Recommended for Best Nightlife because: This swanky night spot atop Sandia Resort and Casino offers sweeping views of the Albuquerque city lights and the Sandia Mountains. Pop and jazz bands play on the weekends and it is easier to get a table here than downstairs.
Upstairs on the 9th floor is the Bien Shur lounge, with stunning wrap around views of the mountains to the east and the city's landscape to the west. Outside by the pool in the summer there are sometimes steel drums to fill the air. This sectioned off bar and dance floor can get crowded and lines can accumulate, so get there early on a Saturday night. Inside, top notch live bands liven up the casino's main floor, playing great dance music. Just in front of the resort is the outdoor amphitheatre, which draws in big name artists for summer concerts.
Sandia Resort and Casino, standing alone in its splendor, on the Sandia Pueblo reservation, with the Sandia Mountains as its backdrop, has widespread musical entertainment along with its casino and top notch dining.
