A sports-friendly new restaurant and bar, Flanker Kitchen + Sports Bar, is reportedly set to open at Mandalay Bay in 2023.

Beyond the food and drink, Flanker is expected to offer sports viewing parties, DJs and live music, private karaoke rooms, and a variety of sports simulators. Such as full swing golf, dodgeball, and baseball.

We’re also putting our money on “duckpin bowling,” whatever that might actually be.

We first got wind of this new offering from a popular Las Vegas Twitter account, @LasVegasLocally. We’ve yet to see an official announcement of the venue by MGM Resorts, which operates Mandalay Bay.

Flanker Kitchen looks like a good time, and a conjoining of things many Las Vegas visitors tend to enjoy.

The original Flanker (called Flanker Kitchen + Sporting Club) is in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Here’s a description: “Flanker Kitchen + Sporting Club…

Features a polished casual restaurant, three distinguished bars, 400 square feet of LED screens, private karaoke and sport simulator rooms, a central sporting club/nightclub, and a cocktail lounge.”

It’s an absolute fact the best bars are “distinguished.”

Here’s the Flanker menu from the Utah location. We suspect SEEING many of the same items at the Mandalay Bay location.

We will now give our review of Flanker and its offerings, despite the fact it hasn’t actually opened yet.

Restaurant: Yes.
Taverna Tots: Oh, yes.
Bar: Resounding yes.
LEDs: It’s the law.
Karaoke: No.
Private Karaoke: Yes.
Sunset Yoga: WTF.
Duckpin Bowling: Yes, probably.
Golf Suites: Meh.
Nightlife: To each their own.

Flanker Kitchen + Sports Bar comes from Carver Road Hospitality, the folks behind Carver Steak at Resorts World. Carver Road’s CEO is longtime Vegas mover and shaker, Sean Christie.

Overall, the Flanker brand looks like it knows its target customer, and delivers on the fun.

Learn more about Flanker at the official site.