Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino

Service was fine, rooms were big, and pool was nice. Far off strip, did have shuttle, otherwise $10-each way to strip by taxi. SMOKEY! VERY VERY SMOKEY. I could hardly breathe in the Rio. Other hotels seemed less smokey. Would not stay here agian. Bad location if you want to see the strip or go shopping. Showers were horrible, wall paper was peeling .

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It isnt too far away from the strip but if you dont have a car or if you dont feel like driving your car because you may be partying, its not worth the wait for the shuttle. Next time I would rather be in the middle of the strip rather than off the strip. We drove and it was so complicated to get to the hotel, and once you are in the hotel if you are in the masquerade towers, it is that much more confusing just to get to the elevators...it was just too much unnecessary walking. I would rate it a 2 overall.

We used self-parking and had difficulty finding the registration desk; elevators to rooms were hard to find; all the resturants were prohibitively expensive for us, and leaving hotel for meals required either a shuttle or a long walk across the interstate highway and beyond. I was disappointed that I had to pay a $10.00 fee to use the internet. The room itself was large and gave us a great view of the city, especially at night. Great food at great prices, one of Vegas's one-time claim to fame, is definitely a thing of the past.

Went for Halloween! On the upside, no onewas upset about the condition I was in most of the time. Plus I got a huge room. Houskeeping was zealous, in fact they came in and cleaned despite the don't disturb sign outside the door- that freaked me out! That was nerve racking, but nothing has turnedup missing. The bartenders are too busy staring at their registers or chatting with other staff to take a drink order, so waiting at an empty bar can take a long time. The restraunts are only open at specific times, specifically not most of the time it seemed, except for the AABG which was open all night. This is a problem because the hotel is still too far away from its neighbor much less the strip to accomodate a proper, short, stumble. Casino waitresses are delightfully undressed, but this does not make up for a lack of consistant dining options, a lack of a hot tub, or the pool being closed except on saturday and sunday. This is a great hotel if you plan to spend little time in it. And the All American Bar and Grill is exceptable at 3:30 in the morning. Gift shop had reasonably priced booze, as well as food in many simpler forms.

Discounting the very noisy room and the Rio's inability to move us after making a request on the second day, this must be the oddest hotel room I have stopped in. The rooms are huge but are not furnished to suit, a massive television which is at right angles to the seating area and the bed cannot be viewed from either. Also the room is fitted out with a kitchen sink, why? If you want access to the rest of Las Vegas it is a 15 minute walk to the strip so think carefully before booking here you would most probably be better going on the strip for an ordinary room not a suite at the Rio. Will not be going back. PS Las Vegas is great

The room was fine - spacious and clean. We've been to Vegas many times the week before Christmas, and in all the other hotels, the buffets and other restaurants were all open for all meals. No so at the Rio. We had to leave the hotel for most meals because of the lack of choices....most notably, the "World Famous Buffet," was not open for Breakfast 2 of the 3 mornings we were there. We did have dinner at the Buffet the 1st night and the wait was ridiculous - considering that there were DOZENS of empty tables once we got inside. The food was very mediocre - definitely, not worth the wait.

The service was SLOW, unfriendly... NO one cared... The fire alarm went off at 2am- It was LOUD and TOTALLY obnoxious. They couldn't get it together to turn it off. And then finally, after 1/2 hour, it shut off. It was such an embarrassing place to take my aunt to. Shower curtains had mold, plumbing was awful, toilet was difficult to flush, and housekeeping had issues with bringing us extra blankets and towels. To top it off... the food/restaurants at this HOTEL were GOD AWFUL. Service was BAAAAADDDD. We waited 45 minutes for fast food chinese, only to get hair with out food and no apologies for it.

Rio Hotel was good, far more than expected comparing it from another hotel in Las Vegas. They even have a boutique selling very cheap souvenir items like shirts and all. But what I didn't like about Rio is that they don't offer free internet, whether wi-fi or data cable access. I think it is the only hotel that offer the service for a fee, $14 per day; From my previous hotel same week, the wi-fi service is free or you can choose to have the high speed connection for business purpose for only $7 during the entire stay. When I inquired about why the service is not free, they said it's because I only paid $50 for deposit. (which is the amount they required, had I known, then I could have paid for $100 to get internet acces.)

The housekeeping staff was world class .The rest of the hotel staff needs coustomer service lesson. The check in clerk was extremly disrespectful. the bartenders were to busy B.S. with the cocktail waitress to provide service. the gaming was fun and the staff was freindly. resturants food quility good portains adiquite.