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 don't want to play $5 chips at Roulette at noon. Despite it being a holiday weekend, I could still find tables at MGM going down to $10, even at night.\n\nThe 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 7 hours during the day and returned to a dirty room - room service hadn't been picked up and it hadn't 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's a separate dept. that fills the minibar and they also didn't do their job. And as a result, to get a bottle of water, we had to pay $30 at room service instead of $10 in the minibar. It was annoying.\n\nThe beds are very comfortable. The casino itself is nice and attracts a nice crowd.\n\nBut I still prefer MGM Grand. I never encounter weird problems like those described above and my room is actually nicer at MGM Grand.