It has made my blood boil reading some of the reviews on this hotel, jeez, what do some people expect from a budget hotel, the Ritz! This is THE friendliest hotel I have ever stayed in, nothing was too much trouble, unlike some of the bigger hotels that we visited on The Strip.

We were two ladies (aged 48 and 60) travelling alone and never once did we feel unsafe at this hotel, the rooms were clean with a double bed each and I have to say, that we both agreed that they were the most comfortable hotel beds we had ever slept in! The pool area was clean and had ample sun beds.

As an example, my friend and myself wanted somewhere to go and dance and listen to some decent music (i.e. not rap, r&b or hip hop), the owner Philippe spent about an hour on his mobile phone phoning just about every hotel on the strip trying to find us somewhere to go (unfortunately there wasn't anywhere!), try to get that service from the owner of the Bellagio!

After an exhausting night on The Strip, it was nice to come back to the bar and have a friendly evening with the bar staff, it felt like coming home after a night out.

Don't let these reviews put you off staying at this hotel, yes it's off the strip, but we used the monorail regularly and also the shuttle bus from the hotel. A taxi only cost between £10-£15 dollars too.

Thank you Philippe and all your staff for a wonderful stay!

I've just landed back from a week in Vegas where we stayed at the Mardi Gras...had a very enjoyable stay.
The staff are friendly (although reception is normally manned by 1 person so can take time for you to to be seen) and food was very nice. Jerry, Jason and William provided us with an excellent, friendly service!
Location wasnt great but the shuttle took you to strip between 8am-11pm and the mono rail is $13 dollars per day which is handy.
The only thing I'd say which is a negative is about the surrounding area is slightly dodgy so just make sure if you miss the shuttle at night, you pay around $4 for a taxi as it's worth it.
Room was clean and cleaned for us daily, they have a handy man who cleans the pool each day and although the pool was a wee bit on the cold side, it was a blessing in the 100 degrees plus heat!
Would recommend to all that are looking for a budget hotel, don't have too many aires and graces and are prepared to stay around a mile off the strip

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.