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| - I spent four nights here over the recent holiday weekend... my last visit to Vegas involved a disappointing stay a mile away, with no in-room coffee and nothing interesting close to the hotel other than a Hard Rock restaurant. Having had good Starwood experiences since joining SPG in 2004, I figured I couldn't go wrong here.
I didn't go wrong.
The front desk staff were always helpful, Marcus at Suede remembered my name and was very courteous and attentive to my needs, the room was comfortable and clean, the breakfast buffet was the best buy for breakfast, and I loved being able to hook up a HDMI cable to the in-room LCD TV and have a second monitor for my laptop.
They have a "green" program for SPG members, where if you forego housekeeping for a day, you get $5 off food and drink or 500 SPG points. If you're staying more than three days, I'd suggest not choosing this option at checkin... you can choose it with a card on your door each night, so if you want your room cleaned in the middle but not every day, you can still get the benefits (I think) other than the cleaning day and the checkout day. However, when I needed towels or coffee I just asked at the front desk and they were delivered promptly.
As other reviewers have mentioned, it's about "a block" to the Strip. If you come from a normal city, think 4 blocks to the corner where Bill's is. You'll find Bumblebee from the Transformers (or a reasonable facsimile) there, and the rest of the Las Vegas strip. There's a liquor and grocery store two normal-blocks away (halfway to the Strip), and the gas station next door has a reasonable convenience store in case you miss the 10pm closing of the gift shop.
Main upsides:
* Courteous staff. Never a bad experience with the personnel.
* Breakfast buffet at Suede was great. Not cheap, and I might have shopped around if it hadn't been on company expense, but it was a pretty good start to the day.
* 24-hour coffee availability, in-room and at Starbucks in the lobby.
* Nice in-room amenities and linens/towels/robe.
The only downsides I'd have to report would be:
* The TV is HD but the cable channels are not. On the upside, HDMI in, so you can use your laptop or portable DVD easily. And of all the things that could be bad, I'll take this one.
* I got the "hotel computer is being worked on" message when trying to look at my folio on the tv. Not sure if that got fixed, or if it was because I was on a corporate plan, but that was unexpected.
* Parking structure is a bit cramped. Always a free space... free as in available, and free as in no parking fees... but it could get scary if it was a crowded car weekend.
* Mini-bar was a bit sparse. Beer, wine, soda, bottled water, a snack or two. But if you can't find a drink in Vegas otherwise, you need help. :)
Next time I head to Vegas, whether it's work again or pleasure, I'm likely to stay here.
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