My first trip to vegas...
stayed at texas station due to a decent sale...

positives
decent room

negatives
room provided smelled of smoke - but they issued a new one trouble free...
surprised me with an 15$ a day service fee
buffet was low quality
sketchy patrons
location is really in the middle of nowhere (vegas suburb requiring a hefty drive to the action on the strip)

Next time, i;ll be staying on the strip

Easy off Freeway, Clean, Quiet, Nice beds, Three restaurant good food

Big room but uncomfortable bed. My pillows had footprints on them -- i guess the previous guests threw them on the dirty floor, walked all over them, then the housekeepers just put them right back up on my bed! tub was funky too, lots of little hairs left behind by other folks. So what? i was willing to put up with it all, because I got a very good deal on the room. but not so fast! at checkout, a $14 charge appeared on my bill. Apparently I had "agreed" to it when I signed in, even though it wasn't verbally disclosed, and since I had prepaid for the room, I wouldn't have had much of a choice anyhow. Desk staff couldn't care less that I was unhappy, or that I had received absolutely nothing for the $14 they charged me. It sure would be nice if hotel websites would disclose fees like this ahead of time. I mean, if everyone pays the same fee, then it's essentially part of the cost of the room, right? You don't go to a restaurant and pay $5 for a burger, then after you've paid, get told you must pay $5 more for it to be served to you! This is just as dishonest.
I could overlook the dirty room if the price had been rock-bottom cheap, and I could overlook the rip-off at the front desk if the room had truly been 3-star and luxurious. But this place loses out on both counts.
Also, if you eat at the Fatburger restaurant in the casino, keep an eye on your burger. The first one I ordered was red (rare!!) inside, and when I returned it, the second one was pink (even after the cook "made sure" it was cooked thoroughly). That's not safe.

Las Vegas is great! But Texas Station is a "locals" casino. As a result, you have a lot of locals (read: gangs of kids wondering around the food court at night.) Security was good in the hotel, but the area around it was not great. The room was about what I expected - nothing great but OK. We got an "upgraded" room on the 5th floor - it had a small refrigerator and microwave. I was on a trip with kids to a gymnastics competition so no gambling - but the casino area looked nice for an off the strip location. The real problem for me was cigarette smoke! When I walked in the front door the smoke was overwhelming. My eyes hurt the entire time I was in the lobby/casino.