The Bar/Lounge at Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino

"There's also a big, comfortable casino, plus several lounges, often featuring live music at night"

"The giant Mandalay Bay offers a ton of features for kids (wave pool, streaming lazy river pool, shark reef aquarium) and adults (lively bars, world-class restaurants, a large spa), but the constant crowds, long lines, and airport noise can make it a slightly less attractive mid-tier luxury option"

"Mandalay Place, a nice sky-bridge mall that connects the hotel with the Luxor, contains a number of upscale boutiques and restaurants, a chic barber and even Forty Deuce, a 'back-alley striptease lounge'"

"Dining highlights range from Libertine Social (creative gastropub fare) and Aureole (steak and seafood from Charlie Palmer) to Fleur by Hubert Keller (global small plates) and Rick Moonen’s RM Seafood (sushi, raw bar and seafood)"

"The vast, gracefully appointed casino works a sort of Indian/Carribean/White Man's Burden theme down to the piped-in cocoa butter smell and features a vast, luxurious sports bar patronized by the likes of Charles Barkley, as well as over 100,000 square feet of gaming"