As one of the oldest originals the Sahara is not the flashiest hotel on the strip by a long shot, but it is excellent value for money.
Its clean, the service is good and although a bit of hike from the Central/South strip area the monorail service is great.
I'd give the Buffet a miss - not good., but the Caravan Cafe serves excellent breakfasts and evening meals. The mexican restaurant ' Pacos' offers fantastic food (in really huge portions). All in all I'd go back there and I'd recommend the Sahara to anyone, who'd rather spend their hard earned cash on the entertainments of Vegas, rather than a flashy hotel room.

I was glad finding a fair price room in Sahara on friday night. However, the hidden facility fee and a very unprofessional person changed my mind. First, no one in the front desk mention about the facility fee. Second, the person who answered my call around (10pm 6/1/2009) was rude and unprofessional. "Every hotel charges hidden fee, even though you prepaid with hotel.com or any other agents." I stayed at Imperial Hotel 2 days ago, and it didn't has any hidden fee so may be is not "every hotel" after all.

Have stayed at a number of hotels in vegas over my years of visiting. This hotel is a long way from the action on the strip. Got a double room for only £16 night, so very ggo value.
hotel is ok room clean and big, with 2 beds Tv and clean bathroom.
the pool area was pleasant with large pool.
No free WIFI

We recently returned from our trip to Vegas. We have been there before so we wanted to be on the strip but not in the hubub. The Sahara is perfect on the North end of the strip. The Monorail brings you right down the strip for any other sights you may want to see. The Sahara was very reasonably priced and comfortable. There were always plenty of tables and machines to play and they didn't jack the table minimums at peak times! It needs updating, we stayed in a "Deluxe Room", that I have yet to figure out was the deluxe part was but it was clean and comfortable.