They say when you stay in Vegas it isn't about how nice your room is, its all about location.
If that were completely true this would be a 5 star review.
The good:
The location is awesome! Its right behind Harrah's and there is a Vegas monorail stop right behind the hotel. A family member bought my wife and I a room here for our recent Vegas wedding....it was totally central to everything we wanted to do.
They take change! Most casinos only take lose quarters that they will exchange for cash but here at the Imperial they take all your change. I do not know about pennies but they take everything else. No having to pay Coinstar to count your change for Vegas money.
The bad:
Most confusing layout EVER. Seriously the escalators, stairways, pathways all lead a different place. When you get off the elevator at one location it does not even look like it should be the casino level. You know you have to go around the corner because someone has penciled in the word "casino" above the floor sign with an arrow pointing to go around the corner.
The hotel itself could be cleaner..the hallway carpets are gross. I do not know, maybe they could use some carpet cleaning. They are dirty and have stains everywhere.
Our in-room air conditioner kept randomly not working. It would be halfway decent for a while and then sometimes at night it would start blowing hot air. Not the best when you are in Vegas.
When we were checking in we asked the woman for a view of the Strip and all she said was "oh thats really noisy on that side" and gave us a view of the air conditioners overlooking the pool. I understand if you do not want to give us a Strip view but find a better excuse. Vegas is always noisy...you do not come for the peace and quiet.
This hotel is part of the Harrah's family of casinos...I think it falls victim to one of my main complaints which is that the big chains should put a little money into their older casinos for a change instead of building new ones. This is a prime example.
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