Seeing as a lot of folks seem to ask about Vegas quite frequently and I had a few spare mins I thought I would do a quick review of the hotels as I see it ( all subjective of course )
I have put this in a new thread so that it didn't get lost in one of the more general ones
If I get time I might expand it to Off Strip hotels and maybe restaurants
starting on the West side from the South to North ( major hotels )
Mandalay / TheHotel - a bit out of the way but great rooms ( TheHotel being the better ) superb pool/beach complex , casino nice but a bit bland
Luxor - great to look at but getting a bit tired now and a little too far south for me
Excalibur - fairly cheap but location is reasonably good , acceptable value , full of kids
NYNY - very busy but great fun if you like lots to do , maybe a tadge overpriced at times
Monte Carlo - inconspicuous but good location and a nice mid range hotel
Bellagio - best location on the strip , quality feel , room well appointed but not huge , has a real class feel about the place ( unusual in Vegas )
Caeser's Palace - a legend of a hotel , loads to do and see , rooms range from quite nice to superb , may be a bit sprawling nowadays
Mirage - superb mid to high end hotel though the are trying to attract a younger crowd now which could change things
TI - great value , excellent rooms , now getting a bit noisy and the younger folks take over
Stardust - Location a little poor but a good value hotel if on a budget
Circus Circus - noooooooooooooooo . the dump to end all dumps , grotty , run down and full of kids and freaks
Stratosphere - ok for a afternoons visit but you wouldn't want to stay there , bad location and a rough area
Now coming back down the East side North to South
Hilton - bland hotel catering for the convention crowds , reasonable enough as a hotel but uninteresting and poorly located
Riviera / Sahara - budget hotels that are best avoided
Wynn - the dog's of an hotel , real quality , fantastic in almost every way , just let down a little by the location
Venetian - fantastic to walk around and has huge well appointed rooms , just lacks the "class" of Wynn and Bellagio , some of the rooms are getting a bit tired now
Harrahs - Great location , a real gambler's hotel , mid range and fairly innocuous
Imperial Palace - run down but the casino is fun and location good , place is cheap but it scheduled to be demolished soon
Flamingo - mid range hotel with good location , not very interesting
Ballys - perfectly located , clean and with big rooms just lacks any sort of sparkle
Alladin - unremarkable hotel in a great location - great value - is being turned into Planet Hollywood over the course of this year
Paris - very smart hotel with a nice feel to the place , sort of hotel to take the missus rather then your mates , can be a little pricey
MGM - what a monster - furthest room is 1 mile from reception , avoid base level rooms as these are poor but all others ok , the place is just to big for my liking
Tropicana - a budget dump of a place
I have put this in a new thread so that it didn't get lost in one of the more general ones
If I get time I might expand it to Off Strip hotels and maybe restaurants
starting on the West side from the South to North ( major hotels )
Mandalay / TheHotel - a bit out of the way but great rooms ( TheHotel being the better ) superb pool/beach complex , casino nice but a bit bland
Luxor - great to look at but getting a bit tired now and a little too far south for me
Excalibur - fairly cheap but location is reasonably good , acceptable value , full of kids
NYNY - very busy but great fun if you like lots to do , maybe a tadge overpriced at times
Monte Carlo - inconspicuous but good location and a nice mid range hotel
Bellagio - best location on the strip , quality feel , room well appointed but not huge , has a real class feel about the place ( unusual in Vegas )
Caeser's Palace - a legend of a hotel , loads to do and see , rooms range from quite nice to superb , may be a bit sprawling nowadays
Mirage - superb mid to high end hotel though the are trying to attract a younger crowd now which could change things
TI - great value , excellent rooms , now getting a bit noisy and the younger folks take over
Stardust - Location a little poor but a good value hotel if on a budget
Circus Circus - noooooooooooooooo . the dump to end all dumps , grotty , run down and full of kids and freaks
Stratosphere - ok for a afternoons visit but you wouldn't want to stay there , bad location and a rough area
Now coming back down the East side North to South
Hilton - bland hotel catering for the convention crowds , reasonable enough as a hotel but uninteresting and poorly located
Riviera / Sahara - budget hotels that are best avoided
Wynn - the dog's of an hotel , real quality , fantastic in almost every way , just let down a little by the location
Venetian - fantastic to walk around and has huge well appointed rooms , just lacks the "class" of Wynn and Bellagio , some of the rooms are getting a bit tired now
Harrahs - Great location , a real gambler's hotel , mid range and fairly innocuous
Imperial Palace - run down but the casino is fun and location good , place is cheap but it scheduled to be demolished soon
Flamingo - mid range hotel with good location , not very interesting
Ballys - perfectly located , clean and with big rooms just lacks any sort of sparkle
Alladin - unremarkable hotel in a great location - great value - is being turned into Planet Hollywood over the course of this year
Paris - very smart hotel with a nice feel to the place , sort of hotel to take the missus rather then your mates , can be a little pricey
MGM - what a monster - furthest room is 1 mile from reception , avoid base level rooms as these are poor but all others ok , the place is just to big for my liking
Tropicana - a budget dump of a place
