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| - This luxury hotel is top notch top to bottom! Very impressed from the time reservations were made to when we checked out. Yes it was pricey but so worth it. I can be high maintenance sometimes when it comes to being a guest and the Mandarin Oriental spoiled me rotten.
I booked here 2 weeks advance for our mini staycation via online. I noted it was our anniversary also. Check in was a breeze. Upon arrival at valet (the only way to park here) we were approached by doormen, valet and bellhop. We were up at the registration desk in no time. When we checked in we told them our names an they wished us a happy anniversary, not only then, but throughout our stay. From every hotel staff we encountered front desk down to housekeeping. They must've had a morning briefing or something of who we were and they recognized and acknowledged their guests. Quite impressive. I never had to lift a finger to carry luggage, open doors, take elevators up and down..heck there was even a bench to sit down in the elevator
Decor of hotel is modern, Asian influenced. Classy, clean and quiet, no clanging of coins and ringing of slot machines, no hint of cigarette smells. When you enter the hotel lobby on the third floor there is spectacular view of the strip on the side where registration desk and tea lounge lounge is. Access to your hotel room is from here on a separate elevator, you need your hotel room card to use it. I like that added security for guests staying there.
Our hotel room was the Premier Room which is a step above the standard rooms. When we opened our door the curtains were drawn and soft lighting turned on and music played automatically! Whoa! The alarm clock on the end table controlled everything down to locking your door. The cool bar niche had everything, the safe, cooler, junk food, drinks and display box of different teas. Our bed was super comfy and you wont have a problem drifting off to dreamland. Our bathroom was huge! Soaker tub with bath salts, his n hers sinks in vanity area also had HD TV built into the mirror and the speakers were built into the ceiling. Also there was a glass enclosed shower big enough for 4 ..it was really that large. Then there is enclosed room for the washroom and toilet and another area for the walk in wardrobe area.
Our view from our room was of the modernized architecture of City Center and backdrop of the strip. At night and during sunset the view was alot cooler.
Excellent service from all of Mandarin Oriental staff, every night housekeeping did turn down service in our room...unmade our bed, replenish towels, ice bucket refilled, ice cold bottles of water on each side of our beds, and fresh flowers too.
After having our anniversary dinner a bottle of champagne and chilled glasses were waiting in our room with a Happy Anniversary card courtesy of MO...wow nice touch.
So many little things that MO did made our staycation one I would repeat again!
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