Stayed 6/19-6/26 Check in took a while(this is a big hotel) Service excellent. I got a better rate by joining the hotel's paradise club.
See there web site. Pool crowded,wave pool lot's of fun. If u have a car try the Tillerman for excellent seafood. Restaurants at hotel no big deal. Slots never saw anyone win even a small jackpot. A waitress told me u had a better chance playing at K Mart I believe her. Again if u have a car side trip to Red Rock Canyon is fantastic.

We (husband 35 and myself 33) stayed at Mandalay Bay July 20 (Sunday) - July 24 (Thursday). We arrived at check in about noon. And it seems so did another 200 people. Check in was verrrrry sloooow! It took us almost an hour standing in line. When we finally got to the registration desk we requested a room with a strip view and up high as possible. Clerk said all they had was a smoking room left that was on the 35 floor with that view. We agreed to try it and see if it was okay. I asked if robes were in the room and was told they were. Got to room after a slow, and long elevator ride to find it very clean without a trace of cigerette smoke. Me decided to stay put because they view was to die for. Well there were no robes, so we called down and robes and slippers were delivered to us in about 15 minutes. Bathroom was huge with a seperate shower and a tub big enough for two. I really loved the bathroom.

I had picked this hotel for the pool. Well the pool was very nice. It was always busy even though we were there mid week. I can't imagine what this place would be like on the weekend in high season! I sunburn very easy so we were always at the pool first thing in the mourning when it opened, which was 8:30 am. So we could always get a great chair under a mister any where we wanted. We would stay a couple of hours and then would have to take a break from sun. Later aound 4pm we would return. We were never able to find a chair at this time and had to just sit on the ground. Cocktail service was very slow. It was quicker, easier and cheaper to walk to bar and get it yourself. The drinks were the same price ($7.75), but in bigger glasses if you walked to get them. And we were drinking frozen cocktails that arrived half melted from the cocktail waitresses. We soon learned to just get them ourselves and charge them to room.

We ate in the Blue Blanc Rouge for breakfast one mourning. Both of us had crepes which were very good ($37.24). We had a coupon for 2 for 1 breakfast at House of Blues. We had french toast and waffles $17.84).
Good but really nothing to write home about. One night we ordered room service. We got a pizza and ice cream. This was really the best meal me had in the hotel. It was typical room service price ($23.16), but the food was really good and presented so nicely. They brought it up on a wheeled table with real silverware and china plates and linen napkins.
The ice cream was about a pint which was inside a ice bucket. We sat in our robes ordered a pay per view movie ($10.99) and enjoyed our food.
We had lunch at Raffles Cafe ($39.05) for 2 sandwiches drinks and desert. I thought a little over priced for the quality of food. We had better meals in other casinos.

We didn't use the casino much, but it was never crowded. Mandalay Bay is at the south end of the strip so if you are going to explore it will cost you one way or the other. During the day we took the trolley which was $1.65 a person up and down the strip. In the evening when we were dressed for dinner and shows we took cabs. We went to the Rio one night. They have a free shuttle from Harrah's which we took over. But it takes a long time and is crowded. We got a taxi on the return trip.
I think it was about $8.

Okay for the complaints. The rooms have no safe. The hotel offers safe deposit boxes. We never used them. We didn't have alot of cash so we simply locked it in our luggage. Thought it was really odd though, that in a place like vegas there was no place to stash travelers checks, plane tickets, visa etc. Local phone calls (and 1-800 #) cost $1.00 from the room phones. I really hate hotels that do this. It is simply ridiculous these days. We use a calling card with a 1-800 number. It was cheaper for us to use our cell phone while standing in the room!
Like I said the view was great. But in order to stay up on a high floor you will have to make a trade off. Getting to and from your room takes a long time and elevators are nearly always full.

We were staying with a promotional rate of $99 a night. At this price is was well worth it and I would not hesitate in recommending it at that price. I can't see how anywhere near full price would be though.
On our next trip I think we are going to try out the Rio. I was really impressed with this place when we visited and it really is no more out of the way then Mandalay Bay is.

We stayed at Mandalay last week April 2003. At check-in (fast and courteous) we were offered $20 upgrade to Jr-type suite...well worth every cent! They gave us some extras like 2/1 breakfast. The room was spacious, clean, gorgeous with the nicest bathroom I've ever seen in a hotel. Plenty of premium bath goodies left every day. The whole hotel smells like vanilla; after hiking the strip all day, stepping back into Mandalay just made you go "aahhhh!". The restaurants are terrific and fun, and the pool area was gorgeous and clean. Negatives: so many kids (why oh why do people bring children to Vegas?), and it's a hike to go anywhere. There is NOWHERE better and that includes Bellagio if you don't mind walking / tramming.

My family and I arrived in Las Vegas on July 15th. We stayed at Mandalay Bay for 3 nights. There was a Computer Associates convention at Mandalay Bay, which I didn't realize when I made the reservation, so I was worried that we would not get our room preference (non-smoking, 2 queen beds).Mandalay Bay was excellent. Check-in was extremely fast, less than 10 minutes. We got exactly the room preference that we requested.We arrived at Mandalay Bay about 11:30AM, and our room was not ready. The person at check-in checked us into our room anyway, with the understanding that it had not been cleaned. He also gave us keys so that we could access the pool. We went to the pool for about 1-1/2 hours, and the room was ready when we returned. We called for our baggage, and it arrived at our room in less than 5 minutes.We had an awesome view of the Strip from our 18th-story room.Valet service for the car was also extremely fast. Our longest wait was about 10 minutes, but most other times it was less than 5 minutes. We couldn't have walked to our car any faster than that, so the small cost for tipping the valet attendant.I enjoyed the overall atmosphere of Mandalay Bay, and the service we received during our stay was outstanding. Although Mandalay Bay is not inexpensive, I would absolutely stay there again.