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| - Took a staycation recently and booked a room at Artisan through my HotelsTonight app for one night for $60. When I first arrived I was a little sceptic prior to walking in. Looked really small and worn from the outside, but as soon as I walked in, my mouth dropped open and my eyes went like this O_O. Lobby is really dim-litted and with its sculptures and paintings decorated around the room, it sets this type of dark, gothic, artistic ambiance. They should probably hire a man dressed as a butler to open the doors and say, "Goood Eeveninngg" in a dark ominous voice to really perfect it. Definitely agree with Misty that it's very reminiscent of the Haunted Mansion.
We checked in Sunday night and the concierge informed us they have an after-hours club that takes place in the lobby and restaurant area and will last till 7AM. I've heard about these parties on the radio and was interested in checking it out. An important note to all the young-bucks who are interested in staying... YOU MUST BE 21 TO STAY HERE. The girl who helped us told us a story that a guy pre-paid a room and couldn't end up staying because he was 20, boy.. he must of been mad :\
Well we got to our room and the hallway leading up to it reminded me a lot of those haunted houses during Halloween time. It was dark, like the rest of the hotel, and covered in over-sized portraits beautifully framed to make them look like antiques. It was lots of fun to look at and definitely a very different experience I have gotten from the other hotels in Vegas. The room is.. yes, you guessed it.. dark (by dark I mean the walls are painted like maroon..) and covered in paintings. Doesn't look much like a typical Vegas room (of course), more like my own bedroom.. if I was a mysterious art-infatuated type. Although it overall sounds really grungy, the room itself is pretty clean and it comes with a flat screen so don't assume they play to the old dark renaissance times to its full extent.
Well sadly we didn't end up going to the party downstairs but .. it truly did go on till 7AM. If you're looking for a good night's rest on a weekend night, look elsewhere..cause it seems like the party never stops at this joint, or at least the loud music doesn't.
Definitely wouldn't recommend this hotel to anyone looking for the glitzy, glamorous, Vegas experience. But this is definitely a place to check out for its originality.
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