Quicksilver-75
4 of a Kind
Just curious about other people's opinions after their first Vegas visit.
It was the now defunct Riviera years ago. Obviously still cranky about it.
One evening we found the ice machine on our floor inoperative and called the desk. They apologized and sent someone up with a bucket of ice - we tipped $2 or $3. At four am we get a call from the front desk saying we were being asked to leave the hotel because there was an open billing of $0.50 on our account due to a declined credit card.
After getting dressed and going down to talk to a manager, we discovered there was a $0.50 fee for room service related to the bucket of ice. It wasn't clear if the hotel had a policy about micro credit charges or if it was my credit card, but for what ever reason the $0.50 couldn't be paid that way. {That credit card worked fine the rest of the trip.} So I pay the fifty cents and then the manager asks me to pay the rest of the our stay in cash in advance or leave the hotel. I end up paying for two nights in advance, in cash rather than packing up and looking for a room.
Never spent another dollar in the casino -=- DrStrange
I experienced the exact same feeling. It was really cool to see where it all started. Feel the "old vibe" but that was it. Other than the Four Queens I found each casino rather disgusting. Low ceilings, low light, damp and smoke-filled. I was impressed with the Fremont experience but ultimately walked away thinking it was the lipstick on the pig.Any and all on Fremont street. Was cool to see that area once but when I go back I will literally never go back that way
I experienced the exact same feeling. It was really cool to see where it all started. Feel the "old vibe" but that was it. Other than the Four Queens I found each casino rather disgusting. Low ceilings, low light, damp and smoke-filled. I was impressed with the Fremont experience but ultimately walked away thinking it was the lipstick on the pig.
Stayed at the Plaza downtown once. Room was shitty, A/C was loud, and the floors were dirty and stained. But my biggest complaint when we got to our room was the fact that there was someone already sleeping in the bed.![]()
Haha nice! Do tell? Was it a hooker? Maybe it was complimentary with the room![]()
What odds can you play there?Casino Royale is the biggest shit hole left on the strip. Will only comp draft beer or well drink, no bottles. But the have the cheapest craps with the best odds, so I still go there every trip.![]()
....Other than the Four Queens I found each casino rather disgusting.....
Interesting. I've never heard anyone before express a preference for the 4Q over the Nugget.
BARGE and EMBARGO are held every year at the Horseshoe, with accommodations at the 4Q, and some events and the banquet at the Nugget, and they treat us very well indeed.
I have never stayed at the nugget. I did play there and worse, we ate there. I have never paid so much for a salad and mushy, over-cooked spaghetti. The buffet in the Nugget was atrocious! The spaghetti they were serving at the pasta counter was like spaghetti-o's bad. Maybe an off-night or something.Interesting. I've never heard anyone before express a preference for the 4Q over the Nugget.
BARGE and EMBARGO are held every year at the Horseshoe, with accommodations at the 4Q, and some events and the banquet at the Nugget, and they treat us very well indeed.
I had breakfast at one of the eating places at the nugget and it was quite good. The food seemed really fresh and well prepared. It was better than the room for sure.I have never stayed at the nugget. I did play there and worse, we ate there. I have never paid so much for a salad and mushy, over-cooked spaghetti. The buffet in the Nugget was atrocious! The spaghetti they were serving at the pasta counter was like spaghetti-o's bad. Maybe an off-night or something.
Let's put everything right up front. If you pay $25 in a city where rooms normally go for $125, you'll get 1/5th the quality.
Doing the math, that means $125 for four diamonds should net you 0.8 diamonds for the Plaza. Not quite a diamond.
If I remember my High School chemistry, a lump of coal is not quite a diamond.
The Plaza succeeds in being a lump of coal.
I have never stayed at the nugget. I did play there and worse, we ate there. I have never paid so much for a salad and mushy, over-cooked spaghetti. The buffet in the Nugget was atrocious! The spaghetti they were serving at the pasta counter was like spaghetti-o's bad. Maybe an off-night or something.
- Expenses: Resort Fees .... So yes, this is a city-wide wallet-fuck.
I'm curious since IP's rebranding and little facelift if the rooms are better now. When I was there last it was still the Quad. Other than the sweet house chips it could have been called the Deuce.