#15 in Top 20 Hotels in Las Vegas · ★★★★
Park MGM
The Center Strip's design-led, smoke-free MGM property, strong on dining and Dolby Live residencies.
The Center Strip's design-led, smoke-free MGM property, strong on dining and Dolby Live residencies.
"The 2018 reinvention of the old Monte Carlo, and the only fully smoke-free casino resort on the Strip."
Why this rank: Park MGM opened in 2018 inside the former Monte Carlo on the Center Strip, after a two-year, roughly $650 million MGM Resorts renovation. It runs about 2,700 rooms and suites, plus the 293-key The Reserve at Park MGM, the boutique wing rebranded from NoMad Las Vegas on December 17, 2025 and joining Marriott's Autograph Collection in early 2026. Its signature rooms are the Park Suite and the wellness-tuned Stay Well Suites. The dining is the draw: Eataly (the only Eataly in any US gaming resort), Best Friend by Roy Choi, Bavette's Steakhouse, and the On The Record speakeasy. The 5,200-seat Dolby Live (formerly Park Theater) has hosted residencies from Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga and Aerosmith. The honest caveat: Park MGM has no flagship dayclub or party-pool to match Wynn or Resorts World. What sets it apart is that it is the only fully smoke-free casino resort on the Strip, smoke-free since September 2020, which is reason enough to book it over a louder neighbour if clean air matters to you.
Best room: Stay Well Suite, 1,000 sq ft
"The Center Strip's design-led, smoke-free MGM property, strong on dining and Dolby Live residencies."
Park MGM is the 2018 reinvention of the former Monte Carlo, an MGM Resorts project carried out with the Sydell Group. It runs roughly 2,700 rooms, plus the upper-tier Reserve wing, formerly NoMad Las Vegas and rebranded The Reserve at Park MGM in December 2025, which is the boutique-within-a-tower option reviewed separately. Two things set the property apart. First, it is the only fully smoke-free casino resort on the Strip, which on a weekend away is a genuine quality-of-air difference you notice the moment you walk the floor. Second, the dining is deeper than the tier suggests: Eataly, the only one inside a US gaming resort, sits beside Best Friend by Roy Choi, Bavette's Steakhouse and the On The Record speakeasy. The 5,200-seat Dolby Live theatre, formerly Park Theater, anchors the entertainment, with Bruno Mars its long-running marquee residency. The honest gap: Park MGM has no flagship dayclub or party-pool to rival Wynn or Resorts World, so if a scene-pool is the point of your trip, book one of those instead.
Request a Stay Well Suite for the wellness-tuned rooms, or a room in The Reserve at Park MGM if you want the quieter, boutique side of the building. Skip the lowest Park MGM King category if a view matters; the Center Strip orientation is hit-or-miss at that tier.
Check the Dolby Live calendar before you set your dates; a Bruno Mars residency night is the single best reason to be at this hotel rather than next door. Book Bavette's Steakhouse for the group dinner, and use Eataly's counters for a fast, good lunch without leaving the building.
Park MGM sits at #15 on our Top 20 Hotels in Las Vegas list. It scored an aggregate 9.5/10 across the three editorial criteria, mid-pack on raw scale and pool scene but well ahead of the field on dining and on simply being smoke-free. For the alternatives in the same Center Strip neighbourhood, see the siblings below.
If your dates are set, book about twelve weeks out. Rooms in The Reserve wing and the Stay Well categories, the ones that justify this ranking, sell out first, and availability tightens sharply around major Dolby Live residency nights and convention weeks.
Editorial · #15 on the Top 20 Hotels in Las Vegas 2026 list
Park MGM's case for a Las Vegas stay rests on the 2018 rebuild of the former Monte Carlo Resort & Casino, which MGM Resorts reopened as Park MGM after a two-year, roughly $650 million renovation.
The property runs about 2,700 rooms and suites, plus the 293-key The Reserve at Park MGM, the boutique wing rebranded from NoMad Las Vegas in December 2025. Signature categories are the Park Suite and the wellness-tuned Stay Well Suites.
Dining is the strongest card: Eataly, the only one inside a US gaming resort, alongside Best Friend by Roy Choi, Bavette's Steakhouse and the On The Record speakeasy. The 5,200-seat Dolby Live (formerly Park Theater) has hosted residencies from Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga and Aerosmith. The Center Strip position puts Aria, New York-New York and MGM Grand within an easy walk, and MGM Rewards earning suits anyone already inside that loyalty programme. The clinching distinction is the one no rival shares: Park MGM is the only fully smoke-free casino resort on the Strip. The honest trade-off is the absence of a flagship dayclub or party-pool, so a scene-pool traveller should look to Wynn or Resorts World instead.
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