The Flamingo was a great choice for my boyfriend and I on our first visit to Vegas. We had a clean remodeled room overlooking the pool on the 16th fl (nonsmoking). I'm not sure what some people are talking about with having troubles with finding their elevators? Just stick with the ones you know. The pool is very nice, lots of palm trees, tropical. I thought it was a little crowded but that's how all the pools were. A few other couples that came w/ us stayed at the Aladdin, and the Monte Carlo, and they preferred our location and pool over theirs. Flamingo is right in the middle of the strip which is great. While Mandalay Bay is a beautiful hotel, I would have to really consider the location. It's kinda far to walk anywhere. But a taxi is easy to get and cheap.
The only downfall was our first night there on Sunday, the room next to ours must have been empty and they didn't shut off their alarm clock. It went off at 5am, we waited 10 mins thinking maybe it had a automatic shut off. Then called security. It took them almost 20 mins to shut it off. My boyfriend had to get dressed and go down stairs. They had shut it off probaby just as he got down there. I spoke w/ the manager upon check out, and she said our next trip she would upgrade us to a strip view. Not sure how those rooms are..
Overall, it was an enjoyable trip. And as long as I don't have someones alarm going off I will stay there again.

Having just travelled for 18 hours from England via Chicago, we where a bit tired to say the least. We checked in to the hotel at the airport befor hand which is a brilliant idea. There was no line at all and very easy.

The flamingo was a sight for sore eyes and weary bodies. Getting out of the taxi to curtious doormen and having our (far from light) cases whisked away to our room was brilliant. Leaving us to wonder round the lobby and casino for a few minutes to try and get our bearings. Once we found an elivator and our room (which was no easy task after such a long day) we where peeved to find that although it was nearly 9pm, it hadnt been cleaned after the previous occupants had left. We called down to reception and after explaining the situation, we where upgraded to a suite overlooking the strip with great views of the bellagio fountains and cesears palace and the mountains beyond. BRILLIANT!

The room itself was nice (ignoring the colour scheme), big tv, couch, 2 massive beds, desk and chair, coffee table, large bathroom. All in very good condition. We where very impressed.
As we where running on empty, we decided to get room service, which came quickly, with a smile and relativley cheaply. Nothing was to much trouble.

Thanks to the jet lag, we where up and around very early the next day, exploring the hotel. We took breakfast at the hotel buffet. around $11 each.
There was a very large selection of everything. And the service was very good. Only bad point being later on in the week when we eat there later in the morning is that some of the more unpopular trays of food where a bit dry or overcooked having being sat there for a good few hours. But that was a minor bad point.

The resturaunts in the hotel where all very good. The best being 'pink ginger'. All the resturaunts however where very good value for money, with good service. Average price of starter and main, wine/champagne for 2 being around $80. For the same food and service in england you would be paying double. So you can see why we where so impressed.

The casino itself was very well laid out. Not to many machines piled on top of each other, like other hotels we visited. Lots of space to wonder round and watch the various poker/craps/blackjack tables.
Having read a lot of reviews about how smokey all the casino's are i was happy to find that it wasnt at all, even at the weekend. Drinks where average vegas $5 each.
The pools where excellent, but the wild life habitat with the flamingo's and peguins where a bit of a let down.

We where in vegas for 9 days and travelled up and down the strip visiting more or less all the hotels big and small, and overall i would say the flamingo was the best value for money. Not to cheap, not to expensive.
And i kind of liked the way it didnt have a funky theme, or circus rides or things like that in it. It was a little oasis of relative calm (if that is possible) in the madness that is vegas.
I would highly recomend it to anyone.

Three of my girlfriends and I just got home from staying at the Flamingo from April 21st until April 25th. The pool was really awesome!!! Make sure you get there early because it fills up fast. We kind of had a tuff time finding a spot to lay out in but eventually we found one. The penguins and Flamingo's were pretty neat. If you go to the buffet you will probably see them. The Buffet has huge windows to overlook the pool.

As far as the hotel room, it was all right. The color theme was a gold color which was really ugly. We stayed in a smoking room which anyone who asks for a smoking room beware. The windows do not open for any fresh air. Also there was no vents in the bathroom so every time you would take a shower the minute I was done I would have to open the door to get any air in there. I personally think the value was good for Thursday night and Sunday night but $250.00 for one hotel room is unbelieveable anyway. I think I would probably stay there again if I were going Sunday through Thursday. But I would not pay $250.00 for that room for one night. For that money I'd rather go to the Bellagio or Mirage.

The breakfast buffet was pretty good too!!! For $11.00 to eat how ever much you want in Vegas was pretty reasonable! It seemed like everywhere we ate was at least $20.00. I would highly recommend going to the Breakfast Buffet.

I was fairly disappointed with my stay last weekend at the Flamingo. A group of us had reserved a suite with two bedrooms - one with a king and the other with two queens and a view of the strip. The reservation was made two months in advance and we were told it wouldn't be a problem filling our requirements. We even made a call a week prior to confirm that.

When we checked into the room, we found that it only had two king beds and no view of the strip. They told us that they were completely booked and that the stip-view rooms were reserved for their high-rollers. They were completely unwilling to make any attempt to make up for their error. Furthermore, the room was dirty and had many burn marks on the floor and on the furniture.