ARIA Resort & Casino

I arrived in town for a business trip, and while walking back to my room I heard the unmistakable sound of a saxophone. Amid the bustle of guests checking in, heading into the casino, or making their way to the bar, there stood Justin—playing the sax in the Aria lobby bar with full-bodied enthusiasm. His instrument seemed like an extension of himself. He engaged guests effortlessly and performed as if he were in front of a packed auditorium, bringing heart and intensity to every song. I had the chance to speak with Justin during one of his breaks, and his love for both his craft and the opportunity to perform was completely contagious. A real musician, playing with true soul in the lobby of the Aria, Justin is not to be missed. Every so often, it’s worth stopping for a moment to appreciate genuine talent. Just before encountering Justin, I’d had a fantastic massage with Lee, also at the Aria. If you’re looking for a firm massage from a warm, friendly, and deeply skilled masseuse, Lee is absolutely someone to request. Simply a delight

We stayed December 29-January 1st in a Deluxe King using a 3 night free room offer through MGM. First mistake was doing online check-in. We waited until we got there to see if there were long lines and there were so we hesitatingly did online check-in. My concerns were right on - we ended up on the 3rd floor (lowest floor) at the very end of a long, maze like hallway. My husband didn’t care what floor we were on so we accepted the room mainly because we got keys immediately. The set up for the floors is the craziest I’ve ever seen. I’m sure it’s better if you are close to the elevator but, holy cow, it’s like a maze. Although, they have signs posted, you have to be a darn mathematician to figure it out. The hallways are curved so you come to an intersection and can go left, right or straight- we got lost every single time we went back to our room! I even took pictures of landmarks and signs but that didn’t help. Our room was OK - clean and no big complaints but it’s showing its wear and tear. We finally got the auto curtains to work using the switch on the wall. One big issue was the light coming in through the sides of the curtains. Luckily, we both had night shades or it would’ve been really hard to sleep. The casino slots treated us really well! I won over 1000.00 twice on the same penny machine and my husband won more than that on a Mo Mummy penny machine. We did better on slots at the Aria than other casinos - which surprised us due to reviews about tight slots there. One good thing about the Aria is the location. Very easy to walk through the Crystal Shops out the door and onto the bridge to the Cosmo or across the street. We also found the walkway to the Park MGM which was handy due to the rain on New Year’s Eve. We saw Mad Apple at NYNY - it was just OK - a smaller Cirque type variety show and kind of cheesy. We actually made it to midnight on the 31st and walked outside to the taxi area and joined a large crowd to see the fireworks. It was rainy so a lot of folks were in the casino beforehand and it was crazy busy. The rain put a damper on the strip street festivities but folks still seemed to have fun. It was our first time in Vegas over the holiday and we really enjoyed it. Aria hotel has probably seen the last of us - it shouldn’t be that hard to find your room! But, we will for sure gamble there again! I know we were lucky and most likely won’t win like we did but it sure was fun!!

Nice Room,with one exception, the room needed to be dusted the tables had a lot of dust on them and y you can tell they were not dusted our four day stay there. Great food, /two of our favorites Salt & Ivory and Javier. Friendly people great atmosphere.

From the time I checked in to time I checked out I felt like I was a VIP. The staff are very professional. The rooms are very clean and that is very important to me where the room is very important and the staff represent aria in a professional manner that being said, I had a wonderful day thank you again.

Absolutely incredible stay at Aria. Exceeded my expectations. This was my first time staying at Aria. I’ve stayed at many MGM properties throughout the years and my go-to is Bellagio. Aria has all the good reasons to book my next stay, including friendly staff, well-appointed clean rooms attended to daily, nice slot machine selection, restaurants (Patisserie for my daily Americano was fantastic with no wait). I received my room comped (MGM Gold) but sadly had to give up the reserved one-bedroom Penthouse suite as I had to change my dates of stay and they were booked pretty solid for the NFR event and more. That’s ok! Staying in a standard King strip view room at this resort was well worth it! I also like how close it is to Cosmo & Park MGM. Getting to Bellagio is a breeze as well. I would say Aria has the best location on the strip for those who enjoy MGM properties.