The Mandalay is definitely a casino and some would consider it a resort, as its name implies. But its addition of a large attached convention center would imply that it is also a business destination, which clearly it is not. I was here for a working convention, attending meetings all day. This does not fit well in a hotel where many of the patrons are getting into rooms drunk at 3 am, and the rest of us need to get up at 6 am. I was awakened most nights. I had problems with check in. 45 minutes after getting into the registration line, I was finally in my room only to open the door and find they had booked me in a dirty room. Yuck. I was then rebooked into a smelly smoking room when I had requested non smoking and was told there was not another non smoking room. My room itself was spacious. I thought the color scheme was boring if not depressing. The rooms have been updated with IPOD docking station clock radios and flat screen TVs. The pillows smelled dirty. I left my room by 8 am most days and it was not made up until late afternoon. The safe did not work when I checked in and security had to come into my room. Room service was delivered sooner than promised, which was nice. Checking out meant another wait in a line to have my bill corrected. I do not gamble and to me this is clearly not a business center hotel

I was a speaker at a convention at the mandalay. I had two rooms booked with a gurantee by a credit card. our plane was delayed.We phoned the hotel that we would be late. When we arrived at 1:30 AM, our rooms were given away and there were no rooms left. They gave us 20 dollars cab fare, and vouchers and sent us to the MGM Grand. The girl at the desk was very rude. Guaranteed reservations mean nothing to the Mandalay!

My husband and I went to Las Vegas to celebrate a friends 40th birthday. We had stayed at Mandalay Bay previously and the rooms were okay. Since our last stay the rooms have been remodeled! (Be sure to ask for a recently remodeled room!) The bathrooms were very nice and luxurious with seperate (large) tub and shower. Double vanity and potty room. The beds are comfy and the linens were a higher quality than before. The pillows were VERY hard but I called the front desk and they sent up two perfectly soft pillows right away!! Every employee that we encountered from check in to check out was very helpful and accomodating. (Including the casino workers.)
We love to eat at House of Blues for breakfast. Their food is consistently good. Saturday night HOB transforms from a restaurant to a 70's disco with a band called Boogie Nights. They were petty good, the DJ was great when the band took breaks, but we had SO much fun! There were people in there from 21 to 81 dancing and having fun! Everyone was getting along!
We rented a cabana by the pool one day. Not much luxury there. The beach scene was pretty wild and crowded but we were stuck back in the farthest pool area. Kind of stark without the landscaping of most Vegas pools. Servers were very nice and helpful but basically just a lounge by the pool. Cabana was too small for anything but a table that seats 4. You must get in line at 7:30 a.m. to get a lounger. Put your towels and magazines on it, then go put on your swim suit and come back when the sun is out!
This hotel has beefed up their rooms, their service and their price. It is still a pretty good value. Vegas is just more expensive than it used to be! If you really are wanting to treat yourself to a little better room stay at THE HOTEL (all suites, same building & pool, just across the casino floor from Mandaly) or get a Lake view suite at Bellagio! Lakeview is a bit more but SO worth it when the fountains go off!

I have been to Vegas many times and have stayed all over the place from the Rio to the Wynn and I can say that Mandalay Bay was very good. We requested a recently renovated room as per the reviews on here and got it in spades. We arrived at 2am due to the plane begin late of course, and we were given a suite with a jacuzzi for no extra cost. The room was spectacularly large and well done, the bathroom with jacuzzi and double sink was also very nice. The walls are thin, but luckily we had a 301 room and only had neighbors on one side, and not the bed side either, so we only heard them maybe twice.

Aureole! The best wine list in all of Vegas!! By far. If you like wine, you need to go here, the food is also amazing. They bring you an HP tablet PC to view their unreal wine list and it makes your jaw drop to see it.


Room service was very quick every morning and the place is very big and well kept in general. It is a typical vergas resort but worth the 4 stars it has. The casino staff is also great and I won a bundle, which could make me skewed, but I had a great trip and would reccommend this place to firends.