Accompany the cocktail with the juicy, perfectly cooked Retreat Burger, topped with smoked cheddar and herbed aioli, served with crispy seasoned fries, cut nice and thin. If dining or imbibing poolside, try the fruity and zingy Blackbeard’s Delight mule, with Maker’s Mark bourbon, blackberries, lime, mint and ginger beer. Retreat features a very orderly bar menu with four “poolside refreshers” like The Good Life, with aperol, strawberries, lemon and Chandon brut sparkling wine, four kinds of mules, four margaritas, four mojitos, four sparklings/Champagnes by the glass and four non-alcoholic drinks, along with beer and wine. That’s where you’ll also find Clique’s pool bar service, a must-try whether hanging out by the adult pool’s swim-up bar, lazing along Retreat’s lazy river or frolicking with the kids in the family pool (just be sure to bring your earplugs for the latter). The high-profile Sycuan-Clique partnership, a first for a San Diego casino, also extends to Elicit Bar & Lounge, a smart-looking cocktail bar/club with a sushi and raw bar, fireplace, DJ, tableside mixology carts and a tempting patio overlooking the posh, new Retreat Pool & Cabanas. They’re also working with the Hotel del Coronado to give that venerable property a more contemporary patina. After all, the hospitality group operates cool clubs and eateries ranging from Las Vegas’ Cosmopolitan and MGM Resorts casinos to Montage luxury resorts and the Pendry San Diego’s Lionfish, Oxford Social Club and Pool House rooftop bar. With its sexy styling, open kitchen with blazing wood-fire Santa Maria grills, an on-site beef dry-aging room and sizable selection of 70-plus small-batch, single-barrel and other coveted bourbons, Bull and Bourbon is so not your dad’s casino buffet - or standard steakhouse.Īppealing to a younger, hipper crowd was what 37-year-old Sycuan tribal chairman Cody Martinez had in mind when he proposed collaborating with Clique. Just weeks after its grand opening, Sycuan’s glamorous signature restaurant Bull and Bourbon has already elevated the steakhouse dining experience, not just among local casinos but around the county itself. Trendy, Las Vegas-based Clique Hospitality was hired to bring some Sin City sizzle to three high-end venues at the brand-new $260 million Sycuan Casino Resort - a swanky steakhouse, chic cocktail lounge and party pool bar - and that bet is already paying off.

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