Lavo Italian Restaurant Happy Hour. The Strip

Lavo fits a date or a dressed-up group that wants good Italian food before a night out, especially if the club later is part of the plan. The happy hour here, branded Social Hour, runs late and is built around a flat price.

It runs Sunday through Thursday, 8 to 10pm, with everything $10: select signature cocktails, wine, and a curated set of light bites. That late window puts it after dinner rather than before, so think of it as a pre-club warmup or a nightcap with snacks. The $10 cocktails come off a real bar program, and the light bites are enough to keep you upright through the evening.

This is the restaurant side of Lavo inside the Palazzo, 3325 S Las Vegas Blvd, all chandeliers and Italian-villa styling. During the Social Hour window you get the dining room as the nightclub energy builds upstairs. Business casual works.

It is an upscale room, so even with the flat $10 deal this is not bargain territory once you order beyond the specials, but the pasta is made in-house and worth it. If you are planning to hit the club upstairs later, a few $10 plates and a couple of cocktails here beats hunting for food at 1am. Bar seats are open to walk-ins, and dining reservations are smart on weekends.