On our last trip to Vegas for a friends wedding, we were looking for an inexpensive hotel with at least some decent looking rooms. My bf has a reward card which allowed us to see what hotels we can get at a good price. Even though Rio is not on the strip its still pretty close to everything.
Once we got into our room we were pretty surprised at how nice the room ended up being. Big king size bed with separate toilet/shower and double sinks with a mini refrigerator. The closet has a two way opening on both sides one side leading to the door the other opening to the bathroom area. The room is very spacious with a couch as well. Big window glasses with a view towards the mountain and old strip. All this for $145 this is a two night three day stay. So I'm not complaining.
The hotel has a free shuttle that takes you to the strip as well. Which was helpful if we didnt want to drive, because we wanted to drink. It all worked out because our friend got married in Paris and there was one shuttle that took us to ballys which is connected with Paris. They have other shuttles to take you to different hotels.
On days that we wanted to drive, it would only take about 5 mins.
They are also known for the world buffet which is supposed to be the best buffet in Vegas. Which unfortunately we did not go because we were eating elsewhere.
But we will definitely book at this hotel again and we will try their buffet.