I shopped around on vegas.com and chose the Luxor, deciding that it was the best value: not the absolute cheapest hotel in Vegas (because those were gross), but moderately priced and still nice. My husband and I stayed at the Luxor for our honeymoon and I enjoyed our time.
Positives:
I love the Egyptian theme and I think it's well done. It doesn't look tacky. It's fun to walk around inside and outside and see the details of the design.
The pool area is very nice, except for the fact that the pyramid reflects the sunlight on you and threatens to burn your skin off (!).
The Pyramid Cafe was yummy and reasonably priced.
The person who came up to our room to pick up our bags was extremely professional and courteous.
There are a 2 Starbucks and a fro-yo place inside! Happy times.
Negatives:
The resort fee ($18/day) did surprise us, but I'm sure that is true for every hotel on the strip.
The entire hotel is smoky, but that is definitely true for everywhere on the strip.
It took us almost 2 hours to get through the check-in line.
The rooms were not as nice as they had appeared online. We had a King suite, and it was extremely small and old-fashioned.
Our hotel keys stopped working multiple times, and since you need them in the elevators, this was extremely annoying. We saw this happen to other people in the elevator too. When we went to get replacement keys, the front desk person was rude.
I would stay here again, mainly because I've seen the other affordable hotels and don't think there's anything better that we would be willing to splurge on. Plus there's so much to do in Vegas you don't really need to have much more than a bed to lie your head on at the end of an exhausting day.