Got a great deal via Hotel Tonight so it's off to Imperial Palace. From scanning review here I wasn't expecting much and my expectations were met. The place needs a refresh badly though they seem to try and keep it clean. It took 90 minutes to check in on Sunday afternoon. They were nice enough to pass out small bottles of water but I would have preferred adding more staff to get everyone checked in. The woman that checked me in was friendly and helpful but not very speedy. With the line as ugly as it was you'd think they'd try to keep the chit chat down. When I was done with my 90 minutes in purgatory I noticed the line was even longer than when I hit the door. I'm betting some folks were easily in for a 2 hour wait.
The room was okay with carpet needing replacement but the room was clean given the poor overall condition of the infrastructure. I'd stay here again if the rate was cheap enough but I wouldn't go out of my way to book a room here. You can't beat the overall value given the location on the strip and the normal cheap rates they've been putting out.