text: Not good, wouldn't return.\n\nLocation is about all The Flamingo hotel has going for it.\n\nCheck-in was long. Once at the desk, our \"upgraded room\" (that was paid extra for) did not match the description as provided. We were instead placed facing the Imperial Palace hotel on the North side of the hotel. No view of The Strip or the pool, as boasted. Asked for another room and was awarded a lovely (sarcasm) room on the tenth floor with a great view (more sarcasm) of the roof of the casino and the back of the hotel's lighted signage. Bummed.\n\nThe room was weird. The furniture was scuffed and the bed lacked blankets, just sheets and a weird pink furry deal at the foot of the bed. One of the room's two lamps was without a lightbulb and the bathroom lacked lighting altogether. There was a constant running water sound in the bathroom, as well as a sewage smell that remained throughout our stay. Two of our four towels has mystery stains on them. The fancy \"ceiling to floor windows\" were unclean and spotty. The \"hardwood floors\" were a cheap laminate that was dusty and weird.\nThe walls between rooms are either super thin or this place attracts loud patrons. Either way, we were awakened at 8:00 a.m. one morning by a loud woman's voice from an adjacent room and at 9:15 a.m. another by a maid who entered as she was knocking. Who's awake that early in Vegas?!\nThe elevators displayed some lovely tagging as scratched into the metal interior. The Shining-esque hallways provided discolored and worn carpet with occasional ripples, ideal for trip hazards. \n\nThe pool closed super early...5:00 p.m. And hotel guests were not permitted to take pool towels out of the pool area, instead you dry off in the gateway and drop your towel. \n\nI get that this is an older hotel, but judging by the fees we (over)paid for our stay, they have the funds to keep the place clean and fresh with some attention to be given to aesthetic upkeep and improvement. I was disappointed.