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Mandalay Bay Resort & CasinovsEncore at Wynn Las Vegas
Both hotels are rated very highly by expert reviewers. On balance, Encore At Wynn Las Vegas is the choice of most professionals compared to Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. Encore At Wynn Las Vegas scores 92 with recommendations from 15 publications like Rough Guide, Travel + Leisure and Fodor's.
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino
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3950 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV 89119
From $71/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Frommer's "Mandalay Bay is one of our favorite hotels. Why? Well, we love that the lobby...and the other public areas really do make this seem more like an actual resort hotel than just a Vegas version of one." Full review
Insight Guides "At the south end of the Strip, this resort is a good bet for families."
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"The ornately appointed rooms here have a South Seas theme, and amenities include floor-to-ceiling windows and luxurious bathrooms." Full review
OysterUpscale
"The giant, 3,215-room Mandalay Bay offers more for kids... and plenty for adults." Full review
Star Service "This is a champion of luxury and a purveyor of honest-to-goodness deluxe standards. " Full review
Gayot "This resort feels like the kind of place Robinson Crusoe might have dreamed up on his return to civilization."
BlackBook "If the ideal of the resort-casino is guests never having to leave the grounds, then Mandalay Bay has come closest to achieving it."
Zagat4.2
"Supporters "love, love" this "swanky" resort with "stunning" decor that's highlighted by “elegant”, “spacious” rooms that are “well appointed” with marble baths."
Travel + Leisure "Mandalay Bay’s aquarium, with more than 15 types of sharks and a Komodo dragon, has some of the best bells and whistles over its 120 acres." Full review
The Telegraph8.0
"Mandalay Bay is an all-encompassing casino resort at the southern end of the Strip, with restaurants, bars, shopping, entertainment and nightlife inside gold-tinted towers." Full review
Encore at Wynn Las Vegas
Rough Guide Frommer's
Fodor's
Jetsetter Lonely Planet Star Service Gayot BlackBook Zagat
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3121 Las Vegas Blvd. South, Las Vegas, NV 89109
From $129/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Rough Guide "Setting Las Vegas’s current standard for high-end luxury... Rooms are plush and colourful."
Frommer's "What do you do after you have built a casino empire, sold it all, and then reentered the fray by creating an all-new paradigm for modern Vegas luxury?" Full review
Fodor's "As far as luxury is concerned, Las Vegas simply doesn't get much better." Full review
Jetsetter "Suite-hotel-within-a-hotel with sprawling rooms, a golf course, indoor-outdoor dining and one of the city’s best shopping scenes." Full review
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And you can choose between Chef Paul Bartolotta’s Italian coastal cuisine, the alfresco Lakeside and the French-Chinese fare at Ming Yu’s Michelin-starred Wing Lei. Nights wander from dance music mecca XS to the indoor-outdoor Tryst to the more intimate bottle service Surrender.
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"Steve Wynn's signature casino hotel (literally – his name is emblazoned across the top) Wynn and younger sibling Encore are a pair of curvaceous, copper-toned twin towers, whose entrances..." Full review
Star Service "Built for a livelier, more youthful clientele, this glittering and glossy contemporary showcase boasts Zen and not-so-Zen Asian accents highlighted in red and black. " Full review
Gayot "Encore Las Vegas offers even more luxurious amenities than the original Wynn Las Vegas resort."
BlackBook "Steve Wynn continues to leave his tall, shiny, mirrored mark on the Las Vegas Strip with his newest casino tower, the Encore."
Zagat "This ultraluxe baby sister of Wynn Las Vegas features a Strip location, a design scheme with Greek and Moroccan touches that is heavy on butterflies and a slew of high-end amenities."
Forbes Travel Guide 4 Stars
"The Four-Star Encore at Wynn Las Vegas delivers the same exceptional service and class as its flagship property, Wynn Las Vegas, but with a boutique vibe." Full review
