Hotel Review Thread

I actually like PH even though it's kind of a maze. Plus the location is Great if you play at the Aria.

The rooms are fine as well.

Never stayed at MB and haven't been in the casino in over a decade.

I like both places. Both are on the same level, think ph is better if you are going to do a bunch of casino hopping, mb is better if most are your time is spent in one casino. Ph has older rooms but the 20 dollar trick works to get you large square footage.

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Planet Hollywood is ok. My impression is that it is a younger crowd there, my daughter thought there was 'low class' people there. I guess the 'club crowd' types were aggressively bugging her. Mandalay Bay I also like although it is far from everything else. The pool at Mandalay is excellent but it isn't really pool season for another month or so.

I think you need to share the price difference on this one.

MB is nicer, but I don't mind PH at all. Very different styles. I also never went to PH for the pool and agree it's a very different vibe between the two. However, an easy walk from PH to Aria, Cosmo (for food/drink options), Bellagio, Horseshoe, and CP is a plus if that's going to be a big part of your trip.

I agree with borg23 that PH is a bit of a maze, but the time from your room to the strip is really quick.

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Maybe the rooms are a bit dated and the casino floor/restaurants aren't great, but considering the proximity to everything else, it's a big win.

Not sure how that works for you with your tournament or what you want out of the hotel you're staying in, but I wouldn't call the place disgusting.

Unless your standards are sky high, Planet Hollywood is a perfectly fine hotel.

I have never heard PH called disgusting. Who is telling you this?

PH is nothing home to write about but the only disgusting thing about is ,is how far parking is from the hotel.

main reason why I rarely stay at Bellagio its so hard to get in and out of it and parking garage so far from rooms.

PHo is actually newer than MB. It's probably not remodeled as often though because CET is cheap.

stayed at PH this past fall. Was totally fine. Great location.

pool at PH felt a little bit gross

I had no issues at PH either time I stayed there. That portion of the Strip is ideal for anyone who wants to (is willing to) walk to most of their venues. Yes, you can get a 20 minute exit time at a lot of Vegas hotels .. and then you have it down to 12 minutes the day you leave!

I would expect a lot of hotel pools to vary during the week and lean to the questionable side of what people might expect from a 'resort'.

I had recently heard a story about someone booking a room at Bally's? but being told their room was in the hotel behind it .. which was very bad.

I think there's a lot of potential issues 'per room' in these very large hotels and you just need to be willing to stand up for yourself. I had a buddy who changed rooms 3 times before he was happy with it and the front desk was more than responsive 'that day' to his requests. Yes, took a ton of time out of his day, but eventually he got into a room that was agreeable to his party. GL

Be careful when draining the bathtub at Planet Hollywood. Sometimes it will back up into the shower and leave a black filmy mess. Drain it slowly a little at a time.

Seriously. That's an upgrade, but I could see how a newbie wouldn't know that.

Walked through Fountain Blu. Hotel looks nice. Beautiful lobby bar in the middle of the casino for people watching. A lot of good looking lounges. They had high end food court which looked really nice and had a lot of seating.

However, the hotel is not walkable to the rest of the strip, imo. No poker room and it was not very busy in the hotel. I don’t see myself ever staying there.

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Fountain Blu. It needed the money.

This most recent trip I stayed at the Wynn Tower Suites. I've stayed there a number of times. The Wynn does have one of the best poker rooms. They have almond/soy lattes. Very annoying that Aria does not. But Aria has more PLO games.

The prices at Wynn are high for everything. An almond milk latte from their coffee shop is $9.50. At one point I was going to order room service and the same latte was $18 (with Almond milk). It feels like the price of everything is 20 - 30% more than other hotels like Aria or Bellagio.

I did have some great meals. The best was at Delilah. We sat at the bar and had the Beef Wellington, Carrot Souffle and Broccolini. 10/10, very memorable.

There were a few times where tables limits were raised pretty high. I was trying to find a $25 minimum roulette game and on Sat night there were no tables under $50.

Rooms were nice, service was good. Would always come back but not when I am being budget minded.

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Asking for a friend....

Horseshoe or PH for 9 days in June. Travelling solo, playing wsop events. Wants decent quiet room, good gym, pool he can relax at for an hour or two, fridge in room.

worst scenario for him would be really noisy room.

Price is a wash. His assumption is PH is a little better but not enough to cancel out the opportunity for easier return to room on breaks

thanks

I can't speak for the gym or pools, but I'm staying at PH just to save money on cheaper/smaller meals.

If your friend doesn't care about that, then I would go with Horseshoe and just pray the elevators are not more crowded than last year now that Paris has taken over the 2nd Jubilee tower that Bally's use to have.

Never stayed at PH, but I have stayed at Horseshoe many times now and can easily recommend it.

- Rooms are large and always in decent shape. Never experienced any significant noise from other rooms.
- Gym is not gigantic but absolutely decent with a nice selection of machines + free weights.
- Only one pool, but reasonably big and has a 'deep' end that is hardly ever crowded where one can do laps.
- There is an empty mini fridge in room free of charge.

Sounds like your friend is gonna play WSOP, so the convenience of being able to be back at the room in 10 minutes would make this an easy choice for me.

The comment about meals is that ..there’s a wsop tax on food at Horseshoe or is it always more expensive food wise