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Rio Hotel and Casino

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Hotel Size:
2500 rooms
Casino Size:
120,000 sq ft
Spa:
Rio Spa with 19 treatment rooms.
Pool:
Tropical themed pool area with three separate pools.
Shopping:
Masquerade Village Shops
Notable Attractions:
Show in the Sky performed in the Masquerade Village Thurs.-Sun. 7pm-midnight. Bevertainers cocktail waitresses perform on stages set up around the casino. The only Vegas casino with two separate buffets.

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Shopping

Masquerade Village Shops. Two story shopping area that surrounds the casino and the stage area for "Show in the Sky" More chotchke than high end. Including Elegant Pretenders - which sells faux custom jewelry and HippyChic - tie-dyed clothing

Pool and Spa

Pool:
Three tropical themed pools, one with sand surrounding. Three jacuzzi style spa areas. One pool is designated adults only.

Spa:
Rio Spa is located adjacent to the pool area. 19 treatment rooms, 15 for massage treatments and 4 for aesthetician rooms. Fitness room plus separate men's and women's whirlpools.

 

Poker Room and Sports Book

Poker Room:
Since the Rio hosts the World Series of Poker, you would think the Rio Poker Room would be one of the largest and nicest in Vegas, right? Wrong on both accounts. The Poker Room is little more than a make-shift alcove to the sports book with 10 tables. The tables are nicely spaced but the chairs are crummy vinyl.

Sports Book:
170 seat room, about 60 of which are for the race books. Two big 6 by 8 foot screens plus 40 smaller TVs.

 

Bars, Lounge and Tattoo Shop

I-Bar
Adjacent to hotel check-in. The tables equipped with technology that allows patrons chat with other tables, electronically without twitter.

Flirt Bar
Bar connected to the Chippendales Showroom.

Voodoo Lounge
Ride the glass elevators on the outside of the Rio to the top floor, and you enter the Voodoo Lounge. The lounge has an outside two story large patio offering great views of the Strip.

VNI at the Rio
Vince Neil of Motley Crue owns this tattoo shop. They also sell Vince Neil memorabilia.

 

 

 

Mavens Overview

If you like casinos that are loud, sonically and visually, then the Rio is for you. The rooms are large, although the layout is not well thought out and seems to waste a lot of space. The Voodoo Lounge on the top of the Rio has one of the best views in Vegas.

Internet Buzz

The floor to ceiling windows allow for great views, but also make it hard for the air conditioning to cool the room on hat summer days. The pools are nice, but close too early. Complaints about high table minimums for an off-strip property.

Hotel Overview

The rooms are called suites, but are really just large rooms with a separate sitting area with a couch and chairs. All rooms have refrigerators. The floor to ceiling windows all for great views of either the mountains or the strip.

Shows

Penn & Teller
A non-traditional Magic Show. The tricks are very creative and unlike those at other magic shows. More, please.

Chippendales
Scantily clad men perform dance routines. More, please.

 

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Restaurants

All-American Bar and Grille
Combination steakhouse and sports bar. The sports bar is out front and is directly adjacent to the casino floor. Dry-Aged beef is the specialty. Open 11am-6am More, please.

Buzio's
Seafood restaurant, adjacent to the pool area. Casual atmosphere with non-casual prices. Open for dinner only. More, please.

Cafe Martorano
Italian, make that South Philly Italian, restaurant, where all pasta is cooked al dente and all tomatoes sauce is made with San Marzano tomatoes, just like at Rao's. Gourmet Magazine stated "Steve Martorano...may just make the best meatballs in the world" More, please.

Carnival World Buffet
A very popular Vegas Buffet, known for the large number of separate food stations. More, please.

Gaylord India Restaurant
A Vegas outpost of the San Francisco Ghirardelli Square restaurant. Featuring Northern Indian cuisine. More, please.

Hamada's Asiana
Features both Japanese Teppanyaki exhibition cooking and sushi.

Mah Jong
Featuring Chinese Noodle Bar and Cantonese cuisine. More, please.

McFadden's
A New York City transplant. Menu features Shepard's Pie and traditional bar food, plus a large selection of beer on tap. More, please.

RUB BBQ
The usual suspects of slow cooked meats plus some additional more novel ones like Szechwan Duck and Turkey.

Sao Paulo Cafe
Coffee shop open 6am-12pm

Sports Deli
Located nest to the sports book. Serving Burgers, wood-fired pizzas, and sandwiches.

Village Seafood Buffet
The second full buffet at the Rio. Featuring a large selection of seafood and fish, along with standard buffet choices like Prime Rib and chinese dishes. More, please.

Voodoo Steak & Lounge
Located at the top of the Rio, offering fantastic views of the strip. Menu features dry-aged beef plus creole style cuisine. More, please.

Wine Cellar and Tasting Room
Featuring 50,000 bottle wine cellar plus over 100 wines by the glass.

 

 

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