2026 Readers’ Choice Awards: The Top Hotels in Las Vegas

The top hotels in Las Vegas, as voted by Condé Nast Traveler readers.Mark MedianaTrends come and go, but here at Condé Nast Traveler, one thing never changes: your insatiable appetite for seeing the world. This year our readers cast an almighty 798,867 votes in our 39th Readers’ Choice Awards to tell us about the planet’s best travel experiences: You fell hard for palace hotels in Morocco, cruised down the Amazon, and got swept up in New York City’s exhilarating energy. Now, read on to find out where your favorites fall among the winners—and get inspired for where to go next, whether it's to a top-rated hotel or resort, or centered around a worthy cruise, spa, or island. These are the top hotels in Vegas as voted by you, our readers.View the Readers’ Choice Award–winning hotels in Las Vegas as a list with scores here.10. MGM Grand Hotel & CasinoMGM Grand is the emerald-green shorthand for the Strip, and after a $300 million renovation of nearly 4,000 rooms and suites in its main tower, the interiors now match the iconography on the outside. The remodeled main tower, midcentury-leaning Studio Tower, and ultra-privileged Skylofts give you three distinct ways to stay, all with shared access to the five-acre pool complex, casino, big-name shows, and deep restaurant bench. With rate swings that can make standard rooms surprisingly attainable and suites that run all the way up to multi-bedroom lofts with butlers and Rolls-Royce transfers, it remains one of the easiest home bases in Las Vegas.Read Full Review9. BellagioBellagio’s iconic fountains and glass-ceilinged lobby are unchanged, but the resort itself is in the middle of a very intentional reset that makes it feel newly relevant. The most visible shift is culinary: Carbone Riviera, Major Food Group’s Italian-American showpiece, opened in late 2025 in the former Picasso space and has quickly become one of the Strip’s most in-demand reservations, with Riviera glamour and fountain views that feel tailor-made for the property. Pinky Ring, Bruno Mars’s cocktail lounge, has added live music, cocktails, and a regular-enough Mars presence that it reads as a semi-private hangout for his circle and fans. Upstairs, a $110 million redesign of Spa Tower rooms and suites is complete, Bellagio Tower suites are being renovated, the casino floor is getting a phased refresh, and the sprawling spa is closed through November 2026 for a full-scale transformation.Read Full Review8. Caesars PalaceCaesars Palace is still the Strip’s Roman fever dream, but it’s now freshly polished and feeling totally current. Headliners are big: A full redesign of the Sky Villas and Presidential Villas, a nearly 1,000-room renovation underway in the Augustus Tower, and the ground-up Omnia Dayclub & Skybar complex rising on the Strip in front of the resort. Inside, the makeover extends to recovery, too—Qua Baths & Spa has finished its own refresh, updating Roman-style bath circuits, relaxation areas, and treatment spaces. The scale remains wild—almost 4,000 rooms, the Garden of the Gods pool complex, the Forum Shops, and Bacchanal Buffet still serving hundreds of dishes at once—but the latest round of renovations makes the whole place feel more like a modern luxury campus than a nostalgia act. If you like the idea of checking into a self-contained city, this is one of the easiest places to do it, especially now that Omnia can now handle your day-to-night club plans without ever crossing the street.Read Full Review7. Trump International Hotel Las VegasA gleaming gold tower sticks out from the north end of the Las Vegas skyline, a good distance from the rowdy crowds that frequent the attractions and casinos in middle of the Strip. The Trump International Hotel Las Vegas lacks a casino and is a non-smoking property, so guests often seek this hotel out for those exact reasons. There's no boisterous pool party scene either, making it a rare retreat in Sin City. Other perks are the affordable suites and the hotel’s proximity to both the Fashion Show Mall and the Las Vegas Convention Center. It's a pampered experience for less than other luxury resorts in town. But if you want a more authentic Vegas experience, you’ll have to head to the center of the Strip for that.Read Full Review6. The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Autograph CollectionThe Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas still feels like the Strip’s most social hotel, but 15 years in it has settled into a more polished groove: still buzzy, still terrace-heavy, now firmly part of MGM Resorts and the MGM Collection with Marriott Bonvoy. Most guest rooms were refreshed between 2018 and 2020, and late last year the resort completed a full redesign of 24 Chelsea Tower penthouse suites and 14 entourage rooms on the top floors, with art-forward interiors, playful details like hanging swings, and dedicated butler service. Terrace studios and one-bedrooms remain some of the best party and group-stay rooms in town, with actual outdoor space overlooking Bellagio’s fountains. Downstairs, the restaurant and bar ecosystem keeps evolving: Superfrico and its hidden Ski Lodge, Bang Bar and Block 16.Read Full Review5. AriaStandard Aria rooms start around 520 square feet, with floor-to-ceiling glass, big upholstered headboards, dark woods, and intuitive tech—tablets handle lights, curtains, and in-room dining so you don’t have to look for a switch. Bathrooms have dual sinks, separate showers with benches, and good lighting. Sky Suites step things up: one- and two-bedroom layouts starting around 1,050 square feet, separate living rooms, a calmer palette of blond woods and stone, and spa-style baths with deep tubs and high-end fixtures. The four duplex Sky Villas on the 58th and 59th floors are proper retreats—thousands of square feet apiece, double-height windows, and enough space and staffing that you could plausibly forget you’re in a 4,000-room resort. If you’re on the fence about Sky Suites, price it out for midweek; sometimes the jump from a regular room to a one-bedroom suite with private lounge, airport transfer, and Sky Pool access is less than you’d spend upgrading to a similar room type elsewhere. For dinner, take the earliest or latest Gymkhana slot you can get and build your night around it—bar snacks and cocktails first, then a long, multi-course meal; afterward, the coed balcony pool at the spa the next morning is the best antidote to over-ordering.Read Full Review4. Waldorf Astoria Las VegasWaldorf Astoria Las Vegas has always been the refuge for people who love Las Vegas but would prefer not to hear it through their bedroom walls. The former Mandarin Oriental has now completed the key phases of a sweeping multi-million-dollar transformation, and the result is a hotel that feels far less like a holdover from a previous era than a newly sharpened luxury property in its own right. The biggest change is experiential: a new ground-floor arrival wrapped in more than 11,000 square feet of Calacatta Gold marble, while the old 23rd-floor sky lobby has been reborn as Peacock Alley and Hard Shake, two polished social spaces that finally make staying in feel as compelling as heading out. The hotel remains non-gaming and non-smoking, with 389 rooms and suites, a famously civilized pool deck, and easy access to Crystals, Aria, and the rest of CityCenter.Read Full Review3. Four Seasons Hotel Las VegasFour Seasons Las Vegas is still the Strip’s luxury stealth move: a non-gaming, non-smoking hotel‐within‐a‐hotel perched on floors 35 to 39 of Mandalay Bay with its own entrance, lobby, and staff, plus a private pool and spa that make it feel worlds removed from the casino below. A recent redesign shifted the rooms into a Mojave Desert–inspired palette—organic textures, warm neutrals, and soft light that play up either mountain and valley views or, if you prefer, the Strip’s glow—while Michael Mina’s Bourbon Steak has brought a proper evening scene to the quietly polished public spaces.Read Full Review2. The Palazzo at The Venetian ResortThe Palazzo at The Venetian sits in the sweet spot between mega-resort energy and grown-up calm. Its calling card is space: standard suites start around 720 square feet, with raised bedrooms, sunken living rooms, and big picture windows that now often frame the Sphere’s kaleidoscopic “exosphere.” The look is polished but unfussy—neutral palettes, generous marble bathrooms, and enough seating that it actually feels plausible to entertain in your room rather than just perch on the bed. Prestige-level floors add a club-lounge layer (breakfast, evening drinks, cushier check-in) that’s hard to beat, especially compared with other major cities. Downstairs, Palazzo has quietly become a dining address in its own right: Wakuda’s high-design Japanese and the relocated Bazaar Meat by José Andrés give this tower serious restaurant gravity, while everything at The Venetian remains a short indoor walk away.Read Full Review1. The Venetian Las VegasThe Venetian Resort still surprises anyone expecting to roll their eyes at a theme hotel. You pass a replica campanile and Rialto Bridge and land in a basilica-style lobby frescoed up to its vaulted ceiling, anchored by a gilded sphere and four golden women—it’s so extra it loops from kitsch back to impressive. Inside, more than 4,000 freshly remodeled suites feel brighter and more modern than the faux-palazzo exterior suggests, and the resort keeps doubling down on food and drink: Estiatorio Milos, Mott 32, HaSalon, Wakuda, COTE Korean Steakhouse’s new Vegas location, and a buzzy Via Via food hall with names like Scarr’s Pizza and Turkey and the Wolf, plus a TAO Las Vegas buffet brunch and José Andrés’s relocated Bazaar Meat at connected Palazzo. Canyon Ranch still handles spa and wellness, and you can walk straight into Palazzo to tap its restaurant and pool lineup, too.Read Full ReviewThis gallery has been updated with new information since its original publish date.