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Planet Hollywood (previously Aladdin)
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3667 Las Vegas Boulevard South
at Harmon Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89109
(736 0111)
www.aladdincasino.com
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| Location |
Where the action
is. South Strip, dead opposite the Mirage and next to Paris |
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| Theme |
Ali Baba and the 40
thieves in a sort of Moorish extravaganza |
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| Attractions |
To be honest we
didn't see any |
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| Shopping |
The Desert Passage
has been billed as a rival to the Forum Shops at Caesars. Now I don't think
that it’s quite that, but it’s very good all the same. This
is one of the best themes in Vegas as a sort of Moorish bazaar with even
the security guards wearing olive fatigues and red berets. It has the standard
"Vegan" clouded sky and the Moorish buildings must stretch to
the roof. The shops tend to be mid range quality outlets such as Aveda,
Victoria Secret and Mont Blanc, as well as a good range of toyshops and
gadgetry sort of stores. There are stores selling North African goods and
novelties and what shopping mall in Vegas would be complete without the
obligatory tacky souvenir and T-Shirt shops. You can of course also find
shops that stock normal items of clothing. There is a rainstorm at one part
of the shopping mall about once an hour, which is spectacular and looks
very realistic. |
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| Dining |
The buffet at the Aladdin
is the best I have ever eaten at. It had a large range of different cuisine's
with a very large section of fish dishes. It had several stations where
the food was freshly prepared for you like Chinese Stir-fry. The range of
deserts was even better than the main courses. The service was good and
the atmosphere and environment clean and quite sort of upper market (well
as upper market as a buffet can be B:$13.99 L:$16.99 D:$23.99 Sunday Brunch $20.99 or $23.99 with Champagne)
We eat a couple of times at the food court which had a good range of
coffee shops, pizza, burger and hot dog concessions all of these were
ok but nothing more. The exception being the Coffee and patisserie shop
that was very good. The Aladdin has about 6 other restaurants but as we
did not eat at any of these I will not grade them.
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| Gaming |
This is one of my favourite
casinos on the Strip, it is light and airy and has a very high roof and
has a huge gold lamp that emits smoke in the centre of the casino. The slots
do not seem as cramped as in other establishments and the odds seemed to
be pretty fair. The range of slot machines is impressive with a surprisingly
large amount of 5c machines. There are about 30 tables with blackjack minimum's
being $5 and the same on roulette. There is also a "Casino within a
Casino" called the London Club that is for high stake gamblers I hasten
to add that we did not go in there. The cocktail service was brilliantly
fast even when we were only playing on the nickel machines. There is a sort
of little mezzanine above the main casino floor called the bird's nest.
There is a great little bar with about 40 slots and a lounge act on, we
spent a lot of time in this location slots, drinks lounge acts brilliant.
Change girls seem to be never more than a holler away and engineers arrived
whenever there was a problem damn quick which is more than can be said for
may other Casinos on the Strip. |
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| Drinks Service |
The cocktail service
was brilliantly fast even when we were only playing on the nickel machines. |
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| Best Thing |
Drinks service and high
ceilings |
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| Worst Thing |
Distance between the
casinon and the car park |
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| Overall |
A well thought out
and fun upper end market casino with great shopping, wonderful staff and
rooms.
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