For the most part, Elara was a solid choice. It didn't bother me that it didn't have any restaurants or casino in the hotel. As it is connected to PH, which has tons of them.
The decor was alright, a bit 80s for my taste.
What drove me nuts was that we had to have wrist bands to enter our floor. What is this, a club? They even said we had to have them on for the duration of our stay. Who is going to wear a wrist band the entire time? So we either made it lose enough to take on and off or got a new one from reception every time we went up. Such a nuisance!
I understand they are under new management, hopefully, they come up with a better policy.
Overall, it was a good stay.