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| - ok...so i realize its not really a 5 star hotel..but come on people, YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. if you want a hotel like the bellagio, then pay for a room at the bellagio.
I for one did not want to spend 150+ a night. so instead i spent 120 dollars for 3 nights at the flamingo for an impromptu getaway with my boyfriend. and for that kind of money, it was BOMB!
so what did i get for the 120?
i got what i think was a double bed GO room, even though i booked a single bed cheap room which was a nice surprise. apparently they ran out of king size beds so we got a free upgrade. some cons about the room were that one of the lamps wouldnt turn on and there were two MYSTERIOUS yellow drops on our rug....(we are going to assume the worst and say it was barf?) didn't complain about the "barf" tho becuz i didn't feel like switching rooms. Another thing about the room was that it was facing the parking garage for the imperial palace, which was also going to be demolished at 3am. We had gotten a note apologizing for the inconvenience, and to a lot of people i'm sure it would have been, but for me and my boyfriend it was the coolest thing about the room! and believe me, watching that garage go down was really exhilarating! other aspects of the room like the size gets a 5, cleanliness(other than barf rug) and decorations deserve a solid 4. (again, remember, we are only paying 20 dollars a night per person.... REALLY not that bad)
we also got a free coupon booklet that had all these buy one get one free deals which was nice. i mean, the deals were mostly "buy a (cheap hotel name) buffet and get one free" really not that great of food i know. but think about it, me and my boyfriend were literally paying 15 dollars for 2 people's dinners. i mean the food tastes like 15 dollar food, but i am also only paying half of that. and having as much frozen yogurt that i wanted. definitely worth the money. it also had coupons for the shops in the forum which was nice, and a coupon even for the rio buffet which was EXTREMELY NICE, but this is about the flamingo....
i also really liked the flamingos LOCATION. right across the street from my favorite sites in vegas which are serendipity 3 (ate there 2 of the three days) and the forum! it was also right next to my favorite cheap gambling hotel which was bills gamblin' saloon (lots of 5 dollar blackjack tables open!) its also in the middle of the strip and within walking distance of the bellagio's water show, and TI's pirate ship.
aspects of the flamingo itself i liked were of course the bird garden zoo thing (even tho it smelt of bird poop) and the pool was pretty nice for what it was.
now the flamingo loses a star because of customer service, or lack there of. checking in and out is a slow, time consuming process. I remember at caesars palace it was maybe 2 minutes. here it was a good 15 minutes and we were only 4 groups from the front. also, the first day we were there they didnt have any of the coupon booklets available so i had to go back the next day which wasn't a problem. the problem was when i did go back, i stood aside waiting for the next available person becuz my question was going to take a grand total of 5 seconds. they tried to get me to stand in the check in line again and i refused to because i wasn't going to wait half an hour! i went up after a women was done with her customer and instead of doing the customer service thing and asking what she could help me with, she ignored me. it was ridiculous. i know she thought i was rude for coming up to her even though she hadnt called me up and i know she assumed i just wanted to cut everyone else in line(which was true) but still. even when you think your customer is being rude they are still your customer and you do what you can. I am also in customer service and i know how aggravating it is when someone does that, but i also know that i still help them with the same level of service becuz its my fucking job! im not there to teach them manners, thats not why i'm paid. i'm paid to shut my mouth and help and that woman needs to learn that.
however i'm sure that was an independent persons response to me and not the flamingos fault, but they should be more aware of the people they have working for them.
overall i thought the flamingo was worth every dime i spent there. and that is why i rated it so highly
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