The catch at Fontainebleau Las Vegas

Fontainebleau is at the north end of the Strip, beside the Convention Center. From its Strip-side entrance, Circus Circus and Resorts World across the road are 3 and 7 minutes on foot, Encore 14 and Wynn 18, but Sphere is 32 minutes, the Venetian 34 and the Bellagio fountains about 45, 3.2 km away. The Vegas Loop station downstairs, on Level V1 off the South Lobby, runs Teslas under the street to the Convention Center, Wynn and Encore, Resorts World and Westgate for $4.25 a ride, which suits a show at Wynn more than an evening at Caesars Palace. The nearest Monorail stations, Westgate and SAHARA, are 15 and 17 minutes' walk.

The fee is $55 a night plus tax, $62.36 in all, on top of the room rate. It covers Wi-Fi for up to four devices, self-parking, the fitness centre for up to two people, local and domestic calls, and a concierge for dining and spa bookings. It does not pay for Lapis Spa: the thermal floor, with its saunas, cold plunges, salt room and Aufguss shows, is a paid pass, the Celestial Waters Passport, and every treatment is extra. Valet parking is $35 to $40 a day, early check-in and late check-out carry a fee, a rollaway bed starts at $50 a night, and $150 a night is held on your card at check-in.

The six-acre Oasis pool deck, with its four bars, poolside casino and LIV Beach, is seasonal. In 2026 it reopened on 6 March, with hours of 8am to 7pm in July and 9am to 6pm by late September. From 19 November 2026 to 17 January 2027 part of the deck becomes an ice rink. Out of season the pools that stay open are the Legacy pool, for hotel guests aged 21 and over, and La Mer, both weather permitting and both from 9am to 4pm. Loungers are first come, first served; cabanas and daybeds are rented, and LIV Beach, the adults-only dayclub, sells tickets.

The hotel stands beside the Las Vegas Convention Center, and its rates move with the shows. On the same flexible rate, the cheapest room on the Wednesday and Thursday of CES, which runs from 6 to 9 January 2027, costs about twice a Tuesday in mid-May, and so do 19 and 20 January and 2 and 3 February. Formula 1 weekend, 19 to 21 November 2026, is priced high too: its Friday and Saturday cost more than twice the weekend after. At the other end, most midweek nights in June and July cost less than half the mid-May Tuesday.

Guests are consistent about what Fontainebleau does well: spotless rooms that still feel new, big rooms with spacious bathrooms, and the pool deck in season. The complaints that recur are about service rather than the building: slow responses to calls and requests, housekeeping that varies from one stay to the next, staff who are occasionally unfriendly, and the price of food and drink around the resort. None of it is universal, and the rooms are what guests praise most, but at this price it is the gap they notice.