My husband and I stayed at the royal resort in october of 2008 for our honeymoon as we had got the room free from a friend's timeshare and thought we'd give it a try as the price was right. We were actually very reluctant as I had read many of the reviews, some being not so good. Okay here is the low down on royal resort!! We got a room overlooking the street with a balcony so me being a non smoker and my husband being a smoker the balacony was nice. We had one king bed, (and there was also a murphy bed we didn't use) We had a normal size TV, no flatscreen in our room, bath room was on the small side with a tub/shower. Was nice to have a fridge and microwave for use to save some money on eating out. We learned quickly if you do not want to be woken up early in the morning by the maid I would advise you to use the DO NOT DISTURB sign, and when you want your room cleaned use the MAID SERVICE sign or they will be knocking every morning. I really liked the location of the Royal, there is an amazing clothing store across the street, Ross, if planning to buy clothes wait til you get there this store is great and very inexpensive, has everything. My husband and I both got great clothes there. There is also a Walgreens and Mcdonalds close by. Circus Circus is close as well as the riviera and sahara is down a little ways but have a good cheap buffet dinner. We also walked to the Stratosphere and back, from the royal. The other way is Palazzo, Wynn, great shopping mall with great stores and food, liquor store right up the street from the royal. Treasure Island is also walking distance so the location of the Royal was great for us. We really liked the convienence. The Royal did not have a hot tub which was dissapointing and the pool was okay. Has Cabanas that we never used but did hang out in the pool at least 1 night with a couple cold ones :) The worst thing I have to say about the royal was you could practically hear your neighbor F*rt beside you, we had people on each side of us and could hear every cough. If you keep the TV on it kinda drowns out the noise and we didn't really notice til we turned the TV off for sleep. We also booked one night at the MGM Grand Signature and saw cirque de solei KA, that room was AMAZING and coming back to the royal after that was like night and day, but I really thought we'd spend more time in our room but it is Vegas and there is so much to do the Royal was a good place to rest your head at the end of the day. It is no 5 star by far, but we were comftorable there and the location is great! If going for your honeymoon or something special with your significant other splurge for at least one night to a 5 star like the Signature at the MGM, (get airport view) and have fun!! VEGAS BABY!!

I guess it depends on what you want. My two requirements were cheap and near the convention center. I was pleasantly surprised. It is only about 2 blocks from the cc and less than a block from the 'old' part of the strip.

The room is large, has a refrigerator and a microware ( and a large screen TV). The restaurant is decent and there are a couple of show in the lobby (didn't go to them, so I cannot comment). It has a king size bed and a Murphy bed.

The bathroom is small, especially taking a shower, but not a major problem.

Can't comment on the pool - haven't been to it. The staff has been mostly helpful. There is a bar in the lobby, but again, I haven't been to it, so I cannot comment.

If you want something off the strip, but close, that is comfortable and fairly cheap, this is the place for you.

Highly recommend it if you are going to a convention....

My GF and I stood here on the weekend of April 17, 18, 19 of 08'. I must say that this place was really nice and its a steal for the price($70/nt studio). I got a "studio" room which turned out to be the size of a regular room. I'm guessing if this is the studio then the regular rooms must be nicer. It is located next to the Wynn and the Shopping mall. If your into walking the strip this is perfect. Its right in the middle of the Entire strip and gives you option to go south or north. Everything was clean and looked very nice. The room comes with small refrigerator, safe, iron, and a spare bed in some TV stand looking thing. Bonus: There was a 42" Flat panel LCD TV in our room and it was awesome. You can sit right on your bed and watch this nice TV while your waiting for your woman to finish getting ready. Also, about a block way(or less) there is a liquor store, asian restaurants, Denny's, Ross dress for less, and a Rite Aid. This saves you alot of money and provides lots of options for small emergencies such as forgotten clothing item(swim trunks, purse, etc.), shampoo, gel, beer run. They have a phone in the lobby where you can call for taxi's and a small italian restaurant with decent prices in the hotel. When I go back to vegas this is the place I will look into getting a room from now on. The only downside is the pool is small, about backyard size but adequate to just chill for a couple hours. So if your a pool person this may change you mind. Besides that this is one of the best hotels I've stayed for the price and amenities and location.

We booked this hotel through Expedia, but after reading the reviews on Trip Advisor, I was not expecting much. However, I was pleasantly surprised. The rooms were large, there was a plasma tv, fridge and microwave in our room. The rooms were cleaned every day and there is a washing machine and dryer available if you need to do laundry. The hotel was a 2 minute walk to the strip and the bus stop for the Deuce.

Overall, we would stay there again - as it was quite cheap compared to other hotels on the strip.