We're Hearing Good Things About Encore Las Vegas

January 14, 2009 at 3:40 PM | by Jenna | Comment (1)

After its highly-anticipated opening last month, Las Vegas newcomer (and sister property to HC fave Wynn Las Vegas) Encore Las Vegas has burst onto the scene in a cloud of glitter, gossip and an unfortunate amount of media buzz about the timing of the over-the-top casino hotel given the state of the economy and the industry.

In a fairly fascinating (if not a bit exaggerated — or maybe not?) profile of Steve Wynn on the days before the property's opening, the Times UK described the look and feel of the spaces:

The rooms are plush, without lapsing into Donatella Versace-on-acid, and range from giant to galactic. They have views right down the Strip and are, thankfully, the only place in the hotel where you can see the city. Wynn has skilfully masked the gaudy neon at ground level with lush gardens. �I don�t want the Strip interfering with my hotel. It�s ugly,� he says.

Rooms rates have been slashed to a staggeringly-low $149 in an effort to get heads onto the brand new pillows. Accordingly, the hotel already has a whopping 30 reviews on TripAdvisor (unusual for such a young property) — and they're not looking bad at all.

The buzzwords here seem to be "refreshing" and "different" and "luxurious" — though, with any opening, there seem to be a few kinks (uh, we can't imagine throwing open the doors of a 2,000+ key hotel, but we're glad we didn't have a crappy experience like AzNglrL182).

Let's focus on the good for now, though. Despite a slow check-in and lines moving at a bit of a glacial pace, MommaNeedsATrip had this to say about the rooms:

It has a similar feel to the Venetian hotel, with the 'suite' being a bedroom with partition (no door) between bedroom and living room area. The bathroom was spacious, and the room had a very modern feel to it (with electronic drapery, light switches for the lights to all the room at the bedside). The bed was by far the most comfortable bed I've ever had in my 10 trips (and 9 different hotel rooms) in Las Vegas.

AvenueEastTraveler weighs in on the public space:

Wynn Encore is by far the most well-lighted hotel-casino on the Strip. Lucky ruby red colors abound everywhere from the carpet, to the walls, to those Willy-Wonka licorice chandeliers. The table game areas feel like private gaming salons, cornered by lavish drapes and ivory white columns. There's a gorgeous, picturesque-looking pool that surprisingly looks to be the center of the hotel's attention. (Steve Wynn might want to consider keeping it open to only male and female models--no kids and over-weight people allowed.) The hotel-casino, overall, is more South Beach with Asian flair than your traditional, themed Las Vegas hotel-casinos.

Okay, so maybe we giggled at the suggestion to keep the pool a sexy-people-only hotspot. So what?

Have you stayed at Encore Las Vegas? Tell us about your experience!

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