"The rest of our stay in the hotel was good, but nothing spectacular" That pretty much sums up my opinion of MGM too. It's not Wynn or Bellagio, but then again it's not Harrahs or NYNY either. You get fair value for your money.

I'm afraid I also agree with you about Studio Cafe. I happen to think it's one of the most over-priced restaurants on the Strip. But in all fairness, I think most LV coffee shops (cafes) are not good values when compared to other dining choices. Still I think there are better hotel coffee shops in the same price range.

Sounds like a fine trip, thanks for the report.

I stayed at the MGM last September and I too found the Studio Cafe too expensive for breakfast and $6 a beer at the bar way over priced. These are the reasons I'm a fan of downtown and some of the off strip properties.

Your experience at the Studio Cafe is the exact reason I choose to use a buffet instead, whether it's at MGM or elsewhere. It's a much better value and offers a much better variety. So I don't get someone to bring my food to me. No biggie! The MGM buffet even offers smoked salmon, one of my 3 or 4 times a year treats due to its market cost. I eat that after my custom-made omlet to counteract the cholesterol. Yeah, that's it!

Thanks for your report. Maybe something was taken off your bill afterall for the bedding mix-up. Hard to believe a 5,000 room hotel didn't have a King N.S. on a Sunday. Maybe some rooms are out of service due to renovations.

Glad I'm not the only one who didn't care for Studio Cafe!!

As for them not having a room for us on Sunday night, I asked the guy at check-in how they didn't have a king non-smoking room for us. He said that they had over 2000 check-ins that day which they couldn't keep up with. That didn't sound right to me. So I asked if they knew I was coming (I had a reservation, so I knew that they knew). He said yes they knew I was checking in and what room I had reserved but they were "backed up." I laughed and asked what a reservation was for!

Can't believe that happened at 6pm on a Sunday. Oh well.

Hard to believe they did not have a king NS rooom. You don't think the check in person was still attempting to get you to pay for an upgrade? I believe the reason the Studio Cafe is so expensive is that it is comped for lots of us. If we stay at MGM, we can always eat there and get whatever we want. You may have been comped meals due to your play. Did you have a player's card? We usually get invited for 3 comp nights and 4 restaurants to choose from (Cafe,Buffet (hate them),Wichcraft and the Asian restaurant next to Studio Cafe.

Not to be mean but when you reserve a room type at any hotel it is not confirmed that you get that type. All of the Kings may have been taken or could have been dirty and not ready when you needed one.

I also agree with the people who say the buffet is the way to go for breakfast. After you pay for just drinks, most times in cafes, you could have almost had the buffet and the MGM buffet has the best fresh sliced bacon!!!

We didn't get much in comps. We had the Player's card from previous visits to other casinos in the MGM family. My husband played blackjack for three days straight, but didn't bet the $25 per hand that earns points. I played a mixture of blackjack and slots and earned most of our comps via slots.

Forgot to mention: The air conditioning in both rooms was terrible. Apparently they've got something in place that doesn't allow the room temperature to go below 75. This was identical in both rooms we had and others there were commenting on the same thing. (You can 'set' the AC on 60 but it does no good).

Hi,

My husband and I were there during this same time frame.......there was a 100k convention in town.....it was the Magic clothing conv. ....that's why the hotel was so booked :) (Usually we do not go when there are huge conv. in town but we took my Mother-in-law as a thank-you and she had friends in town during the Aug 24-26th time and wanted to meet up with them). As soon as we got our luggage and headed out to the rental buses my husband commented that it was busier than we had ever seen it before........and it was......a man on the car rental bus let us know about it.

Anyhow.....I hope you enjoyed your trip....Lea :)

I did enjoy my trip and I'm glad I went.

We didn't know about the MAGIC convention ahead of time, but definitely saw lots of those folks walking around.

It's not the busiest I've ever seen Vegas... I've been there on both Labor Day and Memorial Day before.

It's fun for me whether it's busy or not.