Hotel Review Thread

[Oxata]

Originally Posted by EddieGuerrero

Flamingo

Stayed there in January in one of the recently renovated Go Deluxe rooms

Room was nice. Very clean, nice sized LCD TV and the beds were very comfortable.

Shower was nice, good pressure with 2 separate sprayers that get your chest.

Casino is obv older and in need of renovating. Poker room which has been well documented as being small. Low-mid limit stakes on the pit games is nice.

Drink service can be spotty unless you're at a busy craps table or the poker room.

Didn't eat there except for a quick lunch at Margaritaville. It was fine for what it is.

Flamingo is all about the great location and the typically low price. Good option if you don't want to break bank

I am going there from July 4th to July 9th, 5 nights. I've never stayed at the Flamingo but I have a GO Deluxe room too. I'll post my hotel review after I have stayed there with some pictures I hope. The nice thing about the room is it requires no deposit to stay there. You only have to put down a deposit if you are turning on the phones and the room charges. I'm looking forward to staying there.

[riverfish1]

Stayed at the Cosmo June 22-26. The $20 trick did NOT work, front desk still wanted to charge me to upgrade out of a city room, which I didn't do. Rooms were nice and well-appointed, and my gf absolutely loved the place. Drink service for video poker was super fast (used the $100 rebate on slot losses that Cosmo offers and actually came out ahead).

Marquee was awesome, and when I ordered jack and diet coke at 2 different bars, it ended up being all jack with a splash of diet, which is great. Drinks at $14/pop seem standard for clubs. Pro tip - buy tickets ahead of time and pick up from will call. Then when you go to the club at midnight or later, go to the third floor and bypass most of the massive line.

Ate at China Poblano. Solid tapas, but not as good as the DC Jaleo (did not try the Jaleo in Vegas because we have it in DC). Wicked Spoon buffet was solid as far as buffets go, and not a terrible deal.

[dietDrThunder]

Bally's - quick note

I stayed there last week and as unbelievable as this may sound my room had...wait for it...

...a flat screen tv.

No, really. Apparently there has been an upgrade at some point. All of the rooms aren't done though, so if this is important to you get a room on the 25th floor of the North tower.

[educated]

This year's WSOP trip hotels:

Gold Coast (First 10 days). I found the Gold Coast to be perfectly adequate and a good value for the money. My only real complaint was that the smell of the water used when shaving etc. During this time of year the location is outstanding. Cost approximately $30.00 a night.

Platinum (Three days during the EDC). I booked here primarily because the prices at all hotels during the EDC were very high. I did get a pretty good deal through a special on Pokernews.com. I had an 1150 sq foot suit for $122.00 per night taxes included. I found the hotel to be very nice and comfortable. There is obviously not a casino at the Platinum so if that is an issue it is not a good place to stay.

One outstanding feature for me was the in room washer and dryer. After 10 days in Vegas I had plenty to wash!!!

Terribles (Final 12 days). Much like the Gold Coast I found Terribles to be very adequate. I was pleased that the water did not smell; however, there were far more issues with the air conditioning (Two different rooms) than at the Gold Coast.

During this time of year Terribles location was far less desirable than Gold Coast. Twice I found the drive down Flamingo to the Rio took over 40 minutes. Perhaps there was a better route that I could make use of in the future. Cost approximately $30.00 a night with free wifi.

[Garick]

Mods,

If this is going to be a long-term sticky, should we consider moving all the rando questions about specific trips to the General Vegas Discussion thread and leave this thread to just be Hotel Reviews? Just a thought, as it seems to me that no one coming to theis thread in a couple of month wanting to know if Harrah's is any good is going to care about higher visions' orgy trip or "which 5* resorts have poker rates."

Not trying to down those discussions in particular, I just think the Hotel Review thread should be for, well... Hotel Reviews.

[eobmtns]

Or even better, TripAdvisor should be for hotel reviews.

[amoeba]

Originally Posted by Riverman

Would love to hear what people think of the Mandarin Oriental.

From what I hear, the Mandarin Oriental has smaller rooms than WynnCore/Venetian/Palazo/Bellagio but the service is really the nuts even if you are in the most basic of rooms and they are very well furnished rooms. The only downside is its not a very "Vegas" hotel. You are somewhat isolated from the noise and excitement of Vegas.

Here is a pretty good review of the Mandarin Oriental from Vegastripping though it is from 2 years ago. I usually rely on that site for hotel reviews since they have a lot of pictures.

http://www.vegastripping.com/feature..._id=190&page=1

[dudeoflife]

Anyone else staying at the rio have a room that smells disgusting. It's smells like smoke and some other crap that u shouldn't be breathing in. I requested room change but they are all sold out. Not sure if they are all like this and I'll need to find a new place to stay.

[Thousand Tigers]

Just got home from 3 nights at Rio and 2 at Vdara. Rio was fine, I'd never stay there without the WSOP being there though. I thought the room was fine but the casino kinda sucks and I ended up shuttling to the strip a dozen times. The food options were awful except the Sports Grill or whatever it was called, that place was unexpectedly good. I could barely choke down the nasty buffet. But damn I loved Vdara and I'll stay there again for sure. Really comfortable quiet room, excellent service down to the smallest details. I was extremely impressed.

[Combo-Prof]

Originally Posted by amoeba

The only downside is its not a very "Vegas" hotel.

What does this mean? Does it simply mean

Originally Posted by amoeba

You are somewhat isolated from the noise and excitement of Vegas.

or does a "Vegas hotel" mean more. If so can we try to define this concept?

[amoeba]

Originally Posted by Combo-Prof

What does this mean? Does it simply mean



or does a "Vegas hotel" mean more. If so can we try to define this concept?

Well, mostly its because it doesn't have a casino or clubs or shopping. So inside the hotel will mostly be hotel guests which greatly reduces the amount of people and noise/excitement.

[amoeba]

Originally Posted by Thousand Tigers

Just got home from 3 nights at Rio and 2 at Vdara. Rio was fine, I'd never stay there without the WSOP being there though. I thought the room was fine but the casino kinda sucks and I ended up shuttling to the strip a dozen times. The food options were awful except the Sports Grill or whatever it was called, that place was unexpectedly good. I could barely choke down the nasty buffet. But damn I loved Vdara and I'll stay there again for sure. Really comfortable quiet room, excellent service down to the smallest details. I was extremely impressed.

Have you stayed at the Aria and if so, how did the Vdara room compare?

which type of room did you get at Vdara?

[vigilanteez]

Anyone stayed at the Hardrock before?

[3N1GM4]

Originally Posted by vigilanteez

Anyone stayed at the Hardrock before?

Nope, you'll be their first customer, they'll be so pleased to see you. Let us know what it's like.

[homanga]

Originally Posted by vigilanteez

Anyone stayed at the Hardrock before?

Great rooms, smallish casino floor (I actually enjoy it), very small poker room with very little action, off strip (pros/cons there), and great pool (Rehab - Sundays)