Was here for a 3-day stay, this past week. Pro's: very classy, clean lobby/check-in area, you get the whole Feng Shui post-modern Asian vibe from the moment you walk in, with a faint unobjectionable scent in the air that is certainly an improvement over the musty smoke odor in most casino hotels on the Strip. The room/suite is equally welcoming and clean, bed very comfortable and the AC functioned nearly flawlessly at 68 degrees, perfect as I was a day-sleeper between a stretch of night shifts at my job. Bathrooms are gorgeous, too; I had a couple of friends from Germany staying at the Flamingo, and the young lady in the party practically wanted to defect from her stay there, to crash on the pullout sofa-bed in my suite. Cons: they seem to be having issues with the call valet system.... on most occasions, it was worthless to call down to have the car waiting, and when you did go down, had to wait upwards of 10 minutes for your car. Don't get me wrong, the staff are very professional, and they [mostly] seem to be trying, but it was a minor frustration when time was an element, and you need to be somewhere. Also the chain of communication between the front desk and housekeeping was a little lacking; I called down to ask for extra glasses on 2 occasions.. once it took nearly an hour, and the second time the wine glasses I asked for never appeared; and yes, the \"do not disturb\" light button was off. Another lapse regarding repeated requests for a set of silverware; first request went unfulfilled, and second time I got a full set of pots, pans, and non-stick cookware, as if they were trying to kill a fly with an elephant gun, and throw anything I could have wanted at me, to quell any more \"petty\" requests; this was a minor annoyance.\n\nGenerally the staff was otherwise very pleasant and accommodating, and there were no really major lapses; I'd definitely go back, as it's a great respite and alternative to the mind-numbing chaos of many of the strip hotels, and was a great value with the summer promotional rate.
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