Flamingo Grand Hotel Las Vegas

The Flamingo Hotel certainly isn't as nice as many of the other hotels on the strip, especially if you can't get the new "Go" rooms. The "Go" rooms are modern and fairly nice, but usually sell out quite quickly, and are $30 more expensive than the normal rooms.

I've stayed here two times. The second time, we booked online, and didn't know there was a distinction between the old and new rooms, so of course we got stuck with an old room. When we checked in, the first room we were shown was small and fairly depressing: poorly lighted, stains on the carpet and furniture, old, and all-around fairly shabby. The room was $149/night but I've seen motels a third the price that are nicer.

I called the lobby and asked if they had more rooms available, but unfortunately all the "Go" rooms were sold out. Fortunately, they had a "mini-suite" available for $30 more per night, and we upgraded to that. It was much, much better (although the furniture still showed its age).

The pool here is nice, but for some inexplicable reason it closes at 5PM, and they kick everyone out. It would be nice if they kept it open at night, since, especially during the summer, the weather is still very warm out.

The location is fairly central on the strip and easy to get to. Since it's right off the Flamingo St. cross street, a lot of the times you can avoid driving directly on the strip, which can be a nightmare.

Overall, I don't think I would stay here again unless I had one of the new "Go" rooms. It's old, not entirely cheap, and there are a lot of much nicer hotels that can be had on the strip for only slightly more money.

I have stayed at the Flamingo in Las Vegas several times. I find this hotel overall to be my favorite. This hotel is part of the Harrah's chain of hotels and with a players club card, I was able to get my entire 4 day 3 night stay here comped back in June of 2009 in a newly renovated "Go Room", with a flat screen TV and the bathroom mirror has a TV built into the glass of the mirror and surround sound through bose speakers in the ceiling while you are getting ready in the bathroom (what a cool touch). The hotel is one of the oldest on the strip, with a fabulous pool area. The buffet is fair, my personal favorite buffet is at the Rio. The flamingo hotel is located in the center area of the strip with access to the monorail which runs behind the hotel. Due to the age of the hotel, it is not going to be the latest and greatest, but I love it's charm and you can't beat the price...

We usually stay at a MGM/Mirage hotel but decided to try the Flamingo because they were associated with Caesar's Palace and advertised renovations etc. It was a horrible and traumatic experience. We paid $179 for a room where Motel 6 is better. The room had mold in the bathrooms, stains on the walls, curtains and carpet, no lapshades, chipped and old furniture, smelled like smoke (non-smoking room), tiny and pokey pillows and no comforters on the beds. We complained to the manager but all he did was give us a $30 gift certificate to use in the hotel. We tried to switch but because of the World Poker Tournament, every hotel was booked. It was just the worst experience I ever had in Las Vegas!

Like most Las Vegas casinos if you are arriving during PRIME seasons or busy weekends remember this, please. "YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT TO CHECK-IN, DO NOT EXPECT TO GET TO YOUR ROOM IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING ARRIVAL." It could take upwards of an hour at busy times.

Secondly, this casino is old. The towers have all been rebuilt since 1967, but remember IT IS OLD. It is going to smell like smoke. Most casinos from the days of yore do because they did not have significant ventilation systems and the Vegas lifestyle has changed. If you have some sort of smoke allergy or asthma and can't stand cigarette smoke smell, do not stay here. It is not terrible but it does hit you when you walk in.

Next the rooms are getting dated and are not going to be in perfect shape. If you book directly through their web site www.harrahs.com you are going to get the best rates and treated the best. If you need an UPGRADE the GO rooms are kind of a nice alternative to the classy joints on the strip. Nice rooms and decour.

The food is pretty weak with the exception being Margaritaville. Cheap and fun.

The service has always been adequate and they do respond to your issues. Most of the time it's on my next trip back there, but stomping your feet and crying aren't going to get you anywhere in this city. Particularly at places where the people dont care a whole lot because they make hardly anything.

OVERALL: 3 stars at best now. If you UPGRADE to a GO you could consider it a 3+ at times, but don't pay $400 for your stay and write comments like that person did about the 21st birthday. By the way it was copied from trip advisor.

My husband and I visit Las Vegas 2 to 3 times yearly and we wanted to celebrate our daughter’s 21st birthday in Vegas. Since she was born on 12/31 we decided to spend the New Year’s holiday in Las Vegas this year.
We have stayed at Harrah’s properties many times so we decided to book our rooms at a Harrah’s property again. On July 2, 2008, I contacted reservations and booked 2 rooms for 12/31/08 – 1/3/09 at the Flamingo. We had never stayed at the Flamingo before but decided to book the rooms there since the reservation agent told us that the Flamingo was the only hotel allowing arrivals on 12/31 at the time we secured our reservations. Our credit card was charged $321.55 and $337.90 for the 1st night’s room charges. I asked the reservation agent to include our request of rooms close together and the special event we were celebrating and she told me that I would need to make that request at check in.
Upon our arrival to the hotel at 3:00 pm 12/31/08, there was a line that wrapped through the hotel lobby and down the hall of the meeting rooms. We waited in line for more than an hour to check in. I understand it was a busy day for check- ins however, the front desk wasn’t properly staffed to handle the amount of guests. When I inquired with the front desk manager about the long wait he stated they were in the process of calling in more employees to come into work that day to help out. So it was obvious they were not prepared for the busiest day of the year.
Once we were able to reach the check in desk, when we inquired the possibility of rooms together and that we were celebrating our daughter’s 21st birthday, the young man helping us said, “well this is New Year’s Eve so I don’t know what you’re expecting me to do about it.” When we mentioned that we had prepaid for these rooms 6 months prior; even before the economy tumbled, he said he was certain that everyone else standing in line had prepaid for their rooms 6 months in advance as well. It was as if he was dismissing us and our advance plans. Unfortunately I misplaced the young man’s name otherwise, I would have included it in this letter.
Our first rooms were 4134 and 4136. When we entered the rooms we were appalled at the condition of the rooms. Some of the buttons on the TV were gone so only empty slots appeared where the buttons should have been. The carpet in both rooms was horribly stained and worn. The furniture had deep gouges and scratches on the night stands and dresser. The bathrooms had obviously not been remodeled for at least 15 years by the looks of the tile and fixtures. The florescent lights in one of the bathrooms flickered like a strobe light and our views from the rooms, were level with the roof level with the roof of the casino which housed several huge spot lights that light up the sides of the hotel. When I contacted the front desk Manager, Brent, I told him about the condition of the rooms and that we felt it was unacceptable and not worth the $660 we had prepaid for the rooms. Brent stated they would never put guests in rooms that had broken buttons on the TVs and I said, “Well Brent, you did.” If that is “supposedly” the standards of the hotel then it was obvious to us that housekeeping does a poor job of identifying room conditions. I couldn’t see how they could possibly clean the bathroom and not notice the light flickering like a strobe. Brent finally agreed to move us and stated a bellman would be right up with new keys and help us with our luggage.
About 20 minutes had passed and suddenly our rooms were opened by a LARGE group of about 15 people who said, “What the hell are you doing in our rooms.” About four little kids started running back and forth through the adjoining doors while the 9 or more adults wanted us to give them an explanation of what was going on. We told them we had been waiting for our new room keys to arrive so we grabbed our bags and proceeded to wait in the hallway since they were so angry. I heard one of the women in the group say how horrible the room looked as we were leaving the rooms. About 2 minutes later the bellman showed up and he seemed quite surprised at all the kayos that was happening.
Our next rooms were 14033 and 14042. The first thing we noticed was that the buttons on the TV were broken in one of the rooms. The closest doors in room 14033 were jammed shut and we couldn’t get access to the room safe. When I called Brent, the front desk manager, to tell him about the altercation we had with the other hotel guests they assigned to our rooms prior to us vacating them and the problems with the new rooms he assigned us, he literally was speechless. I said, “Well Brent, I see you are at a loss for words, just as I am.” Brent said there were no other rooms he could move us to that evening and would send up engineering to fix the closet doors. He also offered us $50 food credit voucher per room for the inconvenience. Once again, it was obvious that housekeeping does a horrible job in identifying problems with the rooms and the last person that cleaned room 14033 couldn’t have possibly checked the closet to see if there was any left behind or needed cleaned since it was impossible to open the doors until engineering came up to repair them. To top off an already awful experience, the next morning we discovered that the shower head in 14042 was non-functioning. Once again, a problem that should have been identified by housekeeping if they truly perform proper daily cleaning of the rooms for each hotel guest.
The next day, Brent moved us again to 28090 and 28092. He stated the rooms were on the executive level, which are larger rooms, more newly remodeled than the 4 prior rooms we had been in and the rooms had a nice view of the strip. The only thing that was true about what Brent said was that the rooms had a nice view of the strip. Once again, room 28090 had broken and missing buttons on the TV and that room was SO much smaller than any of the other rooms we had been in previously. We almost found it comical that Brent said they would never put guests in a room that had buttons missing or broken on the TVs. Well, I guess this was our “lucky” trip to Vegas since we experienced the impossible, (not just once but, three times) according to the rooming standards of the Flamingo Hotel.
In room 28092 the room was larger than other rooms and it had a nice view, however one of the two fixtures in the bathroom had a broken light bulb; (no, not just a burned out bulb but a BROKEN bulb). I guess that explains why the inside of the shower curtain was speckled with mold and dirt and there were long black hairs stuck on the ceiling above the bathtub. Just another example of the stellar cleaning job done by housekeeping.
My husband and I calculated that we have been to Las Vegas about 37 times over the last 13 years and our experience at the Flamingo Hotel was, by far, the worst hotel we have ever experienced. What even made the situation worse was the fact that we had three other people with us who had never been to Las Vegas before so, the Flamingo Hotel failed miserably at making a good first impression. My only regret is that I didn’t have a camera with me to document these issues with pictures. Even though the closet doors in 14033 are now fixed, the broken light bulb in 28092 has been replaced and hopefully the shower head in 14042 has been repaired by now, I’m sure you could still enter these rooms to find broken buttons on TVs, scratches on the furniture, stains on the carpet, dirt and mold on the shower curtain and yes, possibly even the hairs on the ceiling over the bathtub may still be there for your viewing pleasure. Hopefully these room issues will be rectified before the next unsuspecting hotel guests arrive at the Flamingo Hotel for a supposedly fabulous stay.
I can assure you we will never stay Flamingo Hotel again and I will be certain to post my comments about this hotel on line for everyone to read.

The flamingo hotel is one of the older hotels but it still has it's charm. It is situated opposite the Ballagio hotel on the strip.

This hotel's theme is original, with flamingo's in the gardens and flamingo pictures everywhere! Half the hotel is in old decor and the other half is more mopdern with rooms which have tv's in mirrors! So while doing your make-up you can watch the news!!

The food in this hotel is very good, you can play Bingo while eating! how fun!

I give this hotel a 8/10!

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