I stayed at the Grandview from the 16th - 20th of April and booked through Hotels.com for £50 a night. We were put in the Jasmine building in room 502B. This stay was part of a 22 night tour and was our last 4 nights in Vegas (our third time here).
I booked the Grandview as it was something different from the usual Vegas hotel experience (having stayed previously at the Tropicana/ Ceasers/ Planet Hollywood and Signature), the rest of Vegas was very expensive for these nights and the fact that it had a full kitchen inc washer/ dryer was a big plus.
We were aware how far it was from the strip (10 - 15 mins drive in moderate traffic) and that you really need a car to stay here. This didn't bother us and the fact that you can cross a small road to get to SouthPoint in under 5 mins walk is a great plus. The parking was not. Now, I had read that the parking was an issue and thought i'll take the chance. If you park before about 8.30pm at night you won't have any issues - after this you've got about a 10 min walk back to your building. It doesn't sound like much (especially after some of the walks we've had from hotel car parks i.e. Planet Hollywood) but you would think that someone would have factored in the number of rooms + off strip location = most rooms will have 1 car and have appropriate number of spaces available. But sadly no and it is a major pain, especially at 2am when you've come back from a show and are tired.
Check in: We arrived 4 hours earlier than set check in time and were told we could have our room right away, the process overall was a bit lengthy but we were happy. We were then told we had to go to someone else to pick up our parking pass. Thankfully many people have mentioned previously this is where they pounce on you, trying to get you to go to the timeshare presentation. I politely declined this but the woman was very pushy and took a while to take the hint.
The room itself was immaculately clean and had a good number of plates/ dishes etc. The decor is a bit blah and the paintings on the walls pretty awful but overall we were quite happy with both the bed and living areas. Also, as I mentioned we were away for 22 days so having a washer/ dryer was a great benefit before we headed off to LA and probably what swung us to book this place.
So overall the bedroom/ kitchen and bathroom were very pleasant and we had no issues. The pool area was nice enough, pretty basic but clean with a nice view out to the new M Resort across the desert.
The main issue we had was the noise. First of all we noticed that we were at the back of the Jasmine building which faces onto a new building being constructed, but when we arrived there was little noise. At 6am the next morning (after being out until 2am) we woke up to beeping/ crashing and clanking - general LOUD construction noise. I was unimpressed. Then came the noise from above and to the sides of us. Someone coughed in the next room, it felt like they were in our room. The people above us were obviously having a game of musical chairs - as they moved them so much (on tile floors) that we could hear every little creak. Also, each room has a jacuzzi, with a sign stating not to use before 8am or after 10pm, evidently there are a lot of people out there who can't read, as the noise from the jacuzzi itself and the water running through the pipes was unbelievable.
We were glad only to be here for 4 nights and if the rest of Vegas hadn't been so expensive for the rest of our stay I think we would have moved. It's all just quite a shame as the complex isn't bad, it's very clean and the rooms are nice but it's been ruined due to the poor construction of the rooms and general layout.
Obviously I wouldn't recommend staying here and wouldn't go back.
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