I stayed here twice. I stayed in THEhotel and a suite in the original tower after the remodel. The remodeled rooms are nice, very uplifting tones in the room. I wanted to stay here to swim in the pool, but I never made it to the pool. I was way too hung over to be in the sun.

Love this place! I love the Asian vibe. The restaurants are fabulous. The wave pool is amazing. The casino is hot. The rooms are amazing. Truly one of my favorite hotel/casinos.

I love Red Square.

I've always enjoyed staying at Mandalay Bay, even more when the room is comped. They have a nice selection of mid-priced eateries and a few higher priced (Fleur de Lys and StripSteak have always been excellent). The rooms are nice, the suites eve nicer, and if you get a view looking up The Strip it's one of the best views in town. Only complaint is location, location, location, it's a hike to get to the mid-Strip casinos, figure on taking taxis and learning some of the non-Strip roads heading north/south.

This carpet joint has really earned my adoration the hard way. I almost always win at the slots here. I've enjoyed staying at THEhotel's awesome suites. I don't remember a single bad meal at Border Grill, Red White and Blue, Aureole, or Mix. Oh, and how about that pool??!! All in all, the understated elegance of this place still makes Mandalay Bay a winner for me! :-D

Very nice.

Almost got a tattoo here once.

I love the smell of this place.....probably my favorite casino and sportsbook layout. The rooms arent bad, and if the wife ever decides to bring the kids, I'll stay here for the pool alone.

I guess this isn't exactly a great hotel by anyone's standards now, but it's the first place I stepped into and stayed at, and it does have a few tricks up it's sleeve. You can't beat Mix or Foundation Room for views, the HOB is one of the city's two large venues willing to run indie-league shows, and the showroom has been hosting solid Broadway hits for years.

I stayed at THEhotel and it is alot nicer and friendly than people think. Great service, one of the chefs was on "Top Chef," it's right next to Mandalay Bay and Mamma Mia, you can use the pool, there is no casino i the lobby, alleviating our noses of so much smoke, and it's just great.

The only flaw with the hotel is the lack of a true front entrance. The layout is easily followed. The pool is huge. The Shark Reef is a good value and also a good place to take kids if you happen to have them with you. The dining options are very good. There is even a small but well stocked bookstore right off the casino that gives you somewhere to pick up something to read on your flight home.

Very nice rooms, Lousy Location, Mack Daddy Spa, Good dining options, Good Buffet, Great Pool, Only thing that keeps me from staying here again is location

Great buffet, fun slots, best pool in Vegas!

Got a upcoming stay at THEHotel. Going to be sweet.

TheHotel is great, Mandalay hotel is just ok. Everything else rocks. The restaurants are great, night life is ultra fun, and the pool is 2nd to none.

Great place to roam around........gamble....drink....eat!

I stayed at Mandalay Bay in Dec 2007 and it was a great experience. From the time I pulled up in valet until it was time fo me to leave, the staff were great. The room was soo great and the bathroom had a separate shower and whirlpool tub with a glass window on the side where the tub was(frosted glass).

I stayed here all the way back in 99. The beach/pool area in just amazing. The room was great, very clean and fresh ( I think it was only a year old at the time). They had just started building Shark Reef when we stayed, so when I went back to Vegas a few years later I saw it. Pretty nice, a good thing to do on a hot day to get some shade. But I think most of all I love that wonderful smell they pump through the place.

Amazingly plush rooms with the best pool on the strip!

The casino is a little too much like a slot warehouse... but I don't mind that much.

Stayed here for a business conference. Had the 550DDR Strip View room. The standard room was nice. Clean, comfy bed, plasma TV, double closets, large tub and separate shower, dual sinks and standard hotel beige decor. City Center detracts from the view north from the hotel. I also had a fantastic view of the airport. Fortunately, I wasn't particularly bothered by the sound of planes arriving and departing. The pool was always crowded and tough to get a seat in the sun. We opted for the Moorea Beach Club. Bikini Blackjack at the beach casino was fun. Would have broke even on gambling, but Mrs. Fox did not maintain her usual luck on the slots and I maintained at cards. Since it was a business trip this time, I didn't get to spend as much time in the casino as I would have liked. I tried to take pictures similar to the VegasTripping review. I plan to write a full review and see if ChuckMonster will post it. The biggest downside to the hotel room was no inside locks on the door. While I wasn't concerned about somebody getting in, I need the locks to keep my drunk ass in the room at night. I got up in the middle of the night to relieve myself and accidentally locked myself out of the room in the hallway in my undies. Good thing I wasn't alone. That could have been very embarassing.

Love the whole vibe of Mandalay.

I have always liked Mandalay Bay and TheHotel. Rooms are great, pool is probably the best with the wave pool, sandy beach, tube river and mini casino. The buffet is one of the better ones. There is a large concert venue at MB and a smaller one at the pool. Overall theme is good. It is on the very south end of the Strip. The free monorail to the Excaliber helps.

Next to Wynn my favorite rooms in Las Vegas are here..great living area and bedrooms with HD TVs, comfy beds, excellent bathroom..gaming here is awful..casino was too cold, literally, from the temperature to the machines...coffee shop is excellent but expensive..but would stay here again in a heartbeat and just play elsewhere...

Many have mentioned it, but the smell of the place is intoxicating. I don't know if it's coconuts or "parrot poop" as someone said, but it's divine. Table games are not so good, and the douche factor on weekends is still as nauseating as it was 10 years ago. But the slots are fun, the restaurants and bars are great, the shopping choices take as much of my money as gaming, and the pools/beach are tops. And being a big sports book guy, their room is still my favorite of any casino I've been in so far. I attend an annual conference held here, so I frequent this place a lot.

Great pool, good food, decent sized drinks

I like the smell here. Snnnnifff, mmmm parrot farts. Given its numerous celeb-chef helmed restaurants, one of the best pools in Vegas, a fantastic sports book, and a cool rock club, this place should be so much more than it is. Unfortunately, the sum of its parts is a noticeably neglected MGM Resorts International joint, just like the rest of 'em.

Beautiful rooms and great pool (major bonus during the summer obviously). Have played here for years but that may change in 2011 as I have got some nice offers

Never slept here, but Mix and Foundation Room alone make it worth our while. Note to EyeCandy: hey, uh, it's fucking vegas and you're not serving food, so go get me some matches and a tray, Honey.

A great hotel with lots of options for food, gambling, drinking and partying. There are many different areas to get drinks and watch sports on the weekends. The sportsbook is huge, but can be crowded, so it is good to have alternatives where you can get a decent seat with good screens. Nightlife is plentiful with lots of options as well. Don't want to pay a cover? The center bar called Eye Candy is a lot of fun with a dance floor. And there is another bar that has live music that you can just walk into. The "beach" pool is the best as it is a huge area, with the waves, and at nights on weekends there are outdoor concerts here. House of Blues offers even more food and live music options, with some great touring bands. Be sure to check their monthlky lineups. The concert areas are great, not too large and you can have a great closeup feel to the stages and the music. Highly recommend the Mandalay Bay.

Actually better now than it used to be because all the douchebags have migrated to Encore. Now that theyre comping rooms in the Four Seasons & Michael Jackson Cirque show is coming I'll bet you that this place would be back in the running for top dog on the strip if MGM would just show it a little more love & stop treatin it like a red-headed stepchild.

I have never actually stayed at this casino. For us it is too far away from the heart of the strip. We like to do short little stints in each casino and then move on to the next. This casino being at the end of the line does not make it condusive to this type of trip, unless you want to take taxis or walk past the same casinos day in and day out....

That being said, we love the restaurants here. Plan to stay at least 4 to 5 hours to enjoy as much good food as possible.

Go to burger bar

Would probably be my second favorite place in Vegas if the location was even remotely decent.

not into the south seas themed motif? get a room on the 34th floor. they are known as house of blues themed rooms. staying at THEhotel isn't a bad choice either, very spacious. but i found a turd in my guest bathroom. it took 45 minutes for someone to reclean my room. ever since the merger with MGM-Mirage, the property has lost its luster. kinda sad really.

Haven't stayed but have played here. Lots of fun. Really nice place to boot.

Man Delay Bay ! There is always a line to check in or out, but they do their best to move as quickly as possible. I haven't stayed in the newly renovated rooms but the place needed an update. The property is great with a fun Casino, good Bar / Nightclubs, and good restaurants. I’ve seen great shows at the HoB (was 10’ from Snoop Dog, holdin my own on the dance floor for his show – ya heard me). I hope to check out the new bar and casino renovations next week.

My first trip ever was spent here for three nights. The rooms are really nice but I didn't understand all the fuss. The buffet is delicious in my opinion but it's $20 just for lunch, so it's not a very cheap option. In general, I think the gaming here sucks. The House of Blues is a good place to see a concert and the Shark Reef is cool and (relative to Vegas) cheap for some fun. The rooms and options trumped the bad gaming for me.

nice but far from everything!

I did not find the place to be overrun either with children or LA douchebags, as I've so often read that it is, in fact, the place wasn't overrun by anybody, it was practically a ghost town. Though admittedly not as plush and exclusive feeling as Bellagio or Wynn, I felt Mandalay Bay was still adequately upscale in feel & clientele - it's definitely still one of the nicer carpet joints in town, and could be one of the gems of ths strip again if MGM management would invest some love and money in it. I also liked the fact that it still retains most of its theme in terms of tropical & vaguely Asian decor, I hope MGM never gets around to messing with the overall vibe of the place like they have with so many of their other properties. Have eaten in several of the restaurants - I thought Areole was good but overrated, Stripsteak was very good and "Upstairs" at RM seafood was excellent; we also had lunch at Border Grill (pretty good Mexican), Raflles cafe (very good "coffee shop") and Red, White & Blue (good food but so-so service). The Foundation room has a great view, but the food was mediocre and the place was dead. Great treatment from the hosting staff as well, but the suite they put me up in, which was on the "62nd" floor Penthouse level had obviously not been renovated in quite some time, possibly not since the place opened. The primary reason I would ever stay there again is because my casino host there is great, but is that enough to make up for a resort that is being seriously neglected by its owners?

had to pick five hotel, so i choose it, never stayed at the mB

At Mandalay Bay, the room sucked. One of the double sinks was backed up. Ended with a big ashtray for a room after requesting a non-smoking room. A/C was screwed.

TOP NOTCH!!! Hip, clean and FUN!!!!! The place to see all of the young beautiful people. tie between Palms and Hard Rock for best bar to see the most plastic surgery results!

I love Little Buddha.

You will never see me with a copy of People, bc I simply do NOT give a shit if Britney is driving drunk with a babyseat on the hood, but out here, even I love to star watch, and Palms is the palce for it. Good luck has followed me in the casino here also.

So what if it's off strip? Ask for a room in the fantasy tower and prepare to relax.
The bathrooms are massive. The beds are very comfortable. Room service is affordable (!). Casino is big, but feels cozy. Design is comfortable. And the tables are lucky.

Consistently great meals at Little Buddha. The casino and clubs are a lot of fun.

Wow. I need to be way younger to run with this crowd. I look at them and chuckly quietly to myself, been there, done that, tread lightly and you'll go farther kids.

Have friends that live here, and they sware this place treats locals and mid class tourists very well.

Great casino... ok dealers and servers. Rooms are nice but a little pricey though.superior bars and a fun place to hanglousy comp program for the players club

It's hip. It's funky. It's pimp. It's The Palms, baby!

I must admit I have a soft spot for this joint. I always seem to win in the casino. Simon at Palms Place is my new favorite Sunday Brunch spot. The clubs here are sexy and always bursting with action.

All in all, this is what the ideal "Ultimate Vegas" casino looks like.

Moooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon, oh and Playboy yesss!

skyvillas and the hardcourt suite are reasons why god invented the American Express Black card. if you ever find out that you are terminally ill and only have 3 days to live, i'd suggest on getting one of the fantasy suites in the new tower and run up your credit cards by partying it up here. service is almost non-existent unless you're royalty from dubai, hollywood celeb, or at minimum a purple chip player. if you are a rap video director, the pool area is the place to be to look for new talent.

A lot of whores for a locals casino.

Like the gaming area. Always has a buzz around it. Rain was cool when I was there in 2005.

A fun place to party. Playboy Club, Ghostbar, Rain, and Moon all have nice views of the Las Vegas Strip. The Palms boasts some of the best restaurants in town, and the best video poker and slot machine odds near the Strip. Stayed in the Fantasy Tower. Furniture looked new. Bed was very comfortable. Flat screen TV. In-room safe. Pool was closed for winter. Biggest downside is you need a car to get to the Strip.

Enjoy playing and partying here...haven't stayed here yet.

Stayed in the Director's Suite during the AVN weekend in 2010, and took a tour of the one of the suites with the outdoor pool hanging over the hotel. The room was amazing, and we had a great time hanging out there on that Saturday night. The casino was full of energy and I ended up shooting dice with Flavor Flav.

That being said, it was a great place to visit, but I don't think I would stay there for an extended amount of time.