Palms Casino Resort

My views are probably a bit biased, since they gave us a free upgrade to a suite on a Friday, when we were only staying for one night and had booked through O.rbitz. Being off the main drag, the casino is a more laid back than some others, but it is only a short walk to get to all of the names you know or have seen in a movie.

Not too bad. There was no ipod dock to play my music, the tv was kind of dated, walls were thin, and the lighting was not all that great where the mirrors were to do my make up, but other than that it was great! Very close to Rio which is where the wsop was being held, fun pool parties, good drink coupons, and bed was comfy!

I stayed in the Superior Guestroom for three nights, and it was absolutely wonderful. The service was impeccable, and it was an amazingly cushy room. However, when I missed my flight, I stayed in a Deluxe Guestroom for a night. It had not been properly cleaned (there was a used sponge on the floor and dirt in the tub), was missing all the hotel information, and room service was rude. If it's possible, make the upgrade, and you'll have an entirely different hotel experience.

I stayed at the Palms Memorial day weekend (Saturday and Sunday night). To be straight, I get price jacks for weekends and holidays, but considering the state of the first room I was in, it was very expensive. Rooms in the Palms tower weren’t just kind of beat up, they were just bad. Everything was in a beat up particle board cabinets, the sheets and bedding were old, and surprise! a round screen Tube TV…really in this day and age, at $300 a night? Total was over $500 for two nights and the room was on par with a bad room at the Luxor, and nowhere near as nice as the wide screen rooms at Excal, so kind of disappointing. I stayed one night in the tower and one in the Palms Plaza which is the residence/hotel and those rooms there were out of this world (not quite, but really nice), they had 3 flat screens in the room...3! (but tube tv's in the Palms tower? figure that out). Palms plaza room also had dishwasher, dishes, blender, toaster, stove burners, microwave and a fridge, so pretty well equipped, and great for a longer stay. The problem with the Plaza is that the walk to the casino is ridiculously long, like 2 city blocks (inside), they call it the "tube", but it is just a long hall. Pretty nice pool too, little small though. Good thing about the Palms is that they treat guests well, good access to the pool on special days etc. (better than Hard Rock for Rehab anyway), the problem with that is the pool is it is probably the least relaxing place on earth (worse than Rehab if that is possible). You want a drink, some sun and the ability to recharge during the day? Forget Saturday, or Sunday. You'll be hunkered by a wall, begging for drinks and standing the entire time. Too many people, too little space and no joke probably 100 "free chairs" the rest you pay for. That is ridiculous. I get the party idea at the pool, but come on, after you turn 28, that gets old in 5 minutes. Seems like I am complaining a lot about the hotel, to be clear, I would stay at the Palms again, for sure. I don’t know what it is about off strip hotel, but the atmosphere on the floor is simply WAY better. Actually, I do know what it is, no tourists, no people clogging the floor taking pictures, or using the aisles as free AC between hotels. At the Palms, there is nowhere to go because you are off strip, so guests stay and enjoy the resort, which is a great way to do things if you have been to Vegas before and seen the sprinklers, and volcano, and the world’s worst pirate fight (Hard Rock same deal). The Palms is not worth over $700 for a Friday through Sunday stay, let’s be clear, but if you can get a reasonable deal, it is a great hotel. Resort fee is also way to high considering you get nothing for it, and I mean NOTHING, a wrist band to the hotel pool is not resort fee worthy. Final thought, Busta on Saturday at the pool was AWFUL, Coolio at Ghostbar on Saturday night AWESOME, you win some, you lose some.

I booked a room through got the upgrade checked in to the room they gave me when I went into the room there was a wife changing and a husband using the bathroom so embarrassing went to the front desk and asked to speak with a manager and all they did was send the desk clerk back no manager and move me to a room with a corner view and comp my "hotel/resort fees" total of $60 I guess you pay for what you get

The pools were relaxing and led to great people watching!

The clubs and some of the staff we're great. There seemed to be odd pricing at different bars on the casino floor.

We stayed at the Palms Place for my 26th birthday! It was fabulous -- the only thing that could be improved on was the front desk. When we checkin they were very rude. HOWEVER, the amenities and room were luxurious.

The pool at the Palms is top notch. We made reservations for a bed on our second day and I'd highly recomend that. I was not impressed with the rooms though. If you look at their pictures online they show modern/chic rooms with plasma TVs but we checked in to an old/dated room. We checked with the front desk and they told us it'd be an extra $30 + tax/night to upgrade to one of the newer looking rooms. The casino is relatively small and the resort sits off the strip but I do think it was a pretty good value option overall.

The hotel/casino targets the middle tier consumer, and its facilities and attention to detail have adjusted lower as a result. Pricing is fully ala carte; few amenities are offered as part of the room rate; food is average and the floorplan would make Batman sensitive to the dark. Noice travels through the hotel into the room, whether from revelers to the thumping of the scene de hour. Won't return and will recommend to less favored individuals.