Where do I start? First, the hotel is in a poor location, meaning that you'd rather not stand outside more than necessary. Some of the other guests gave me the creeps as well. They said they were running a "free breakfast" promotion, but they only gave us two vouchers per room (we had two rooms) and there were five in our party. Extra people were $10, they said, so we just ate cold cereal in our rooms.

Continuing...the rooms didn't feel "level" (like a ball placed on the floor might roll off on its own), the AC and fridge were off when we got there, and their "energy saving" system where you have to leave your room key in a slot in the wall was a royal pain.

Worst of all, our room was on the 3rd floor and the only elevator (which was completely on the other side of the property) felt like a death trap. It was about 110 degrees in there (at 9pm), and the floor numbers didn't light up as we ascended, so we seriously started to worry if we were going to die of heat exhaustion before we got there. We ended up hauling the rest of our luggage up the stairs.

This was our first trip to vegas and like many others was a bit aprehensive after reading some of the other reviews.HOW WRONG THEY ARE. This is a great value for money hotel.The rooms are clean,tidy and spacious and all the staff are very friendly.(especially JERRY who works the bar and was so nice to us and JASON don't sit at his tables until he seats you...he goes nuts.but is a great bloke.) We travelled with family who had 2 small kids and nothing was a problem. The pool is freezing but once you get in out of the sun it's a blessing.We got married on the Monday and went back to the hotel later with family for drinks and looked after by all the staff very well.The only down side is the location to the strip,(monorail is $5 each per trip no matter how many stops),free bus to the strip is great. but only stops at Bally's and goes once an hour.Menu fine for evening meals but not enough choice for a light lunch.All in all a very enjoyable trip.Thanks to you all at the hotel.

After six trips to Las vegas this was the first one we stayed at several years ago. We got a good deal in April so went back for another week. Apart from the first trip all the hotels we have stayed at have been on the strip whereas this one is not. It is a small motel style hotel just off the strip with a shuttle bus every hour to one of the strip hotels. This is good and if the bus is filled the driver will return. It is also handy for the new monorail but this is extremely expensive and should be avoided until they see sense and drop the price. The hotel has good largew clean rooms with fridge and kitchen worktops. A small casino and an excellent swimming pool with sun loungers. The bar is cosy and the food first class. Turn left out of the door and it is a short walk to the excellent Encore and Wynne hotels and then onwards up the strip. Getting around is easy on foot or using the excellent and cheap 'The Deuce' double deckers. All in all Las Vegas is brilliant and the Mardi Gras is a great place to start.

Well what can I say about my Stay in the Mardi Gras Best Western?

To start with I was a little apprehensive about the visiting having read some of the reviews on this site. However after my visit between 3rd June & 17th of June I kind of wonder what the majority on here were looking for?

Best Western cater for the "lower end" of the market and are the equivalent to a travel lodge/holiday inn type thing in the UK.

The hotel was located just off the strip about a mile out and cost between $8 - $12 in a taxi depending where you were going travelling from. The hotel also run a free shuttle bus on the hour that will drop you off at Bally's and from there you have a short walk 100m to the main strip were you can head either left or right and take your pick of many of the attractions ths strip has to offer - remember and tip the driver a few bucks I seen so many people get the bus daily and not give the driver a few bucks for the service.

Anyway back to the hotel, it was clean - maid service daily although they never got nto our room often as we were out every night and not returning til around 6/7am so sleeping at the times the maids were on duty.

The bar area although small was superbly stocked and the staff were absolutely class big praise to Chris, Kelly, Jerrie and Cheryl. The food on offer again for what you paid was really good. I think I tried most of the chicken dishes - all very good and the $1.49 breakfast is a must have when you hit the hotel in the wee small hours.

The rooms again were basic but they had 2 beds, shower/bath sink and shaving area and we had a fridge as well as tea/coffee making facilities. Also had free wi-fi access in the room which was great.

The pool area was very quiet nice sized pool for the number of users and there was also plenty of beds, the hot tub was class too. There was a garden area and also a sun lounge area which was on the 1st floor. My only criticism of the pool area was there is no bar or waiter service so if you wanted a drink you had to leave the area and then come back - bit of a pain that one.

I realise this review is a bit all over the place, I am not long back only been back in Glasgow a few hours but wanted to get this done as soon as i could as i felt some of the reviews were very harsh.