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06/18/2008 Cheri "FT  wingless" A. says:

1.  Those damn vouchers they give on the slots now (I still have a $25 voucher for Bellagio)
2.  The airport taxi line
3.  The airport TSA's are extremely slow
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06/18/2008 B K. says:

Once you live here, you'll do anything to avoid that damned cab line -- for years before moving here, I'd figured out how to work the limo line, but that's apparently changed now , too -- the trick is befriending a local -- one who doesn't live in Summerlin (because coming to the airport if you live in Summerlin is the equivalent of descending into hell or rather making them stand in the cab line equivalent because the drive is so horrendous) -- you need to befriend someone from Green Valley, Anthem or 7 Hills who won't mind picking you up at all hours -- then the nicest thing you can do for them is to stay either with them, or at a hotel that has an easy dropoff -- Mandalay, 4 Seasons, Bellagio (the north valet), TI even -- all have an easy drop off so locals can avoid the 15 or the dreaded LVB...no one in their right mind wants to have to get on LVB for anything.  Any hotel that is accessible from Frank Sinatra is great -- or even better stay at GV Ranch...
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06/18/2008 Brad "Wow has yelp changed" B. says:

Cheri I'm not a voucher fan either:

http://www.yelp.com/bi...

What the fuck is wrong with cash.
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06/18/2008 Susan "Princess Pinkie" R. says:

The crime....
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06/18/2008 Cheri "FT  wingless" A. says:

I miss the silver dollar slots.  Nothing is better than winning and having those dollars come pouring out.
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06/18/2008 Mike "Gargamello" G. says:

True dat Cheri!  El Cortez still has coins for some of their slots.  I think they're quarters but still, more fun than the little slip of paper.
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06/18/2008 Cheri "FT  wingless" A. says:

Good to know Mike.
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06/18/2008 Jonathan H. says:

the damn whores that steal shit from your room, I hates them evil bitches.  and they will drink up your minibar and call their illegitimate kids in Riverside.
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06/18/2008 Erik "Adventures in Whining" S. says:

Fitzgerald's does nickel slots that you can use nickels in...I do it all the time when downtown with a pocket full of change.  Mostly it's out of my desire to win like 3 bucks and have it coin out instead of the f**king paper ticket.  $3...all I ask to win.
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06/18/2008 KayJay .. says:

Heat.  Heat is nice, but I don't want to melt to death.
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06/18/2008 Mike "Gargamello" G. says:

Kay Jay are you talking about the heat of Vegas or the heat you bring with you?
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06/18/2008 keith "kj" a. says:

el corterz has the quarter, fifty cent and dollar machines ( the dollar machines are not silver dolllars ) - i don't care for the machines - it's a pain in the ass to scoop them up, your hands are filthy and lord only knows the "stuff" the typical el c customer transfers to those coins !
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06/18/2008 chum "Elle Roi" L. says:

The damn carpeting, I understand it's to draw your attention upwards, but I always feel like I'm on Shrooms.
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Mike "Gargamello" G. says:

Kay Jay are you talking about the heat of Vegas or the heat you bring with you?
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What'rya sayin', Mike? I'm hot or I'm full of hot air?  You confuddle me, Smurf man.
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06/18/2008 KayJay .. says:

Forgive my hostility.  I'm on a new diet and a bitch needs a carb.
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06/18/2008 Mike "Gargamello" G. says:

Maybe both lol.  I'm giving up on the catfights and I'm all about the meat these days.  You like meat don't you Kay Jay?  Check out the fatburger they got all sorts of beef.
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06/18/2008 Richard N. says:

I hate Vegas for all of the rare, and likely endangered plants, insects,  and rodents harmed in the developmental sprawl to yield yet another Walmart.

Maybe I just hate Walmart? 8-)

Maybe I need to light a Nantucket Spring Maple Bark aroma therapy candle w/ Jasmine Extract, Absorbic Acid, and Red Die #10 from concentrate to relax? Damn I hate moments like this. And I hate that I hate that.
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06/18/2008 Kevin "Is Filled with Angst, Contempt, Booze, and Trivia" H. says:

I hate those free drinks...they spoil me!!
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06/18/2008 Richard N. says:

oh another thing.

I don't know my way around well enough yet. I hate that.
I drove right by The Pinball Museum on my way to get my hair cut.
I could have stopped in at least. I really hate that.

good night. 8-)
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06/18/2008 Mike "Gargamello" G. says:

Richard - I hear what you're saying about the sprawl, it sucks.  But I doubt there's a lot of plants or animals being displaced by it.  The Vegas valley is basically a lunar landscape with about as much native wildlife.  It's a rocky wasteland.
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06/19/2008 Joyita "Snail-sassin!" A. says:

UM............you know...;)
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06/19/2008 Joyita "Snail-sassin!" A. says:

wanting to go hiking, but it is 102 degrees outside...and rising.
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06/19/2008 Myke "MixMaster" R. says:

I hate the people who come here and expect shit for free. Plus I hate that locals can be so unfriendly and clicquey
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06/19/2008 Jenn "JBZ" B. says:

This is my thing with Vegas:

I always get soooo excited before I go. I plan everything out, and have big expectations every time I go.

But once i get there, I'm just like, "Eh, whatever. This isn't so grand afterall."

When I get back home, I'm always looking to plan my next Vegas trip....

Weird huh??  I love it when i'm not there, but when I get there, it's just like whatever...
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06/19/2008 Laura "I'm telling Mommy" D. says:

-I hate watching small businesses get clobbered by the big guy because we lack any sense of community. In my years here, I've seen it happen too often.
-1 newspaper. There was a time when we had two, and then Stevens Media was like PWNED!
-Newbs who think Vegas is all about image.
-Waking up feeling like I inhaled a box of Triscuits thanks to our dry climate.
-Pretty shoddy medical care.
-I hate the "What Happens Here" campaign. It's like...begging people to come out here and commit adultery.

For all the things I dislike about Vegas, there's a lot of good stuff and some awesome people floating around if you can find 'em.
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06/19/2008 Kevin "Is Filled with Angst, Contempt, Booze, and Trivia" H. says:

But you really HAVE inhaled a box of triscuits before, right Laura?
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06/19/2008 Laura "I'm telling Mommy" D. says:

No, only those horrific Chicken in a Biscuit things. There's practically no burn!
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06/19/2008 Brad "Wow has yelp changed" B. says:

Oh gawd dayum I forgot how hot it gets. Stepped out this morning and it feels like I was smacked by a blast furnace.
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06/19/2008 keith "kj" a. says:

laura  hits the nail on the head on the triscuit thing -  it's kinda scary how dry  the mouth and throat is  when i wake up.

memo to self :  adopt 18 year old thai girl to pour water in my mouth while i sleep annnnnd to vacuum.

but "..horrific Chicken in a Biscuit things..."   Boooooo !  

2nd memo to self :  give me a case of those biscuit things , a case of the can cheese stuff, an 18 year old thai babe  a private Caribbean island and a bartender ( myke - are you available ) to mix me kick-ass foo-foo drinks  - and  i'm truly retired !!

mike - i hear ya about the lack of animal / plants in the valley.  the gf lived in scottsdale prior to vegas and she's always asking why there are no lil critters and  vegetation like in scottsdale since the heat is similar -  damn if i know !
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06/19/2008 Richard N. says:

dry mouth in the morning.........

so it's not gawd force feeding me whilst I sleep those "biscuit wafers" they handed out at church from when I was 7 to cleanse me from living in "Sin City"?

I think I'll go run 20 redlights in his honor. Or is that 20 redlight Districts?
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06/19/2008 Brad "Wow has yelp changed" B. says:

10 hours ago Joyita "ramblin woman and Cold Beer, NM advocate" A. says:

UM............you know...;)
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06/19/2008 Kevin "Is Filled with Angst, Contempt, Booze, and Trivia" H. says:

It's warm in San Francisco today, Brad.  I woke up and it must've been, uh, 70 degrees.  I didn't even need a jacket when I went outside!
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06/19/2008 Brad "Wow has yelp changed" B. says:

Kevin I'm stuck in an office modular we use on new construction sites. AC is spotty at best but I've already made a call to have it serviced. 70 degrees in The City before 9:00a.m.? Whoo-boy ....no marine layer today huh. I'll still trade you. ;-)
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06/19/2008 Cheri "FT  wingless" A. says:

I hate that all of the hotels (at least the ones I have been to lately) don't have umbrellas at the pool...the only way to get shade is to rent a cabana for a few hundred dollars.  

Today is a picture perfect day here around 80 degrees.

Richard...I hate Walmart too.  Luckily I don't have one anywhere near me.  Walmart kills small businesses.
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06/19/2008 Eric D. says:

I hate the wind and that new Trump tower.
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06/19/2008 Eric D. says:

and Bobby Flay.
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06/19/2008 Laura "I'm telling Mommy" D. says:

Cheri, are you actually in Vegas or are you back in CA?
Because it's 100 here now and the high is supposed to be 104. This is boob-sweat weather.
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06/19/2008 Brad "Wow has yelp changed" B. says:

Laura she has to be in Ca. It was 91 degrees at seven this am. I don't even want to go out to eat lunch.
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06/19/2008 Cheri "FT  wingless" A. says:

I am back home...now.

My liver almost crawled away when I was there but it is doing fine now. :)
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06/19/2008 keith "kj" a. says:

eric - flay ?  trump tower ?  why ?  i gotta dmit i think they are both major windbag's but not sure if that's a tv thing or  are they really that way.  

as to the tower itself - take it or leave it .  and mesa grill - it's ok, damn expensive for their margarita's .  

a new hate for me and surprised this just happened to me for the first time on monday - the reflection off the luxor - driving east on trop mid-day - holy shit !!  The reflection is terrible - even with sunglasses on i was blinded !
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06/19/2008 Laura "I'm telling Mommy" D. says:

yeah, i dread the glare from citycenter, keith. wynn gets bad, too. stupid shiny buildings.

cheri, i'm glad you avoided alcohol poisoning and am jealous of your perfect weather.

lulz, brad, i'm actually refusing to leave the office myself because it's so soul-crushingly bright out there.
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06/19/2008 Eric D. says:

Trump tower is the ugliest thing built in Vegas since the Excaliber, and Flay is just a cocky little prick. Nothing bad to say about Mesa grill.
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06/19/2008 Laura "I'm telling Mommy" D. says:

I have bad things to say about Mesa Grill.

Trump Tower is pretty gross, but I also despise both of the Wynn buildings. It's like...Houston circa 1975.
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06/19/2008 Brad "Wow has yelp changed" B. says:

So avoiding the Mesa Grill is a good idea then? I could care less about going just to say I went. I think some reviews are blinded by his quasi-celebrity status.
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06/19/2008 Richard N. says:

Just not enough drinking fountains around.
I mean what are the alternatives?

Submission to City Hall: http://www.metacafe.co...
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06/19/2008 keith "kj" a. says:

i like the wynn buildings - just for the sake of variety - the trump building is kinda boring to me but i ain't an architect - wtf  do i know !?!?

personally, i think the mesa grill is worth a taste  but as any other strip place, bring the $$$$.

laura - am i on your poop list - send you a pm and it's ignored ?!?! sad
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06/19/2008 Susan "Princess Pinkie" R. says:

I'm glad you had a great trip Cheri......  take care of that liver!  ;)
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06/20/2008 Myke "MixMaster" R. says:

Wow...as much as I hate it here...I kinda like it here. ;)
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06/20/2008 Jack H. says:

4.  Women in Vegas clubs who think just because they are wearing a thong, this entitles them to freely poop on the disco floor whenever they feel like it.  http://www.yelp.com/to...
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06/20/2008 Jack H. says:

5.  Not enough slot machines.
6.  Desert-superiority-complex (DCS)
7.  Strippers dressed like . . . flamingos
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06/20/2008 Richard N. says:

I woke up this morning, and Cher was gone.
And she said she cared so much.

Damn dreams.
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06/20/2008 Susan "Princess Pinkie" R. says:

Cher left??????
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06/20/2008 Laura "I'm telling Mommy" D. says:

Oh sorry Keith! I didn't even see your message. I'm EXTRAORDINARILY popular. Many messages.
Or I just accidentally skipped over it because I have the attention span of a goldfish.
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07/18/2008 Cheri "FT  wingless" A. says:

DAMMIT!!!!!!

I just read that stupid Bellagio gaming voucher expired.  WTF!   No wonder they give out vouchers.  Free money for them.  I just assumed I could use it when I return.  I have just decided that if there is a voucher I will not play it...F THEM!
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07/18/2008 Richard N. says:

Damn that sucks!
(checks pockets and junk drawer)
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07/18/2008 Cheri "FT  wingless" A. says:

They only have 30 days before they expire.  I didn't read the small print.  It really makes me mad.  I just threw away $25.
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07/18/2008 Cliff B. says:

I love the vouchers. I don't have to wait 15 minutes for a casino worker to come by with my jackpot like I would with a cash jackpot. Jeez, there is a redemption booth ever 25 feet in most casinos. It only takes a fews seconds to get your money.
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07/18/2008 Cheri "FT  wingless" A. says:

Yes, I know that now but I went to the Bellagio to meet up with some friends and then we left as soon as they arrived.  

I assumed they could be cashed out at most hotels like chips are and I never got a chance to go back to the Bellagio
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07/18/2008 Susan "Princess Pinkie" R. says:

the heat!!!
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07/18/2008 Philip "Twisted Bliss" C. says:

If any of you are interested in sharing your thoughts on Las Vegas, look at this:

http://www.yelp.com/bi...
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07/18/2008 keith "kj" a. says:

philip - i should flag your vegas review ! you ain't old enough - maybe and  just maybe, you can share after you turn 21.  until then get on your vespa, ride down to luv-it and get me a large custard  !
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07/18/2008 Philip "Twisted Bliss" C. says:

awwww. :(
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07/24/2008 Eric "The Only One Who Can Ride That Horse" W. says:

no reliable public transportation
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07/24/2008 Randy " -DPERL_EXPLICIT_CONTENT- g++: unrecognized -noshit" L. says:

People who drop feces in clubs.
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07/24/2008 Susy "it's effing crawfish season, bitches!" C. says:

i love vegas.. i didn't have any problems with TSA on my last trip. Then again, I was fully prepared with only 3oz travel containers already in a plastic zip locked baggie and i took off my shoes before I even hit the line

BOOYAH!
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07/24/2008 Susy "it's effing crawfish season, bitches!" C. says:

TSA @ Oakland airport are dickheads..tried to throw away my Christian Dior lipgloss. UGH. it was under 3oz too, dipshits.
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07/24/2008 Randy " -DPERL_EXPLICIT_CONTENT- g++: unrecognized -noshit" L. says:

So did you manage to take it on the plane anyway?
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07/24/2008 Tiger "More Evil than Martha Stewart" W. says:

Things I hate about this city,

Excessively rude/ghetto people.
Worst drivers on the western side of the country.
Crime.
People who try to act tough and challenge people to fights then run off when the person accepts (sadly this happened with two big mouthed guys in the last month in this city...).
Lack of a decent gay nightlife.
Skeezy bars.
Clubs on the strip charging tons of money while not providing decent service (bottle service just to sit at a table/golden handshakes etc.), and giving preferential treatment to random slutty dressed 'women' who would barely register as a 6-7, but because they're showing boobs etc, they get in, whereas a hot guy who's dressed decently has to wait. (This hasn't happened to me because I don't frequent straight bars, but I've heard friends bitch about it enough...)
Slot machines EVERYWHERE, including pharmacies, grocery stores and restaurants.

Yeah... there's a ton of things wrong with this city. :\
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07/24/2008 Kate L. says:

Being jammed between all the tired and hung over people in the long security line at LAS airport on a Sunday.
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07/24/2008 Krissy "Mistress of Boredom" S. says:

I hate all those stupid call girl cards they hand out !!  

and the security line at the airport w/ EVERYONE else
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07/24/2008 Randy " -DPERL_EXPLICIT_CONTENT- g++: unrecognized -noshit" L. says:

LOL slappy cards are the best! Collect 'em all!

I'll trade you Janene for Petra!
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07/24/2008 frank w. says:

I hate the beer at the casino is $7 for a Miller Lite
I hate tipping the cab line guy, I can tell the driver my sestination.
I hate that all those long walk make my girls feet hurt, then we have to go home early.

I love everything else, except it stinks a lot
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07/24/2008 frank w. says:

I hate the beer at the casino is $7 for a Miller Lite
I hate tipping the cab line guy, I can tell the driver my destination.
I hate that all those long walk make my girls feet hurt, then we have to go home early.

I love everything else, except it stinks a lot
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07/24/2008 Blair B. says:

I hate people from California that come here with a superiority complex. Just reading the reviews on yelp is irritating ("I guess things aren't as great here as in Cali", "You can't expect the same service you get in Cali", etc, etc). Other than that I've found people here very nice.
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07/24/2008 Jessie J. says:

That's a good one..."Superiority Complex"!!!
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07/24/2008 Richard N. says:

That my car runs hotter here. Not overheating. But I can't pin it down if it's mechanical or just the new norm for the needle to ride so high.

And if I have to call my old home state "Cali" because I'm here now? Then I hate that too.

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