Stayed at Rio from April 30th to May 4th. Fast check-in service. Love the view from the roomm of the strip. Stayed in Ipanema tower on 13th floor. After getting to the room, we notice the safe was locked by previous people and called downstairs, a person was at the door within 10 minutes to open for our use. The Carnival buffet is by far the best of all the buffets that I had done in Vegas. The free bus runs every 20 minutes to the strip which was great as last year we stayed off strip but had to walk each day to the strip. We were able to see more shows on the strip and also had fun gambling there. The show in the sky at the hotel was great to watch and I loved collecting the beads. We are planning to return in November and will be staying at the Rio again.

I was comped for 1 night at the Rio, we arrived on a Thursday evening. No check in line at all, the CS rep was very nice and I asked if I could get an upgrade, she said sure "I hope you like it", I was originally reserved in the masquerade tower.
Well up to 18th floor and wow what a view of the strip and pools. There was plenty of room and we had a fridge but in the hall way, not the closet.
The beds were comfy, my only complain was that while retiring for the night, I couldnt see the TV in the far bed, thats it.
I would defintely stay here again, and the voodoo lounge was great. It was rather windy up there, but it was a good vibe and the views were great too.

I am not sure why people are giving this place a bad rap, we had a great stay. The room was clean and the service was great. Every employee that I crossed smiled and said hello. We spent a day at the pool and also had a great time. The drink prices were inflated, but hello, you are in Las Vegas. All in all we had a great time. Keep up the good work Rio.

This hotel is not very nice at all. It is far away from the strip requiring a shuttle ride to do anything outside the hotel. It took 45 minutes to check into the hotel, there were 40 people in line and they had one person checking people in. The cocktail waitresses are dressed in g-strings and the hotel is very smokey, loud and unclean. The hotel rooms were very nice and extremely large. The conference facility was wonderful and top of the line, if only you didn't have walk through the casino to get there. The housekeepers did an excellent job! You could get a room for $50 a night at this place but the OJ is $4.99 for 8 oz. They get you coming and going at this place!