There’s a new bar in Las Vegas, and it doesn’t just serve drinks—it unspools a narrative. Doberman Drawing Room, now open at 1025 S. 1st Street in the Las Vegas Arts District, is the latest concept from Corner Bar Management and the long-awaited reunion of mixologist Juyoung Kang and nightlife architect Ryan Doherty. Fifteen years after their first collaboration helped redefine cocktails in Vegas, they’ve built something that feels like part salon, part fever dream, part cabinet of liquid curiosities.
Housed inside a moody 3,400-square-foot space layered with centuries-old maps, surrealist portraits, and what appear to be fragments of a Victorian explorer’s attic, Doberman offers more than atmosphere—it offers immersion. “The best bars aren’t just places to drink, they’re worlds you step into,” says Doherty, and at Doberman, the world you step into feels like an opium den designed by Jules Verne after a few Negronis.
At the core of this world is Kang’s cocktail program—a passport of flavors that reads like a love letter to balance, memory, and spice markets. Kang, formerly of Fontainebleau’s Collins bar (named one of Esquire’s Best Bars in America), returns here not just as mixologist but as co-creator. “Doberman is the culmination of everything I’ve learned,” she says. “Every sip has a point of view. Every detail is intentional.”
The drinks bear this out. Tom Kha Fizz, a cream-charged riff on the Thai soup, blends gin, tom yum spice, lime, coconut, and bird’s eye chili for something rich, bright, and a little dangerous. The Peter Pepper reimagines the martini with lemongrass shochu, balsamic vinegar, and a garnish of pepperoncini, onion, and olive—what dirty martinis wish they could grow up to be. Coffee Cheesecake, a mocktail, combines espresso, malt, parmesan, honey, and nutmeg, and somehow it works—like a Greek dessert that wandered into a nightcap.
There’s also Nine Countries, a tribute to Japan’s original provinces, made with mezcal, honeydew cordial, yuzu juice, and green yuzu-koshō. It’s vegetal, smoky, and just sharp enough to wake you up mid-conversation.
The bar snacks, too, read like chapters from a storybook. Think maple-candied pecans, Berber-spiced chicharrón, tangerine-rosemary olives, and ancient sea salt kettle chips with sour cream and caramelized onion dip. Those looking to gild the lily can add Royal Osetra caviar, tinned fish with sourdough and crushed chili, or explore the “charcuterie library,” featuring meats, cheeses, preserves, and fruit. For dessert: brown butter and Swiss chocolate chip cookies or limoncello sugar cookies—because in this story, even the ending has a twist.
The space itself is a maze of themed rooms—the Library Room, Blue Room, Great Hall, and Attic—each designed to feel like a memory you can’t quite place. British surrealist Ben Ashton’s art shares wall space with Doherty’s travel artifacts, collected over 15 years. It’s moody, maximalist, and vaguely otherworldly, like Wes Anderson wandering through an absinthe dream.
Doberman Drawing Room accepts walk-ins, but reservations (and even memberships) are available now at dobermandtlv.com. For those who believe cocktails should transport you—and who don’t mind a little mystery with their mezcal—Doberman may be the most compelling destination in Vegas right now.
