Ballys Hotel

not as nice as MGM and the higher end hotels, but the price reflects this. It is better than the Imperial Palace.

It has quite a large casino, a food court with reasonably priced outlets and some good restaurants such as the Steakhouse and Al Dente. However I would avoid the Sidewalk Cafe as we ate there for the first time on a Sunday and it was truly awful.

It is also home to Jubilee! which is a traditional Vegas revue show with topless dancers with massive head-dresses. We have seen the show previously and really enjoyed it.

The Stage Door Casino is opposite the hotel on Flamingo where you can pick up beer, Coke and snacks.

Bally's has a monorail station so it is easy to get both south and north on the strip quickly.

The pool area is OK. Just a basic rectangle, but there are plenty sunbeds. However it can be quite a hike from the rooms, especially from the South Tower.

Wifi internet is $13.99 / 24 hours, $24.99 for property wide access or $34.99 to include some other CET casinos.

It is a very reasonably priced hotel and we would certainly stay here again. There is nothing flash about Bally's and we don't know why, but we really like staying there.

to the suite at 7pm and it was massive. King bed, 2 armchairs and table, round table and 2 chairs, lots of drawer space. Huge empty space in the middle of the floor where you could have had a dance. It was big enough to fit another 4 king size beds into.

There were 2 steps up to the sunken bath and 2 built-in mirrored double closets, one at each side of the bath. His and hers sinks with lots of counter space and mirrors. The safe was in one of the closets and is charged at $3/day.

Toilet in a separate room and bidet in another room. Large separate shower. Lots of toiletries at each sink and the bath.

The huge floor to ceiling window was the length of the room and we had a great view of Paris, the Eiffel Tower and Paris balloon, Planet Hollywood, Bellagio, the new City Centre development and south as far as Mandalay Bay. We could also see the fountains at Bellagio.

There was a light duvet on the bed and the room was quite old. The carpet was a bit stained, but the rest of the room was clean. There was wired internet access at $13.99/24 hours.

Our room is similar to this one, same size, but without the sofa and no whirlpool in the bath: http://www.ballyslasvegas.com/casinos/ballys-las-vegas/casino-misc/grand-suite-detail.html

Maid service was excellent and the room was serviced before 10.30am.

I called technical services when I found the internet cable was broken. An engineer arrived 10 mins later and had to go and get a new modem. It was fixed an hour later.

The casino is large with lots of slot machines.

There are several good restaurants including a Steakhouse and Italian as well as a sandwich bar called Nosh.

This is our first stay at Bally\'s, but I would certainly stay here again.

We are staying at a few other Vegas hotels this trip, but the rooms are going to feel so small compared to this one.