This is a great hotel for non-gaming adults. You will enjoy the flat screen TV, mini kitchen and granite countertops. It is in a pretty good location - on the north end of the strip between Circus and Stratosphere. You will avoid the noise, kids (although there were families) and 2 mile hike through the lobby that many of the other hotels on the strip offer.

FULL DISCLOSURE OF NEGATIVE IMPRESSIONS:

There are 1 1/2 restaurants. One by the pool (which is very nice, btw) and a convenience store type restaurant downstairs. There are no fine dining options and/or a lot of variety in dining. This is the 1 true negative of the hotel. For me, this meant that you could not "live" in this hotel. You were compelled to venture out.

Self-park can be limited - forcing you to pay the daily valet charge ($6). I did not personally experience this, but it is clear that the rooms outnumber the parking spaces.

Still, I thought this was a great hotel at a good price and I only observed a couple of alternative hotels that would tempt me away.

We loved this hotel. We stayed in a one bedroom suite. We had three rooms. All the suites were roomy and well kept. The staff was super friendly to us. The kids loved the pool. It was nice that it was a little further up the strip so it was quiet at night and for the kids' naps. I would definitely recommend this property for families, especially ones with little kids. We all had a fabulous time.

We just arrived last night, August 18,2006. We have a one bedroom suite which is furnished and decorated nicely and is very clean. Staff is friendly and polite. However:

Check in was VERY slow. First they couldn't find our name and then, once found, the clerk dissapeared for several minutes without excusing herself or apologizing for leeaving us standing there.

The wide screen tv is operated though BOSE system but if you don't know that it's impossible to turn the t.v..on. The technicain who came and showed us said he had been through this well over 100 times and that they are "working on" a guide?? How hard would it be to just put a note by the tv? The desk clerk could have informed us upon check in.

There is High Speed internet and WIFI in each room but you need a password for HI SPEED which I had to call downstairs to obtain. Again, this should be provided upon check in OR noted in the internet information. We are still trying to get the WIFI configured.

The nicely appointed bathroom has interesting light fixtures: To turn the lights on you put the switches DOWN and to turn them off you put the switches UP.

You know each phone has a button for the valet only you can't call ahead and order your car. That button does nothing- and of course nobody advised us ahead of time. Also-most places do not charge for valet parking-it's $6.00 -we used the parking lot.

Not sure about this-we may have been doing something wrong-but appears to be no way to enter the hotel from the parking lot without walking all the way around the buidings.

There is another Hilton property (Near the hotel with the Star Trek experience-name escapes me) where we stayed before and we made this trip in order to compare the two.

I would not buy a timeshare here unless it was free. There is simply no comparison between the two except maybe the furnishings. If I had to choose right now, I would NOT waste my money here. The investment is hardly worth it.

If they can't get the small things right, you KNOW the big things have already got problems. They had their opportunity to make a first impression-they didn't measure up.

Granted this is only one day in-but I truly would like to leave in the morning.

There is no true restaurant here, and they tell you to walk "two blocks" down the strip to across from the Stardust Casino for a good restaurant, not owned by the hotel. But that distance really is half a mile, based on my rent car odometer door to door--they lie. So a meal requires at least a one mile round trip on foot, unless you settle for a sandwich at the hotel. How good is a hotel with no restuarant and located not near any restaurant? Not good in my book. Also, there were plumbing issues, and the wake-up call system failed me.