I've stayed at the Luxor and mirage (don't get me started on the Mirage after having the worst experience there) but I definitely thought the Hard Rock Hotel was my kind of place. Great music selection blasting out all day, gorgeous pool equipped with fake sand, so what if it's fake I still liked it. Nice clean rooms ( a bit on the dark side due to the red & black colour scheme) with a lovely big walk in shower. This place was a bit like the place to 'be seen' in with ample show off's etc but if you dismiss this it's actually quite a fun hotel with a young gorgeous tattood crowd prancing about everywhere.
The hotel is not near the strip and is a taxi ride away or the hotel provides a free shuttle service hourly to drop you on the strip.
The hotel itself swings either way as some of the party we were with hated everything about it so not everyone's cup of tea. If you like rock music, fun times and a young crowd head here, but if you like to be in bed by 9 so you're up early to see all the sights on the strip and wake to a buffet breakfast and get a relaxing time then this won't be for you