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| - Waste of money, waste of time.
We knew that it would be an expensive tourist trap when we went in. After all it's a bar made of ice at 5 below in Vegas, of course it's an expensive trap. But we had hoped that it was worth it. Instead it was a silly waste of money and a maddening waste of time.
After we paid our $37 for entry (cost for coat rental and 2 drinks) we were immediately told that we had to put our phones in a locker. I balked and the girl was insistent. My phone cost me $500 and has my work life and family life on it. I doubt I would have gone in had I known of the no phone scam before I paid. I immediately turned to one of my friends and said "I'm sure that's because they want to take our picture in there and pry more money out of us by taking pictures of us". Sure enough, I was right. The putting your phone in a "locked" locker schtick was nothing more than an angle to pry more money out of you.
We went in and got our drinks. Only cheap booze available, nothing there that I would order at a better bar. But we had pre-paid so what the heck, give me some nasty cheap potato vodka.
It was time for me to get my second drink (2 drink "package") and I was waiting for the drunk newcomers to get served so I didn't have to deal with them. I thought they were done and went to the bar but the bartender spent the next ten minutes flirting with the cute drunk dude. He had his phone and she was cutely telling him he could get thrown out for it, but it was nothing more than cutesy flirting, she just giggled and flirted. I'm sure if she had seen me, the 50 year old dude with a phone she would have had me tossed on my head. He started being a dick and pawing in the tip jar, tossing the money in the air. She got pissed so he threw her a hundred dollar bill and telling her to give him $80 back so she could have a $20 tip. So the next 5 minutes was googley eyes, drunk dude hitting on her, more googley eyes and giggling from the bartender etc etc. There was another guy at the bar who was ahead of me that looked extremely pissed about waiting. She FINALLY serves him then asks me what I want. I choose from the cheap booze available and she takes the bottle and turns it upside down and empties it. It is no more than half a shot so she takes the pour spout off the bottle and turns the bottle over, nothing comes out. She shrugs, literally freakin' SHRUGS, and hands it to me. I now have a half shot that cost me around $15 from a bartender who was as professional as a 15 year old.
We finally leave and the locker that you put your phones in has a back door on the exit side. My friend had the key, but I went up to it and the door just opened, it wasn't even locked. The person who worked there said "It wasn't locked"? and laughed, LAUGHED.
I left the place feeling like I had been tremendously scammed by a completely unprofessional place. I know, I know, I'm in Vegas and should expect to be scammed, but this was a monumental scam. I can't imagine anyone ever going there a second time. If you are reading these reviews because you haven't gone yet, please remain a person who has never gone there,
Holy crap why did we make the trek down to Mandalay Bay for this nonsense.
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