The hotel is a short walk from the Strip and the suites are fantastic. No smoking, which is a real plus. Size of suite and facilities makes it real value. Pool area is great, not too busy. Have to pay for internet access though and is $14 per 24 hours so factor that into the room cost. Also valet parking only.

Since I celebrated my 21st birthday in Vegas in 1970, I thought it would be fun to go back to "celebrate" my 60th. After reading T.A. reviews, I decided on the Platinum Hotel. It is about 3 blocks off of the strip, but we had no problem walking to/from during the day and night. We were greeted by a very friendly front desk staff, and were delighted to be upgraded to the 18th floor since it was my b'day.The room had a full kitchen, living room, fireplace, soaking tub, balcony and great view of the "mt. side" of Vegas.
The bartenders at the lobby bar were gregarious and chatty, and made awesome cocktails! There are comfy chairs and cocktail tables for ordering appetizers in this bar. The restaurant is on a top floor next to the rooftop pool, and we enjoyed a lunch there.
The concierge was incredibly helpful helping us with restaurant reservations. I had already reserved seats for two shows ( "O" at the Bellagio-unbelievably wonderful show-don't miss it! "The Jersey Boys"- just ok) and she called to confirm these also. Guest services here are efficient and helpful.
Friends from El Seguendo, Calf. joined us, and my friend Bonnie treated me to a massage and pedicure at the Platinum spa. She joined me, and we were "wowed" with how beautiful the spa was. The entire experience was relaxing and theraputic. Would highly recommend the spa services here.
One of the most important things to mention is that this is NOT a casino hotel, so when you have been deluged all day with loud casino noises and cigarette smoke on "the strip", you will be happy to walk into a quiet smokefree lobby on the way up to your comfortable room at the Platinum.
Restaurant opinion- do not eat at nearby restaurant" Tillermans"- overpriced with 1960's style food and service. Try nearby Firefly ( tapas) instead.

Great place, though not a casino hotel. In a nutshell: this hotel offers terrific value for full amenity suites. It is NOT less expensive than a standard Las Vegas room at any strip resort. That is the wrong comparison, though. It IS much less expensive than a suite at a strip casino resort.
You get a full size bedroom, which is seperate from the living room, as well as a full size kitchen. The bathroom is very large and includes a jauzzi whirlpool. You also get a balcony with table and chairs.
We paid approx. 200/night and found it worthwhile. If you had to stay for more than a few days, the full size kitchen would quickly pay off via savings from eat-in meals, avoiding the restaurant dining that can add co$ts to any trip when away from home.

Four Canadians (me, DH and 2 daughters 21 and 18 yrs old) arrived on a very busy day - this hotel was sold out for this weekend as were many others. We had booked this online 4 months ago and we looked at some other possibilities as the trip drew nearer and realised we were very lucky to have such a good rate, so we kept the ressie. We were so surprised on arrival that we had been upgraded to a Princess Suite without even asking! It was very spacious and in great condition (hotel opened in 2006).
The pool area was small but not crowded even on a sold out day and in the middle of a heat wave (all 3 days were a sweltering 100+F). The kids really enjoyed the pool using it to cool down and tan themselves.
We had breakfast once at Kilowat (which also services the pool area) and used a coupon from restaurant.com so it was good value for our money.
We had a few questions (e.g. is there an ipod dock - no, is there coffee provided with the coffee maker - yes, is internet free- no but there is a kiosk next to the front desk that charges by the minute) that we emailed the hotel beforehand and they always answered within a few hours.
Valet parking can get busy but we called down a few minutes b4 we left the room and we never had to wait more than a couple of minutes once and the other times the car was already waiting. We like the Wynn/Fashion Show/Palazzo area and it was less than 5 minutes by car if we took Howard Hughes and then Sands. We walked to Ellis Island for breakfast one morning and stopped at the 7-11 next door and stocked up on drinks.

The only complaint we had was that the 2 bathroom doors were always locked from the outside when closed and we had to be careful not to close both of them or we would have been locked out of the bathroom! Also someone had stolen the room number (literally pried it off the wall!) so we walked right past it the first time.