text: Las Vegas is not a destination place for me but when I do pass through I want to have a pleasant experience I selected the Luxor for practical reasons First it is only a few short minutes from the airport so no long slow drive down the strip is necessary to get there Second the rates were midrange and I concluded I would not be stuck in a dive hoping for a modest level of qualitynnThe reality A few surprises I will give the Luxor high marks for its allday buffet I was part of a large group of family members and we literally stuffed ourselves on very respectable food from breakfast to dinner If you purchase an all day buffet plan you can come in from am pm and eat all you can desire of fresh pleasant noncheap tasting fare Let us face it There are a wide array of scary buffets of questionable content in LV but the Luxor is not one of them They are providing basic good food per person for allday buffetnnThere were five adult men in my group and they were in heaven The waiter became our friend we tipped generously and brought us refills of drinks until we left A new friend was made He is vacationing in San Diego next monthnnMy room was clean if not memorable and the sheets most importantly were fresh Las Vegas is infamous for NOT changing sheets after each guest in many of even the larger nicer hotels It was appalling however that no papers are delivered to rooms you get a paper with your room but you have to go get it somewhere in the hotel and there is no way to heat water for a cup of herbal tea in the evening or coffee for those of you who drink it I do not I felt the bathroom was not as immaculate as I would like it but again I was thankful for clean sheets My sons room it should be noted had a very worn outlooking bed sunken in the middle and seemingly dead springsan embarrassment for the hotel His room was in the pyramid which meant to get to it you take a ride on a diagonal elevator When you get off you feel a bit tipsy which is funny to some and to others a scene right out of Mel Brooks film classic High Anxiety nnOn the positive side I like the convenience of valet service in front of the hotel You only need to tip the valet as there is no charge for hotel guests So given this I wonder why people take the two mile hike to the back parking lot to park their cars nnLast comment Some hotels have engineered cleaner air in their casinos I think the Luxor has it only partially figured out By the end of my stay my clothes smelled like a bar and I had a whopping headache For the smokesensitive this hotel is not your choice I would suggest Caesars Palace for a better breathing experience