Overall, 4 stars for the Budget Chic category. The small design elements add nice touches. These are not suites, even on a good day, so your "junior suite" is just a regular room. Don't get too excited, but it's a nice room at the right price. The prices in Vegas fluctuate sharply depending on the season and the day, so it's hard to say exactly what the right price is. It's all relative.
PROS:
* An excellent value at mid-week $25/night on Hotels.com mobile deals + $8.95 resort fee ($10.11 after tax)
* $40 per night authorization (doable)
* Comfortable bed with OK pillows that aren't too firm
* Mostly quiet in the room, no hallway noise, no street noise on the 4th floor, occasional muffled noise from adjacent rooms when people are being really loud
* Included a Fun Book with $5 free play, $5 match bet, $5 towards meal, free drink
* Close to Container Park, Fremont Street bars, gambling, Starbucks, Bank of America, USPS, The Beat, Pizza Rock, Walgreens, Gold Spike
* Fun to gamble at the prehistoric, chain-smoked El Cortez in the right light
* Coffeemaker, hotel-grade coffee, free bottled purified water
* Clean, good housekeeping
* Security at entrance keeping unannounced sketchballs away
CONS:
* Security at entrance requiring you to escort guests up
* Ultra crappy "efficient" (for the hotel) air conditioner that is impossible to keep running, even on fan mode, so it's constantly turning on and off. This thing pissed me off the whole time.
* Janky, slow WiFi that they are aware of and don't care to fix (annoying)
* Poor aeration causes light musty odor (leave the fan on when you exit). No ability to open window and no central climate means these rooms never gets fully aired out
* iHome radio only has 30-pin connector rendering it a pointless piece of decorative furnishing and marketing fluff
* The "junior suite" title is misleading because this is just a regular size room at the end of the day.
* Rip off in-room temptation snacks collectively added up to 3x the cost of the hotel room (a common but nonetheless stupid practice)
You can't beat the resort fee here in town, and it's such a bonus to me that it's located outside of the "Fremont Street Experience" area. Additionally, you get a lot of free sad laughter and a few old coin slots at the El Cortez casino. Be sure to check out their cafe (Cafe Cortez) inside the casino if you're looking for cheap eats because their food (sandwiches/burgers) are surprisingly tasty despite what the laminate tables might lead you to believe.
To say the least, I notice things, but I don't mind quirks. The Cabana Suites had enough space, enough amenities, enough friendliness, and enough comfort to put it in the same league as other downtown hotels.