When I told people I know who live in Las Vegas that I was staying at the Hotel 32 on my last visit, many gave me blank stares. When I checked out of the Four Seasons Las Vegas (a great luxury hotel) and transferred to the Hotel 32, the front desk clerk at the Four Seasons said she had never heard of it.
Hotel 32 has been open for five years.
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The Hotel 32 is so named because it occupies the top (32nd) floor of the Monte Carlo casino resort, with just 50 rooms, suites, and apartment-like lofts. All of these offer many of the same bells and whistles as the more opulent 5-Star hotel-within-hotel properties – including complimentary roundtrip airport transfers in a stretch limo – at a fraction of the price.
The living room in one of Hotel 32's residential-style lofts - where rates start as low as $400 per night.But
the real benefits come once you arrive. The greatest weakness of the
Las Vegas lodging scene is its sheer magnitude, and what passes for a
4-star or 4-diamond hotel here would often be unacceptable in any other
major city. From eight in the morning, when checkout starts in earnest,
until mid-afternoon, when check-ins slow, the typical “luxury” hotel
lobby in Vegas looks more like LaGuardia airport. At the average Vegas
megaresort, everyone from desk staff to concierges to valet parkers are
overwhelmed, and the guest suffers, with front desk lines that can take
close to an hour.That is decidedly not the case at Hotel 32, which has dedicated bell staff, semi-private elevators, its own on-floor concierges (called “Suite Assistants”) and private check-in and check-out, either through the Suite Assistants or the Casino’s VIP room in the lobby, depending on the time of day. At Hotel 32 you basically get a VIP express pass past all the typical hassles common at Vegas hotels, without having to pay a fortune or gain your VIP status by gambling.
The rooms are appreciably nicer than normal, the lofts are downright decadent, and Hotel 32 offers its guests something almost no other lodging in the city does at any price – a private lounge, like those typically found on “club” floors of luxury hotels in Asia, serving free drinks (including wine and cocktails), breakfast, snacks and evening hors d’oeuvres.
Loft bathroom.After
a fire damaged the top floor penthouses in the Monte Carlo, which were
typically used as “comps” given away to higher betting gamblers, owner
MGM Resorts decided not to replace the penthouses, but instead to
convert the space to this 50-room boutique hotel, which opened in 2008
and still feels brand new. Compared with SkyLofts or Sky Suites, it is
an “entry level” luxury option (no butlers for instance), but while the
cheapest rooms at Sky Lofts (at slow times) start at $750, rates here
begin around $170 – less than many run of the mill rooms on the Strip
with no benefits, and certainly no private limo meet and greet at
McCarran. The Hotel 32 app lets you communicate with your Suite Assistant from anywhere on the property – even to order drinks poolside. Basic rooms and suites are larger than normal Monte Carlo rooms, and services include a 12-variety pillow menu, complimentary clothes pressing and shoeshines, Keurig coffee makers, and large walk-in showers with upgraded Kiehl’s bath amenities.
The lavish lofts add fully automated rooms with Creston control systems, hydrotherapy jetted tubs, and separate walk-in rain showers with chromatherapy, music, and multiple jets. Amazingly, rates for lofts start as low as $400 a night, and they are as nice (or nicer) than many Vegas suites costing 3-5 five times as much.
The one knock on Hotel 32 is that it is the Monte Carlo, which has fewer attractions than the other resorts containing private boutique hotels (MGM Grand, Wynn, Mandalay Bay, Caesars Palace), and in particular, lacks the standout restaurants that all of the others offer. But Monte Carlo does enjoy an excellent location, better than Mandalay Bay or MGM Grand, in the heart of the Strip, adjacent to New York, New York and directly connected to Aria (and in turn to City Center), with a quick and easy monorail shuttle to Bellagio. Monte Carlo also has some popular shows, including Blue Man Group and Cirque du Soleil’s Zumanity.
I’ve been lucky enough to stay at the nicest hotels in the city while on assignment, but if I was going to Vegas on my own and paying myself, I’d immediately head to Hotel 32. Besides its many amenities, hassle-free services and excellent value proposition, it is a good option to consider during the many sporadically busy times in the city, simply because so few visitors even know it exists.
Cedric Joseph : Secretary 
Rebeca Lowther : Shoemaker 
Wonda Been : Exportofficer 
Richard Koster : Waiter 
Lenora Rybinski : Janitor