lisa Las Vegas at its 2026 Upfronts — a limited series documenting the hotel’s opening, culminating in a celebrity-studded grand opening party.

Who Is Lisa Vanderpump Building This For

The design concept is what she calls “industrial romantic” — developed with design partner Nick Alain through their firm Vanderpump Alain. It’s meant to feel like a calming retreat, not a party hotel. The rooms lean serene: forest murals, muted color palettes, lighting calibrated specifically to be flattering. The rooftop is the opposite — a full DJ dayclub. You get both in the same building.

The 188-room scale is intentional. This is a boutique hotel surrounded by 3,000-room giants. If you want a massive pool complex and a dozen restaurants — book somewhere else on the Strip. If you want a design-forward room at the best intersection in Las Vegas, with a potential Bellagio fountain view, this is a legitimate option.

For Caesars Rewards members, the case gets stronger. This property earns toward your tier status across the whole system. The comp offers will come — they always do once a new property has been open a few months.

The Cromwell — One Last Look

Walking into a Cromwell Classic King for the last time, a few things stand out. The room is 360 square feet — not large by any measure — but they thought carefully about how to use it. Large sofa for the room size, stylish armoire, corner chair, a dedicated seating area that didn’t feel crammed.

The minibar was tucked neatly into the dresser rather than sitting exposed. Small detail, but it kept the room feeling like an apartment rather than a hotel room.

The Parisian vibe came through in the finishes — berry tones, warm wood floors, layered lighting. The king bed had that genuinely good quality you notice when you get back at midnight after a long night.

A dedicated makeup vanity with a Hollywood mirror. A bathroom with granite countertops, a rain shower with handheld option, and the toilet in its own little closet — always appreciate that layout.

What the Classic King included:

The window situation deserves a mention. Some rooms look directly toward the Bellagio fountains. There’s a small window in the toilet closet that peers out toward a ledge that looks, from the outside, exactly like a balcony. It has a step ledge. It looks like you should be able to walk out there with a drink. The window doesn’t open. We’ll come back to this.

The Vanderpump Hotel Room Reveal

Same 360 square feet. Completely different world inside.

The official media tour shows what Vanderpump and Alain built: a forest mural behind the bed, dark charcoal velvet headboard with a silver geometric gold frame, custom furniture throughout — oversized lounge chair, full-length mirror, dedicated vanity. Moss-green and dusty lilac replaced the berry tones. The lighting has been specifically designed to be flattering, which is a detail most hotel designers don’t think about but absolutely should.

Lisa’s description: “a true retreat — a calming escape just steps from the energy and excitement of the casino floor.” The renders deliver on that. This looks less like a Las Vegas hotel room and more like a very well-appointed room in a boutique French property that somehow ended up on the Strip.

What the redesigned room includes:

The 21 suites scale up significantly. The Royal Rascal — the top suite — has a pool table, eight-seat dining table, full sectional, soaking tub, and steam shower. We’ve put in a request to tour that one properly.

Soleia Rooftop, Dining & What Stays Open

The rooftop is the most dramatic change from The Cromwell. Drai’s Beachclub has been fully redesigned as Soleia — 65,000 square feet across 11 stories, three pools, nine bungalows, cabanas, panoramic Strip views, and DJ programming on weekends.

One thing worth knowing before you book: Soleia is a dayclub, not a resort pool. If you’re picturing a quiet swim on a Saturday, that’s not what this is. Full DJ energy, bottle service, the works.

Drai’s After Hours stays in the basement exactly where it’s always been — which means the arc of a good day here is genuinely well-designed. Soleia in the afternoon, dinner at GIADA, Drai’s at midnight.

Room Rates & What Diamond Members Are Actually Paying

Opening weekend came in around $419–$499/night for a standard King. That’s a new-hotel launch premium and it’s temporary — every Caesars property prices high at opening and softens within months. Here’s what rates have looked like across June:

How Caesars Rewards Members Can Stay Here Free

This is the part most hotel content won’t tell you — and it’s the reason we built Sandtastic Travels.

The Vanderpump Hotel is a full Caesars Entertainment property. Every dollar spent on rooms, dining, and gaming earns Tier Credits toward your status — and your status from every other Caesars property applies here. The tiers that matter for free nights:

The fastest ways to move through those tiers without gambling a fortune: the Caesars Rewards Visa card for everyday spending, and 5×/10× Tier Credit multiplier days at any Caesars property. Those multiplier weekends are the single biggest accelerant in the system — they’re how you get to Diamond faster than you’d expect.

The Balcony Question

This keeps coming up every time we think about this building, so it deserves its own section.

From the outside, The Vanderpump Hotel — same structure as The Cromwell — looks like it has working balconies. There’s a ledge out there. Architecturally, the building suggests outdoor space. But the windows don’t open, and that ledge is inaccessible.

Here’s why this matters: some of these rooms look directly at the Bellagio fountains. The Bellagio is right across the street. A working balcony at this location — overlooking one of the most recognized landmarks in the world — would be one of the most spectacular room features on the entire Las Vegas Strip.

Almost no Strip properties have real balconies. The Cosmopolitan built part of its identity around theirs. Paris Las Vegas just added them in the Versailles tower.

If The Vanderpump Hotel turned those ledges into real outdoor spaces, it would immediately become one of the most talked-about features in Las Vegas. Lisa, if you’re reading this — it’s worth the engineering conversation.

Drop a comment below: Would real balconies overlooking the Bellagio fountains change whether you’d book this hotel?

Should You Book The Vanderpump Hotel

We haven’t done a full stay yet — the hotel opened May 29 and the comp offers are just starting to appear at our tier level. When we get in there properly, we’ll update this post with real-world room impressions, service notes, and honest Caesars Rewards comp experience.

What we can say based on everything we’ve seen and covered: the design is genuinely striking, the location is about as good as it gets on the Strip, and the Caesars Rewards picture is more favorable than we expected this early.

Who this hotel is right for:

• Boutique hotel travelers who want design over scale
• Bravo fans and Vanderpump loyalists — this is exactly what they’ve been waiting for
• Caesars Rewards members willing to be patient — the comp offers are coming
• Anyone who wants a Strip-center location without the mega-resort experience

Who should look elsewhere:

• Travelers who want a sprawling pool complex — Soleia is a dayclub, not a quiet resort pool
• Families — this is an adults-forward property by design
• Anyone expecting large rooms — 360 sq ft is compact, full stop

More Free Caesars Stays

The Vanderpump Hotel is one spoke in the Caesars Rewards hub. Here’s where else we’ve used the system:

• Atlantis Bahamas for Free — our most-watched Caesars Rewards free stay guide (251K views)
• Planet Hollywood Las Vegas — full casino destination guide
• Harrah’s Ak-Chin — full property tour