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| - I'm never one to bitch about a hotel. I stayed in one with bullet holes in the ceiling in San Jose once. But I had to give this one 3 stars. First of all, if its your first time in Vegas and you don't know how to utilize the back roads, good luck being able to get in from the strip. Thankfully, this was my 3rd time in Vegas and I knew to enter behind the hotel (take Koval to Ida). Once you're in the parking garage, you have to take an elevator down, walk past the dog piss area, threw a hallway, across traffic, into a door, to go up another elevator. (hold on let me take a breath....okay.) Now when you get off the elevator, (did i mention you're still dragging your luggage?) walk threw the shops, then the casino, all the way practically to the front door, and then walk through the maze of ropes to the front desk. Luckily I didn't have such a long wait as some of my fellow Yelpers did. Maybe 3 minutes. The guy was quick. We booked on the website (deluxe room for $28) and he got us right on our way. Right on our way back to trekking through the Andes. Hope you brought water and Chex mix. Okay so we were in Tower 5 which is back the way you came through the casino, maybe halfway back the way you came. We were on the 11th floor, so we took the elevators up and when you step off, brace yourself. You will SWEAR you are in The Shining. Long, dark hallways. We had to walk down the first hallway, make a right, and then go all the way down another hallway to find our room. MEMORIZE this because when you're drunk later on theres no fucking way you will find your way back to your room. Once we got in, I was pleasantly surprised. The room was pretty nice. The view SUCKED. Theres just the Flamingo next door, and if you really peak around you can catch a glimpse of the Cosmopolitan. Theres no comforter on the bed! like WTF! its just a bunch of sheets. the sink had drain issues. The most awesome part: YOU CAN HEAR EVERYTHING. After I got dressed up like a hooker in true Vegas fashion, I was leaving to go to the Mirage (Pitbulls birthday party...VIP baby), I heard a guy puking in his room. My loud self of course had to yell: "its only 9pm you pussy get back out there!!!"
So yes the hotel is a big dodgy. But if you only come to Vegas to sit in your hotel and stay in the one casino, get the hell out of Vegas and go to where I'm from. In Central Cali theres 4 indian casinos within an hour from me thats just fine for that. But I still drive 6 hours to Vegas to be out and about!! The amazing thing about this place is you're right in the middle of the action! You got Caesar's Palace, The Mirage, The Bellagio, Treasure Island, Flamingo, O'sheas, Harrahs...EVERYTHING in walking distance. Even in heals you will still survive!!
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