Casa Playa

A Strip resort restaurant doesn’t usually admit it needs a second life after dinner service ends — but Casa Playa built one anyway, and it starts at 10:30pm on the nights everyone else is already closing the kitchen.

Casa Playa’s happy hour is really a late-night reset: Friday and Saturday, 10:30pm to close, the Wynn’s coastal Mexican dining room shifts into Casa Taqueria mode.

Order This: The menu runs shareable late-night bites from James Beard nominee Chef Sarah Thompson — corn esquites, shrimp ceviche, and a five-taco lineup, all built for grazing, not a full sit-down meal. Pair it with something off the tequila and mezcal list, since that’s the other half of the pitch here.

Most Strip happy hours chase the after-work crowd. Casa Playa is chasing the after-everything crowd — the people leaving a show, wrapping up a night at the tables, or just not ready to call it. That’s a very Wynn move: instead of closing the kitchen at 11pm like a normal restaurant, they turned the back half of the night into its own event, tacos and margaritas included. It’s the kind of late-night option you only know about if someone tells you, which is exactly what’s happening right now.

Friday and Saturday only, 10:30pm-close, inside the lounge — dress code is upscale casual, so leave the flip-flops and athletic wear at the hotel.