Other Mama is the definitive off-Strip dining gem of today’s Vegas foodscape. A fast favorite of F&B industry pros, the relaxed raw bar in the western suburbs never fails to blow minds with the freshness and creativity of its Japanese-influenced, seafood-centric cuisine. But have you tried the cocktails?
OM’s seasonally rotating signature libations—each playfully dubbed with a memorable ladies’ name—are as hand-crafted as it gets, employing house-made weapons of taste construction such as maple gastrique, habanero syrup, strawberry balsamic shrub and aleppo pepper-infused honey syrup.
The Svetlana is a thing of beauty, horseradish-infused vodka with lemon, ginger and the Czech Republic herbal liqueur Becherovka. If it sounds like the perfect cocktail match for sweet and briny oysters, you’re starting to catch on.
Bessie is a fresh, spice-kissed take on a margarita, smoothed over with watermelon. Mavis blends rye, vermouth, lime and tiki bitters with sweet, tropical Velvet Falernum liqueur and silky, sensuous gomme syrup.
Most cocktail menus have a few easy drinkers listed, concoctions that go down a bit too smooth. Other Mama’s entire menu fits that bill, which is why this neighborhood upstart is not just one of the best restaurants off the Strip, but one of the best bars, too. Other Mama, 3655 S. Durango Drive #6, 702-463-8382; daily 4-11 p.m.