Mandalay Bay Resort & CasinovsWynn Las Vegas
Both properties are rated highly by travel writers. On balance, Wynn Las Vegas is the choice of most reviewers compared to Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino. Wynn Las Vegas scores 96 with endorsements from 19 publications such as Departures, Gayot and The Telegraph.
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
Wynn Las Vegas Show All Reviews
3131 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, NV 89109
From $129/night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Rough Guide
"Ever since the late 1980s, Steve Wynn has defined Las Vegas’s highest standard of luxury."
Frommer's
"Steve Wynn, a modern-day Vegas legend... spent nearly $3 billion to create this eponymous shrine to luxury... One can still see evidence of the investment at every turn." Full review
Concierge
"While most Strip resorts are big on flashy facades, the finishes at Wynn are the real thing, from hand-laid mosaic tile floors to natural stone walls."
Fodor's
"The resort is a best-of-everything experience—a playground for jet-setters, high rollers, or anyone who wants to feel like one." Full review
Insight Guides
"They emphasize elegance rather than a particular theme, with lavish amenities in each room and glamorous spas."
Jetsetter
"Classy, kitsch-free megaresort with the Strip’s only golf course, indoor-outdoor restaurants and one of the city’s best pool scenes." Full review
Oyster
Luxury
"The 2,716-room Wynn is one of the Strip's most extravagant luxury hotels." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler
91.3
"This black-and-gold tower opened in 2005 and “somehow gives you the feeling that you’re staying in a small, intimate hotel.”" Full review
Time Out
"Luxury is everywhere, as you'd expect from a casino that cost somewhere in the region of $2.7 billion." Full review
Star Service
"On the northern edge of the "respectable" part of The Strip...this sexy, curved, copper-clad high-rise is...a tribute to luxury in the land of excess." Full review