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| - Some people are going to view this as a one star hotel and others are going to view it as a five star... it's all about what you are looking for.
1 star... if you are looking for any semblance of the typical Las Vegas experience.
5 star... if you don't want to be anywhere near the action, are looking for a relaxed location and spot, and are probably there with your family.
Normally I would rate something for being what it is, but the problem in this case is false advertising that gets people here when it's not exactly what they are looking for (at least in our case).
For starters, "on the Las Vegas Strip" in the name of the hotel itself is pretty misleading. This is a LOOSE definition of the word strip because it's about as far as you can get from the main strip and still be on the strip. I'd say it was 5 miles to the Venetian / Bellagio etc area. Sure, we should have done our due diligence and researched this, but my sister had seen one of the locations which was closer to the center of the strip and assumed it was that one when she booked it, not knowing there are 5 different Hilton properties in and around the strip.
They told her she was getting a very special discounted rate for attending a timeshare presentation, but upon checking the advertised rates, it was about the same. Also, the rates weren't any cheaper than the rest of the strip for that weekend, so it's not like we were getting a discount for being far from the action either.
This really got me.. you have to PAY for parking every day.. and the parking lot is not exactly attached to the hotel. The first 4-5 levels are reserved for valet and are totally empty, so it's a bit annoying having to circle around and around empty spaces to get to ones you can park in. One of the things about Vegas is free parking everywhere, but such is not the case here.
No Casino / Smoke, etc.. points plus for this.
Gym - Okay, normally people in Vegas don't exactly make it to the gym. But the types of people that stay somewhere like this are the types that are going to go to the gym... so there should be more than 4 elliptical machines. Waiting in line for an hour was not ideal. The gym is WAY too small for the capacity.
The walls are pretty thin and we could hear whatever the people next door were watching on TV at all hours.
We called down for more blankets, more toiletries and a toothbrush, and had a blanket thrown in our room with no other stuff. Literally.. they knocked on the door and we were in bed and getting up to go answer it when we heard the door fly open, the blanket be thrown in, and the door slammed shut. Jeez.
All in all, this hotel is adequate. I get if people want to be away from the strip, but there's not need to be SO far from it that you don't even feel like you are in Vegas. The gym is not great, but it does have a few good machines with TVS. The rooms are clean and spacious and as advertised, albeit with thin walls.
So I'd say.. make sure you know what you are looking for, and that this is it. We definitely were disappointed, but it was partly our fault for not doing our due diligence beforehand.
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