by laura j.
Great price for the room that you get, but you would think that they could add the resort fee in with the online price rather than hitting you with it during check in.Online price - $59.99 for a spa room with the option of 2 queens or 1 king bed per nightCheck in price - $59.99 for spa room with 2 queens or 1 king + $10.00 resort fee + $6.00 for taxesThe rooms were spacious, and the bathroom had a spa/shower comb, his and her sinks, a slide mirror door closet with a dresser included, but I was hoping for a coffee maker.Make sure you take advantage of their onsite spa! You're paying $10.00 per day for that, so use it! It's complete with towels, steam room, dry sauna, whirlpool, and cucumber lemon water!As for location, it's walking distance from Heavenly's Gondola!
by Spiro K.
Stay away from this casino! It doesn't pay out!F MY LIFE!
by Stephanie W.
So first things first: Lake Tahoe is Lake Tahoe. It isn't Vegas and never will be.We hopped around with drinks in hand between casinos most of the afternoon on Saturday July 11th for my birthday (no open container laws in Nevada!) As a whole, I liked Montbleu better than the other places. It was smaller, more spacious and had a younger vibe than either Harrahs or Harveys. The decorations were cool, there were quite a few show bars spread out through the entire casino, and there were $12 pitchers of margaritas for happy hour during the UFC fight. It was loud, it was crowded and my free gin and tonics kept appearing one right after the other.They also give you $10 free for play on any of their machines (including video poker) if you sign up for their free players rewards card. This means that I got to have a consistent buzz for about 2 hours and not have to spend any of my own money.As I said before, it's not Vegas. This may be a bit more trendy a fun than the other clubs in Lake Tahoe, but it's still not the type of place were you can spend $10,000, do blow off a stripper's ass and then sink into a bathtub full of champagne in a half drunk state. It's Lake Tahoe. It has an older vibe. It's not the Mecca of decadence, gluttony and lascivious lifestyles. It's just a place to go for a weekend, have some fun, spend some cash and drink more than one should
by Jolyn R.
You have to keep in mind that this is Tahoe, not Vegas. Mont Bleu is the old renovated Caesar's so many rooms, especially the suites aren't completely updated. Still, we arrived, were treated very well and even upgraded to a suite on 12th floor. It was HUGE! Seriously, kitchen, table with 6 chairs, liv ing room with sectional and big screen, separate bedroom with King size bed and a bathroom larger than most in houses! It had separate water closet, steam shower!, two sinks, and GIGANTIC tub. The staff and valets were also courteous. The restaurant inside and Club Opal were also great!
by Louis P.
Although it's Lake Tahoe, it's still Nevada. There are a couple casinos around here like Harrah's, Bills and this place. Out of all of them, this place is the best. This place has the best gambling, best environment, and best layout of all of them. Bill's sucks since there's no smoking in the building. Seriously, how you can a no smoking casino? Doesn't make sense. The night shows here are a bit disappointing since they're pasties only. The drinks here are a bit watered down so get something strong first and then go after the cheapy drinks. Or, just get a bottle of liquor and get tanked at your hotel room, then come here. Place is really nice and offers a nice retreat after a long day of riding. Definitely a fun place to come and hang out for the night.
by eRiKa G.
For Del Soul restaurant:Open 24 hours.Great, attentive and friendly not pushy waitress!!Frickin' hot Buffalo Wings - almost too hot and salty. Our waitress brought us some lemonade to cut the hotness. The Seafood Chinese BBQ Pork Noodle soup should be called Fake seafood, three pieces of shrimp and 3 pieces of BBQ Pork with a bowl full of noodles! I actually took out a lot of noodles and put it on the side of my plate, I tried eating the fake seafood-imitation crab and fish ball but ended taking the pieces out. I did like the broth - nice and full flavor! But I will never order that again - I don't care how cold it is outside!DH ordered the burger - which is why we came here b/c he saw it on the Tahoe Channel as a featured restaurant. It was huge - two patties and nice bread. He also chose curly fries - those were alright.If it wasn't for the waitress this place would have gotten One star! She was really great!Casino:Its off season. It was dead.Bunch of locals and cotton toppers.
by Michael R.
Spent an evening here with the wife just this week. The downstairs and lobby looked nice and clean, the room was in good shape but still looked like it had the Caesar's Palace decor. Cheesy jacuzzi tub in the middle of the room surrounded by carpet which probably should have been replaced recently. I didn't gamble so I can't really say much about the machines or tables. It was pretty dead since we arrived in between seasons. Tuesdays aren't very happening in major cities when it comes to nightlife so of course nothing was going on at their night spots either. The ads look like most of the cliche types you see at the casino in the Tampa (Seminole Hard Rock) are. I ate at the 24 hr cafe, food was ok but wait staff just kinda left me hanging after leaving me my check. I needed a $20 broken after breakfast to leave a decent tip... 20 min ticked by and with no more than 2 other people seated in the whole place I paid the bill and left the waitress with what I had. I've read a lot of horror stories about this place during peak times so I am glad I missed out on those. My experience was average so I went with 2 stars. Nothing to here to bring us back but nothing for me to say stay away either.
by Russell W.
Stay duration - 6 nights I haven't been to any of the others (Harrah's, Horizon, etc), but would definitely try those out before ever staying at Montbleu again. The room had some serious potential. We had a room with one king size bed instead of two queens. The bathroom had a TON of mirrors, the toilet was in a separate room from the shower and sink, and the decor was nice. The shower was a huge round shower, large enough for a handful of people if you were so inclined, and it had a partially fogged glass window facing the rest of the room. The Bad: Montbleu is the kind of false appearances. Everything looks nice and new at first glance, but the upkeep is terrible. Some examples - the light telling you the elevator has arrived was burnt out on just about all of them, the shower curtain was excessively moldy, the closet door was off the track (I was nice enough to fix it), the shower leaked through the glass wall slightly, the shower curtain track's mounting screw wasn't fully in, so the curtain could only slide one direction and couldn't be extended to block the glass wall to the rest of the room. I would have contemplated leaving if it wouldn't have really complicated my expense reimbursement. They have a SCAM of a gambling promotion where you get $30 of chips for $20 to open a membership. What they don't tell you is that ALL $30 is promotional chips that can't be cashed in, or even broken into $1 increments, should you want to break one to make the payouts even. Simple fix is to buy some real chips, but you've still got to pawn off those fake chips over time, and ultimately you HAVE to lose them, because you can't exchange them...as I already said. SCAM. No alcohol at the pool? What?? Psshh..baby Vegas. The buffet was terrible. Vegas buffets are a lot bigger and with higher quality food. Not recommended. Fewer TV channels than the hotel we stayed in on the California side earlier in the week, and for whatever reason there's an annoyingly long delay between changing channels. Oh, and the "Montbleu Channel" is absurdly loud compared to the others. The Good: The $4.99 breakfast, if you're up early enough, was good. You have a casino in your hotel - this is only an option on the Nevada side of the California/Nevada State Line, and you only have three other choices. The drink specials were pretty crazy. Free parking in the Casino parking garage. Insider Info: Montbleu was (although under a different name) the main venue for the movie "Smoking Aces," which is a fun watch. The extras on the DVD are also quite enjoyable. Check the location of your room prior to agreeing to it. Don't take one near the middle, or you will hear noise from the maintenance staff in the morning. Parking in the Casino parking garage isn't patrolled - you can park there for free, regardless of whether or not you're staying at the hotel. The main shopping area and gondola aren't far from the casino - but the parking garage in that area is NOT free.
by SANDY P.
If you sign up for a rewards card you get a choice of 10 dollars in slot or table play. We gambled here for a while, didn't win at all. However, this is one of the nicer looking casinos. It is not as big. They have live music certain nights with a small little dance floor. The restrooms were nice. We were taking pictures on the casino floor and one of the managers told us that we couldn't take any more pics because of the state law because there are people on the casino floor, but you can take pics in the restaurant. I was like what a load of bull crap because there are people in the restaurant! We still continued to take pictures without him knowing lol.
by Lindy P.
I think it's one of the prettiest casinos in the street but I ate at the buffet. Not the best. It's really small but cozy. The macncheese tasted like pepper and there were so many bread crumbs in it! They need more variety. The sushi was just nasty. But its really comfy.
