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| - I stayed at ARIA on a recent spontaneous one-night trip to Vegas. As an LA resident, the one-night Vegas trips have started to become somewhat of a all night party/gamble/clubbing binge, and we usually decide to stay in the cheapest hotel possible.
However, since we booked the hotel at 2:30 am the previous morning (figure it out), we decided to splurge a bit, and headed for ARIA. Although this was for sure the nicest place I've stayed in Vegas, it doesn't compare to luxury hotels elsewhere.
The location is great, and the new shuttle comes though, so it's easy to get to Monte Carlo & Bellagio.
The front desk was pleasant, although the guy kept calling me Mrs. Decker, when there was no evidence of me being married. Although I did stay with a male (who was subsequently called Mr. Decker, lol), we had a two queen room, and I don't wear any rings etc. It was just a little awkward, and I tried not to lught.
The view from our 21st floor room was of the Vdara and Cosmopolitan pools. For a "backside" of the hotel view, it was pretty decent. The rooms were big, the beds were fluffy and EVERYTHING was automated by a little touch screen remote. The beds, the music, TV, curtains etc. I was pretty excited about that, although there was a bit of a delay in the touch screen, which made me accidentally turn everything on/off/on/off a few times due to the delay.
The bathrooms were large, but the shower pressure was weak, the towels were stiff, and they provided 1-ply toilet paper. I'm sorry, but if you're going to charge $200+ a night for a hotel, I don't think it's too much to ask for the good TP!
We ate at the buffet ($37 on a Saturday), and I suppose it was decent. There was a TON of seafood including crab legs and lobster. I'm allergic to shellfish, so this didn't thrill me. There was still a wide selection of other foods, but the focus was definitely on sea food. They also provided unlimited house wine, which tasted cheap, but it was free, and I like cheap wine anyway.
I didn't spend much time in this casino, as we hightailed it to Bellagio shortly after our dinner.
I didn't use the spa services, but I purused
There wasn't anything that made this hotel absolutely outstanding, and for the price I would say it was average. If it was more moderately priced, I would have added a 4th star.
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