Very good value for money a good base for the strip found the rooms to be clean and towels changed every day nice pool area slot laundry very handy plus dryer no complaints at all staff very helpful

A small hotel in "Vegas terms" but perfectly adequate for visiting the sites.
A good clean pool to chill out and spacious well cleaned rooms.
This hotel is always busy so it speaks for itself.
OK if you want all the trimings go stay on the strip but you will pay for it big style !

Remember those drive-up motels your parents used to take you to on vacation as a kid? Well this is one of those from the 1960s only it's since been eclipsed by the high-rise hotels and convetion centre that have been built around it.

I booked this after reading the reviews on Tripadvisor and I have to say I was fairly disappointed. It really is an old property badly in need of renovation, and some of the staff are extremely surly. On the upside it is walking distance to the convention centre and the monorail (which will take you to the strip). Don't rely on the hotel shuttle to the strip unless you want to get fried by the heat. It's an old broken down van with no air conditioning and hot air blowing through the back.

The rooms and pool area are kept failry clean but it is made up of a long maze of stairs and outdoor hallways so if you have a lot of luggage you will be doing some lifting and hiking back and forth.

The lobby is smokey and filled with very strange characters playing the slot machines. Now this might just be a vegas thing, but they seemed stranger than in some other parts of town. We had breakfast included with our stay (normally $10 per person) and I had no complaints about the food. Good usual hot breakfast fare.

Even if you're on a budget I'd skip this hotel, try Hotwire or Priceline to get somewhere nicer at a cheap rate, or splurge and go for a nicer property. Honestly I think Best Western is going downhill. They own some really old properties and don't seem interested in fixing them up, they just keep them running as is.

The Best Western Mardi Gras is a decent hotel and I like it since it's really close to the convention center. I've stayed here at least 5 times over the years and have had no problems. It's the closest "budget" hotel near the Convention Center. Also, since it's much smaller than a mega-casino you can quickly get in and out of your room and out to a cab. The rooms are quite large and have a free fridge that you can actually put stuff in unlike at the Wynn. The food at the coffee shop is fine and the mini-casino is fun. As Arnold would say: "I'll be back".