Mandalay Bay Resort & CasinovsThe Palazzo at The Venetian
Both Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino and The Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino are recommended by expert reviewers. Overall, The Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino is preferred by most writers compared to Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. The Palazzo Resort Hotel Casino is ranked #7 in Las Vegas with recommendations from 15 publications such as Condé Nast Traveler, Concierge and BlackBook.
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino Show All Reviews
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 Planet
Top choice
"The ornately appointed rooms here have a South Seas theme, and amenities include floor-to-ceiling windows and luxurious bathrooms." Full review
Oyster
Upscale
"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."
Zagat
4.2
"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 Telegraph
8.0
"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
The Palazzo at The Venetian Show All Reviews
3325 Las Vegas Blvd South, Las Vegas, NV 89109
From $159/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
Rough Guide
"Everything is of an impeccably high standard, but the building itself is much less interesting."
Frommer's
"The Palazzo is an expansion of the impressive Venetian, but one that functions as a separate hotel, with its own massive grand lobby, own restaurants, and own rates." Full review
Concierge
"You could almost say the casino at the Palazzo is "boutique" compared to other megaresorts."
Fodor's
"Though it has struggled to keep restaurants, the hotel's an understated blend of style and sophistication." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"With a two-story fountain gushing in its entry, the 3,066 room high-rise resort is a memorable new arrival." Full review
Star Service
"The Strip's tallest hotel-casino, built to LEED Silver certification and linked to big-sister Venetian via a shopping mall." Full review
Gayot
"From the team behind The Venetian comes The Palazzo: a fifty-story, all-suite property with European-influenced, plush guest quarters varying in size from 720 up to 3,000 square feet."
BlackBook
"This sister casino to the adjacent Venetian works a luxurious theme that's part vintage Europe, part modern Beverly Hills."
Zagat
4.7
"Fans “feel like royalty” and would "return in a heartbeat" to this “awesome” all-suite Strip resort."
Condé Nast Traveler
"Expect “sensory overload and plenty of things to do” at this towering take on Italian flair, the sister resort of the Venetian." Full review