A suitable spot for a Downtown escapade. Cabana Suites is an affordable and updated hotel for the hip crowd. There were many poor reviews on here. I wouldn't let those be a deciding factor. If you are choosing a hotel room from downtown your choices are basically from Old fashioned - outdated - old - run down - scary - all the way down to health hazardous. So it is nice that there seems to be a different option to choose now. Lets be honest beggars cant be choosers, but for the price and location I would still consider Cabana Suites. It has a well balance of vintage and modern.
It is apart from the original El Cortez and just across from the new parking garage. Kind of in its own little world. At night the security presence is always there and adds to the general safety of the property, so you don't have to worry about creepers. A room card opens the front entrance and an attendant is always at the front desk. There is only one elevator for the 5 story property. There was only a slight indica/sativa odor when exiting the elevator on the 4th floor. Definitely just from one of the patrons. The room we had didn't have any strong odors.
Our room was cute. The decor was passable for a south beach type of modern. The bathroom was rather neat and much nicer than you could expect from the location and price point. The bed was comfy and a mini fridge is included in the room. 42" flatscreen tv and an Iphone clock radio were present. The size was roomy enough and I would say we enjoyed the overall ambiance. If anything was sub par it was the view of the El Cortez parking garage. Aside from that it was an enjoyable stay and we would definitely stay here again.