Was a bit hesitant when booking this hotel especially with the name to go along with it, was looking for a budget hotel for a 4 night first time stay in Vegas with 3 friends, we booked 2 queen rooms (2 in each room).
The hotel shuttle was great, i didnt see many other hotels offering this, we had to wait quite a while for it though upon arrival at the airport, over 30 mins, although we did land late around 11pm on a wednesday night. It was a short 10 min ride from the airport, knowing that we could have easily got a cab and saved the waiting, the shuttle on the way back to the airport was perfect, we ordered it at the front desk and was there right on time. There was huge car park out front too that always had parking spots.
On checking in we didnt have to wait long, they said only 1 of our queen rooms was available at the moment so they apologised and put me and my friend in a ground floor "suite" can you say BONUS !!!! it was fantastic, the desk said that our queen room would be ready the day after if we wanted to come back and get the key....not a chance !!! the suite was awesome, with 2 seperate rooms, 2 plasma's, a gambling table, fridge, jet tub, walk in shower, king bed, walk out to a double sized patio from either room, we totally loved the room and made our trip more special, hence to say we avoided the front desk for the rest of our stay so they wouldnt move us ! the queen room that our friends had was ok, no complaints, plasma, good sized bathroom, 2 queen beds, nice view of the pool area.
The pool area was nice and was never busy, in fact we only ever saw a handful of people round it, it was nice and big and lined with palm tree's, a very nice setting.
the hotel was relatively quiet compared to the strip, you couldnt hear any noise late at night, the casino was great, although not too big but had everything you needed, some good low rate tables too and plenty slots, the bar in the casino was good too, it offered happy hour drinks every day from 4-7 that were $2 draft beers , awesome deal.
We ate at the restaurant in the hotel on the first floor every day, the food and value for money was fantastic, the portion sizes were enormous, even at breakfast, for the price it couldnt be beat and the selection on the menu was the largest ive ever seen, a steak and egg breakfast would only cost us $5 and an evening meal you could easily eat for under $10. it was never busy and we got a table right away every time. They even have their own brand of Terrible Ketchup and brown sauce and Terrible wine.
It was a good 15 minute walk to the strip which brought you out at Bills/Ballys, we got a cab a few times and was only $5 or so, especially late at night we didnt fancy the walk back, For an off strip hotel the distance wasnt too far i expected further. There is a walgreens or 7/11 i cant remember, right across the road where they sell beer and all the usual things, we would stock up our fridge in our room instead of buying things in the hotel during the day.
All in all we never had a single complaint about the hotel, except my friend who saw 1 tiny cockroach upon arrival in our room, we never saw a single one after that. i would definatly reccommend this hotel if you want a low budget hotel thats off strip and a bit quieter (although the casino was always busy)
Definately NOT Terrible and will stay again there in a heartbeat !
