The Venetian

Nothing quite prepares you for the combination of Venetian artwork, architecture, light, and grandeur, with the Las Vegas casino, restaurants, and tourist attractions. We had a great time, and I would go back there any time. Our room was very comfortable, although it needed some light on the wall opposite the bed, where you put your luggage. There's a chandelier (!) in the living room part, but that wasn't enough. The resort is called Venetian, but it's also Byzantine. We got lost several times. Many staff members gave us directions (e.g., how to get to The Sphere), but no two of them agreed, and we did a lot of walking. They need to upload their information to Google Maps. (Maps has detailed information about actual Venice, including all the little side streets. This shouldn't be more difficult that that.) One thing stood out: every time we passed a staff member, whether they were by the Front Desk or just pushing a cart of laundry down the hall, they smiled and said hello to us. That was very nice. Between the Venetian and the Palazzo, there are at least half a dozen pools. We found one that was in shadow in the morning and with a section big enough to swim laps, which was perfect. Two hours later, the sun hit it (it was 102° that day) and the pool got crowded, so our timing was good. We had a delicious dinner at Matteo's, including an unusual but tasty bruschetta, branzino, and yummy panna cotta.

Palazzo is nice, but I experienced some friction booking through AMEX FHR program. This program is supposed to offer early checkin, room upgrade, credits, and late checkout. The front desk check-in person seemed to be really frustrated with the AMEX program and thus was kind of rude to us. Before we even asked she brusquely told us none of the benefits are guaranteed, then the next day they checked us out early and gave our room away even though we were still in it and had 5 hours until checkout time! The room credits were challenging to use due to inconsistent list for where they worked at dinner/breakfast and hours. The room they provided was not an upgrade, was next to the noisy ice machine all night, and smelled so strongly of cleaning solvent that it must have have been one of those rooms where the previous guest smoked or made a mess and they had to do the deep clean. This was a $400 room.

We stayed at this hotel to take a Grand Canyon helicopter tour with our kids and my friend. The lobby was very crowded and the regular check-in lines were massive, but luckily, we booked two suite rooms and were able to check in at the lounge. It was so convenient! Especially the cocktails the bartenders made at the lounge were amazing, and the atmosphere there was relatively quiet and relaxing. The only downside was that I hadn’t anticipated how much the kids would dislike the smoking odor on the first floor.

Beautiful hotel with very comfortable rooms. However, food and drink prices were insanely expensive!! If you stay there, try dinner at local restaurants outside of the hotel.

Venetian is in the heart of the strip. A very convenient location to nearby hotels,Walgreens , etc, You can use the bridge to walk to the Sphere. We enjoyed our king size bed suite. Venetian has everything from fine dining to food court they even have couple of restaurant open late for midnight cravings like Noodle Asia restaurant. They have a theatre for shows, karaoke lounge, sports bars. Just so amazing with the canal gondola rides, art ceiling., shopping. Adjacent to Palazzo resort. The Venetian is luxury at its finest. Thank you for having us!