Katya P.
Yelp
We stayed here for 3 nights from Friday September 27th to Monday October 30th 2024. We came from Montreal, Canada primarily to visit The Big E fair in town and wanted to enjoy a Vegas style experience at this hotel.
The MGM is located downtown, easy to get to and features lots of free multi-level parking. We were impressed with the size of this place right away. There are 7 or 8 floors of parking so never any issue finding a spot even on the busiest weekends.
The walk from the parking elevators to the main lobby of the hotel can be a bit far once you have parked, if you have a lot of luggage I would recommend having someone drop you closer to the entrance first. Once you've entered the hotel, you're immersed into the casino. The whole main floor is dedicated to this, there are also couple restaurants and boutiques, like a gift shop and jeweler. The hotel feels classy, very elegant, yet stylish and fun. I loved the whole decor.
We were able to check ourselves in through the MGM mobile app ahead of time, this offers a virtual key if you don't feel like waiting in line, you can still ask for a physical key card if needed.
We stayed in room 251 which is on the second floor and has 2 queen beds. The room isn't huge but does offer very tall ceilings, at least 15 feet? Everything felt spacious despite the room being advertised as 354 square feet. The bathroom is quite big, large shower with a rain shower type fixture. I was very happy with the water pressure - honestly one of the best shower experiences I've had in a hotel in a while. However the sink faucet is water saving, it's been adapted to have only a light sprinkle of water unlike a regular faucet. The built in ammenities, like shower, conditioner, shower gel, hand soap and hand lotion felt high end. Note, they do not offer any bar soap, I brought my own, but the shower had no ledge or anything buil in to place a bar of soap or additional bottle so ended up having to leave it on the shower floor. This seems like a design flaw.
The beds were comfortable, not sunken in. The AC was working beautifully. The entire decor, fixtures and state of the room was in pristine condition. Our room has big windows facing Main street along with blackout curtains - this can be a bit loud at night, we often heard motorcycles or cars blaring music but it died down once we actually went to bed after 10PM. The hotel does offer earplugs, these were on the nightstand when we arrived. Nice touch.
In terms of entertainment options, the casino is loads of fun, we had a great time, enjoyed the self-serve resfreshments, Coke freestyle machines and complimentary drinks. There is a movie theater, small bowling alley and even an indoor golf type experience. I would strongly suggest browsing through the MGM site to find out about all available options and hours of operation. Not everything is open during weekdays.
The only things that would have made this experience even better is some type of buffet on site - sadly there is no complimentary breakfast option or any dinner buffet restaurant at this hotel. If you compare this to Vegas or Atlantic City, it is lacking. Also having a mini fridge in the room would be great. You can rent one for a charge of about $25 a day, but that did not seem worth it.
In all, I really enjoyed my experience, MGM is the ideal place to stay if you want some entertainment and a bit more glitz and glam compared to a regular hotel. The overall feel was luxurious and it truly felt like a vacation even if it was just a weekend stay.