After gagging on the bad air quality in a fancy hotel on the south side of town, I decided to try this place. When I arrived, I was surprised to see several people with their belongings in a shopping cart lying down fast asleep on the sidewalk behind the hotel. I turned right back around and left.

Best for what price it was offered for.
We had bad experience with the check in though, The service person at the counter was rude. We were kept waiting for more than an hour and then given a room with a smoke smell as a non-smoking room.

My partner and I arrived in Las Vegas at around 6 pm on a Monday evening and drove from the airport to La Quinta Inn, Nellis, to check in for one night, booked directly by the hotel's website three weeks previously. We had received confirmation of the booking from them by email. We had chosen this hotel entirely because of the good reviews here on Trip Advisor.

We drew up to the hotel at about 7 pm and went to reception to check in.

A not very smiling man at Reception informed us that he had no rooms available and that our booking would not be honoured ... he said something like "well, it was only an internet booking ... ". We were tired and not at all happy.

He passed us a sheet of paper with a list of other hotels nearby, and their costs and told us that the only other one of comparable standard was the Holiday Inn Express, just across the street. He offered no further help at all and was not even apologetic. No doubt if we had not turned up, they would have charged our credit card for "no show" - yet he offered no compensation for having let us down and not honouring the booking ... he never even offered to telephone another hotel to see if a room would be available for us.

So, all in all a horrible hotel and we will never book a La Quinta Inn again.

However, this story does have a happy ending ... we went across the street to the Holiday Inn Express Nellis where the staff were just wonderful and welcoming and the entire hotel - which appeared to be brand new - was really excellent and looked a great deal more luxurious than the La Quinta Inn. By the end of the evening, we counted ourselves as lucky.

Booked the AAA rate directly thru La Quinta's website. Hotel was clean. Staff was very friendly and accommodating. Breakfast was more than continental, including 3 juices, cereals, milk, bagels & bread choices and toaster, muffins, hard boiled eggs, yogurt, coffee, teas, and the best of all - a Belgium waffle maker and little cups of batter. There is fresh fruit in the lobby all day - a nice touch. There's an indoor pool just off the lobby. The hotel sits adjacent to a large Walmart which is very convenient. The surrounding area is pretty sketchy, but all of North Las Vegas is pretty sketchy. We've stayed in the area multiple times visiting my brother who lives and works on Nellis. This was a nice change from the seedy and borderline seedy hotels we've stayed in previously and it's just outside the main gates of the base. Thank you La Quinta for a great visit with my brother prior to his deployment.