"1"^^ . . "1"^^ . . . "2"^^ . "So what if you're not staying on the Strip this time, I said. It's a Westin so it'll probably still be fine, I said.\n\nNope. \n\n(to clarify, I stayed here recently on a business trip, so I didn't get to choose where I stayed) \n\nPROS:\n-room was clean and had a nice view (the High Roller as well as the Palazzo and Wynn) \n-the a/c was nice and cold, albeit noisy \n-it had nice toiletries and also some essential oils type stuff to use before bed. \n-bed was comfy as was the comforter\n- there is complimentary water in the front lobby, although with temperatures in the 100s you kind of need that. \n- easy uber and Lyft pickup/drop off right in the front of the hotel \n\nCONS:\n- I arrived pretty early on my first day, around 11 a.m., and my room wasn't ready. I wasn't super surprised about this but I did put in a request for an early check in, they said that they were sold out both days and that would text me when my room was ready. Check in was officially at 4 p.m. and they texted me around 3 p.m.\n- because of this, I had to change from a more informal outfit to a business casual outfit for my conference, so I did this in their downstairs bathroom. I accidentally left my sweatshirt there and that was the last time I saw it. I contacted security but had to call them 3 times before they even called me back, only to tell me that they could not find my sweatshirt. (obviously, wasn't their fault that they couldn't find it, but the fact that I had to contact them three separate times is ridiculous) \n- they have a teeny tiny casino with about 20 to 30 slot machines if that. I signed up for their slot club right before I left because you got $5 in free play. I tried two different machines, wasted $5 on each of them, and never got my $5 free credit. I asked the cashier and they insisted that I already used the $5: I did not. As an FYI, they're also getting rid of the casino, which would explain why half the machines were dead and non-functioning.\n- the fridge has a key, which I could see being useful if it was also a minibar, but it is not. Therefore every time I wanted to get water out of the fridge I had to open it with the key.\n- floor in my room is uneven, which is rather strange - ie, if you put a marble down on the floor, it would definitely roll.\n- check-in is not efficient, the first time I checked in there was only one regular front desk person and two Starwood Premiere (whatever it's called) front desk people. Eventually the Elite front desk people started helping the other people. When I had to check-in the second time, it still took about 10 minutes.\n- you can hear your neighbors, as I write this it sounds like the person next door is blow-drying their hair. Luckily I had mostly quiet neighbors.\n\nFor someone who is used to staying at better-located hotels like Bally's and Paris on the Strip, this hotel was very disappointing to me. Our group rate was $120 per night and I feel like for that rate you could stay somewhere with a better location at least. I was especially disappointed considering it's a Westin and Westin/Starwood Hotels are usually pretty good. There's also a $24.99/day resort fee, which is laughable - they have a pool here and that's about it. Guessing that also pays for the wifi and the two free bottles of water in the room (which get replaced daily, I will say that is nice).\n\nOverall - just a \"meh\" hotel."^^ . "7"^^ . "2017-06-29T00:00:00"^^ .