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From a customer service perspective, they hit it out of the park. From roses in our room to honor our wedding, rate adjustments for a guest who decided to fly in last minute and working out meal adjustments. Every request from "we need a mini fridge" to "can we use 30 wine glasses for our cocktail hour?" was greeted with a yes. Plus, I'm picky - real picky.
Food wise, the SBE restaurants on site are fantastic. As an Angeleno, I love Bazaar, umami etc. and found these versions hold up. Cleo Vegas is better than Cleo LA in my opinion.
That said, because the hotel is small - the entertainment engulfs the entire bottom floor. At Caesar's or the Cosmo, you can easily avoid the club traffic. Not here. Diddy and Lil Wayne fans took over the entire lobby and ground floor making it difficult to navigate for anyone there not for them. To be honest, I thought the oldsters in my party would mind but my aunt got a picture with 50 Cent so she was happy. (I have no idea how she knew who he was but God bless her.) Ha. As for me, I couldn't sleep from the bass from Wayne's show going til 3 am (we were high floor, pool view in Lux tower suite).
We switched to World Tower on our last night and I definitely wouldn't stay in that tower again. Requests took longer to get responded to. Also, a drunk guy wielding a fire extinguisher tried to break into my friend's room at 6 am. But hey, Vegas.
Lastly, there's a weird perfumey smell permeating the hotel that is not good. I noticed it when we stayed there in March and it's still there now. I learned on a recent biz trip that hotels try corporate scents (weird) so if that's the case - please 86 this one, SLS!!!
Re. Laments about the Sahara demo, I found blood on my pillow case at the Sahara - have we forgotten what that place devolved into? Eep.
I would stay at the SLSagain but I would check what entertainment is scheduled. If it's a big concert at Foxtail, I probably would go somewhere else that can handle the traffic. Otherwise, cool looks, good food and cheap - just be realistic. It's not SLS Bev Hills but it's not the Rio.
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