The place is old and run down. Carpets are filthy and ripped, furniture is literally from the 50's & scratched to [----]. Staff is unfriendly & food at all the restaurants is unedible. Got crowded on the weekend with lots of college kids and internaltional travelers looking for a cheap place to stay. Don't stay here even on a comp.

I have stayed at the Sahara for several years, and while it used to be OK and good value, I think it is time to look for another hotel.
The carpets in the hotel everywhere are disgustingly dirty, and in definite need of replacement. Their are foul odors everywhere in the hotel, and no doubt the carpets are a big part of that problem.
I stayed in a premier room in the Tangiers Tower. If this is the state of the premier rooms now, I can't imagine the how bad the standard rooms are. The furniture is badly marked up, the carpet is filthy, the windows haven't been cleaned in months. The tv's are small, and are very old. Their are no coffemakers in the rooms.
The pool at the Sahara is probabely it's best remaining feature. It is very large and in pretty good shape. It is kept reasonabely clean.
A big disappointment was the closing of two of the best restaurants here. The infamous steakhouse the House of Lords closed in the last few weeks. The Beatles ate here in the 60's. The food their used to be excellent and good value.
They also closed the Mexican restaurant Paco's bar and grill.
I still maintain that a wrecking crew is on it's way to the Sahara. It is quite a shame that it couldn't have been maintained better, because as one of the older hotels on the strip, their is a lot of nostalgia here.

The first thing I noticed coming in my room was duct tape on the carpet. No mini fridge, no coffe maker, no microwave, not even conditioner. Old carpet,small out of date tv. Thermestat out of date, had low med hi setting. No wifi and charge to use in room dsl line. No room service. The restaurants food was real bad, tasteless. Some of the delers were rude. One good point if your on a tight budget, $5 tables.

NO MORE ROOM SERVICE BECAUSE OF BUDGET CUTBACKS????????
What kind of decent hotel, even Holiday Inn,... doesn't have room service??
And a Las Vegas Strip casino hotel without room service???? What the [--]????
I have been staying at Sahara for years on my business trips cause I've always found it "homey" as one of oldest left standing. There are pictures everywhere (esp in the diner) of the rat pack and Elivis and Pricilla .... this was THE place in the 50's.
Untill recently, they kept the charm with renovations etc. But it was bout out by a corporate conglomerate who obviously doesn't give a crap about the emplyoyees or guests. I used to know folks there who had worked at Sahara for 40+ years. Most of them are gone now. Dealers, pit bosses, waitresses .... all gone
My room was crap .... I am a VIP there having stayed so many times. So I always get a balcony room. The carpet was satined and TORN /// like sections of carpet ripped out. The bed linnens were what you would expect at the WORST Motel 6. I sent laundry out to be done and it took 3 days!!!!!
No more Sahara for me