#13 in Top 20 Hotels in Las Vegas · ★★★★★
Skylofts at MGM Grand
Tony Chi-designed duplex lofts atop the MGM Grand, with 24-hour butlers and Joel Robuchon downstairs.
Tony Chi-designed duplex lofts atop the MGM Grand, with 24-hour butlers and Joel Robuchon downstairs.
"A Tony Chi-designed, butler-served loft hideaway on the top floors of the MGM Grand, if you'll ride down through the casino to reach it."
Why this rank, Skylofts occupies the top floors of the MGM Grand, run as a Forbes Five-Star hideaway with its own private elevator and check-in away from the casino. Tony Chi designed the duplex lofts, which start around 1,400 square feet over two levels, with floor-to-ceiling Strip views, a soaking tub and a 24-hour butler. What keeps it at #13 rather than higher is the host it sits on: the design and service are top-tier, but every trip to a restaurant, the pool or the street runs through the noise and scale of one of the city's largest casinos. The upside of that address is the dining a lift away, including the three-Michelin-starred Joel Robuchon and the one-star L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon, plus the Wet Republic dayclub. Best for travellers who want a serene, butler-served loft and will trade a quiet lobby for the lowest room number in the building.
Best room: a two-bedroom loft on the Strip side for the panorama
"A Tony Chi-designed, butler-served loft enclave atop the MGM Grand, with Joel Robuchon an elevator ride below."
Skylofts is the luxury enclave hidden on the top floors of the MGM Grand, a world away from the 5,000-room resort beneath it. There are only a handful of these duplex lofts, designed by Tony Chi and starting around 1,400 square feet over two storeys, with floor-to-ceiling Strip views, automated lighting and shades, a soaking tub by the window and a 24-hour butler who handles unpacking and reservations. Arrival is by a private elevator and a dedicated check-in, so the experience feels like a boutique hotel grafted onto a casino skyline. The payoff of the address is the dining downstairs: the three-Michelin-starred Joel Robuchon and the one-star L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon are among the best tables in Las Vegas, and the Wet Republic dayclub is on the same property. The honest caveat is that you can't escape the host hotel: reaching any of it means descending through the crowds, slot noise and sheer size of the MGM Grand, and the loft rates are among the highest on the Strip.
Ask for a two-bedroom loft on the Strip side: the extra footprint and the second bathroom matter for a couple travelling together, and the boulevard view is the whole point of being this high up.
Use the butler before you arrive, not just after: they will pre-stock the loft, arrange the notoriously hard Joel Robuchon reservation, and set up a private car so you skip the main MGM Grand valet line. Ask for a loft on a high floor away from the elevator core for the quietest nights.
Skylofts sits at #13 within our Top 20 Hotels in Las Vegas. It scored an aggregate 9.3/10 across the three editorial criteria, peaking on room design and service and held back only by the location score, where the noise and scale of the host casino count against an otherwise serene suite. For self-contained luxury without a casino underneath, look up the list toward the Four Seasons and ARIA Sky Suites; for the most direct loft-style comparison, the Venetian and Palazzo suites sit nearby.
There are only a few lofts, so they book up fast around big events and fight weekends. Aim to reserve well ahead, confirm the butler service and a high-floor Strip-side loft at the time of booking, and check the Las Vegas events calendar before you commit.
Editorial · #13 on the Top 20 Hotels in Las Vegas 2026 list
Skylofts' case for a Las Vegas stay is the contrast it strikes: a serene, Forbes Five-Star loft hideaway perched on the top floors of the MGM Grand, reached by a private elevator and its own check-in.
The duplex lofts are the work of designer Tony Chi, starting around 1,400 square feet over two storeys, with floor-to-ceiling Strip views, automated lighting and a 24-hour butler.
The address pays off downstairs, where the three-Michelin-starred Joel Robuchon and the one-star L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon rank among the best restaurants in the city and the Wet Republic dayclub draws the summer crowd. The catch is the same address: the lofts sit on top of one of the largest casinos in Las Vegas, so reaching the dining, the pool or the street means passing through its noise and scale, and rates run to the top of the market. It earns its #13 place as one of the most private suite products on the Strip, for travellers who value the quiet upstairs more than a calm building overall.
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