With a veneer of Hollywood glitz, Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino is home to multiple headliners and the Miracle Mile Shops as well as a slew of cool restaurants and rockin’ bars.
The vibe
Hollywood reborn in Sin City, a dazzling disco-lit world, middle of the road
What we love
When you check in, you’ll have to hold back the urge to yell “Party at the disco!” This is because you’ll spot long, glittering chandeliers alongside the escalator as you descend into the lobby. Combined with a giant crystal-laden ball that hangs overhead and the color-changing LED lights behind the front desk, the whole scene feels like something out of the movie “Saturday Night Fever.”
There’s nothing like hanging 10 and doing kickflips in a wave machine. The Strip’s first-ever FlowRider Wave-in-a-Box Double at Planet Hollywood is totally rad.
Just as Planet Hollywood restaurants are known for having Hollywood memorabilia, you’ll find every room in this hotel has it too. Standard rooms feature small items framed or set within tabletops while many of the suites come with costumes in large lit display cases (which may give you a fright in the middle of the night). Although more than one room may share the same theme, no two rooms will ever have the same objects.
Formerly the Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts, Zappos Theater inhabits a space that has been gutted a couple of times and retrofitted, but remains one of the great concert venues in town. Headlined by a few notable names, it’s got a massive LED wall behind the stage, a sound system with power and a dance floor. So seeing a show here is a sensory overload that’s sure to impress.
Good to know
Some of the rooms feel dated — not exactly fit for the A-List, but also not terrible considering the mid-range price and the resort’s right-in-the-middle-of-everything location. Planet Hollywood opened in 2007 (previous to that it was the “new” Aladdin, which was built in 2000). You should expect some wear and tear in carpeting and various fixtures.
The base-level rooms at Planet Hollywood don’t come with coffee makers or fridges, but most of them do have 42-inch plasma TVs. If it’s kitchen amenities you desire, you’ll have to upgrade to one of the larger suites.
It’s loud in the casino. Very loud. You’ll hear rockin’ music pumping overhead round the clock — which is part of the resort’s party vibe.
You’ll often hear us grumble about a hotel because the self-parking garage isn’t located close to the check-in area. Well, at Planet Hollywood getting to the lobby is an epic voyage that not only involves traversing a long distance but going up and down multiple floors. Take it from us, when you arrive head straight to the valet if you’ve brought your own car. Better yet, drop your significant other or travel partners off to check in while you self-park, walk through the Miracle Mile Shops and pick up drinks — by the time you get to them, they’ll probably have reached the front desk and you can all raise a toast to Vegas.
There is valet and self-parking. Rates vary.
Insider tips
Get the largest slice of pizza on the Strip at Pin-Up Pizza. Located along the resort’s Strip-facing façade, each pie made here uses loads of dough and measures 30 inches in diameter. For all you non-mathematical types, that means each slice is 15 inches long and 6 inches wide.
If you prefer that your cards be dealt to you by ladies in lingerie (or scantily clad men with bulging biceps), then head to the Pleasure Pit on the casino floor. It has raised stages for go-go dancers as well as 11 tables where you can play a variety of games like blackjack, three-card poker, roulette and Big Six.
So the Extra Lounge, located near the hotel’s front entrance, is billed as the spot where the correspondents (yes, that includes hunky Mario Lopez) and crew of the NBC entertainment news TV show “Extra” hang out whenever they’re in town. Yeah, that may have happened in the years before the Great Recession hacked everybody’s business travel budgets. But that’s OK. We still like you Extra Lounge.
Planet Hollywood – Entertainment:
Restaurants:
Planet Hollywood has the following dining options: Blondies Sports Bar & Grill, Cabo Wabo, Gordon Ramsay BurGR, Nacho Daddy, Ocean One Bar & Grille, Pampas Brazilian Grille, PBR Rock Bar & Grill, Pin-Up Pizza, Sin City Brewing Co., Spice Market Buffet, Strip House, Taco Bell Cantina, Yolos, Auntie Anne’s Pretzels, Ben & Jerry’s, Buffalo Wild Wings, Café Hollywood, Earl of Sandwich, Hot N Juicy Crawfish, Ketchup Premium Burger Bar, Koi, La Salsa Cantina, Lobster ME, Lombardi’s Romagna Mia, Nestlé TollHouse Café, Oyster Bay Seafood & Wine Bar, P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Poukei, Ringer Wings Pizza and Sliders, Starbucks and The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf.
Entertainment:
At Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino: Jennifer Lopez has a headlining residency. Crazy Girls plays in a self-titled theater. V – The Ultimate Variety Show, Stripper 101, Marc Savard Comedy Hypnosis, The Mentalist, Hitzville The Show, Gregory Popovich Comedy Pet Theater, Las Vegas Live Comedy Club, Zombie Burlesque, All Shook Up and Murray The Magician perform in the V Theater at the Miracle Mile Shops. VEGAS! THE SHOW!, Nathan Burton Comedy Magic and Beatleshow perform in the Saxe Theater also inside the Miracle Mile Shops.
Nightlife:
Cabo Wabo Cantina, PBR Rock Bar, Blondies Sports Bar, Sin City Brewing Co., Taco Bell Cantina, Heart Bar and PH Shiver.
Attractions:
Yes, the Strip’s first-ever FlowRider Wave-in-a-Box Double.
Pool
Yes, two pools.
Health club or fitness equipment:
Yes.
Spa:
Yes, the Planet Hollywood Spa by Mandara offers multiple types of massages and services.
Wedding services:
Yes, Planet Hollywood has a wedding chapel.
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