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| - A few years back, the wife and I came to see Zumanity, located in a theater inside the New York-New York Hotel & Casino. Walking through the make-believe streets of Big Apple, I thought it'd be a cool hotel to stay at.
A few weeks back, my wife suggested she'd love to celebrate her birthday in Vegas so I got online and booked us a room for a couple of nights at this hotel. It coinciding with CES, the rate wasn't cheap... $169 a night or thereabouts, but Planet Hollywood or Paris were even more expensive, so I figured this would be a good time to try the NY-NY.
Let's just say that the room we got for that price was absolutely tragic. Yeah, it had a King size bed, but no, it wasn't a Cal-King, and let's just say that after the bed was placed in the room, it left very little room for you to walk around. The TV is still good ol' Cathode Ray Tube, Pay-per-View does *not* give you the ability to pause or rewind your film. The bathroom was actually pretty decent, but let's just say the Paris and Planet Hollywood both put this hotel to shame.
As for the casino, it was nice to see $10 blackjack tables. I'm not sure if that's a result of the economy crash-and-burning, but it was refreshing to see minimum bets go back down to reasonable levels. The drinks, though, were a complete fucking joke. $14 for a Ketel One and Red Bull at the bar, and I ain't talking a double or stiff drink. This was pretty much a 1-shot drink. I had the same drink at the Venetian and, while it cost me $15, it was poured in a 16-oz glass and had a stiff shot and a half, if not 2. Compare that to a minuscule 8-oz glass at the NY-NY.
While the Nine Fine Irishmen was a nice Irish Pub, and of course the America Diner provided much needed simple carbs at 3 AM to soak up all that excess alcohol, I must say I was not impressed with the NY-NY at all. I don't plan on coming back here anytime soon, that's for sure.
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