text: Ahhh The Flamingo Hotel Las Vegas First time here will probably be the last and let me tell you whynn The car park is around the back of the hotel with no front entrance that I saw Given the huge increase in LV traffic good luck in finding the parking garage if you get stuck on the strip Do what I did turn right onto Flamingo Blvd and then cut across lanes of traffic into The Cromwells parking garage and from there cut a sharp left into a back alley and drive until you find accidentally completely by chance the back entrance to the Flamingos parking garage Extra points if you do NOT get a ticket hit a taxi or drive the wrong way down a one way street Of course now that I have been to the Flamingo I know the score Grade Dnn Arrive at check in after a long car drive and be greeted by the biggest Ahole the Flamingos HR department could find Benjamin the desk clerk a short chubby balding snippy jerk with darting reptilian eyes will make you feel super welcome and not at all turned off by his bitchy behavior If you are lucky he might even condescendingly insult members of your party too Right to their faces Although I would have to say that Benjamins the lucky one here the men in the party wanted to kick him in the nuts but I would not let them I will however say that the next two desk clerks I dealt with were both very nice ladies Benjamin however succeeded grandly in angering members of our party which basically put a damper on the entire days we stayed initially people wanted to immediately go find another room in another hotel but that was not possible Thanks solely to Benjamin I give the check in process a Grade F Thanks to you Ben we probably will never returnnn ROOM PROS The bathtub drained well Plenty of towels and supplies Strong water pressure painful like a fire hose Comfortable beds made up with decent sheets etc Hardly heard any noise from adjoining rooms which was nice no flushing toilets running water stomping yelling etc Great mirror coverage in the bathroom big mirror above the sink fabulous full length wide mirror on the far end bathroom wall Very comfortable air conditioning breezynnROOM CONS Our rooms were dirty I can say with certainty the floor probably was not vacuumed properly or mopped for at least weeks Lots of dust and hair on the floors behind the TV cabinet desk and armchair floor was quite grotty in fact Rug although grey and black was obviously stained and grubby Bathrooms in dire need of an upgrade above our bath was a metal rusty stained trap door of sorts hardly up market Lousy free TV selection Lampshades with big holes in themnn Very expensive snack shops you will pay for a can of Coors and for a bottle of water Elsewhere in the hotel I paid for a can of Coorsnn Crappy pool it is a trek to get there too at least from where Benjamin put us way the heck back in the hotel with nothing but a brick wall for a view Grade Dnn Elevators that kept breaking down On the occasions that we actually stepped into an elevator without a maintenance man in it the sounds coming from the elevator shaft were enough to bring on panic attacks and sudden frights The last thing I want to hear while riding an elevator is loud CLANGS THUDS and other strange noises Everyone riding with us was freaking out Grade FnnCONCLUSION I wanted a hotel right in the middle of the strip for a decent rate I got the location and I paid around night per room I was not expecting decadent luxury but I DO expect a clean room and a nice bathroom The Flamingo gives off an old and tired vibe dentures and stale cigarette smoke sort of vibe I guess I can live with that but I CANNOT live with rude Ahole customer service Benjamin really did ruin our first night in Vegas with his nasty manner because it was so unexpected Dude if you hate your job that much LEAVE No one will miss you And solely because of you my next trip to Vegas will be spent at either The Cromwell Harrahs Paris or Planet HollywoodnnOVERALL GRADE OUT OF