Well, I got back this past Saturday afternoon. I stayed at the Monte Carlo for 2 days and the last day was at The Cosmopolitan. First, the Monte Carlo.
Monte Carlo, the good:
Loved it! Painless check-in.
Room was very clean!
Great strip view.
Easy access to valet and front desk from elevators.
Very friendly staff.
The bad:
I ate at Subways and got sick off the sandwhich, as did my girlfriend. I was very dissapointed about this, as I sat at the Santana concert with a bad stomach ache. I'll never eat there again.
Other than that, I loved the Monte Carlo and I will definitely stay there again.
The Cosmopolitan:
The Good:
Very nice rooms and hotel. Laid out very nicely and the view from my one bedroom terrace suite was amazing.
Awesome hot tub and shower.
Very comfortable bed.
Plenty of hot water for being on the 44th floor.
The bad:
On first arrival it took 1.5 hours to check in.
Crap view from first room.
Girlfriend found sticky substance on table in dining room.
White stains all over couch.
Buffet was total crap.
Waaaaayyyy over crowded hotel overall.
I was very dissapointed with the Cosmo. When I finally got to check in, the front desk girl asked "you will only be staying with us one night?" I told her yes and she told me she was going to find me a room. She left and had us waiting for 15 minutes and then came back. She told us we had our wraparound suite on the 16th floor.
Upon arriving to the room, I entered and went to look at the view, first thing. I found myself staring at a solid wall where there were chillers and ventilation units. I literally couldn't see anything, except for a little bit of the pool area, where people were all staring at me when I came out on the balcony. They were literally 30 feet way from me. Felt like I was on the 5th floor not the 16th.
I immediately called front desk and told them I didn't like my view. They told me there were no more wraparound suites available and that they could give me a one bedroom terrace suite. Which at this point I didn't care if I had to downgrade. So I get to the new room on the 44th floor, it was amazing and to my satisfaction. My girlfriend was also impressed. Front desk only refunded me $50 in dinner credit, which was bs.
On to the buffet we went. The food was horrible, the desserts were pretty darn good though. $21 per person for lunch and $26 per person at dinner. We had lunch. Food looked old and dried out, very bland. Planet Hollywood's buffet outranked this one by a mile. I'll never eat at their buffet again.
The resteraunts were super packed and the line for the nightclub (Marquee) was outrageous. Not that I like clubbing, but if you do, good luck getting in. There was no way of getting into any of the resteraunts. They were all super packed. Except for this little secret pizza place hidden away from everything. It was pretty darn good!
Overall, the hotel was very smokey, very crowded and like someone said here earlier, it is full of yuppies that can barely pay their car loan and are trying to look like ballers. Very young crowd overall and I am 35 years old. I'll never stay there on a weekend. Maybe a Tuesday or something, but not on a weekend. When I checked out by phone Saturday morning, I walked through the lobby and check-in was outrageous!!!! There were tons of people. Must of took some people over 2 hours to check in.
I am not a very picky person and for that, I wasn't impressed at all with the Cosmo. I couldn't imagine a picky ass person staying there with what happen to me.
Monte Carlo, the good:
Loved it! Painless check-in.
Room was very clean!
Great strip view.
Easy access to valet and front desk from elevators.
Very friendly staff.
The bad:
I ate at Subways and got sick off the sandwhich, as did my girlfriend. I was very dissapointed about this, as I sat at the Santana concert with a bad stomach ache. I'll never eat there again.
Other than that, I loved the Monte Carlo and I will definitely stay there again.
The Cosmopolitan:
The Good:
Very nice rooms and hotel. Laid out very nicely and the view from my one bedroom terrace suite was amazing.
Awesome hot tub and shower.
Very comfortable bed.
Plenty of hot water for being on the 44th floor.
The bad:
On first arrival it took 1.5 hours to check in.
Crap view from first room.
Girlfriend found sticky substance on table in dining room.
White stains all over couch.
Buffet was total crap.
Waaaaayyyy over crowded hotel overall.
I was very dissapointed with the Cosmo. When I finally got to check in, the front desk girl asked "you will only be staying with us one night?" I told her yes and she told me she was going to find me a room. She left and had us waiting for 15 minutes and then came back. She told us we had our wraparound suite on the 16th floor.
Upon arriving to the room, I entered and went to look at the view, first thing. I found myself staring at a solid wall where there were chillers and ventilation units. I literally couldn't see anything, except for a little bit of the pool area, where people were all staring at me when I came out on the balcony. They were literally 30 feet way from me. Felt like I was on the 5th floor not the 16th.
I immediately called front desk and told them I didn't like my view. They told me there were no more wraparound suites available and that they could give me a one bedroom terrace suite. Which at this point I didn't care if I had to downgrade. So I get to the new room on the 44th floor, it was amazing and to my satisfaction. My girlfriend was also impressed. Front desk only refunded me $50 in dinner credit, which was bs.
On to the buffet we went. The food was horrible, the desserts were pretty darn good though. $21 per person for lunch and $26 per person at dinner. We had lunch. Food looked old and dried out, very bland. Planet Hollywood's buffet outranked this one by a mile. I'll never eat at their buffet again.
The resteraunts were super packed and the line for the nightclub (Marquee) was outrageous. Not that I like clubbing, but if you do, good luck getting in. There was no way of getting into any of the resteraunts. They were all super packed. Except for this little secret pizza place hidden away from everything. It was pretty darn good!
Overall, the hotel was very smokey, very crowded and like someone said here earlier, it is full of yuppies that can barely pay their car loan and are trying to look like ballers. Very young crowd overall and I am 35 years old. I'll never stay there on a weekend. Maybe a Tuesday or something, but not on a weekend. When I checked out by phone Saturday morning, I walked through the lobby and check-in was outrageous!!!! There were tons of people. Must of took some people over 2 hours to check in.
I am not a very picky person and for that, I wasn't impressed at all with the Cosmo. I couldn't imagine a picky ass person staying there with what happen to me.
