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| - Margaritaville is mostly just a touristy bar on the strip serving touristy food; nothing to write home about, but location-wise, it's fantastic. If people watching is your thing, downstairs bar near the strip entrance is fantastic. If strip views, head up to the third floor outdoor bar. Only giving it three stars because of this; it's a try hard two star establishment if it were anywhere but across the street from Caesars.
My recommendation, if you're in a small party, is visit the back bar. It is way back there and you'll feel like you're in a cave, but the bartenders there are much nicer than the ones up front, and they make better drinks.
Some tips: the BOGO coupons for margs that you get from Flamingo are for their house marg which tastes like lime Gatorade. Alcohol-wise, and taste-wise, you're better off just buying their "Perfect Margarita" even if it does cost double; one of those tastes ten times better and has more alcohol than two regular house margs anyway.
Next, if you get a $5 off $25 retail Margaritaville coupon from Flamingo, there is a very important word in that, and that's the word "retail". It means that if you purchase $25 of tourist junk in their store, you get $5 off, but it is not usable for restaurant bills regardless of them sharing the same name and a restaurant being a retail establishment just like any other business selling goods or services to a consumer.
If group dining is your thing, you'll probably be disappointed there too. They have an excellent event space on the second floor overlooking the strip, but the catering at private events are a limited menu and insane prices above and beyond their retail prices; oops I just called the food/beverage retail, which they're not in the mind of Margaritaville. In any case, you'll pay a big premium to hold an event there, so if you're considering Margaritaville for a wedding rehearsal dinner or reception, for example, there are far more cost effective options up and down the strip.
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