I have mixed feelings about this place so I'll just tell it like it is. The room we had offered a lovely view of a brick building, okay, but for the price no complaints, yet. Until we went to the restroom and realized that when we flushed the toilet it came up through the sink. GROSS. no place to brush teeth, wash hands, etc. maintenance came the next day and said the problem was fixed, but it was not. Happened for all three nights we were there. Also, we had reserved a non-smoking room but were put in a smoking room and staff said they could not change it b/c they were full. So, that lovely smell lingered in our room for the whole trip. On the last night, the A/C went out and my boyfriend, furious by this point, demanded a new room. The room we were switched to, to sleep for 2 hours before catching a flight home, was lovely. No problems, no smoking and a toilet that worked. If we had this room to begin with my review would be much different, as you can imagine.

Upside: the pool on the roof was nice but there was no towel service up there as promised. It was also great to have a subway in the lobby for sub-emergencies. And, the hotel is walking distance to the main Street plaza which has a great champagne buffett. If I return to Vegas I'll still stay downtown but probably try Golden nugget or something.

Tip: there's a bus that runs from downtown to the strip for only $10 for an all day pass. best deal around.

We knew going in, that the Plaza was an old hotel and things were not going to be very upscale, but I never expected to sleep on beds that felt like ironing boards with cardboard boxes for pillows. The carpet was so stained and dirty looking I wouldn’t even walk on it barefoot. The one table in the room was so rickety that it wobbled with one cup and a book on it. There were dark hairs on the bathroom floor and both my husband and I are fair haired, so we knew they were not ours and they were still there after the room was allegedly cleaned!. The luggage racks were so old and dirty I hesitated to use them, but I didn’t want to put my suitcase on the floor, so I had no choice. The remote for the TV was for the wrong brand of TV, so it didn’t work. The drawer in the bathroom was so awful I wouldn’t even put a shoe in there, let alone my toothbrush.
No one ever came to make up the room, so when we went out at night I had to ask the front desk to have the room made up and then they only did one of the beds.
We had three rooms and in two of them the bathtubs didn’t drain. But I must say they did address this issue right away. In one of them there was no trash can and no soap or shampoo. All three of the rooms were in the same shape as I have described above.
We had asked for 1 room with Queen beds and two with Kings, but there were none available when we checked in. It would have been better if they hadn’t led us to believe we might get Kings at all and just told us there probably wouldn’t be any.
When we did inquire about ‘better’ rooms we were told there was one (that’s right just one) but it would be another $40 per night.
Another thing that really made it special was that you entered through the bus station to get to the parking structure!
We made the best of it and considered it part of the Vegas adventure, but I will NEVER stay at the Plaza again.

The Plaza was dirty and run down. The Sports Book was full of local vagrants that took all the seats. The staff was not friendly,the rooms had no extras,such as hair dryer,and they give no free drinks at the Sports Book. I made several $500 plus wagers and was told they give no free drink coupons. Thats OK,because it was a bad experience,and I will NEVER go back.
Next they let local prostitutes hang out at the Sports Bar,and I was propisitioned a few times. I go to Vegas once a month,and this was the worst. Spend your money elsewhere.

If you want the status Bellago keep looking.... If your seaking the grandure of the venition, it's not here. The "hip" of the Palms? Sorry try again.

But if your looking for a clean room in a great down town location and don't mind an A/C that can wake the dead look here. The Plaza is what it is... An old down town hotel that still cares for it's customers even though it's rooms have long since run out of luck.

Would I recomment it... yes the views are stunning and the rates are passible. But if your looking to inpress or it's first time to Vegas you may want to upgrade. But if you done the circut and are looking for something more low key and affordable look no further for the plaza is clean, confortable, & convientiant.... nothing more.... But really what more is there.