Hands up for Hakkasan

As autumn gets under way, the dancefloors of Ibiza don’t have to be a distant, hazy memory.

The party continues across the pond in Las Vegas where Hakkasan — the upmarket Chinese on Hanway Place we all begged to be taken to by our parents/loved ones/most successful friends — has gone global and opened a $120 million restaurant/nightclub over five floors in the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino. So far it has already hosted the world’s biggest names in entertainment including Pharrell, Will Smith and J-Lo.

Once dim sum platters and silver cod have been polished off, the night gets going in the Ling Ling Lounge, an intimate boîte decked in signature Hakkasan screens and plush marble panels. The tempo builds in the main club, where headliners such as Deadmau5, Calvin Harris (below) and Moby man the decks, in front of floor-to-ceiling LED screens. For anyone in need of a breather, the Pavilion, next to the main club, is an Oriental garden with a cocktail bar and a two-storey water feature. Now if only we had any annual leave left!