My family and I stayed at the Mirage after previously staying at the Palazzo. This is our second time staying at the Mirage.

We stayed on the 17th floor (southwing) and one of the elevators was being repaired, but the longest we waited for the elevator was 3 mins.

Housekeeping personnel (young /mid 30’s Spanish speaking lady) was very polite, very honest (my daughter on the 3rd day left her expensive rings on the bathroom counter and it was still there when we got back) and keep our room clean. We tip her ($$) everyday to show our appreciation for her goodness and hard work.

The Pools waterfalls are working fine and the Volcano eruption is great. Last time (7-08) we were there, the Volcano was being repaired.

Overall the Mirage is a very good place to stay, it’s very centrally located and reasonably priced.

Third time at the Mirage didn't disappoint! Stayed three nights and got a great rate which they advertised as their 20-yr anniversary promotion: $97 on a Saturday night with the other two nights each at $75. Chose this hotel for the pool, central-strip location, and the refurbished rooms which make the hotel feel new again. Cool colors, very comfortable bed, and picture-perfect flat-screen TV. Comparable to Mandalay Bay but not as fancy as TheHotel.
Only complaints on the room were low water pressure on the shower and weak signal on wireless internet which was overpriced at $14.95. Also in-room safe was very small. Could fit laptop but not much else.

Friendly staff at check-in, concierge, and bell desk. Player's Club rep was nice enough to give us two free passes to the Cravings buffet even though we didn't play that much in the Mirage casino.

Ate at several Mirage restaurants: Caribe Cafe for breakfast, Cravings for lunch, and BLT Burger for a late-night dinner. Caribe Cafe has huge breakfast portions, great for sharing. BLT Burger is AWESOME. Best burgers, fries, milkshakes. We ate at plenty of gourmet restaurants on this trip but none compared to the toasted marshmallow shake at BLT Burger. We've always liked Cravings but it isn't holding up as well compared to Spice Market and the Wynn buffet. Worth noting that this hotel has a good cross mix of both formal and casual restaurants, including Starbucks and California Pizza Kitchen.

Thought I would play in the Mirage casino more, but I dislike the continuous-shuffle blackjack as it's a house cheat. Almost as bad as only paying 6:5 vs 3:2 on Blackjack. Avoid them. Went to Wynn/Encore which offered great promotion to join their Red player's club. We walked away with $40 free play, t-shirts, hats, and 2 free VIP passes to the Wynn Buffet, best on the strip!

Mirage has a great location within easy walk (in the heat) to TI, Venetian, Caesars, Wynn, Encore, and Fashion Show Mall. Have stayed in 7 different hotels on the strip and would definitely stay at the Mirage again.

I stayed two nights in Encore and three nights in Mirage. Previously I have stayed in The Hotel and Bellagio. Out of these four Mirage is obviously targeted more to “the masses” and bearing this is mind the “factory” works surprisingly smoothly. As long as you do not have any requests – however small. It is then that the machine starts to cough.

Here are some “highlights”:

- on the day of arrival at 12:30 pm

Check in was fast. I made a kind request to have a room facing the pool area. “Certainly sir” was to friendly response from the girl at check-in.

Long walk through the casino floor to elevators. And I mean long and through the extremely crowded casino floor.

Two out of the six elevators serving the lowest floors were out of order. Long walk from the elevator to the room.

The room was surprisingly nice except for the few “issues” that I will come back later on.

When I opened the curtains the reality struck right on my face. The room was facing the casino roof with some howling air-conditioning equipment right in front of the windows.

I went down to the reception to ask if it anyway was possible change the room – even for money. The response was automatic “I’m so sorry but we are fully booked”. Later this proved to be a lie. I asked if there was anything they or I could do. I was directed to talk to “the manager”. He eventually was as if it were the most difficult job on this planet to find another room. But the room would only become available after 3 pm. I asked if I could possibly get a pool facing room. “Certainly sir” was the friendly response again.

When I came back at 4.30 pm I was given a room on the 22nd floor. And again, facing the casino roof, the highway and more importantly the railway tracks. I did not bother to continue the struggle.

- at night somewhere between midnight and 4 am, each and every night

A long train rattles by whistling. Then a second one and a third… the noise from the highway and railway can be clearly heard even on the 22nd floor. I can barely imagine what it would be like on lower floors.

- At pool

The pool is nice with two waterfalls. It’s however shallow and far too small for a hotel of this size. On busy days you’d need to arrive early to find a spot. And by saying early I mean before 8 am (in summer it opens at 8am). At 8.40 am it was already so full that it was difficult to find deck chairs that were not reserved. People get down the pool at 8 to reserve chairs and then leave. After having observed for an hour some “reserved” chairs I had the towels removed. At the entrance it clearly says no reservations.

The highly advertised Bare pool lounge: music played very loud, nearly empty maybe because of the high cost. A few adolescent peeping toms.

- At parking garage on the second night @9pm

I arrived back to the hotel. Found a free parking place surprisingly easy. As I opened the car door and was getting out of car I saw someone approaching shouting that I have stolen his parking space. I did not see him even having a car. As I turned around the person tried to kick me – missing me just by an inch and hitting the side of the car. I went quickly back into the car. The car received second and a third kick. I drove quickly away and called 911 since this guy started following me - first by running and then with his friends’ car which was parked somewhere further away from the elevators. Police arrived. Couldn’t do a thing. End of story.

- And finally some words about the room

When they remodeled the rooms they could have gotten rid of the odd headboard. It shouts 70’s and not in positive way.

Bed is excellent – even better than that in Encore where I stayed for two nights during this trip to Vegas. Bathroom is very small. No TV to toilet like in Encore (if anyone needs a TV in there). However they could have changed the fittings with the renovation.

Walls appear to be paper thin as you can hear everything from the corridor and the floor above you.

You are possibly not here to watch TV but the choice of channels is limited and bit odd. Some news channels, the Weather channel and many advertisement channels featuring Mirage and other MGM Mirage properties.

- And finally

As the City Center has risen to its hights all else on Las Vegas Strip seems to have dwarfed. The once massive Bellagio sign looks miniscule with the City Center in the background. Eiffel tower at Paris and Bellagio appear to be “normal” sized. And not to mention the lion in front of MGM – it merely a kitten.

Stayed 6/10 - 6/13, 2009 This was my daughter's and my first time to stay at the Mirage.
Liked the tropical feel of the hotel. Saw the Terry Fator show and loved it. Terry is very talented, great comedian, and awesome singer. My 40 yr old daughter didn't want to go to the show, but afterward said, "I am glad I went . He was very funny." Only draw back having to go straight through the casino to get to guest elevator. Always had to have hotel map or got lost.