We are rewards members and stay almost exclusively at Mariott hotels so I feel we are a good judge of the properties. We were a group of 5 adults (2 couples and one single). We chose the Residence Inn because you cannot beat having 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a sleeper sofa and a full kitchen. The value for the money was fantastic compared to staying on strip where we would have had to have 2-3 rooms, no free breakfast, and no ability to cook some of our meals to save money.
Make no mistake about it - the hotel is definitely off strip. Due to all the recent, and seemingly never-ending, construction in this city we found the location not at all easy to find from the airport. It is in an area not yet finished. Perhaps when it is done it will be more inviting and easier to get to but for now it was a bit of a headache (and I have been to Vegas about 50 times!). We were just here in June and cannot believe the changes since then!
The staff was very friendly and the rooms very clean but, and I apologize to Marriott, it appeared to be one of the cheapest and haphazzardly built hotels built that I have ever stayed at. I did not go in expecting a 5 star luxury suite but the furnishings (especially the kitchen cabinets) looked like they had been salvaged from an older property. I have definitely stayed in more sound proofed rooms on the strip. Luckily our neighbors above us and to the sides of us awoke around the same time as us each day and they were not excessively noisy but had I wanted to sleep late it would have been difficult. We heard every little noise.
I understand they offer free internet in the rooms but we do not like to travel with our computer. For this reason we always make use of Marriotts business centers at their hotels. This property lacked one so when we needed to get online we had to go to an internet cafe.
I know it sounds like we asolutely hated the hotel but actually we did not. It had its faults but if you are looking to stay off strip in an affordable room for a family then this IS the place. We appreciated the lack of hard partying guests. It is near a lot of "non-touristy" stores which we prefer to shop at and had easy access to the freeway which we utilized daily for trips to Death Valley, Hoover Dam, Lake Mead and Red Rock Canyon. We would stay here again if our needs called for this type of hotel.







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