The Venetian ResortvsMandalay Bay Resort & Casino
The Venetian Las Vegas and Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino are both endorsed by professionals. Overall, The Venetian Las Vegas scores slightly better than Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. The Venetian Las Vegas comes in at 91 with positive reviews from 17 reviewers such as Time Out, Zagat and Travel + Leisure.
The Venetian Resort Show All Reviews
3355 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 89109
From $149/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Shuttle Bus
- Laundry Service
Rough Guide
"Ranks behind only the Wynn properties as the Strip’s most luxurious resort."
Frommer's
"One of the most elaborate hotel spectacles in town, The Venetian falls squarely between an outright adult Disneyland experience and the luxury resort experience." Full review
Concierge
"In many ways, the Italian-themed Venetian is the perfect Vegas resort."
Fodor's
"Some of the Strip's largest and plushest accommodations are found at this gilded resort that's a hit with foodies, shoppers, and high rollers alike." Full review
Insight Guides
"Renaissance Italy is captured in dramatic architecture and landscaping, including canals with operating gondolas."
Lonely Planet
"Vegas' own Serenissima features huge suites with sunken living rooms and countless luxuries from afternoon tea to pillow menus. Best for honeymooners." Full review
Travel + Leisure
"The most painstakingly detailed of the themed casino resorts, the Venetian is a condensed version of its namesake city and features some of the largest suites on the Strip." Full review
DK Eyewitness
"Whether or not The Venetian really evokes accurate images of Venice is beside the point: the sum of the hotel’s parts adds up to an aesthetically pleasing whole."
Condé Nast Traveler
""Luxury abounds" at this hotel constructed of green stone from the Italian Alps." Full review
Time Out
"Attractions here are, with the arguable exceptions of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera and the adjacent Madame Tussaud's, pretty cultured." Full review
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