Originally Posted by
The_Diamond_Z
Part of it is that I've been to Vegas a few times (albeit a long time ago) and my thinking was hotels/restaurants etc on the Strip are 24 hour operations whereas off site will likely be normal business hours.
I'm hoping to be on location for sunrise/sunset so mealtime and sleep time might be at odd hours. This is, of course, wishful thinking on my part - there's a pretty good chance I'll just be asleep.
I'm looking at a couple of hotels in the Lake Las Vegas area...the Hilton in particular. Any comments/feedback would be welcomed
Even on the Strip, most of the good restaurants and buffets are not at all 24-hour operations. There are some late-night exceptions (Wolfgang Puck at MGM), but mostly they want you back out gambling, or so the tired-out thinking goes.
Red Rock is a very nice property just a 10-minute drive from Red Rock Canyon (not surprisingly...), and there's plenty of off-property restaurants in that area with late-night options. Same for Green Valley Ranch in Henderson. M Resort is nice enough, and right off I-15, but not much else is near it.