Three rooms, three vibes, one house. We do not seat you across from a stranger for two minutes and ring a bell. We teach you how to make a real connection in under a minute, starting with the one thing nobody practices: how to give a compliment and how to receive one.
Same house, same host, same method. Three different crowds so nobody spends the night in the wrong room.
You know who you are and you know what you want. A grown-up room, real conversation, and people who are done wasting each other's time.
Get off the apps for one night. Loud, fun and fast, with a host who keeps the energy up and the conversation moving.
Meet your smokin' mate. For people who smoke and people who simply do not mind. Relaxed, friendly, and nobody has to explain themselves.
Love is love. Same host, same method, a room that is all yours. Dates announcing soon, and registered guests hear first. 21+
Register nowFive questions, no wrong answers, slightly nosy. Answer honestly and we will tell you which night to book.
Tap through the five and we will tell you which of the three nights is yours.
Most speed dating hands you a name tag and a timer. We spend the first part of every night teaching the four moves that make a stranger feel seen, then you practice them all evening long.
Giving a compliment is a skill. Receiving one without deflecting is a harder skill. Learn both and you will never sit through an awkward date again.
Hosted by Dawn Weir, author of Dawn Compliments the World. The room warms up together before anybody sits down to date.
Look for the choice, not the feature. Anyone can be told they have nice eyes. Almost nobody gets told the thing they decided on purpose.
Say it plainly and say it once. Specific beats flattering every time, and it gives the other person something real to answer.
No deflecting, no joke, no returning it out of politeness. Take the compliment, hold it, then ask them something back.
One question that cannot be answered with yes or no. That is the whole trick, and it is why our rooms sound different from every other speed dating night.
Doors open. Grab a drink, get your card and your seat number, and say hello. Nobody stands alone at the bar on our watch.
Dawn takes the mic, the room loosens up, and our special guest for the night gets their moment.
The compliment lesson. How to give one, how to take one, and how to open a stranger in under a minute. Everybody practices out loud, together.
Speed dating begins. Timed rounds, card in hand, host on the floor. You never have to end a conversation yourself.
The rounds end, the gift bags come out, and the room stays open. Stay and mingle. Keep connecting. That is what the night is actually about.
You wrote their number on your card, so call it. By the end of the night you will not want to text them anyway, you will want to hear their voice. Ask how they are. Listen to how they say it. Then make a real date.
Bentley's Bar, Las Vegas. 6:00–8:30 PM, open to everyone 21+. More nights are being confirmed now. Register and you will be the first to know a new night exists, and the first able to take a seat.
Your name, your email, and which night sounds like you. That is the whole thing. Nothing to buy yet.
More dates and venues are being locked in right now. The moment a new night is set, you are told before it goes public.
Seats are limited, and registered guests choose theirs first. Then it opens to everybody, and it goes fast.
Dawn hosts every night personally, with a microphone in her hand and twenty years of reading a room. She is a stand-up comedian, she has been on Netflix, and she has built a long, successful run of radio shows about relationships. If she can hold a comedy club, she can hold your nerves for one evening.
She is also the author of Dawn Compliments the World, which is where the compliment method comes from. She built these three nights on one idea: people are not bad at dating, they are out of practice at being kind to a stranger's face.
Come once and she will know your name. Come twice and she will already have somebody in mind for you.
Alicia works the floor while Dawn works the mic. She is the one who spots the person sitting quietly at the end of the table and gets them talking before they even notice it happened.
Outgoing, warm and impossible not to like, she genuinely loves people and she genuinely loves love. She will remember what you told her in round two and bring it back up at the bar.
Between the two of them, nobody leaves one of our rooms feeling invisible.
I have been to four of these in this city. This is the first one where the conversation actually started before the bell.
The compliment thing sounds corny until you are doing it. Then you realize nobody has said anything like that to you in a year.
Easiest room I have ever walked into. Nobody was performing and I left with three numbers.
Venues, dispensaries, spirits, salons, jewelers and matchmakers. Gift bag placement, table branding, the banner at the top of this site, and a live mention from the host on the microphone. Every guest leaves with a gift bag, so your product goes home with every one of them.
Men and women both. Women get warned about dating and men get told to toughen up, and neither of those is good enough. Men are hurt by partners too, men are pressured too, and men are welcome here exactly as they are.
Our rules are short. Be kind, be honest, take no for an answer, and expect the same back. Anybody who cannot manage that gets walked to the door by the host, and we do not argue about it.
First date and second date both in a public place. This goes for men as well. You are allowed to be careful.
Where you are going, who with, and when you expect to be home. Share your location with a friend for the evening.
Arrive and leave under your own steam. Watch your glass being poured. If it leaves your hand, get a new one.
If anything feels wrong, say one word to Dawn or Alicia. We will move you, reseat you, or remove them. No explanation needed.
You never owe anybody a second date, a reason, or a conversation you do not want to be in. Leaving early is always allowed.
Call 911. Domestic violence support for anyone, any gender: 1-800-799-7233. Crisis and suicide lifeline: dial 988.
Dating is hard when you are carrying something heavier. Coaching with Dawn for anyone working on their confidence, their heart, or getting out of something that hurt. You are amazing already, and there is no shame in asking for a hand.
One list for every night. Save your seat for Thursday, October 8 at Bentley's Bar, and you will hear first when the next nights open.