My husband and I stayed here for 4 nights on a business trip. Through
the conference we got a decent deal on the rooms, but it was still fairly high. Especially considering how poor the service was in our room.

I'll start with the cons- our room was dirty!! Not dusty, I mean wrappers and food under the table hasn't been vaccumed in weeks dirty! There was shrivled up mushrooms and a pizza hut sauce container under our table by the windows. Very gross. Our maid also never really cleaned while we were there. An empty beer bottle left out for her disposal sat on the bathroom counter all week long, the tissues were never replaced (I ended up buying a box!) and ice was never brought in (yes, we could have fetched our own, but even the Flamingo refreshed our ice bucket every day, and they're hardly a 5-star resort).

So the room was a major disappointment, but the rest of the resort was great. Very pricey, but great. The pool area was very clean and chairs were abundant. A window in the hotel broke on Tuesday, and apparently it was magic glass that had the ability to shatter over the entire 11 acre pool area, so the entire place was closed- for the whole day. We were shuffled to the South Lagoon pool instead which was crowded, noisy, and offered no shade. But aside from that the other days at the pool were perfect.

There are plenty of places to eat, all of them super expensive, but good. We ate at Red Square, the noodle shop, and Red White and Blue. All were excellent.

So overall, we had a great stay. If we go again we'll most likely stay on the strip, but for the convention it was nice to stay right there.

Incidentally, I think I liked my room at the Flamingo better than the modern art room we had at Mandalay Bay. Just personal opinion.

The casino looks fine, and they almost have a non-smoking policy (there are signs for no-smoking, but it is not enforced and there are ashtrays on the slots).

BEWARE THE FOOD - we chose the noodle bar as it had tofu on the menu. It turns out ALL the vegetable options actually contain PORK (but it doesn't say this on the menu). They were completely unapologetic and did not understand the problem.

Taking advice from the reviews here I asked for a renovated room and was accommadated very easily. Check-in was very quick and they had a lot of stations open. Check in staff was very nice as well. We got to our room and it was so nice. We had a mountain view room but didn't care. The bathroom was huge, the bed was very comfortable (even with my sunburn). We spent a lot of time at the pool and even though construction was going on it didn't affect us at all. The drinks are expensive ($7 for a beer), but it's like that at all higher end resorts. We ate at the China Grill which was very good, everything is family style to share and the service was extremely good there. We had breakfast at House of Blues, which was good as well as the buffet, also good with a big selection. We also ate at Red White and Blue which is casual and was what we wanted. I would recommend all the restaurants there. I know a lot of people talked about the location, but unless you are going to old Vegas it isn't that bad. The tram gets you to where MGM and NY NY is and you can go from there. We walked every we went. I would recommend this hotel to everyone and the construction did not bother us at all, they are almost finished anyway.

We (mom, sister-in-law, sister, I) stayed in the older "Deluxe" and "Executive Suite" rooms (on floor 28) from May 9 - 12. We had a very nice time and the rooms were fine and had a great views of the strip.

The construction does impact the stay however. There is work being done in the casino which makes the casino less eye friendly, and there is a long walk to the pool. This long walk prevented my mother (65) from enjoying the pool with us after our first initial walk over. As a previous poster noted, the construction trash in the pool area was pretty bad. They are working hard to prevent this, but the little white balls were everywhere including the water. It was also clear that the rooms were in need of remodel.

Since we were most midweek, it wasn't crowded and we enjoyed the restraunts (House of Blues is great), pool, bars, casino without any issue. If anything, there wasn't that normal "buzz" around especially Wednesday/Thursday and it felt a bit dead. By Friday morning, everything picked up and by Saturday when I left, things were in full swing and a bit crowded (in a good way).

While we loved the room, view and enjoyed the experience, the construction was a damper. I do believe we received lower rates due some spring deals based on the construction, so the value for the $$$ was there, but I would recommend staying elsewhere until the construction is completed. We heard this would continue through July at least.

Finally, my sister saw Momma-Mia and LOVED IT.