For $28, I'm not sure my expectations were ever very high.  This is the kind of place where you can hear your neighbors having late-night sex (wait, that's probably just Vegas), the pillows smell like they haven't been thoroughly washed, and you see high-heeled girls getting into dark pimped-out cars at 6am.  But it's cheap, and the kids love the Midway - we spent an entire afternoon playing the games there, helped out by $5 off each person's ticket that came with our hotel room. The gambling itself is OK, and we didn't try any of the food.  It set us back about $15 each time we cabbed to either the main part of the strip or old town Vegas, so you have to factor that into your overall cost (it's a 3+ mile walk otherwise, in a not so great part of town).  Would I come back?  Well, it depends on what kind of vacation I wanted.  For a total experience, probably a nicer hotel would be my choice, but if I want to optimize for spending my money gambling or shopping, I have no pride about staying in a place like this - why not?  Just turn the pillow over - the other side is probably cleaner.