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| - Priceline.com rates this hotel as a Four Star Hotel... Yeah. Maybe ten years ago. But, for $36 a night, you get what you pay for, right? Before the trip, I was reading the reviews for the Luxor and was cringing... we were going for a anniversary celebration trip and looking for a deal on a nice hotel via priceline.com and I was disappointed with the result of my best price negotiation.
My husband and I were in one of the rooms in the pyramid on the 13th floor and booked it for three nights. The elevator to our room was close to the entrance, as well to our room. The elevator is different than most elevators and has some definite wear and tear; plus, given the unique design, it's a different kind of feeling than most.
Our room was reasonably clean, dated, but clean. The bathroom had a large shower, but no bath tub which was a bummer. Since we were planning on spending a reasonable amount of time to relax in the room, this was a bummer-- if you're going with the plan to make your room more like a locker room in between partying at night and partying during the day, then this probably would be ideal. The bathroom also had a large sink area and then a separate vanity area in the entry way area (perfect for a group of girls getting ready and having to do make-up and hair, right?). The plumbing worked for us-- I noticed complaints about it from other yelpers prior to our trip and I was nervous about that for sure!
The beds were like Motel 6 beds. There was a good sized window with curtains and we had a view of some of the strip and the airport. It was fine having the drapes open at night but as soon as the sun came up in the morning, it was like being in a solar oven! to add to it, the air conditioner did not work. Well, slightly chilled air came out of the vent and you could feel it only when you stood right by it, but if you were more than two feet away, consider it a really weak fan. This of course would be fine if you were staying there over the winter months; but we were here in July with the high being 110 degrees.
My biggest gripe would have to be the smoke in the rooms, even the non-smoking rooms. My theory is that the pyramid funnels the smoke up from the casino on the lower level up to the top of the pyramid. If you smoke, this probably isn't too much of an issue, I'm assuming, but for the non-smokers, this is horrible! The room was basically smoky and hot and was far from an escape from the heat.
So, after one night of being a trooper, we decided to check out two days early; not because we were hotel snobs, but because we were looking for something more relaxing, romantic, and well honestly a room with a decent air conditioner and without smoke that left my throat dry and burned my eyes after sleeping on an old bed.
When we went to check out at the desk, the woman behind the counter noticed that we were leaving two days early, asked us if we understood that we could not be reimbursed for the two days we weren't staying there, and then continued checkout as usual. I was somewhat surprised that she didn't offer us an upgrade to a better room, some sort of compensation, or even the opportunity to take an online survey or something. But then again, I saw the other people checking in beside us and if I were her, I probably wouldn't have wanted to make a big deal out of it since we weren't.
But be aware that we booked the room for 3 nights and stayed only 1 night because we were that dissatisfied with our room.
So, two stars because even though the rooms are smoky, dated, hot, and minimal, they are dirt cheap to be on the strip, even if it is the end of the strip. I don't know what Priceline.com is thinking when they give it four stars when everyone else gives it less, but maybe there's some sort of business deal worked out. The hotel is more like a 3 or 2.5 star hotel.
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