I feel like by now people must think I'm so weird since my reviews for Vegas hotels are so hit and miss between the good/the bad and the ugly, but really South Point is quite a nicer property than it's been made out to be.
First of all, I have yet to find another hotel with Bath and Body works products. Score?!?! Although I love boutique hotels with their hard to pronounce soaps and shampoos that's got little grids on the bars or some scrubber thing, but B&Bworks simply smells great. I love the smell of the shower / bathroom after because its so fragrant. This may not be the best reason to love a hotel but what the heck.
The tables here are similar to what I experienced at the Excalibur, sans massive amounts of smoke and suffocation, the air conditioning / filtration is actually quite good. I haven't eaten here, because by this time I've decided to use money saved towards finer dining but they had some great late night cheap eats.
It's clean, it's comfortable, it's a departure from the madness of the strip, so you will have to drive a bit but it's a far cry better than the Luxor if that was your second choice.