Bally's Las Vegas Hotel

Accommodation was the first thing I started searching when I was looking into Las Vegas vacation.  It was hard to decide because there were so many options to start with and to decide which one would be good...it's not that easy.  For someone who has been to Vegas once has a pretty good idea on what to expect as opposed to someone who is going for the first time.  I had started looking into hotels from 2 and half months before since someone had told me that the prices go up from 2nd week of July, which was so true.  Couple of sites that I visited to check out the hotels and their prices was www.vegas.com and www.visitlasvegas.com.  Looking at overall hotels list, I shortlisted couple of hotels which were Flamingo, Imperial Palace, and Bally's.  After reading the reviews of all 3 of the hotels, I picked Bally's since that one had less negative reviews and plus the location of Bally's was excellent!!  Even though Bally's had negative reviews such as that their self-parking is too far, their check-in/check-out lines are too long and takes forever, their south tower rooms are horrible (from some ghost movies), etc. etc. I still went ahead and booked the hotel, because I had read some good reviews as well....and the bonus on top of that was that Bally's was right in front of the Bellagio!!

After I finalized I wanted to stay at Bally's, I went directly to Bally's hotel site www.ballyslasvegas.com to check out reservations and prices.  This was basically a Caesars site which contains about 6-7 hotels that don't charge any resort fee and are in the same network.  Anyways, I put in my dates and for 4 people in one room (2 queen beds), Bally's gave me price of $103/night which was not bad at all.  I immediately booked the hotel for 2 nights in the south tower classic room.  Once we got to the hotel, our stay was great and we had good time with no problems at all.  All the reviews about check-in/check-out time and room being terrible were not true at all.

Lobby, Check-in, & Check-out:
Once we got to the lobby, it was big and luckily not crowded at all.  We got to the hotel on Sunday evening at around 5:30 pm.  We got in the check-in line and there were probably 2 agents at the register.  As line started to grow, 3 more agents were added to help out.  We were probably done checking-in withing 15 minutes from the time we got in line to the time we were greeted.  Also the casino is on the same floor so you might feel little bit smoke in the atmosphere but that's because of the casino being right there.  Our check-out was pretty quick too maybe within 10 minutes.

Self/Valet Parking:
Bally's shares the parking with Paris hotel next door, and that is why self-parking is far and if you do end up with self parking, you would also have to walk much.  I was already warned by a lot of online reviews that there will be a lot of walking with self-park, so people suggested for Valet parking.   Valet Parking is free in Bally's (and as a matter of fact in a lot of hotels), so why not use it since it's available and quick.  We valet parked our car twice and both the times it was very convenient and fast.  Just remember to tip the driver who brings your car back.

Room:
I had booked a south tower classic room for 4 people (2 queens).  I knew that if I want a good view, south tower would be the best option even though there were a lot of reviews which said that the rooms are not that great, outdated, dirty, etc. etc.  First, when I checked in, I asked the receptionist if I could get a room facing Eiffel tower and bellagio fountains, and she said that's what we are getting.  And that's exactly what we got!!! The view was fabulous!!! I loved it!! Check it out!

Eiffel tower in day time from our room

View of Bellagio fountains in day time

Eiffel tower at night from our room

Bellagio Fountains view at night from our room

 Isn't it gorgeous!!! We got a room on 11th floor and our room was 6129 which was no where close to the elevators, but it was worth it for the view!!  If you are ever staying in Bally's south tower then ask for a view facing Paris since you will get better view than the other side which has flamingo road and Caesar's palace hotel view.  South tower elevators are kind of away and in corner too where you go through the casino all the way to the side and then take the elevators up to your room.

Once we got in the room, it was BIG.....I mean it was very spacious!!!  The room was clean, and no dirty carpets or anything (as I had read in some other reviews).  The bathroom was fine too except few glitches such as the wallpaper in one corner was bit out but that's just a minor glitch that we didn't care for and the bathroom fan made a lot of noise but that was temporary too.  The furniture was outdated as I had read on some of the other reviews and there was an old style box tv instead of a flat screen.  I would have liked the beds to be little softer but it wasn't too bad either.  Overall, very happy with the room and the view!! No complains there.

Maintenance/Housekeeping:
We had to call the housekeeping in the morning once since there were only 2 towels and we needed 2 more.  I called and nobody came for about 15 minutes so I had to call again to request more towels.  The 2nd call was responded quickly when the housekeeping came within 5 minutes with extra set of towels.  That was the only time we needed anything.  The only other thing I can think of is when they cleaned our room, when we came back to the room after lunch, the room smelled like some sort of cleaning solution that must have been used in the bathroom.  To avoid the smell, we just kept the bathroom door shut and then it was fine for the rest of the day.


I would definitely recommend this hotel to anyone who is considering it.  I would stay here myself mainly because of my experience here, and the location of this hotel is great with Bellagio being right in front of it and Paris being right next to it!!  Hope this review helps you in making your decision for a hotel in Las Vegas!!