text: Second time I stayed at the Aria was for NYE this year The table minimums have gone up quite a bit On the plus side it keeps the crowds out But on the down side I do not want to play chips at Roulette at noon Despite it being a holiday weekend I could still find tables at MGM going down to even at nightnnThe hotel is nice but again my room at MGM Grand is nicer The Aria room had a bunch of issues The minibar fridge was broken all weekend so all drinks were hot We left our room for hours during the day and returned to a dirty room room service had not been picked up and it had not been serviced at all They send someone to clean up finally but they never refilled the water bottles Later that night we call and say hey we need those waters They say that is a separate dept that fills the minibar and they also did not do their job And as a result to get a bottle of water we had to pay at room service instead of in the minibar It was annoyingnnThe beds are very comfortable The casino itself is nice and attracts a nice crowdnnBut I still prefer MGM Grand I never encounter weird problems like those described above and my room is actually nicer at MGM Grand