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| - Yeah, 3 seems about right. It's OK overall but nothing real inspiring and a few significant drawbacks.
HOTEL: As with so many other Vegas casino-hotels, it's an OK basic room if you can get it for cheap but I'd never pay full price. Basic rooms are very comparable to the Stratosphere right down to decor and color scheme. Clean, decent bed. Crap TV selection and no coffee but I expect that coming in with a Vegas casino. Only major issues were the dull roar of music from Fremont Street randomly between 6 pm - midnight (drowned out with a good fan for white noise), and the weird art deco sliding block puzzle shower handle that fell entirely off on me while I was in the shower. Who designs a shower handle so that it can unscrew as you adjust the water temperature? Probably some overpaid engineer who puts Ron/Rand Paul stickers all over everything. Anyway.
I can see where the elevators could get annoying if the place was crowded, but during one of the lower-occupancy times of the year they were great, you basically have a private zippy elevator to yourself every ride! Another point I liked is the noon checkout, which is rare for Vegas casinos.
FOOD: A few options including a steakhouse and a Coney Island hot dog place, all I tried was the D Grill which was decent. McDonalds in-house has a little of the expected price inflation, but also has some deals like 2 apple pies for $1. No killer deals at the other restaurants, but the D Grill offers a solid healthy meal for around $15, and you get a $5 off coupon with a hotel stay.
GAMING: If you like video poker there's only a handful of machines, floor is dominated by slots. Decent amount of tables too though it seems they are more for girls dancing on them. Super smokey, I didn't really bother here. Though the second floor with the Vintage Vegas theme looked nice for old-school reel slot fans, and they also have a perpetually-crowded Sigma Derby machine up there.
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