Arizona Charlie's was recommended by my uncle and my mom as this was my first Vegas trip.

Room - basic stuff, TV, alarm clock, iron, and ironing board. 2 Queen sized beds.

Check in/out - nice and easy. Staff was very helpfull

Gambling - slots way tight

Food - don't eat the buffett, eat at the Sourdough Cafe instead.

Location - way off strip. Cab fares will be a problem

This place is located about 4 miles from the strip, so the cab fares will be a problem. $15 to downtown and the top of the strip (each way). No shuttle service. $30 to the airport.

Mainly a locals place, you will need to watch out for the seasond citizens (seniors) when/if you go to the buffett. Food at the buffett was cold. I had a breakfast and a dinner there and both were very bad.

The Sourdough Cafe was not bad. $3.29 for breakfast (ham, 2 eggs, and hashbrowns). Dinners were also ok.

For the price its a ok place to go. However, there are better values out there to be had.

The price seemed good, and the location was close to friends. Where it went wrong, well, when we walked into our nonsmoking room, it reeked of smoke. No problem, get a new room. The new room featured the world's noisiest bathroom fan, which was attached to the light switch. No noise meant no light. The next day, the fan blade flew off the fan, and shot into my shaving kit. I pushed the bed against the headboard, only to find a pile of sunflower seeds on the floor.

And finally, on the last day, we noticed a bunch of red stains on the lamp shade by the tv. We're hoping it was fruit juice.

Apparently Arizona Charlie's bought the property a year and a half ago. Too bad they haven't put much money into the joint.

Biggest complaint we had about our stay here was no cab service to the strip! Casino and hotel were far from the strip,so naturally cabs don't want to waste time coming this far out for fares. We used the lobby phone to request a cab and waited in the heat for an hour before the first cab showed up. But it belonged to someone who had been waiting even longer!!

Visiting family in North L.V., just wanted a place close to stay and that was all we really got. We usually stay on the Strip so I expected simple but it was old, and smelly. Not at all for families with kids.
What I liked:
the a/c worked good
it was cheap $71.00 @ night
what I didn't like:
*non-smoking floor and room; a pack of cigs found under the bed, then when unpacking at home ALL our clothes smelled of cigs.
*the pillows had the faint smell of sweaty baseball cap
*too small pool
*tv only got 5 channels (we have a child)
I will pay the extra $$ and stay somewhere else next visit.