I work for a different group that manages a similar/older venue; Pure Nightclub at Caesars but honestly like this venue and put it up there with some of the newer clubs (ahead of 1OAK for sure) because of its 3 different rooms and variety of music. Located in Paris, it is fairly centralized on the strip, conveniently located near Bally's/Flamingo so self parking or cabbing to the venue is no problem. the entrance to the club has a cool winding staircase. Once you're at the top, the main floor is there and they mostly play hip hop. The DJ is located on high/raised stage but is not built like a theater/main stage like XS or Marquee's dance area. They draw various rap artists like they opened with Drake and invite random guests like Charlie Sheen.
I don't like the dance floor has clusters up at the entrance, making it hard to block your way to the ramp up to the bar on the right or to get to the gardens. Other than the bar on top of the ramp, there is a bar to the left of the dance floor. The wide ramp leading up to the bar is a waste of space to me as bouncers try to leave the area open for people to walk up and down and seems like a waste of space. Raised tables are located on the right and left of the ramp.
Walking straight past the main stage gets you to the outdoor garden area. When I was there last fall, they played mostly lounge music and the garden area is well lighted. I'm guessing this is an area that's better suited for those who want to mix and mingle while not having to talk too much over the sound. The garden area has a decent sized bar.
On top of the ramp behind the bar is how you get to the outside "Butterfly Lounge" area. This is an outdoor area where I hear more electronic dance music/house and they had a great setup here when I went there for Halloween and saw Paul Oakenfold spin. The sound and lighting is unparalleled but I would expect none less as my old roommate (who did the sound and lighting for multiple venues on the strip like Encore Beach Club and XS) set up this part of Chateau. This lounge is outdoor and is under the faux Effiel Tower of Paris and some of the tables have a glass surface that gives people a great view of the strip; especially of the Bellagio fountains. The DJ stage was awesome of Oakenfold as they had a fiber optic screen setup showing music video projected to the music.
So overall, I do not know why people bash this venue as it is a great place for a balance of house and hip hop music along with a garden area for the smokers who want to chat back and forth. Hosts are awesome and cocktail models are dressed in cute French maid outfits. This is a good place for industry to hang out for the Candy Shop Tuesday. Only a handful of other places are open this night such as my Pure Nightclub, Hyde Lounge and 1OAK.