My husband & I stayed at the IP the last week of FEB (SUN-THUR), for trip number 3 to Vegas. This was my first time staying at the IP, and I can honestly say that it was not that bad. We had a deluxe room on the 18th floor, the room was clean and very quiet, the view was not very good but we did not spend much time looking out of the window. My only complaint was the TV which was very small.
If you want to save money and have a great location the IP is for you if you want fancy rooms stay some where else.

This was a terrible Hotel, I requested a queen bed we had 2 doubles, They were remodeling the floor we had to go on. It took two elevators to get to our floor, it was noisy and smelly. Spend a little more money and stay at a better hotel...If I have one nice thing to say it was centrally located and the taxi service was fast.

We have recently stayed at the Imperial Palace for 9 nights. This is my second time staying here. It is ideally placed on the strip to visit the other hotels, and having the monorail station on hand a bonus. The hotel has recently been redecorated, it has nice restaurants and helpful staff.

One word of caution, ask for a quiet room or buy ear plugs (which I found very good), as the hotel next door have bands and music that play till 3am, this is not the fault of the Imperial Palace. Of course if you are out till 3am then this will not bother you. I am sure certail parts of the hotel cannot heaar the noise at all, we just happened to overlook Harrahs and were on the 18th floor and the sound carried.I have stayed on lower florr in the past and had no noise.

The conceirge desk is very helpful to book trips and shuttles to airport. I can recommend visiting Red Rock Canyon, a half day trip not too far from Vegas. A very pretty canyon, good place to go if you like walking/climbing.

A tip if using the monorail don't get off at Ballys it takes about 20 mins to walk thru hotel and shops to get to it. But if not in a hurry nice shops and an ice cream stand that does a lovely Baileys shake.
Tip 2.. Don't go to the American Superstars show at the Stratosphere, very amateurish, poor buffet unless you like seafood. Hotal needs refit.

I look forward to a return visit to Vegas in the future and if it's still there, will proably stay at Imperial Palace again.

Like many other folks, I was very nervous about my selection to stay at the Imperial Palace. I agree the place can be a maze and that it is very old and not as fancy as some places on the strip. But the price and the location were perfect. I made sure to ask for a quiet room on the opposite side of Harrah's and after visiting that area in the evening I was very glad we did. We were traveling with two teenagers and after about 11pm they were back in the room ready to relax. We went to the doughnut place downstairs and it was expensive (like anything else) but it served its purpose. We also went to the Pizza Palace upstairs and it was a little on the slow side as far as service goes, but the food was fine. The room was clean and comfortable. I was afraid it would have a smokey smell like the hallways, but it was fine. We figured out early the closest elevators to our rooms and never once used the main ones by the casino. I do not recommend those what so ever. There was always a huge line. It was a little bit of a walk to get to our elevators but we never once had to wait and there never were other people in them. We highly recommend the car display upstairs. Very neat. The coupon books in the lobby have coupons that you can take up to the rewards desk and get free passes. Worst thing about the whole place, and its no different in any of the other hotels is the people waiting to try and swoop you into looking at their time shares. You'd think if we had passed the same way three times in the last hour & half she'd remember we weren't interested. Very annoying. Other than that, as long as you understand going in its not the Ritz, you'll be fine.