The first-timer case — and its caveat

The lead film argues Caesars is the best hotel for a first time in Las Vegas, tested from the cheapest room it could book: the strict 4 p.m. check-in, the sheer scale of the Forum Shops, a VR arcade rated the most in-depth in the city. Its closing advice is nuanced — the property is expensive for what the rooms give back, so visiting Caesars may beat sleeping at Caesars — while still topping its list overall. Keep that tension; the rest of the page tests it.

Inside Caesars Palace Hotel & Casino! (the BEST hotel for your FIRST TIME in Las Vegas)

Pompsie

Pompsie's case for Caesars Palace as the best first-timer's hotel in Las Vegas, built from a stay in the cheapest room he could book. He covers the strict 4 p.m. check-in, the sheer scale of the Forum Shops, and an elaborate VR arcade he rates the most in-depth he's seen in the city. His closing advice is nuanced: the property is expensive for what the rooms give back, so visiting Caesars may beat sleeping at Caesars — but the overall experience still tops his list.

Key takeaways
  • Argues Caesars is the best first-time Las Vegas hotel
  • Cheapest-room stay as the test case
  • Forum Shops and an elaborate VR arcade featured

Come Walk Through the Iconic Caesars Palace Las Vegas! Complete Walking Tour 2024! #caesars #vegas

Show Me Vegas

Show Me Vegas's longest walkthrough ever: a complete 2024 walking tour of Caesars Palace from the front gardens inward. Jordan passes the Absinthe tent and the Green Fairy Garden, works through the casino, the Forum Food Hall's lineup from Bobby's Burgers to the Halal Guys, both Gordon Ramsay restaurants, and the statue of David near the property's center. Because Caesars grew tower by tower over decades, the tour doubles as a lesson in how the resort is stitched together.

Key takeaways
  • A complete map-style walking tour of the whole resort
  • Absinthe's tent and garden open the outdoor section
  • Forum Food Hall vendors named one by one

Is Staying at CAESARS PALACE Las Vegas Even Worth it?

Jaycation

Jaycation returns to Caesars Palace for Thanksgiving week, staying in the Julius Tower a year after trying the remodeled Colosseum Tower, and his verdict has cooled: a resort that was his favorite five or six years ago now sits outside his top five. In between he works the Forum Shops — the free Atlantis show and its aquarium by the Cheesecake Factory, the Nike store — and credits the room's Keurig and streaming-ready TV. The Forum Shops remain, for him, the property's saving grace.

Key takeaways
  • Julius Tower stay compared with the remodeled Colosseum Tower
  • A cooled verdict: no longer among his top five resorts
  • Free Atlantis show and aquarium in the Forum Shops featured

The resort, walked and stayed

The channel's longest walkthrough runs the whole palace in 2024 — the Absinthe tent and Green Fairy Garden, the Forum Food Hall named vendor by vendor, both Gordon Ramsay restaurants, the statue of David near the center — doubling as a lesson in how a resort stitched together tower by tower over decades actually fits. The stays split their verdicts: an overnight in a top room with the Garden of the Gods pool and Wagyu potstickers calls it a 'city within a city' (pool cocktails priced into the verdict at $24/$40 as filmed); a Thanksgiving-week return in the Julius Tower cools — a former favorite now outside the host's top five, with the Forum Shops (free Atlantis show and aquarium included) as the saving grace. A devoted local couple's first-ever stay, upgraded to an Octavius suite, restores the romance: formal gardens, an in-house Italian dinner judged bite by bite, 58 years into the 'Emperor of all resorts' reign.

The buffet, the upgrade, the secret

A stay-and-buffet film pairs an Augustus Tower room with a fountain view against the Bacchanal Buffet verdict: fresh, constantly replenished, crowded — with one of the nicest pools they've used attached. And the page's gem: Nobu Hotel, the boutique hotel hidden inside Caesars — smart-toilet rooms, a 72nd-floor fitness center, a separate quiet check-in — filmed in 2021, snowstorm ending and all. A calm 2020 reopening walkthrough closes the set as visual orientation (no usable narration; it loads as watch content).

Sources: the eight videos on this page — the first-timer case, a full walkthrough, three stays with split verdicts, a Bacchanal pairing, the Nobu Hotel tour, and a 2020 walkthrough — summarized from their entries in our catalog.

Is Caesars Palace Las Vegas Worth It? TOP Room & Pool | Must Do, Eat & Drink!!

Dani.702

Dani.702's bucket-list overnight at Caesars Palace: a top room tour, the Garden of the Gods pool, sushi and Wagyu potstickers at dinner, and late-night cocktails, all framed by her 'city within a city' read on the resort's scale. She locates it honestly in the current skyline — center Strip, across from the Flamingo, next to what used to be the Mirage — and prices the pool deck's signature cocktails ($24 small, $40 regular) as part of the worth-it verdict.

Key takeaways
  • Room, pool, dinner and cocktails in one overnight stay
  • Garden of the Gods pool complex featured
  • Pool cocktail prices quoted as part of the value test

Caesars Palace Staycation: Livin' Large in the Octavius Suite!

Dale McKenzie

Dale McKenzie and Paula of Las Vegas Inside & Out finally stay at Caesars Palace — 'the Emperor of all resorts,' 58 years into its reign — and do it properly, in an Octavius Tower suite on a spring staycation. The film covers the formal gardens and fountains out front, an in-house Italian dinner judged bite by bite, and an evening stroll across the Boulevard to the LINQ Promenade. A celebratory, history-soaked take from two of the city's most devoted chroniclers.

Key takeaways
  • A first-ever stay, upgraded to an Octavius Tower suite
  • Formal gardens and fountains set the opening scene
  • Italian dinner on property reviewed course by course

Caesars Palace Hotel & Forum Shops Walkthrough! 🎰 Reopening Tour Las Vegas 2020

Travel Ruby

A half-hour slow walkthrough of Caesars Palace and the Forum Shops from the 2020 reopening era, filmed by Travel Ruby. The camera does the talking — casino floor, hotel public spaces and the shops in long unbroken passes — and no usable English narration track exists for it (the only caption track is a garbled machine artifact), so it loads as watch content. A calm visual orientation to the property's scale and Roman theming.

Watch: Caesars Palace, guided

2 videos · summaries from the actual guides

Are Caesars Palace and the Bacchanal Buffet Worth the Trip?

Explore Vegas

Explore Vegas pairs a one-night Caesars stay with the Bacchanal Buffet verdict the title promises. The $20 trick at check-in scores an Augustus Tower upgrade with a Bellagio fountain view; the swim-up blackjack pool gets a workout; and the buffet itself earns praise for freshness and constant replenishment, with the crowds as the only real complaint. Their bottom line: one of the nicest pools they've used, center-Strip location, and a hotel so big you should pack comfortable shoes.

Key takeaways
  • Augustus Tower room with a fountain view, scored on an upgrade
  • Swim-up blackjack at the Garden of the Gods pool
  • Bacchanal Buffet: fresh and well-stocked, but crowded

The Secret Hotel Inside Caesar's Palace

Pompsie

Pompsie checks into the hotel inside the hotel: Nobu Hotel, the boutique property tucked into the middle of Caesars Palace. The room tour lingers on the details — smart toilet with heated seat, heavy-duty safe — before moving to the dedicated fitness center and business lounge on the 72nd floor and the steam room. Filmed in 2021 and ending with an unlikely Vegas snowstorm, it's the definitive look at Caesars' worst-kept secret.

Key takeaways
  • A tour of Nobu Hotel, the boutique hotel inside Caesars Palace
  • Smart-toilet room and 72nd-floor fitness center shown
  • A quieter, separate check-in experience from the main resort

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