My husband and I stayed at the Fitz at the end of May. We wanted to stay downtown this time around.
1st the bad:
-Elevators are slow. Though normally not more than a 5 minute wait, the last day we waited 20 minutes as we tried to check out.
-Service not so great. Barely saw the cocktail waitresses, check-in nearly refused to check us in. We were not told by hotel or travel agent that a deposit is required. We had arrived the night before we got paid (direct deposit) and only had limited cash on us. Wanted a $50 credit card (we only brought debit card) or $100 cash. We offered to give it to them the next day, and was told they couldn't. Luckily they allowed $20 cash.
-Unclean. Not to the point of fearing bugs, but tub was slow to drain, and 2 days in to trip saw it was because a sticker in drain. Easy to grab (but I wasn't going to put my hand down there) but not caught by housekeeping for who knows how long. Feet were black after walking across the floor. Gave tip each day and asked for extra towels the first. The next day towels were gone. Apparently have to ask for them each and every day.

The good:
Courtyard Cafe - and their staff. Friendly, and the Sliders were excellent! Ate dinner/the Sliders the first night, went back the next night just for the sliders, and went back for breakfast our last day.
The slots were fairly loose. We didn't hit it big (though 2 or 3 people did in the 3 day span), but won enough to keep us playing. We were able to play quite a while on $20.
The location was great. The Deuce dropped off people right by Fitzgeralds, and only had to walk a block to catch bus to Strip. Walgreens right across the road, so we got water, etc there when we wanted it.

Overall, a decent place to play and visit, but I don't recommend staying there. We do plan on returning to Vegas, and we do plan on staying on Fremont again, but we will probably pick another hotel.

Spent a full week at the Fitz in May and had a great room and wonderful service. I will admit that the elevators slowed down over Memorial Day weekend but hundreds of guests arrived and I expected that would happen.
Valet parking is a breeze and the guys are wonderful.
The buffet no longer exists -- small restaurant took its place. It had breakfast and dinner specials that were very reasonable.
Internet in room costs extra but I knew that in advance and it worked perfectly.
Hope I can get back to Las Vegas again this year and stay once more at the Fitz!

Arrived early on a Saturday and the place was hopping. We found the desk staff very friendly even though they were swamped. Once checked in we found the room to be clean and during the four days we were there, housekeeping never missed a beat.
One elevator was down, but only experienced a slightly longer wait two or three times. If you are standing in line with true gamblers, you can make the best of the wait by betting on which elevator will arrive first! The food was good and service was good. The casino has a nice variety of table games and machines, fun atmosphere. This is our second stay here in the last six months, and we would difinitely stay at Fitzgeralds again when staying downtown.

I just left (last night) the hotel - everything about this visit was very poor. 1) The pool area was dirty, when you walked on the cement the bottom of your feet were "black", the water was so cold you couldn't even put your feet in it. The hot tub was dirty and very unclean.
2) the staff were very rude many times during my stay. 3) the food in the restaurant was COLD every breakfast and service was very poor, and the waitstaff were so rude at times, it was like no one cared what happened 4) the elevator wait at times was 45 minutes to get from your room to any other floor. I have stayed at the hotel about 4 times, and this will be my last visit. I will not spend my money at a place that is so poorly run - with poor service, food, pool area! You are cheating people out of their money.