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A Little Bird Tells Us the Rumor Is Pretty Good

Where: 455 East Harmon Ave [map], 89169
July 28, 2010 at 12:55 PM | by juliab | 2 Comments

The first verdict is in! TripAdvisor is showing its first review of the Rumor, and looking at its writer, it seems like it’s genuine. Also, he doesn’t like the Hard Rock so there’s a brownie point for him already.

Assuming it is all it seems to be, the verdict seems to be positive. He calls it stylish, he got a Jacuzzi room, and he was overlooking the pool, which is where you want to be, rather than staring at Harmon.

The downsides?

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If You're Staying at Imperial Palace, We Suggest You Bring a Hazchem Suit

Where: 3535 Las Vegas Blvd S [map], 89109
July 14, 2010 at 3:57 PM | by juliab | 5 Comments

Right, here it is. We’ve processed the trauma, learned how to swallow the little bit of sick that pops into our mouth when we think about the room of mirrors, and so the time has come to bring you our review of our stay in Imperial Palace last week.

Now, we had been hoping – nay, praying – that we’d have some kind of Circus Circus-style Road to Damascus moment at IP. We told ourselves that our friend who likes nothing more than to stay at Gold Coast and hit up O’Sheas, but who said IP is the one place he checked out of early, was being prissy when he said “it’s just disgusting”. We hoped. A lot.

Reader, we hoped in vain.

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The Hard Rock's Paradise Tower Disappoints a Longtime Hard Rock Devotee

Where: 4455 Paradise Road [map], 89169
August 26, 2009 at 12:24 PM | by Erika Pope | 0 Comments

It officially opened almost a month ago (July 31), so we thought we’d check in on what the rest of you have to say about the Hard Rock’s new Paradise Tower rooms.

There’s not much yet posted on TripAdvisor to report about the new rooms. But here’s one perspective from a longtime HRH devotee who stayed at the Paradise Tower soon after its opening:

The room was small, the shower was designed so bad that I was shocked at how hard I had to work to get in the thing and get the water turned on. Back in the day when Peter owned the place they understood customer service, those days are over. I am a 23 year music industry vet. I can tell you that the hip kids are staying at the Wynn.

Ouch.

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Almost Paradise: Inside the Hard Rock's Paradise Tower

Where: 4455 Paradise Rd [map], 89109
August 12, 2009 at 6:12 PM | by juliana | 0 Comments

We recently spent a night at the new Paradise Tower at the Hard Rock Hotel and despite being in love with the newness of the rooms, the rest of the Hard Rock experience is still lacking--unless you're just there to get absolutely wrecked at Rehab, the raunchy Sunday pool party. Then you'll find yourself surrounded by plenty of people with the same plan.

We wrote about the stay over on HotelChatter and we'll recap some of the highlights for you here.

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Inside The Stratosphere Hotel: Cheap, But Noisy

Where: 2000 Las Vegas Blvd [map], 89104
August 5, 2009 at 11:42 AM | by londontown | 2 Comments

We had a nice enough time (barring the odd crime) living up the four star hotels last week, but when we needed to extend our Vegas stay over the weekend, rates had shot up (maybe it was the Rod Stewart groupies filling up the posh hotels - he played Saturday). We looked at the Stratosphere, thinking it’d be cheapo, but it was throwing up nearly $80 for the Friday night and $115 for the Saturday.

But Hotwire was showing a three star hotel in the North Strip for $54 on the Friday and $75 on the Saturday. Checking on Betterbidding.com we were pretty sure it was the Strat, and booked it. And sure enough, it was.

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An Open Letter to Circus Circus

Where: 2880 Las Vegas Blvd S [map], 89109
June 16, 2009 at 5:02 PM | by jaymi | 2 Comments

Dear Circus Circus :

You have us so conflicted. Your renovated rooms are nice. Really nice. Surprisingly nice. The dark wood furniture, the plush bedding, the flat screen, the granite in the bathroom. If we didn’t know better, we’d think we were farther south down the Strip, in something with an Italian-sounding name, perhaps.

The people that work in the hotel? Very nice, friendly, and helpful too. Even the food—super cheesy pizza for dinner in the Pizzeria and a light, fluffy egg white omelet with a generous helping of fresh melon on the side the next morning at the Casino Cafe—was pretty good.

The people who stay with you, however... they are another story. We nearly lost it on a group of three men behind us during check-in who felt entitled to continually make comments about how kids shouldn't be allowed in the check-in line. Ummm, if you don't want to see kids running around, don't stay somewhere with circus in the name, let alone twice. Pony up the extra hundred-or-so bucks and go stay at the Wynn.

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