The hotel at Mandalay Bay was worth every penny. The lobby is phenomenal, the service is exceptional, and the rooms are spectacular. The casino is not smokey like other casinos. There are many restuarant choices in the hotel. The pool area is clean and fun-I can relax there all day. Yes, the hotel is pretty far from all of the activity on The Strip but, its still worth it-get a taxi!

We selected the hotel based on a special package that the hotel was offering on their website (bronze). We parked in the valet parking garage and were quickly given directions to the lobby. A very modern hotel, the hotel's guestroom was one of the nicest rooms we have ever stayed in. It was a 700 sq foot suite with separate living area from the bedroom, one and a half baths.... and three flat screen tvs! At $169. per night plus half off a show, 1/2 off a cabana plus other discounts you couldn't go wrong. Definitely get a cabana if you could afford one... it was great relaxing in the shade near the pools without being toe to toe with the rest of the guests. Poolside service was great. The casino was fine with plenty of slots. The only negative about the hotel is that it is way at the south side of the strip so a hike to see the other hotels and the drinks and food are somewhat expensive but I am sure they are at the other hotels as well. Also, if you go for one of these packages be sure to check your bill carefully at checkout as they charged us full price for the show. In very, very, very, fine print it said on the original coupon book that you must present it when purchasing the tickets for the show. After questioning the bill they did give us the refund.

We stayed here for 2 nights in September after booking online directly and paying 300 USD a night. Agree that the entrance being underground is somewhat surprising and the check in and baggage staff do not make you feel special at all. Average experience to start.

The room was nice and big and well furnished but still lacked the charm and wow factor that I had expected.

N.B. Apart from having a seperate entrance and hotel room you are completely mixed in with people from the Mandalay. The pool was crowded and not very pleasant and the staff in the casino and by the pool were terrible! Probably because they had to serve about 20,000 people a day and are over worked.

I had expected a fantastic VIPish experience, got an average one and felt short changed.

Our first trip to Las Vegas as a blast and we thoroughly enjoyed TheHotel at Mandalay Bay. After researching the many different hotel venues in Vegas, we settled on TheHotel because of it's very modern, contemporary design and the price was right for a 4 star hotel. There is a common theme throughout the hotel impying that they are "THE" hotel, meaning they are the best. Their note pads on the writing desk even say "ThePad" on it. We found it quite humorous how far they went with "THE" theme. We found a promotion for labor day weekend that averaged $159 per day for a "V-suite". We chose this suite over "The-Suite" because it is slightly larger and has a much larger view of the Las Vegas skyline from the bedroom. The "V-Suites" are located on the ends of the hotel while the "The-suites" are sandwiched in the middle. There are two 42" plasma televisions, one in the bedroom and the other in the living room (even though we didn't spend a whole lot of time watching television). The bathroom was decked in granite and marble and our maid service kept the room spotlessly clean. For the two of us, it was very spacious and accommodating. If you plan to share this between more than 2 people, it probably would be a little crowded. We didn't have any negative experiences with any of the staff, they were always very courteous and concerned for any needs we had. Our only beef was the manner in which you checked in, there was quite a long line. However, as we traveled throughout Vegas, we found that to be a common theme in all the hotels we visited.

We had dinner at "TheMix" which was supposed to be a very high end restaurant. The dinner was "OK", but with the prices, the expectations tend to be higher. For two, expect to spend at least $100 excluding wine or alcohol. There were three hostesses and one of them was quite snotty (if that is a word) and seemed to be judgemental of the customers. Prefering to offer a smile only to those whom she felt was worthy. I was tempted to leave a big tip to the other two hostess to make a point, but thought better of it. I probably would not recommend this restaurant since there are many other exceptional ones on the strip. It just didn't wow us enough to warrant a recommendation. If you need to eat in the hotel, I would recommend you go to "TheCafe" or Rick Moonen's Seafood (where I enjoyed Raw oysters cultivated from 6 different regions of the US from the Pacific to Atlantic).

We felt that there was a HUGE difference between the Mandalay Bay hotel and THEHotel @ Mandalay Bay. Even though they are adjoined, there is a totally different ambiance between the two. I see the older Mandalay Bay catering more so to the sterotypical Vegas tourist whereas THEHotel has more of the "finer" attention to detail consitent with expectations from higher end travelers. Overall "TheHotel" experience was exceptional and we wouldn't hesitate to stay there again.