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| - I can understand why this place gets wildly differing reviews. A lot really seems to depend on your luck of the draw here. As it happens, we got really lucky with our stay, and it turned out to be a great experience.
We showed up after midnight on a Sunday night. All of the rooms with a king bed were booked, so we got bumped up to a suite in the HRH Tower. This was a GIANT upgrade considering we only paid $37 a night for the room. I probably wouldn't think as much of the place if we didn't get that upgrade. Sure, you still have to pay a $22 resort fee, which is silly, but every place in Vegas charges this now, so it is hard to knock Hard Rock for this. So, we still only paid $59 a night for a very nice suite.
With the HRH Tower, you get your own check-in and concierge area, which is much quieter and faster than the main one. You also get your own garage, which was very fast in and out, free parking. The suite had two big wardrobes and a wetbar when you walk in. Then a living room area with a big sectional, its own TV and desk area. Then you walk into the bedroom, spacious with EXTREMELY comfy beds. I think I need one of these at home! The view looked out to the parking garage, but if you looked to the side there was a pretty good view of the south end of the Strip from MGM down to Mandalay. Finally, the bathroom was excellent - separate toilet nook, huge shower with overhead shower available, and a large soaking tub. We never heard any noise from anyone else while we were in the room, even though we definitely heard people playing music in their rooms as we walked through the hallway, so we got great sleep here. Speaking of which, we did enjoy having a selection of rock music to play in the room on their sound system.
We got lucky and had some nice hits at the slots in the casino, and also played the roulette and craps tables. The casino was very popular at night here. We also went to Nobu and Pink Taco. Nobu just to try appetizers at the bar - main meals were very expensive, but I enjoyed the sushi. Pink Taco was actually very reasonably priced. I had lobster tacos and my wife had the chicken fajitas. Both came with good sized portions and were tasty. Try the queso for an appetizer, as long as you like chorizo mixed in, it was very good. I would recommend anyone to try Pink Taco here. Wait, what?
We checked out the party pool, it was pretty popular for being still in March. A young crowd there, they have DJs on stage, bars set up, the whole thing. So we got to have a "club" experience without going through all the nightclub BS. Keep in mind you have to pay to rent a daybed or cabana like you would a table at a nightclub. So we just sat on the beach area and on the side of the pool like most of the people. To get away for a bit, we went up to the little "Breathe" pool. This is a SMALL pool though, so it got crowded, you can't really swim around in it too much. There is also a bar up there, good drinks but expensive at $16.
The location is off the Strip, next to the UNLV campus. So yes, I would definitely recommend having a car. It was very easy to get in and out through the HRH garage. They supposedly have a "no outside food/drink" rule but no one hassled us or searched us for snacks, water, beers, etc. Of course, we weren't hauling around cases or anything. No fridge or microwave in the room, though.
Overall, the employees were very helpful and friendly here, got very good service. At $59/night for a suite, we got amazing value.
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