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| - I really want to give this hotel 4 stars, but for the cost of staying vs. the overall experience, I'm sticking with 3 stars. I just returned from a midweek stay. I reserved at World Tower King for $130/ night with a $150 spa voucher available on their website. $130 may seem inexpensive, but this was a Wed & Thur night. I am sure it is considerable more on the weekends. At check in we asked if an upgrade was available as we had heard the Luxe Tower rooms were very nice. We were informed that they were at full capacity due to conventions. That turned out to be very true. The property is just 2 blocks from the convention center. We were told to check back in the morning to see if any Luxe room became available.
The World Tower room was nice, but very small. At just 360 sq ft, this is the smallest room I've ever stayed in in Las Vegas (and the Story Tower rooms are just 320 sq ft!). And the layout of the room is awkward, with the bed under the window, facing the door. All the typical amenities were available, but there was no bath robe or slippers. A standard for a 4+ star hotel.
As for the rest of the resort, the pool is rather nice, if some what small. Since it was mid week, we had no problems getting daybeds either day. Rather nice was our ability to bring outside food & drinks into the pool area (not so sure this would be tolerated on weekends). There are several restaurants that all look good, but we dined elsewhere (all the restaurants are brands that can be found in LA). The casino is a little on the small side, devoted mostly to slots. It only has 2 craps table. Being mid week, the casino was practically empty. Also, the resort has very limited shopping option, a typical hotel gift shop and several Fred Segal stores.
On our 2nd day we received a comp'd upgrade to Luxe Tower. Now this room is nice. Easily twice the size of the World Tower room (but also 2x the price online). The room has a very unique layout with nice facilities and amenities (robe, slippers, shaving kit, body scrubbing pad, etc.). The dichotomy from the World Tower room was very noticeable. I can easily return to this resort if I am staying in the Luxe Tower.
Another thing, at check in, we mentioned that we had been to the SLS hotels in Miami Beach & Beverly Hills, but had read some concerning reviews about the SLS Las Vegas property. We were then actually told that the SLS LV is not to the same standards as the other SLS properties & the room price reflects that. While I agree the the price for their LV resort is much less than MB & BH, I don't know why they would want to dilute their brand name by offer rooms that are much lower quality than their other properties.
Overall, the staff was very nice, but the rooms and resort amenities don't compete with other LV resorts. Their's no scene here, no reason for people to seek out this property to visit and party out. They don't have a show and being on the north side of the strip can be difficult (especially if you don't have a car). We would only stay here again if we get a great deal on a Luxe Tower room & if all the rooms were to the caliber of the Luxe rooms, this could easily be the hottest hotel on the strip.
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