My boyfriend called about a timeshare for Vegas and they booked us for free the first 2 nights (Dec 27 & 28). I am picky when it comes to hotels and I was surprised with the studio that was booked for us. It was a large room with a microwave, refrigerator, and a flat screen tv, and it is located just off the north end of the strip (close to the Riveria), Wal-greens and Denny's was right across the street. After our two free nights we checked out to drive to San Diego but returned New Years Eve and stayed until Jan 3, 2009. The room I paid for those 3 nights wasn't as nice as the studio but it wasn't terrible either. The room did have a very small refrigerator but no microwave, but I requested one from the front desk and they sent a small microwave to our room. The room had NOT been updated like the studio, wasn't as large and the tv had issues, some channels was hard to hear or it had static. Overall, I would stay here again but in a studio.

I stayed here for the CES convention in early Jan. From past experience, it's a nightmare to escape from the LVCC during the day, so very handy to have somewhere 10 mins walk away. The hotel is fairly basic and a bit shabby but my room was clean, had a fridge , microwave, iron and coffee maker. I can never understand why people get so worked up about where they stay in vegas - you are in the room for such a little time anyway.
The bar staff are friendly, there's a comedy night fri-sun which you can hear if you're at the bar.
all in all, as long as you don't want something fancy, this is a decent hotel with a great location for the convention centre and easy access to the Wynn / treasure island etc. would definitely stay there again.

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....