Ultra-Luxe

"The Ultra-Luxe. Live life in the lap of luxury."

The  is a casino in New Vegas. It appears to be an amalgamation of several hotels and casions, most notably the Bellagio Resort and Sahara Hotel & Casino

Layout
The Ultra-Luxe is a highly glamorous and luxurious resort and casino. It is considered by the locals of New Vegas to be the most glamorous and luxurious casino on The Strip (Mr. House himself describes it as "...A damn fine casino"). There's a very intricate fountain out front, but party-goers are discouraged from going for a dip by NCR military police and securitrons. It is run by the White Glove Society who can be found inside the casino. You can also have a suite in the Ultra-Luxe if you decide to pick Mr. House's faction. Unlike the other casinos you must pass a Sneak check (50 or higher) to keep your holdout weapons which can make Beyond the Beef difficult. Overall the building is divided into 7 parts:

Lobby and Casino
The Lobby and Casino area contains the lobby and casino, obviously. The highly fashionable bar The Top Shelf is also located in the entrance room that doubles as the casino ("The drinks are overpriced, but that's the point"). Mortimer can be found at the reception desk. The door to the cashier requires average lockpicking skill of 50 to open, and doing so and being seen will turn the staff hostile. There are three metal boxes within the cashier at the bottom of a shelf, holding your weapons and those of your two potential companions.

The Ultra-Luxe has Blackjack and Roulette tables but does not have slot machines.

The Gourmand
The Gourmand is a famous restaurant run by temperamental chef and White Glove Society member Phillipe. The restaurant is renowned for its famous Brahmin Wellington, and boasts a long waitlist, even though it usually seems sparsely populated. Gamblers, travelers and other Strip tourists found here will theorize the White Glove Society is more interested in maintaining the Gourmand's air of exclusivity than filling the restaurant, and are subsequently padding the waitlist and arbitrarily denying access to customers. This suspicion is commented upon by Mr. New Vegas on Radio New Vegas.

Kitchens
The basement kitchens of the Ultra-Luxe are accessible from the Members Only Area, where the door is unlocked, and the Gourmand, behind a door with an Easy lock and close enough to restaurant staff to require some ability to sneak. The basement itself consists of a number of rooms, including Phillipe's actual kitchen, Phillipe's unimpressively-stocked pantry, the locked freezer containing Ted Gunderson, an elevator back upstairs, and a wine room, containing the bottle of wine the player is meant to spike with sedatives as part of Beyond the Beef. The basement hallways are regularly patrolled by a small group of three White Glove Society members. They will confront the player if the player is caught in the basement without honorary White Glove Society membership, requiring Speech checks of varying degrees to be placated. The two kitchen areas contain an assortment of resized kitchenware.

Members Only Area
The Ultra-Luxe Members Only Area consists of a large dining room, adjoining prep room, reception area, closet, and 10-12 members of the White Glove Society, some of which are armed with dress canes and described as "bouncers." The bouncers will be hostile towards the player unless the player has been inducted as an honorary member of the White Glove Society by Marjorie, and subsequently been given a key to the rooms. An unlocked door in the prep area leads to the Ultra-Luxe's kitchens, providing access to that area for players with low or non-existent lock-picking/sneak skills who can't gain access from the Gourmand.

Bathhouse
An indoor swimming pool converted into a bath house. Contains the steam room where you meet the investigator's contact in the Beyond the Beef quest.

The Penthouse Suite
The Courier needs a key to access the Penthouse Suite. Mortimer carriers the key. Mortimer can be killed and his body looted for the key. Alternatively, Mortimer will give the key to the Courier for assisting him in turning the White Glove Society into cannibals.

Bon Vivant Suite
The Bon Vivant Suite, located on the same floor as the regular hotel rooms, is given to you when you win 11250 chips in the casino. It is located in the Hotel Room area and is not to be mistaken for the Penthouse suite in which Heck Gunderson is staying. The room is an average room for the Ultra-Luxe and includes 2 beds that the player may sleep in.

Related Quests

 * Beyond the Beef
 * Render Unto Caesar

Rewards and Ban
Should the player acquire enough chips, the floor manager will offer them a gift of Brahmin Wellington. As the player continues to earn chips, the floor manager will offer increasingly valuable gifts, culminating in access to the Bon Vivant Suite. Make sure you wait for the floor manager to give you your rewards, if you start playing again before he does, it will glitch the Achievement/Trophy.


 * 3,750+ chips = Atomic Cocktail
 * 7,500+ chips = Brahmin Wellington
 * 11,250+ chips = Ultra-Luxe Suite Key

After the player reaches 15,000 chips earned, they are banned from playing games in Ultra-Luxe. They can still use its other functions, such as the restaurant, the theater and cashing out their chips, but they cannot win any more money in Ultra-Luxe. This ban is permanent.

Note
It is possible to exceed the 15,000 chip cap here (as in any other casino) so long as the excess winnings are earned in a single bet. Winning a jackpot at Slots (up to 160:1) or one of the single number (35:1) bets at Roulette while betting the 200-chip maximum can easily exceed 15,000 chips, especially if the player has already amassed close to the maximum playing other games. The player will still be banned, but can keep all winnings.

If the player skips over one of the reward levels stated above by winning enough in a single bet, the rewards that were skipped over will not be given. To get all the rewards, it is best to play conservatively (such as playing Blackjack or even-money bets at Roulette) until all three rewards have been received and then try to maximize profits with a high states bet.

Notable Loot

 * Brahmin Wellington recipe on the counter in Phillipe's kitchen

Music
The piped-in music in the lobby and casino consists of the following tracks:


 * Concerto For 2 Violins in D Minor - 2: Allegro Ma Non Troppo - J.S. Bach
 * Concerto Grosso no. 10 in B Minor - 1: Allegro - Antonio Vivaldi
 * Concerto Grosso no. 10 in B Minor - 3: Allegro - Antonio Vivaldi
 * Flower Duet From Lakmé - Léo Delibes
 * Four Seasons No. 4, Winter - 2: Largo - Antonio Vivaldi
 * Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major - 2: Andante - W.A. Mozart
 * Spring Song Op 62, No 6 - Felix Mendelssohn

Bugs

 * If you enter the Ultra-Luxe lobby with Rex as a companion, he may begin growling and run off and attack an NPC (such as a hat-less female Gambler) for no apparent reason and kill them. This can cause everyone in the lobby to flee, including Heck, and cause White Gloves to start attacking you. If you see this happening, pause and reload the auto save triggered by entering the Ultra-Luxe and quickly tell Rex to wait for you by the door until you have completed "Beyond the Beef."


 * When Cashing in chips for NCR Money. The Cashier takes your chips but does not give you your money.(Patched on Xbox)


 * Similarly, when cashing in chips for Legion money, the cashier will also take your chips and not give the player any Legion money.
 * Occasionally when entering the casino, your companions may disappear, forcing you to wait for them to return to their homes.


 * While swimming in the bathhouse your hair becomes transparent and shows your head with a buzz cut Verified on Xbox (11/09/10)


 * Most of the stools and chairs in the restaurant and the lobby can't be used and provoke an aggressive reaction from the Ultra-Luxe staff.


 * After being banned, you may lose the key to the suite.


 * When entering the suite, people may randomly spawn inside the suite as well.

they may also spawn if you choose the option to be aggressive to Mortimer.
 * During the quest, "beyond the beef," Great Khans may spawn randomly while you wait for the investigator's contact in the steam room. Verified on Xbox 360 11/15/2010


 * During the quest, "Beyond The Beef" talking to Chauncey may freeze the game. It may also freeze the game if he dies after the meeting.  There doesn't appear to be a workaround for players who experience this bug making it impossible for them to complete the quest. -Possible workaround- Try speaking to Chauncey *before* meeting him in the steam room. Another Possible workaround - try wearing a White Glove society uniform during the meeting (which you can get when you examine the investigator's body and are then attacked)


 * You do not need a sneak skill of 50 to keep your holdout weapons


 * Some reports of players experiencing complete game lockups when moving through the pool area to the steam room at the back of the pool. At least one player said moving down one side of the pool caused a lockup but down the other side did not lockup, however, changing pool sides did not make any difference to some.


 * It is also possible to kill stealth kill NPCs in the hotel rooms and suffer no karma repercussions. Can be useful if you are terminally short on caps.

Appearances
appears in Fallout: New Vegas.