Aria was very nice! We had a corner suite that was lovely. We loved the sliding door that separated the bedroom from the living room. The automated lights and curtains were also great.
Not five stars in our book mostly for the wait during check-in. While some say, "you should always expect to wait to check-in in Vegas", we would argue that you should NEVER have to wait for a room that has been pre-booked. When will hotels realize that the current traditional check-in methods are a big downer.
You just walked into the place - and the first thing you do is STAND IN A LINE? Do the math on the common sense of a FIRST IMPRESSION hotel industry!
The bathroom had one of those fancy Toto? toilets. The master bath was big and had a big shower with a tub nearby. The tub had jets.
The pool at Aria, (we did not do the Liquid Pool), was nice. Our waitress/server was not good.
The valet wait was up to 20 to 35 minutes in the early afternoon.
Aria's location is not bad but it is not great either. It is a healthy walk from Aria to the the action in the heart of The Strip.