We went to LV with our 9 year old and booked the Mandalay because of the pool. We ended up being upgraded to THEhotel - lucky us! The rooms were large and clean. One of the best things is the bathroom. There are two sinks, huge bathtub and a television. My son thought it was the coolest thing ever to take a bath and watch tv at the same time - I could barely get him to leave the room. The room was very quiet, I only heard noise on our last day and even then it was very low. The casino was great, it seemed to be a lot less smoky than the other casinos. The downside is the location - be prepared to walk or take a cab if you want to visit other properties. Overall, I would definitely stay at THEhotel again.

Stayed at THEhotel for 4 nights. The rooms were spacious, comfortable, and a great place to relax after roaming the strip. Stayed at Mandalay for the pool and it was truly an amazing pool area. THEhotel is not that far a walk from the casino and getting around the hotel is fairly easy. The one drawback is that the Mandalay Bay complex is the southernmost hotel on the strip so getting to other hotels required a good bit of traveling by foot although the tram to excalibur helped a little. The price was great and I would definitely say these are up there with the top rooms in Las Vegas. I highly recommend this hotel to anyone.

The rooms (we had two) were a great value...we're a group of 23 year old girls, but they didn't treat us like "spring breakers" -- they treated us like the adults we are and we really appreciated that. the concierge was so fantastic and made sure that anything we asked for we had. the hotel is STUNNING -- so clean!! the bathrooms were spotless (a major requirement for me). the only setback at all was asking for extra pillows and blankets -- it took at least 2 phone calls to have these items brought to our room. everyone working at the hotel was so respectful and very friendly -- truly service with a smile. our room was on the 5th floor and didn't have a view of the strip, but we were barely in the room. the beds were super comfortable too!
just a heads up -- DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING on the mini-bar unless you want to pay for it. like literally, don't even touch it. they have sensors on them and you will automatically see it on the bill even if you didn't eat the nuts or candy. we didn't even ASK for the key to the mini-fridge (because it would have been tempting).
the pool is fantastic, but 1. definitely wear a lot of sunscreen and 2. get to the pool before 9:30am, or else you are going to be chairless. we had to pay to lay out in the reserved seating one morning because it was so crowded.
My first trip to vegas was definitely a memorable one, and thanks to the great experience i had in THEhotel i'll definitely be going back!

My husband and I were celebrating our 26th wedding anniversary and found this hotel to be quite and with no casino attached we did not smell smoke which was great. Would stay here again and highly recommend this hotel.