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| - Not going to go into too much detail for a place with 1300 reviews. Yelp is accurate. Aria is indeed a 3.5 star establishment. I look at it as an overall positive experience, so I rounded up. It's clean, modern, sleek, but not sterile. I would consider staying here again given a good rate.
Keeping it to the point with a list:
-- Love the smell. No nasty cigarette odor here.
-- For the quality of room, I got a steal at $400 for two nights in a King Suite and two tickets to a Cirque show. Late check out was added to my package for no additional cost.
-- Super fast North Valet. North Valet is close to guest elevators but far from main desk.
-- Super fast check in. In and out in less than a few minutes.
-- Complimentary wifi (decent speed).
-- Rooms are excellent. Furniture is modern, colors are warm, layout is classy. Down feather bed with smooth cotton sheeting. Equipped with numerous "one touch" light settings, and automatic black out drapes.
-- Didn't think of everything though. No iPod hook up. Must use their TV for music and movies. Sorta lame.
-- As others have stated, extra tall shower and oval Roman tub share their own "mega stall" behind glass doors. The tub is just for soaking, no jets. So sort of useless. I'm too short and couldn't adjust the showerhead. o_O
-- Bath products are subpar at best. Robes are thin. No slippers.
-- Location is off the Strip. Don't be fooled. Yes, it's about 20 min just to get to the Cosmopolitan. It's 10 minutes by tram plus a 5 min walk to get to the Bellagio. And it's 25 minutes to get to the Paris. I don't mind the walk, but don't want people to think this location is "convenient" and close to anything. It's not.
-- Charges a resort fee of $25 a night + 12% tax on check out.
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-- Pools are spacious, non crowded, and clean. Favorite: 32 oz dragonberry mojito.
-- View Bar. The best drinks I had in Vegas. The signature cocktails are delicious. Locals ask for Manny. "Best bartender in Vegas" apparently.
-- Jean Phillippe Patisserie is a chain that's scattered around other Vegas hotels. Nothing special. No macarons, lame. Except the large $4 raspberry macaron sandwich. Yumyum.
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