Great view of the strip. One bed was broken and creaked, the other one was fine. Only one lower plug in an accessible wall socket worked in the room, so the lamps did not work, the TV did. Stayed 4 nights, the last 2 nights the water in the shower became lukewarm and gave me a fear of having to take a cold shower for an early departure the next morning (it was OK just lukewarm and quick). The rate I paid was about as low as you could get at any level so I did not complain and was happy. Aggressive hotel staff doing roomchecks constantly, knocking on the door, trying to open the door etc. with no inside latch made me nervous and vigilant. A decent hotel, but with a somewhat hard to define grittyness. Strange aura from the staff, I dont know whats up.

stayed at the plaza july 27 thru july 29. check in was super slow and the girl at the reservation desk was busy flirting with another employee to worry about me. after a 35 minute wait it kinda ticked me off. we stayed in a smoking room [ i know shame on us for being smokers ] that was a smelly room. the good part was the room was "comped" but next time i will spend a few dollars extra to get a room with clean air. the slots were so tight and the food was only ok by vegas standards. i go to vegas ALOT and will NOT stay at the plaza again.

The restaurant is GREAT...the wait staff is wonderful, the food is good and the view....Oh my God, the View of the Fremont Street Experience. We had our wedding diner there, and everybody was satisfied.

Now, the suite we had booked on their website was not ready for us...my wife had to argue with them, and it's not until I came and after the '70's looking front desk attendant called me "sweetie pie" a couple times, that we were finally able to get the suite. The suite had a funny old motel smell, the bedspread was at least 10 years old...not a pretty seen. The bed wasn't that comfortable either...but hey, that was my wedding night, so we didn't care.

But, if I was to rate it for value in Las Vegas, I guess that you get what you pay for. It was at least half of what we would have paid on the "strip"! That was our first time in LV downtown. Overall we liked the experience...but next time I will pay more and stay in a newer hotel.

NOTE: If the Plaza would simply renovate their rooms and charge $10-15 more per night...I wouldn't hesitate to go back...but under the current room condition, I don't think so!

To sum things up.......Staff very friendly and helpful. The entire casino has a smell of smoke that goes back to the 70's. Security seemed pretty relaxed as I was plying at a BJ table and a severely intoxicated man was getting very loud, rude, and getting very upset when he lost a hand, banging his hands on the table. The rooms were ok, as said above smells like smoke, beds were not comforatable. A/C worked great. Room service was slow, it took almost 2 hrs. to get our food, and even took 45 rings to pick up. Location is right on Fremont St. I reccomend that you go and see the Fremont St. Experiance. Just dont leave Fremont, there are some shady charactors out and about. I was approached 4 times by panhandlers. Be cautious. Drinks, food, shows very cheap. I think beer was $2.25 vs. beer on the strip at 5 bucks. If you want to save money this is the place to stay. Definatly not for families.