The Mirage
     

The Mirage
3400 Las Vegas Blvd South.
Las Vegas
NV89109
(+1) 702 791 7111
The Mirage Las Vegas

  
     
Location Sitting in the centre of the Strip with Treasure Island on one side and Caesars on the other, facing Harrah's and the Imperial Palace this is a great place to be.  
     
Theme A tropical paradise. Steve Wynn (Casino King and founder of the Mirage) bought the name off of another Strip hotelier who owned what is now called the Glassed Pool Inn and built this industry standard setting mega resort. The theme works very well from the lake on the strip side to the palm trees and mock rain forest and waterfalls inside to the tropical lagoon swimming pools not to mention the impressive volcano on the Strip side.  
     
Attractions The Mirage is stacked full of non gaming attractions most of them free, to start with you have the volcano that erupts every 15 minutes after dark until midnight; this is amazing, the cost to run is rumoured at $100,000 per day in fuel. The fish tank behind the check in desk is huge containing a good selection of brightly coloured aqua marine fish and even a few sharks. Then there is the dolphin habitat and Siegfried and Roy's Secret garden showing off their famous white tigers and lions. Alternatively you can see them for free within the hotel's glass exhibition cages.  
     
Shopping The shopping here is not good, a few stores selling Mirage branded goods is about it. However with The Forum Shops directly next door one way and the Fashion Mall separated only by Treasure Island the other you really don’t need anything more.  
     
Dining Cravings the buffet at the Mirage is one of the buffet greats (B: $12.50 L: $17.50 D: $22.50 Sunday Brunch Champagne$22.50) the food is good and the wait is not too bad. The Sunday brunch, although not quite up to Bally's, represents real value. The Caribe Café is the 24hr offering here and as you would expect The Mirage has a number of other fancy restaurants including a noodle bar, gourmet pizza, pasta house and sushi bar.  
     
Gaming 95,300 sq ft of gaming space with the sounds of squawking birds and a tropical rain forest in the middle of the casino floor. This does carry the feel of the theme. The casino is a little dark, not as dark as old school casino's more of a relaxed dim lighting effect. There are 2, 200 slot machines and nearly 100 tables with a dozen roulette wheels. Table minimums start at $5 but there aren't a huge number of tables with minimums this low. The Mirage has a great poker lounge which is frequented by amateur and high rolling players alike. For the market that this Casino is aiming at they have a good selection of nickel and quarter machines. All in all this is a very nice place to gamble.  
     
Drinks Service I was pleasantly surprised. The service was not bad at all, not quite up to Aladdin but better than most and strong drinks are served here.  
     
Best Thing The theme, it works well and makes you feel you really are in a different country for a while.  
     
Worst Thing To be honest it is near impossible to fault The Mirage, its not shaped like a castle and doesn't give away much free because it doesn't have to. The only thing is that if you are not staying here you have no chance of getting into the impressive pool but I guess that is fair enough.  
     
Overall The Mirage is an upper class relaxed joint with patrons to match. However being a low roller does not make you feel unwelcome or uncomfortable. You tend to get more old well off school Vegas visitors here than all of the new money seen at Mandalay Bay and Bellagio. The atmosphere is very pleasant and non gaming attractions aplenty. All in all you can not fail to enjoy your time at the Mirage.

 
     
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