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| - If your plan is to score a cheap thrill from one who's acting a fool and stumbling out of the club, then take that person to downtown Vegas or find yourself a sleazy motel. If you have quality company that deserves a lot more than weak tricks and theatrics, then consider Vdara. This non-casino, eco-friendly, and smoke-free property is located in the back corner of the City Center area. Write this down playas, if you want to impress your lady friend(s), book a stay at this classy joint. It's mad money.
You can easily walk over to the Cosmopolitan or Aria hotels from the Vdara, including the City Center if you can afford to spend loot at those shops there. Also, there's a monorail that connects you to adjacent hotels if you so choose to take.
Valet it, even if it's a '97 Honda Civic on chrome Enkei rims and an exhaust system that will instantly fail a smog check. If you haven't figured it out by now, valet service at Vegas hotels work on discretionary tip. Don't be so frugal, minimum $2-3 bucks at least please. These folks do work hard especially when it's 106 outside. Besides, I don't think they even have self parking available for you. So bring in that hoopty, it's all good.
Even though there isn't a casino in this hotel, the lobby area can still be quite vibrant and occupied by all sorts of mammals. There's a lounge that seems to attract people at all hours. The elevators are guarded 24/7 by the grey suits so make sure you have your room key with you at all times.
We got to stay on the 38th floor and most importantly in a corner room. This place was sick. Windows all around the entire room: from the long corridor/hallway leading to the full kitchen, passed the washer and dryer to the living room into the bedroom, and finally leading in the restroom. We nearly had 360 degrees of view; it was more like 270 degrees. All the windows are controlled by electronic shades. For a darker enclosure, hit the "black out" button. Stainless steel is found throughout the kitchen which is stocked with glasses, silverware, plates and bowls. The refrigerator is huge enough to store food for a Greek family's two weeks worth of goods.
The bathroom had a separate toilet section followed by an all glass shower. The separate tub sits right next to it while facing out the windows. You will be able to soak in all the lovely visuals of the city as you frolic in the tub.
The free mini gym offers state of the art cardio machines and weight machines. There's not too many dumb bells to work with so if the place is packed with meat heads then good luck. They offer fresh towels, water, and even headphones to connect you to their equipment. Flat screens were posted all over the place with ESPN blasting away. The gym is located next to the spa on a separate floor.
Calling it a "room" or a "suite" here is by far a total understatement. It was more like an upscale and high end one bedroom apartment or condo. I've been impressed by many top hotels in Sin City but this one just seemed to be very intimate as compared to the others. The Vdara is ideal for couples, honeymooners, people who travel in style, or even for families. But let's say you had 5+ dudes wanting to bunk up in a single one bedroom here, I'd probably pass and look for other options. Otherwise, this place is sick with it.
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