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| - For the inaugural Yelp Spring Break, the girlfriend & I stayed 3 nights at the MGM Grand. I booked the room through the YSB link on the Las Vegas Elite Events page which was triply convenient: Yelp had secured a group rate, booking with the link guaranteed YEE admission & MGM was only a short walk from the 1st YSB YEE.
In addition to all the the Yelp-y convenience, the MGM Grand was an overall nice to place to stay on the Strip for a few days. The highlights were the room & all the amenities available in & around this vast & cavernous building. The not-so-greats were the resort fee & a labyrinthine layout seemingly designed to make exits hard to find.
Our room had smart, modern decor, flat-panel TV & was spotlessly clean. Lowering the blackout shade over the wall-to-wall window could turn the room totally pitch black in the middle of the blazing bright day, which was much appreciated since we were keeping vampires' hours. The bed was comfortable enough to induce coma.
There were miscues to the room, however. There was no coffee maker or microwave or mini-fridge in the room. There was a refrigerated mini-bar in the room, but don't touch anything inside of it unless you want to pay for it. That also goes for just moving stuff around in there. Apparently, MGM will charge some kind of $ fine to your hotel bill if you move the contents of the mini-bar to refrigerate your own stuff.
As far as amenities go, the sprawling MGM Grand property has: nearly 2 dozen eateries, bars & clubs, cardio room, a gigantic multi-level parking garage, a monorail station, the Grand Pool, the Grand Garden Arena & of course, the huge gaming areas of the casino. I don't gamble at all, so no comment on that last feature. The Grand Pool is cool, definitely worth checking out during any stay here.
All of this stuff on premises contributes to the aforementioned labyrinthine layout. There are no signs anywhere with directions to any exit. Even on our 3rd day there, the girlfriend & I were finding new, unplanned & unintended ways to get from our room to outside of the building & vice versa. I guess it's not in the best interest of MGM's profits to make it easy to leave.
Then there's the resort fee. A minor complaint, really. It's $25/ day for parking, Wi-Fi in the room & use of the cardio room + access to the Grand Pool could be considered something "resort." I got a good enough basic rate on the room that an added $25 was still a good deal for the level of the amenities. Just be aware when booking here that what you really pay is the room rate + the resort fee.
The MGM Grand was home away from home for the girlfriend & I during Yelp Spring Break. Using the Yelp arranged group rate, it was a comfortable & convenient home away from home for not a whole lot of $. Thank you MGM Grand & Yelp for the hospitality.
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