Best place to stay in vegas???

[dino1980]

In Nov when i went out for the Venetians 21 nights at Ballys which is about a 10 min walk to the Venetian cost me c.£1200 back in November, if you can get Harrahs for a similar rate do it as it's probably a better hotel and is closer.

[Free_Rollin]

Got back from Vegas in early December after staying 10 nights, so feel qualified to offer some advice! 

If the price is right, go for the Mirage.  Great location for Venetian and Caesars and decent refurbished rooms.  Also, THE most comfortable bed I've ever slept in (and I've slept in a few  ).
You can only book for 14 nights on their website, so give their reservations team a call instead and negotiate with them!

In terms of places to eat, would highly recommend Hugo's Cellar at the Four Queens (downtown), Grand Lux at Venetian and Palazzo and Cheesecake Factory in Caesars shopping forum.

Hope you have a fab time!

Majority of my meals in Vegas were at the Grand Lux, really great place! Food is good, quite a bit of variety, and price is pretty decent!

[Blatch]

Got back from Vegas in early December after staying 10 nights, so feel qualified to offer some advice! 

If the price is right, go for the Mirage.  Great location for Venetian and Caesars and decent refurbished rooms.  Also, THE most comfortable bed I've ever slept in (and I've slept in a few  ).
You can only book for 14 nights on their website, so give their reservations team a call instead and negotiate with them!

In terms of places to eat, would highly recommend Hugo's Cellar at the Four Queens (downtown), Grand Lux at Venetian and Palazzo and Cheesecake Factory in Caesars shopping forum.

Hope you have a fab time!

This place is incred - possible the best seafood ive had anywhere in the World and the steaks were pretty good too.

[Free_Rollin]

Got back from Vegas in early December after staying 10 nights, so feel qualified to offer some advice! 

If the price is right, go for the Mirage.  Great location for Venetian and Caesars and decent refurbished rooms.  Also, THE most comfortable bed I've ever slept in (and I've slept in a few  ).
You can only book for 14 nights on their website, so give their reservations team a call instead and negotiate with them!

In terms of places to eat, would highly recommend Hugo's Cellar at the Four Queens (downtown), Grand Lux at Venetian and Palazzo and Cheesecake Factory in Caesars shopping forum.

Hope you have a fab time!

This place is incred - possible the best seafood ive had anywhere in the World and the steaks were pretty good too.

Will add that to my list for next time. I wish I went elsewhere, but because I was playing everyday at the Venetian, I just stuck to Noodle Asia and Grand Lux.

[Simon Galloway]

Glad you enjoyed it Blatch

It is a nice little time warp for downtown, unfortunately slowly but surely it is slipping a bit.  It is still a great place to take Vegas virgins, it is relatively inexpensive (apart from when you dine with Blatch and Thewy ldo) and is still a very popular haunt amongst poker players.

The Grand Lux was mentioned, particularly if you are playing the tournys make sure you get your comp $$ for it and it is even better.  Great menu, such a better deal for a few $$ more than standard food court fare.

As for accomodations, difficult to recommend without knowing the main driver.  When someone says "IP for $300 but its a dump"  do you think "great, $300" or "oh noes, it's a dump"

You could take the poker rate at the Venetian for about $1k a week.  Over a month, assuming you split the room with someone, that's just about in budget, is a pretty nice room and of course you don't have travel costs.  If you really want to do it cheap, then a site like www.smartervegas.com will give you a decent idea of the best prices and you can choose whichever one you fancy.  If you can afford it, I wouldn't look any further than the Venetian.  Once you have been to Vegas for a few times, staying in an off-strip apartment will be much better value, but for your first trip, paiiiii up and stay in a nice hotel imo.

[Bigfella]

Agree it all depends what you're looking for. I've stayed at the IP, Harrahs, Ballys, and the Paris and while there is no dispute that the Paris is a plusher hotel, my personal preference is to stay at the IP as I only want a room to crash out in and can use what I save on accommodation to gamble with. And I dont see whats wrong with the IP, OK it's not as new as some but personally I prefer the laid back atmosphere of the place.

I'll miss it when they blow it up, it must be on the cards at some stage!

[dino1980]

Got back from Vegas in early December after staying 10 nights, so feel qualified to offer some advice! 

If the price is right, go for the Mirage.  Great location for Venetian and Caesars and decent refurbished rooms.  Also, THE most comfortable bed I've ever slept in (and I've slept in a few  ).
You can only book for 14 nights on their website, so give their reservations team a call instead and negotiate with them!

In terms of places to eat, would highly recommend Hugo's Cellar at the Four Queens (downtown), Grand Lux at Venetian and Palazzo and Cheesecake Factory in Caesars shopping forum.

Hope you have a fab time!

Majority of my meals in Vegas were at the Grand Lux, really great place! Food is good, quite a bit of variety, and price is pretty decent!

Buffalo Rolls ftw

[creepy_benji]

I think Monte Carlo was pretty cheap when we were lookin after Bev screwed us out of our first house, it looks alright from the outside.

Damn we forgot to do a poo in Beverly's pool.

[I KNOW IT]

I ve stayed at the Orleans a few times during WSOP for around 6 weeks at a time. The rooms are decent and there  plenty of places to eat, plus a cinema and bowling alley. The card room is ok with smaller buy in tournys and plenty of cash tables. For the money it is hard to beat.
Downside it is about a $10 cab fare to the strip.

[cdw1111]

 I don't think you can beat Imp Palace for it's price compared to location.When i was out in Vegas during the Wsop i met a Brit lad who was stopping there for 6 weeks and he said it was adequate if a bit run down his main complaint was that it didnt have a safe in the room.
 Woodsey our Vegas guru once recommend Bills gambling hall to me and i just checked for the whole of Feb will cost around $2k through the website,i'am sure if you ring them direct they will shave a few hundred of that.Bills is right opposite Caesars and a short walk to the Venetian.

[mondatoo]

Stay at IP imo,stayed there last summer you get what you pay for i.e clean room, adequate facilities and is a perfect location for the venetian,have a good trip

[mondatoo]

I don't think you can beat Imp Palace for it's price compared to location.When i was out in Vegas during the Wsop i met a Brit lad who was stopping there for 6 weeks and he said it was adequate if a bit run down his main complaint was that it didnt have a safe in the room.
 Woodsey our Vegas guru once recommend Bills gambling hall to me and i just checked for the whole of Feb will cost around $2k through the website,i'am sure if you ring them direct they will shave a few hundred of that.Bills is right opposite Caesars and a short walk to the Venetian.

Pretty sure woodsey said don't stay at bill's coz it's a hole but i could be wrong

[cdw1111]

Nah he recommended it

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=40234.0

half way down first page

[Sneaky Punt]

Got to say Bills casino is a dump but does have Big Elvis a must see free show and the rooms are not to bad and have always been clean when I've stayed, one thing that i have had a look at is price line they give you an option to "name your own price" for hotels not tried it myself and it seems that the Northen end of the strip tends to come up with the Trump and some times the Wynn.

[Longy]

Got to say Bills casino is a dump but does have Big Elvis a must see free show and the rooms are not to bad and have always been clean when I've stayed, one thing that i have had a look at is price line they give you an option to "name your own price" for hotels not tried it myself and it seems that the Northen end of the strip tends to come up with the Trump and some times the Wynn.

I don't know how good priceline is with Vegas, but it was absoutley golden in the North east of the USA and Canada. The name your own price option is the one to go for and you can get some complete steals with it, normally between a 1/3 and 1/2 of the advertised price on the hotel website.

The bidding process is quite an art and takes a while to perfect, http://biddingfortravel.yuku.com/ is the place to learn if you are interested. A slightly easier but similar option is hotwire.