text: There are good points and bad points about the Flamingo I will list the good pointsnLocation this is on the center strip which is close to a lot of other hotels for shows conferencesnMargaritaville A nice restaurant with an upper deck viewnThe garden The garden has Flamingoes and is very peacefulnThe staff very nice politenCons This hotel reeks of smoke everywhere I used to smoke so I understand and am not condemning But when you ask for a nonsmoking room it should not smell like someone has nuck into your room and is hiding to smoke a cigarette This resulted in a miserable stay allergies nIf you are catching an airport shuttle in you will have to walk a block with your baggage to the hotel back entrance nThere was a roach near the ice machinebut this may be secondary to the fact that someone dumped a salad on the floor and it sat there for two daysafter all natural selection dictates that you need to do what you can to surviveand this roach was doing what he could to get to that saladnWhen the room was booked I booked a room with a refrigerator and was provided with a styrofoam coolern There was a leak in the first room This leak was coming through the light fixture in the bathroom This was due to a problem with something upstairs The room was put out of order which meant that baggage and belongings had to be carried to another room