Just on a bit of a sideline here away from the spa scene of Vegas and more about the actual hotels. Which hotel would you guys recommend? I've visited Vegas twice, last time was about 6 year ago and we stayed in a gated resort type set up just a short walk from the strip, a really nice apartment with 2 or 3 bedrooms, living / dinning/ kitchen area. The time before that was about 15 year ago and we stayed at Circus Circus (we didn't know any better), shit hole and wouldn't go back.
So for you guys who have had multiple visits and stayed at various hotels my question is what would your hotel recommendations be, taking the spa out of the equation that is. My budget is in line with Mandalay but not as high as say Mandarin Oriental.