My husband and I stayed at The Riv for our honeymoon. Though it is one of the oldest original casino/hotels, you can definitely see the difference in it compared to the newer flashy more expensive hotels. However, it was great and the price was phenomenal! We stayed in the Monaco tower on the 15th floor. There was a bit of a smell outside 8 doors walking down the hall and my guess is they quickly realized it because it was gone by our second evening there. If you want to pay over $75 a night to sleep and say you stayed in the ritzy hotels, more power to you. But for us, this was perfect and we had more to spend on ourselves and enjoying shows. The bed was comfortable and the rooms stayed cool or warm depending on what we set it to. Our only complaint is being hit by every TLC resort employee at every entrance. We took them up on the presentation for free shows however them we were hit several times a day after due to shift changes etc. all in all it was a great hotel & experience!