This place is definitely showing its age in the casino area and it's way too smokey! The rooms I believe were renovated sometime back but still looks very decent. We only visit when my grandparents are there the same time as we are...or when we are craving local food and while we are there we end up trying to gamble a little. My husband and I always stay at Aria in one of their amazing suites.
We love the atmosphere of this place because of the guests. The dealers are alright, you get some of the funny ones, others are really nice and the rest are just flat out rude. The minimum bets on the tables here are ridiculously low so it's great for those on a budget who are looking to stretch their money or for you first timers who are looking to learn. Something that truly amazed me, in a negative way, is when the attendants have to pay you your winnings out on the slot machines...just say you win $1,000. They will give you 9 $100 and 5 $20...why? Because they are expecting you to give them a minimum of $20 in tip just for paying you what you won! Guests are already paying the employees their wages by gambling thousands of dollars away and the retirees go up every couple of months. They will never do that on the strip. My husband got the royal flush on the $1 poker machine at the Venetian which is $4,000 and they didn't give him 39 $100 and 5 $20 so they could get tipped! it's ridiculous how these people want to take advantage of the local and older people.