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Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino
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3535 Las Vegas Boulevard S
Las Vegas, NV 89109
(702) 731-3311
Las Vegas, NV 89109
(702) 731-3311
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261 reviews for Imperial Palace Hotel & Casino
Not top notch, but its VEGAS!! How long are you going to be in the hotel room?
This place is as plain and simple as it can get. Everything you need to lay your head at night for a few hours of rest before you go out and make the most of your time on the strip! Not run down and dirty so this place is A-OK with me :P
The best thing about this place is the LOCATION!!! Smacked in the middle of the strip. Walking distance from everything, so you don't have to waste your $$ on taxi rides. Right outside the hotel, they have a Margarita stand, where you can get a foot long Margarita, Pina Colata or pick from there other two concoctions. Feeling BRAVE? Take on the yard long challenge!! They literally have a neck bracelet to put the drink around your head because its THAT tall. For a buck more you can add another shot into your 'poison'. This is a great deal for drinks in VEGAS.
Cheap, Clean and Great Location. What more do you need?
Desperation brought me here, not much else could bring me back.
Positives:
Cheap place right on the Strip.
Due to the interesting placement of our room I was able to park right outside my door in the garage.
Negatives:
The place is just gross, dirty and crappy customer service (not even worth what they charge).
Trying to get to the room was an adventure, the staff didn't even know where it was, had to get across the main floor to the back, go up a couple flights cross over a floor then down a couple more flights of stairs (no signs).
I stayed there because surprisingly I couldn't find another room for anything and was to tired to start looking off strip. Ended up in this weird set of rooms down in the back in the garage. AC didn't work (it was a home window unit), the faucet handle came off in my hand, the carpet I swear moved and so on. Maybe their main rooms aren't as bad but I am not willing to give them another chance. I recommend just stay off the Strip if you cant get a room on the strip due to time or budget. Dont waste your time on this place.
If you want an inexpensive hotel right in the center of the strip, the IP is the place to go.
Check in was a breeze, we found our room just fine (I guess if you're really stupid, you complain about getting lost in here and not being able to find your tower) but any monkey with an IQ over 80 can find the elevators.
The elevators are small and rickety but they do their jobs.
The rooms are nothing spectacular but you're just sleeping there, not spending the week in there.
The monorail is convenient, there's a shuttle to the Rio next door at harrahs.
If you plan on visiting the Hash House A Go Go, DO NOT VISIT THE ONE IN IMPERIAL PALACE. Take a cab to the REAL HHAGG on sahara. This one SUCKS.
All in all a really good deal for the money. If you want a classy hotel, cross the street and check in at bellagio, as IP will not impress you.
I loved the Imperial Palace.. I mean seriously people, who stays in their Hotel room all day and all night when your in VEGAS!
I booked here because I was looking for a inexpensive trip for the weekend of Halloween. and I was booking about 2 weeks before the date. luckily for me i found a room CHEAP. 3 people it only cost about $40 each.
the rooms are average rooms. pillows, comforters, sheets. and hey they even give you soap and a towel.
GREAT location. i mean the center of the strip! You can walk everywhere!
I feel Sorry for all you people who want to spend $200 a night when you leave the room from noon till 6pm when you come back to shower and leave again till 4 am...
I'm sticking with IP! no mint on my pillow needed
Its decent.
Groups rates were pretty good for our 50 people group. 4 people to a room. it was pretty nice of them to fix our problem with the booking. we had someone book it for us who was totally unreliable and retarded.
they managed to get us all on the same floor and a few doors down form each other. this helped with the group separation problem that could have arisen. for sure this is no wynn, no CP, not even westin. but with its location right next to margarita ville, forum shops and in the middle of everything i can see why people can stand it. its like a motel but painted nicer.
but. i missed my down comforter staying here for sure. sigh.. i'll bring my own next time.
oh yeah, when you enter in the front. its effing hot. why.
You know, it really wasn't too bad!
5 days, 4 nights-- my bf and I both had compensated rooms so we combined our 2 nights each and didn't have to change room during our stay.
We were on the 18th floor with a balcony that leads out to a mountain view. It was really nice cus we had the door opened most of the time, which led fresh air into a smoking room-- not to mention, the view was soothing and a nice break from the busy strip. I was disappointed that they don't offer coffee makers to rooms other than their suites, oh well.
The room was clean, but not sqeaky-- it could have been cleaner (like the tub and the bathroom tiles). But room service is quick and the housekeepers are really polite to patrons.
The casino is alright-- I gambled here, but would rather go elsewhere. During our stay, they were changing some old slots out with new super digital crazy ones-- new computer slots=smarter machines-- I didn't touch those. I did really enjoy the Dealertainers (dealers who dress up as a music icon and sings on stage when they are handling cards)! Some of them had exceptional voices!
For food, we only dined at the hotel once-- dinner the first night at Burger Palace. My fish burger "patty" was good but the buns was dry, the sauce was ketchup and they gave me a piece of lettuce--all that with fries and a non-refill drink was $9. Some what of a disappointment once I saw my bf's $9 burger which contained a super dry beef patty, super dry buns and a piece of lettuce.
Lucky we've stayed once with friends here before because the way their elevators are set up, it's really hard to find your room. Not only that, they have a "zero" and "1st" floor where you have to go up some stairs to take the elevator DOWN to level "LL" where your view is the parking structure. LOL.
My bf and I were taken back to February when we met a couple on the elevator who had been looking for their first floor room for half an hour. Our friend had a room there, and it took us forever to find it-- who would have thunk to go up flights of stairs only to take an elevator down to your room?!
Our stay here was mildly comfortable-- the location on the strip is great! Very convenient! I wouldn't call myself a "fan," but I'd definitely stay here again (=
For the Vegas Vactioner on a budget, its hard to beat the IP. This is a great place to stay if you are planning of having a wild trip where you don't spend a whole lot of time sleeping at night!
The rooms are actually kinda nice for the price, albeit small. They are comfy enough. The only real drawback is that if you end up on the courtyard side, be prepared to stay up with the pavilion party til 4 am, its loud!
But like I said, if you don't plan on sleeping while the sun is down, this place is GREAT.
The best thing about the IP? LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION, baby!
It puts you smack dab in the middle of the strip, stumbling distance to a lot of stuff! Its crowded, its loud, it smells of booze.
This is Vegas, baby!
Bunch of haters on the Imperial Palace! Granted, I have never stayed here and can imagine it would be an interesting experience to say the least. But then, I usually have a free room at the Venetian thanks to work expense account when I come to Vegas. However, just because I'm staying at a posh place doesn't mean I don't enjoy diving it every now and again. As a matter of fact, dives are my fave.
Just a few doors down from the Venetian you can find the Imperial Palace. First off, this place has the karaoke club which I will review separately, but I love it. Second off, they have cheap drink specials during football games - like $2.50 beers. I wish I had known this before watching football at the Venetian and drinking $6 Miller Lites. Travesty! Additionally, they had $5 pitchers of beer. Say whaaaaat? Fill 'er up again and again!! Mixed drinks are also cheaper than any other place I went and they were not stingy with the vodka!! Score! Tables are cheap to play so you don't have to break the bank when you aren't much of a gambler.
If you are running low on the funds or you just want to kick it at a dive with cheap drinks, you could do a lot worse than the Imperial Palace!
We stayed at the Imperial Palace from 12/20/09 to 12/24/09. We went to see Cher at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. We picked this hotel due to the location, and the really great price. The location of this property is one of the best on the strip. We were able to visit many attractions on the strip from Mandalay Bay to the Fashion Show Mall with ease on foot.
We stayed in a Luv Tub Room on the 16th floor. It was quiet, spacious, everything worked, and the pictures posted on the website are right on the money. The tub in this room is HUGE. All the staff we encountered were extremely friendly, warm, and welcoming. Housekeeping always had us stocked with fresh towels, and toiletries every day. The casino is fun, easy to navigate, and is entertaining with the deaertaners, and music make for a fun vibe going. The drink service in the casino was excellent.
Over all we enjoyed our stay, and would stay here again.
Stayed here for one night recently on a comp and it was if was fine to basically sleep for one night and use the shower. I probably will never stay here again unless I am cash strapped or feel like using a comp coupon.
My shower/bath was dirty (and being your typical guy I am not a stickler for that type of stuff but it was dirty) Called housekeeping and they said they would come fix the problem. I left my room and returned later and noticed nothing had been cleaned up. The best thing about the place is the location and most of the employees were very nice that I encountered.
Harrah's corporation has been expanding recently but I think it's at the expense of their current hotels and staff. If someone wants a budget hotel/casino I would point them towards the Casino Royale just a short distance away. When you are a total rewards member like myself you can earn comps and food credits when staying at a Harrah's property, but they expire if you dont visit a property within six months (HELLO---can we say tough economy?) When you stay at Casino Royale or join their card club their comps/food credits never expire! Casino Royale also has dollar beers and margaritas, atm's that only charge one dollar vs $4.99 at Harrah's properties. Casino Royale also offers a free small business center. (Free internet to check e-mail or print boarding passes)
The Great Wall of China. The Roman Coliseum. The Great Pyramid of Giza. Cheerful Al. And now...The Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino, Home of the 8th Wonder of the World! If you want a truly authentic hotel and casino experience, you need to come to the IP. Sure, it's not as "glitzy" and "up to building code" as other casinos on the Strip, but when was the last time you heard someone bitching about how dilapidated the Roman Coliseum is? It's a HISTORICAL landmark and should be treated as such. Now you may be wondering how this hotel is in anyway "historical." Well, according to its Wikipedia article I re-edited this morning, when Mulan defeated the Huns circa 847AD, the Chinese Emperor rewarded her bravery against the menacing mongoloids by constructing this shrine in her honor. Really, everything in this building screams "imperial."
Some "friends" (I use that term quite loosely) and I stayed here this past week, and I am still beside myself at how accommodating our regal rooms were. We paid over $33 a night (split between three guys), so I was expecting to get a lot for my $11 a night. (I don't just throw that kind of money around for nothing.) Even though the hallways on our floor reeked of dead vermin and fecal excrement, I felt honored to experience this historical landmark so intimately. Just the thought of the Great Emperor or Mulan defecating in those historic and hallowed hallways many centuries ago made me quiver in ecstasy. The room was beautiful. It was well over 150 square ft and the beds felt as supple as a woman's breast (you know, like a bag of sand). The best part was our view of the roof of a parking structure. Call me an architecture nerd, but I got a little hard every time I walked out on that balcony and got such an up-close view of Brutalist architecture at its finest.
I'm sure most of you are aware of some casinos' beautiful and elaborate animal exhibits like the lions in the MGM and the flamingos at the, er, Flamingo. Well, let me tell you, the IP is no exception. They are famous for extensively trained homing pigeons (some of which may carry the Hanta virus, so it is important you get your shots before handling them). After a little schmoozing at the front desk, we actually got upgraded to a room with our own personal homing pigeon that lived on our balcony. Nevermind the copious amount of bird shit all over our porch; this carrier pigeon supposedly could travel up to 500 miles a day to deliver an important note! I am fairly confident it delivered the note I sent my parents about how amazing IP is. Truly a remarkable animal.
The pool area was nothing special. (I can only assume Mulan wasn't very fond of swimming.) I actually got a bit of a rash the day after I jumped in the Jacuzzi--I'm seeing the doctor tomorrow to make sure it isn't a Staph infection.
Finally, the IP has a variety of great restaurants. They have the Emperor's Buffet, an all-you-can-eat-all-day buffet for $25. I personally didn't want explosive diarrhea on this trip, so I avoided that place. We did go to the Hash House one morning after a night of heavy drinking and the food there was amazing. I got the Fried Chicken and Waffles. The best part was they mixed bits of bacon into the waffle batter--what a genius concept! Almost as genius a concept as the McGriddle. My friend got the fried pork something and it looked like they bludgeoned a piglet with a tenderizer and fried it whole--delicious!
To conclude, Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino is aptly titled because it is both imperial AND palatial. It's no secret why many consider it the 8th Wonder of the World.
The cheapest reliably safe and sane place to stay on the strip. If you just want somewhere to leave your bags and take a shower, fine. If you're getting the room comp'ed through your Total Rewards account, fine.
But seriously, just use http://betterbidding.com to get a room at PH for 20 bucks more.
Things needed from a hotel in Vegas:
-Bed
-Shower
-Door
-Iron
-Ice machine
Imperial Palace offered all of these things, and for $200 a week to be smack dab in the middle of the strip I find myself liking this place.
That said, there are two issues that really hurt this place - uncomfortable beds and the worst elevators in which I've ever had the pleasure of being consistently froddaged on every excruciatingly long ride. I don't expect much when I'm not paying a ton of money, but I feel that there are basics that every hotel needs to offer.
Will I stay again? Probably, but not if Harrah's or Casino Royale ends up being a cheaper option.
Hell yeah it's a dive - what do you expect for $35 a night? Water pressure? Hot water? Comfortable bed? Hell no!
Location! Free parking! Lockable door. That's all we wanted and that's what we got.
Yes, everything written in all the reviews is true. But you do get what you pay for. I will stay here again for a pass-through to another location. Never for more than 1 night. It allowed us to have some extra cash to go see Love which was right across the street. Nice.
If anything I've ever reviewed deserved a 0-star it would be Imperial Palace. One of the oldest hotels on the strip. Our room was straight out of Miami Vice circa 1980s with white bamboo furniture and laminated dressers. Our experience was so horrific we checked out 1 hr after checking in! When we needed to go downstairs, the extremely slow elevators (which for some reason are back to back and not front to front making the openings on two separate hallways) were packed each time a car reached our floor. After 20 minutes (I'm not joking) a security guard patrolling the floors had to take the 15 of us waiting for an open car down via the service elevator!
DO NOT STAY HERE!!! They should demolish this hotel!!!
This is probably one of the worst hotels I've ever stayed at in Vegas. Yeah, it's probably the cheapest place you could stay at on the strip, but "you get what you pay for" also rings a tune.
But aside from that, my biggest grief about this place is that anywhere you go inside, it is heavy on smoke... like the entire building isn't ventilated! Hallways, elevators, non-smoking bedrooms, bedsheets!!!... I felt like I was suffocating... so much it made me sick my first and only time there. And yes, I realize this IS Vegas after all, but if you walk into any other hotel... it smells clean and only the casino areas are smokey... Imperial is another story.
Right on the strip!!!!
Honestly, this hotel is not as bad as what people rate them for...very small casino hotel resort, awful walk ways from the parking garage to the entrance. The casino felt really stuffed and no air circulations. It really smells in the casino area...but I didn't hang in the imperial palace, so it was ok for me. I got sick from this casino though. Must've been the smoke and stuffed air I was inhaling as I was walking in & out from the casino....or the germs I caught from vegas...either way, I remembered imperial palace as the place that gave me the terrible flu that had me at such high fever.
Price: Sat was $90, and Sunday was about $45 during the time we went in October...which was such a bargain. As for the room, it's actually clean. It's not chic like monte carlo, but it's clean. If you're not going to spend much time in the hotel, imperial palace is the place. It beats having to go to a motel...I hate motels. Atleast it had approx. 42" LCD plasma t.v which was not bad. $10 for 24 hr internet connection which kept me happy, being able to do work, save money from cheap room, so it allowed me to have more money to spend else where. Pretty spacious as well compared to monte carlo.
Their bathroom was very clean as well. The floor and showers were not all that fancy but atleast you don't see any nasty soap scums..sink, shower, hot water, water pressure, everything worked fine. Room service was very fast and nice as well. AC was a bit loud...nothing we could do about it, it was built that way even at LOW, you can hear it on.
We were on the higher level room so it was away from all the noises..It had a sliding door and a balcony. It over viewed another casino pool ground that I forgot the name of.
very close to everything, that was a major plus for me, and the reason why I settled for this place. Ceasar Palace was right across the street, Harrah's was right next door and many others were in walking distance.
I discovered there's a game called war next door as well at a very small casino. I know right war, we played that in like 7th grade. very fun!! Can't remember the name of the hotel next door...remember I got sick during the time there so I couldn't pay much attention. But overall, if you don't plan on spending alot of time in room, imperial is a good choice.
they had the smallest bar I've ever seen there, called Geisha room...something like that.
So the only two pitfall for me are, the AC being lalittle loud & casino smells heavily with smoke, no air circulation...but you don't sleep in the casino..you sleep in your room, so really it doesn't matter if you're always out.
You get what you pay for. Paid $32 on a Tuesday in November.
Long lines at check in.
First room on the the Strip side was above a music venue. Window does not stop noise which comes into room until 2 am.
Switched to another room on opposite side which was fine. At 9 am worker started sawing, scraping and pounding on room next door.
Restaurant was average. Pool/hot tub was closed for season!
Its a good place to stay if you're cash strapped and need to be on the strip. The personnel is nice, the room was basic but clean and they actually have windows that open. The location is key - right next to O'Shea's where the locals like to hang and not to far from Margaritaville.
Nothing to impress a girlfriend - but a solid place to hang if you are there to party.
Dealertainers are the best reason to stop into this casino, in my opinion. I have seen Michael Jackson, Cher, and a number of other celebrity impersonators dealing cards to the general public. Classic! One star for dealertainers!
However, I am not sure I would want to stay here. This property is pretty old and run-down, from what I can see. I have also heard that the rooms are not very desirable from a friend who got stuck here during a conference. The one plus is that the location is very central on the Strip.
The car exhibit is interesting, but don't pay for it. There are free coupons in every taxi in the city, as well as other places.
I once saw a pimp fighting with his lady at the bar. That was entertaining for a minute, but quickly turned to disturbing and uncomfortable. I left shortly after security came. I got the feeling this was an everyday occurence the way the bartenders were acting.
Great Place for the Price!
I was scared to stay here after i read all the reviews on it ... but once i got there i was surpised at how great it was!
I've been to vegas numerous times and have stayed at TI , Mirage, New York New York, Luxor, Flamingo and this time we stayed at Imperial. We were looking for a cheap cheap cheap hotel so we would be able to rent a car! Imperial Palace was great!
Great view of the strip with a balcony! Music from the bar played to 3 in the morn which is extactly what you want when your in vegas! i felt like I was at the party even when i wasnt!
Service was great, everyone was super nice!
The actual casino was really really smoky but what do you expect!
This hotel is great if you dont plan to hang out in it alot!
I would totally stay there again!
Oh, good ole IP... .How I do not miss you one bit since we last departed a lil over a year ago. Let me stress that the only reason why I wanted to review this place is because I think a lot of people share my same thoughts on this hotel, which is a cheap stay at a great LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!
My fiance, at the time, and I decided to stay here given the location and the ridiculously low rate we received at about $35/night for a Tuesday - Saturday stay! We decided we could try and suck it up for 4 nights in order to spend more money on the tables. Also, the location of IP is very very ideal...as it is basically located at the heart of the strip making it accessible to pretty much everything.
I think after first walking in and seeing the cheesy-themed casino, and shortly after seeing our room I knew we were in for the life of luxury, hahaha. I can say after our stay at IP I will always fork out more money now to stay at other great location casinos, such as the Bellagio.
At the time of our stay, I absolutely dreaded coming back even for just a cat nap to our room. The room was so rundown, maid service was a hit or miss, and the towels made me feel like I just couldn't keep clean! I can laugh about it now fortunately.
You may wonder why 2 stars....well if you are looking for a cheap stay(one star) and literally just a place to sleep at a great location on the strip (the other star) then IP might not be such a bad stay.
Some call it ghetto. I call it a great, centrally located hotel that always has affordable rates.
If you stay here you needn't worry about taking taxis everywhere unless you're too drunk to walk. I didn't check out their illusive kareoke because I had better partying to do.
I saw an asian J.Lo and other incredibly off-looking "celebrity look-a-likes." I guess when they hire their "look-a-likes" they go off of very vague similarities. Who am I to complain though? It was entertaining to say the least.
If you are cheap like myself and looking for a decently priced hotel centrally located, I.P. is the place for you!!!
...boo to all the haters! HA HA HA!
This is a great location for it's price. There isn't much wow to the room however, but if you are going to Vegas, I doubt you'll stay in the hotel often. The room that we got was awkwardly shaped, but large non the less. Would definitely stay here again if on a budget.
This place was a dump. Stayed here for a bachelor party. It was cheap for the group but:
1) They never cleaned our room...what kind of hotel doesn't bother to clean your room when you're out and about for the day. The entire two days we were there they never cleaned it at all. It probably didn't help that some of the guys ate room service and plates with leftover food laying around the room for two days either.
2) It was dirty...excuse me, but having blood splotches on the walls of the room doesn't quite sit too well with me (it was already there when we checked in).
3) There was literally a maze to get from the lobby to the rooms. You had to go downstairs, follow a hidden staircase back upstairs, and hang a few lefts to get back to the path that led back to the rooms. Seriously...whoever built that place must have been a bit tipsy at the time.
I can honestly say I won't be going back here. Ever.
I hate it here, smell, feel, parking, rooms, casino it all sucks ass, so bad.
Two stars because it is, after all, in a great location on the Strip.
It takes a lot for me to give something only one star.
Did you know hotels have lower levels? Most probably don't, but the Imperial does. We had to wander through labyrinthine hallways and take _two_ elevators (traveling in opposite directions!) only to arrive at a semi-flooded military barracks-looking structure. Here we found our room, which conveniently opened directly into a parking ramp.
You have to view this place in context. Within walking distance is a hotel that has a fucking Eiffel Tower _built into it._ The only way to get into the Imperial is by walking through a barely-marked cement galley , squeezing past the guests streaming from the hotel into a windowless vomit pit called the "Rockhouse Bar." If you're coming to Vegas, stay in a nice place. Almost any other hotel on the strip will do. If the only other choice were a hotel that charged me $250 per night for a double bed, I'd still not pick the Imperial.
The Imperial is simply a terrible experience; you'll like Vegas less if you stay here.
Most hotels in Vegas do not have windows that open, let alone balconies, due to the very likely possibility that one might splatter themselves all over Las Vegas Blvd after throwing their life savings down the craps table. No respectable hotel owner wants to squeegee innards off their sliding glass doors. It's just not classy.
Does the elusive Imperial Palace abide by these depressing superstitions? HAYL NAW, GOOD SIR. (Exhibit A: My lady friend and I gettin' our dance on outside our room last summer.)
This fact, coupled with the INSANELY low room rate considering its location on the strip, is a formula that gives this place an A in my book.
ALSO, one time I saw this manatee-sized woman sit on, and then SHATTER, a table at the prestigious "Rock House" bar downstairs. (Exhibit B: The man friend gettin' HIS dance on with Frau Michelin two Summers ago)
If my annual Imperial Palace photos don't explain well enough, let me clarify:
I LOVE this hotel for being hilariously awesome in every way. Stay here for the laughs, if anything. Or else, stay here cause it's cheap as hell and centrally located.
Also it's the greenest hotel on the strip cause they won't EVER CLEAN YOUR ROOM.
My past precedes me: I love a good old fashioned seedy Vegas hotel. The. End.
Oh the IP! What a great introduction to Vegas! Cheap rooms & Great location! I was a little hesitant to stay here because a lot of the reviews I read made it seem grimey, old, and dirty. But my experience was fantastic. Nice room, not too small. Clean and had all the amenities we were looking for.
The hotel was really crowded the weekend I was in town because of a roller derby convention. Random, I know. So while all the roller girls made the hotel and casino super lively and filled with lots of different people, taking the elevator was miserable. That was about the ONLY downside of this hotel.
I really, really liked the IP casino. Probably my favorite. It's big, it has all different types of games and a nice Keno area which is a great way to get drunk for cheap. Also, the waitresses at the IP are super nice and attentive. Much better service from them than at the fancier casinos down the strip.
Didn't eat at any of the food venues in this place. The night we planned on eating dinner at the buffet, they were having a luau and none of us were in the mood so we just walked next door to Harrah's.
All in all, I have much love for the IP! I will returnnnnnnn!!!
I dig the Ip!!! I've been comin' here since I was a wee lad and they have never done me wrong. Sure it's not as flashy or new as the other hotels on the strip but damnnit it's right next door. The people treat you well, the roulette table didn't let me down and I didn't get ripped off on the room rate! So much Passion for this place....
I just got back today and I have memories man. Roller con weekend with a bunch of crazy girls...drunkenness....500 bucks won on an amazing heater at the roulette table...It's all there you just gotta look on the bright side of things and the Ip is shinin'!!!
Thanks Ms. Martin!!!
The rooms here are pretty crappy. I would probably have given it 1 star if it weren't in such a central part of the LV strip, gotten the room for free and have actually stayed in the room for more than 5 hours in the first three days here. LOL! I didn't stick around in this Casino, that's for sure. There was only 2 elevators in operation out of 8 that they had going up to my room. LOL! I guess Harrah's is only really concentrating on the Rio and Caesar's Palace as far upkeep on their casinos.
I had rooms here from Thursday until Sunday but was rarely here and only stayed in the room 2 nights at 2 hours each night. I did play some poker here for an hour or so though and did manage to win some money here. It was a small poker room and was pretty hideous looking as well.
If a cheap room with a good spot on the strip is what you are looking for then I guess Imperial is the place for you.
SBC VEGAS SERIES: 16 of many reviews
So I figure that if Rockhouse was good.. then IP must be better...
Ok, maybe better was too strong a word. But it was definitely something interesting after stumbling through Rockhouse. Again not quite the best place on the strip... yeah, on the STRIP. Go figure. Yes, I don't think I would stay here with the tackier than normal tacky Vegas kitsch that can be found everywhere else. But they do have some interesting table side performances that apparently the typical IP clientele enjoy every enthusiastically.
Ok, truth be told I had come here for a couple of drinks.. couple of very stuff drinks and a lot of people watching. And by people I mean to say the waitresses. And by waitresses I mean to say waitresses that do porn on the side. And by porn on the side, I mean that they probably could be very successful at doing porn on the side. I only wish that they would serve me while I sat at the bar instead of at the tables. What can I say.. I got my eye on the prize.
;D
Ok, this place looks like nothing has been done here since the 80's, and it is a dump, BUT it is practically free to stay there! Also it is in a very good location. I have no idea what they are trying to accomplish with their theming.
But as other users have said, who cares! If you are young, and you like to party, you are not going to be in your hotel room more than 3 hrs a night anyhow. and paying $25 a night is awesome. The casino is not bad, the place is pretty clean, and like I said it is cheap and right in the middle of it all. You can walk across the street to ceasars palace, walk 2 doors down for $1 drinks at casino royale, you name it.
I would not recommend this place for families or anyone looking for a resort like stay. I would not recommend vegas at all for families despite their efforts to make it a family destination! It gets ROWDY on the weekend with people from cali etc partying. This place is unapologetically cheap and dated. So why criticize it on something it is not supposed to be. If you want to stay at the bellagio, you will pay 8x more the price.
If you are cash strapped then this is the hotel for you to be on the strip. Located on the strip this hotel is within walking distance to Caesar and the Venetian. The room we got were for less than $40 a night. Rooms were large but were out of date. What really sucks about this hotel is their elevators which took forever. There would be a huge crowd waiting during check-in check-out times. We stayed there 3 nights and had only 1 incident where the water in the tub flowed back up and it smelled like sewer water. It looked like it also. Called maintenance and the fix the problem in less than 15 minutes.
Holy Ghetto-ness!
First off there is nothing Imperial or effin Palace like about this hotel/casino at all! How dare the owners to call it such a name! I mean the balls they had to do so.
It is rundown and there is absolutely nothing special about this hotel at all. When I stayed here they were doing construction. We had to walk through the damn construction and we can hear the construction workers from our room and all the work. For real? Dont you shut down the side of the hotel where construction is taken place out of courtesy for your paying guests?! I called front desk to complain and asked if we can be moved to another side of the hotel and I was told there is no other side and was hung up on!!!! Went downstairs to the front desk to speak to the manager and I was given food coupons...lol. hmmmmk
The room is a basic room. Beds, tv, bathroom. No ambience at all.
Pro:
Cheapest hotel you can find smack in the middle of the strip!!
I doubt you can beat the deals you will find at the IP. You get what you pay for.
Never ever ever again!
Won't be coming back here anytime soon. 1) craps dealers were so rude and treated me like I didn't know a thing...not a fan of that. Sure, I'm not the best craps player but I do know how to earn a few bucks and have fun with the game. 2) it took FOREVER for any waitress to come by and offer anything. 3) the worst "dirty" players ever are here.
I did give one more start for the impersonator dealers. Some were spot on and I found the routines funny,.
IP is pretty much one of the worst places you can stay on the strip which is unfortunate because its right in the center of the strip.
They buffet is pretty gross and will most likely make you sick.
The rooms are definitely get what you pay for, you will have a cheap room and if that's all you need is a place to crash you will do fine here. Id just rather pay a few bucks more and stay at the harrahs which is a little bit more expensive and way nicer.
The poker room has some shady guys working there, I have seen multiple winning hands mucked that cost someone over 50 dollars due to a dealer mistake. Even when the mistake was admitted and a request was asked to check the cameras they don't use them for that. Pretty ridiculous.
You can stay and gamble here if you want a sub par vegas trip but I wont be back and I look forward to the day this hotel is demolished.
Sahara is the worst hotel I've stayed at on the Las Vegas Strip. It is pretty rundown, and even worse, it is so far away from everywhere else so you forced to take the Monorail to get to the main action.
At least, the Imperial Palace is conveniently located near Caesar's, Bellagio, and many of the other popular Las Vegas hotels. The entrance is a little odd. Even though the hotel is located right on the strip, you have to walk through an "alley-like area" entrance to get to the hotel. The front of the hotel feels more like the back.
For me, hotels on short trips are all about room temperature, comfortable beds, clean linens, and good showers/bathrooms. The room temperature was fine, and the bed was comfortable. It definitely wasn't the cleanest room I've been in; also, it was a little run-down. While the shower was good, the tub floor was pretty cracked and was definitely due for a replacement (but I'm not sure if management truly cares based on customer service at the front desk).
As we were leaving for the night, we got in the elevator. It took forever to get one. We were on the 16th floor. There were several of us getting into the elevator on 16th so the elevator was pretty jam packed. I'm not sure if anyone wanted to wait for the next one. And because the other elevators were so slow (Who knows? Maybe they weren't even operational), we stopped at each floor. Several guests just laughed and said they would catch the next one. But since we were in Las Vegas, several guests also said "screw it," hopped in, and made it even more uncomfortable.
The elevator represented a pretty decent cross-section of America (many age groups, hometowns, ethnicities), and there was quite a sense of camaderie and even laughter over the "misery" of the heat, sweat, and claustrophobia. Definitely a Las Vegas moment.
I see a lot of good reviews for the IP and I have received PM's asking me for my opinion. The IP is scheduled to be demolished and replaced and would have been already but for the recession that has hit Vegas extremely hard. I can say three good things about the IP.
1. Great Location in the center of the Strip ( it is also a Mono-Rail stop ).
2. If you are comped in like Sir Nicholas they have a seasoned Casino Marketing Department that will take very good care of you.
3. It is going to be torned down in the near future and replaced!
Thanks IP I love you!! Was supposed to go to Tokyo(been psyching up for weeks, not a good flyer). Checked the flight an hour before we left for LAX. Everything fine. Got there, flight canceled. By the time we got to the counter, all flights to Narita from United canceled for two days(Typhoon). Our window of opportunity shut at that point. So cuz of almost full refund from AMX, what do we do..... VEGAS OF COURSE!!!!!!!!!
Four days at the IP 15$.(at the last minute)left the next day. Jet Blue, Long Beach, couldn't ask for more. Get your Rewards card!!!!
Who stays in their room that long anyway. Oh ya and your sober, right.....
You can catch so many free shuttles right next door at the Harrahs all over town. YES, The Palms and Rio too.
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