We had a great stay at the Aria. I know they call it "off-strip" but it's really so close it doesn't matter. I signed up for the Aria email list and was able to get a great rate about a week before our stay. $25 resort fees are lame but seems to be the standard thing to do in Vegas. I would rather just get an honest room fee up front.
Check-in was a bit of a mess since it was Friday early evening. They had 100 little lines and of course the people in front of me took forever. I finally had my husband go get in another line and he beat me to the front. Unfortunately, we weren't able to get a room on the same floor as our group, which meant we had separate elevators. We had to go all the way down to get on a different elevator to go back up to their floor.
The room was beautiful and modern. Maybe even a little too high-tech. You can control the curtains from the TV. The bath area is in the shower stall, which is kind of weird but I have no desire to take a bath there so it doesn't matter. The toilet area has its own door, which is nice if you were sharing the room. The pool was nice and we didn't have any trouble finding a lounge chair in the middle of day - thank goodness!
I would definitely stay here again.