The Westin Lake Las Vegas Resort, NV [Master Thread]
Apr 29, 2012, 11:10 am
#46
Join Date: Apr 2009
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The Westin Las Vegas is a dark, smokey dump that is off the strip by a block. Kinda dodgey. I wouldn't return unless I was desperate to stay somewhere cheap, but didn't want to get eaten alive by bed bugs. In short, it's a poor man's Trump Hotel, which is better because it is completely non-smoking.
the Westin off the strip is a 90$ hotel. Buts its OK
I wouldn't pay over 100$
May 11, 2012, 2:28 pm
#47
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: PDX
Programs: United 1K, Starwood Platinum
Posts: 175
Westn Lake Las Vegas review..
To me this resort is a little bit of heaven! The grounds are vey well designed and the hotel lobby is very inviting, staff, consistently friendly. I had to make a trip to Vegas stayed at the Westin there a little bit of the Strip goes along way. While booking this trip I noticed a new Westin that was on Las Vegas Lake, about 18 miles from the Strip, I was impressed with the description of properly and decided to tack on a few days and check it out. The hotel offers many activities. Boating, paddling,stand up boarding as well as fishing, also there is fishing, also offered are rental bikes, bird watching walks, tennis volley ball. As for dining,there is a restaurant "Marsa"it is AAA rated a d 4 diamond restaurant. There are also terrific bars.
For those who want some pampering, there is an Aveda full service salon,
very nice~ The rates for the hotel are very reasonable, If you plan a stay in Vegas on the Strip, consider staying at this resort a night or two, I'm sure you won't regret it, If you enjoy the activites mentioned above, this is without question a hotel that is all that lovely addition to the Starwood properties. Will absolutely return
For those who want some pampering, there is an Aveda full service salon,
very nice~ The rates for the hotel are very reasonable, If you plan a stay in Vegas on the Strip, consider staying at this resort a night or two, I'm sure you won't regret it, If you enjoy the activites mentioned above, this is without question a hotel that is all that lovely addition to the Starwood properties. Will absolutely return
May 17, 2012, 7:03 pm
#48
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: LAX-- But I'd rather be on Brokeback Mountain. United 1K! Other
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Any indication that Platinum members get the $22/day resort fee waived or discounted? If not, what is the alternate amenity? (I think resorts that charge Platinum members are supposed to offer something extra...)
May 17, 2012, 7:20 pm
#49
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: KSA
Programs: Marriott AMB, Skywards Gold
Posts: 3,737
The charge for this resort is for: self parking, unlimited use of the Fitness Center and Spa Moulay (treatments are additional), toll-free calls, Intra-resort shuttle, concierge assisted boarding passes, secure golf bag storage, scheduled recreation and pool activities, High Speed Internet access (guest room only) and daily newspaper delivery.
It seems some of the stuff are free for plats and the other won't be used at all (by me). The only thing that I will be using is the parking. Seems unfair to charge me for something I will not be doing.
May 17, 2012, 9:09 pm
#50
Join Date: May 1999
Location: YEG
Posts: 1,578
i just came back from Vegas. i spent one night at this resort. i was not charged any resort fees. according to the door man self parking is free. so i parked my car and was not charged for parking. i got upgraded to a Jr. suite facing the lake. the only nice thing about this suite is the space. everything else is very poor. i mean very old dusty furniture, dirty carpet etc..
May 17, 2012, 9:34 pm
#51
Join Date: Jul 2007
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i just came back from Vegas. i spent one night at this resort. i was not charged any resort fees. according to the door man self parking is free. so i parked my car and was not charged for parking. i got upgraded to a Jr. suite facing the lake. the only nice thing about this suite is the space. everything else is very poor. i mean very old dusty furniture, dirty carpet etc..
May 17, 2012, 10:38 pm
#52
Join Date: May 1999
Location: YEG
Posts: 1,578
May 17, 2012, 11:04 pm
#53
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: KSA
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May 18, 2012, 5:04 am
#54
Join Date: May 1999
Location: YEG
Posts: 1,578
Jun 7, 2012, 1:48 am
#55
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: KSA
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Just finished my 3 night stay here and it was wonderful, I had low expectations but I really like this resort.
I was upgraded to a Deluxe King Suite which has a living room and a bedroom, the living room is as big as other smaller rooms.
The hotel has a Moroccan feeling to it, the design of the hotel from the interior is all Moroccan.
Took the option of the breakfast as an amenity and all I got was the continental breakfast worth 15 USD pp, tried to buy up to anything on the menu but I couldnt. Even though it was a win win situation in my opinion.
They have two pools one for kids and the other for adults, the kids one has a slide and there is a jacuzzi I guess for the adults. The adult pool has a jacuzzi as well but you will get some minors over there, I noticed some kids running around but when their family got the point that this is an adult pool they switched to the other one, no actually said anything to them or the other kids that were around.
The hotel has rooms for 3 different kinds of views. The worst is the parking lot, you also get views of the pool and the lake, I got the one of the lake which IMO is the best because it's quite all day, where the pool ones you can hear the pool music from your room because it was a bit loud.
I tried Marsa which was great, best sushi ever. They got one of eight sushi master chefs in the US. I will always be dissapointed going to any sushi place from now on.
The downside of the hotel is the internet, it's too slow, couldnt get a speed test as it was that slow.
At check-in I recieved a card showing what the resort charge included, I tried to waive the charge by calling the front desk but all I got is that the internet is the only free benefit fot plats which is not true, there are a bunch of them, so I had my ambassador contact the hotel and waive it for me.
All in all I really liked this hotel and for sure will return in the future.
I was upgraded to a Deluxe King Suite which has a living room and a bedroom, the living room is as big as other smaller rooms.
The hotel has a Moroccan feeling to it, the design of the hotel from the interior is all Moroccan.
Took the option of the breakfast as an amenity and all I got was the continental breakfast worth 15 USD pp, tried to buy up to anything on the menu but I couldnt. Even though it was a win win situation in my opinion.
They have two pools one for kids and the other for adults, the kids one has a slide and there is a jacuzzi I guess for the adults. The adult pool has a jacuzzi as well but you will get some minors over there, I noticed some kids running around but when their family got the point that this is an adult pool they switched to the other one, no actually said anything to them or the other kids that were around.
The hotel has rooms for 3 different kinds of views. The worst is the parking lot, you also get views of the pool and the lake, I got the one of the lake which IMO is the best because it's quite all day, where the pool ones you can hear the pool music from your room because it was a bit loud.
I tried Marsa which was great, best sushi ever. They got one of eight sushi master chefs in the US. I will always be dissapointed going to any sushi place from now on.
The downside of the hotel is the internet, it's too slow, couldnt get a speed test as it was that slow.
At check-in I recieved a card showing what the resort charge included, I tried to waive the charge by calling the front desk but all I got is that the internet is the only free benefit fot plats which is not true, there are a bunch of them, so I had my ambassador contact the hotel and waive it for me.
All in all I really liked this hotel and for sure will return in the future.
Jul 7, 2012, 12:59 pm
#56
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Italy 90% - Rest of the World 10%
Programs: Marriott + Hilton. Fly BA and AZ
Posts: 2,912
i just came back from Vegas. i spent one night at this resort. i was not charged any resort fees. according to the door man self parking is free. so i parked my car and was not charged for parking. i got upgraded to a Jr. suite facing the lake. the only nice thing about this suite is the space. everything else is very poor. i mean very old dusty furniture, dirty carpet etc..
How far (by car) is it from the Strip? 15 minutes?
Jul 7, 2012, 1:00 pm
#57
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Italy 90% - Rest of the World 10%
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Posts: 2,912
Just finished my 3 night stay here and it was wonderful, I had low expectations but I really like this resort.
I was upgraded to a Deluxe King Suite which has a living room and a bedroom, the living room is as big as other smaller rooms.
The hotel has a Moroccan feeling to it, the design of the hotel from the interior is all Moroccan.
Took the option of the breakfast as an amenity and all I got was the continental breakfast worth 15 USD pp, tried to buy up to anything on the menu but I couldnt. Even though it was a win win situation in my opinion.
They have two pools one for kids and the other for adults, the kids one has a slide and there is a jacuzzi I guess for the adults. The adult pool has a jacuzzi as well but you will get some minors over there, I noticed some kids running around but when their family got the point that this is an adult pool they switched to the other one, no actually said anything to them or the other kids that were around.
The hotel has rooms for 3 different kinds of views. The worst is the parking lot, you also get views of the pool and the lake, I got the one of the lake which IMO is the best because it's quite all day, where the pool ones you can hear the pool music from your room because it was a bit loud.
I tried Marsa which was great, best sushi ever. They got one of eight sushi master chefs in the US. I will always be dissapointed going to any sushi place from now on.
The downside of the hotel is the internet, it's too slow, couldnt get a speed test as it was that slow.
At check-in I recieved a card showing what the resort charge included, I tried to waive the charge by calling the front desk but all I got is that the internet is the only free benefit fot plats which is not true, there are a bunch of them, so I had my ambassador contact the hotel and waive it for me.
All in all I really liked this hotel and for sure will return in the future.
I was upgraded to a Deluxe King Suite which has a living room and a bedroom, the living room is as big as other smaller rooms.
The hotel has a Moroccan feeling to it, the design of the hotel from the interior is all Moroccan.
Took the option of the breakfast as an amenity and all I got was the continental breakfast worth 15 USD pp, tried to buy up to anything on the menu but I couldnt. Even though it was a win win situation in my opinion.
They have two pools one for kids and the other for adults, the kids one has a slide and there is a jacuzzi I guess for the adults. The adult pool has a jacuzzi as well but you will get some minors over there, I noticed some kids running around but when their family got the point that this is an adult pool they switched to the other one, no actually said anything to them or the other kids that were around.
The hotel has rooms for 3 different kinds of views. The worst is the parking lot, you also get views of the pool and the lake, I got the one of the lake which IMO is the best because it's quite all day, where the pool ones you can hear the pool music from your room because it was a bit loud.
I tried Marsa which was great, best sushi ever. They got one of eight sushi master chefs in the US. I will always be dissapointed going to any sushi place from now on.
The downside of the hotel is the internet, it's too slow, couldnt get a speed test as it was that slow.
At check-in I recieved a card showing what the resort charge included, I tried to waive the charge by calling the front desk but all I got is that the internet is the only free benefit fot plats which is not true, there are a bunch of them, so I had my ambassador contact the hotel and waive it for me.
All in all I really liked this hotel and for sure will return in the future.
Jul 7, 2012, 4:55 pm
#58
Join Date: May 1999
Location: YEG
Posts: 1,578
Jul 8, 2012, 8:29 am
#60
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Italy 90% - Rest of the World 10%
Programs: Marriott + Hilton. Fly BA and AZ
Posts: 2,912
Thanks for the info and I post back^