Lucas L.
Yelp
Background: this review is for the casino and the Harrah's hotel. Our stay was for 5 nights and I'm a Diamond Plus member.
Casino: It was recently renovated and it's very nice. There were a few areas in the casino floor that were sparse and empty but they plan to fill with more machines in the near future (there were signs indicating so).
There is a good variety of slots, and there are 3 outdoor areas for smoking (no smoking in main casino).
There's a nice food court, and some newer celebrity restaurants. We didn't eat there so no comment on quality.
There's a HUGE and very nice sports book area.
Being a Diamond Plus did not give me any benefits. They don't have a laurel lounge nor do they offer drink tickets. Also no food vouchers. But I did get $50 free play. Overall: 4 stars
Harrah's Hotel: First of all, room was nice. We were on the 23rd floor and had a nice city and river view. Room was spacious and clean.
BUT, we never once got our room cleaned. We've called, went downstairs to request for it, and called again, nothing. We ended up emptying our trash and placed them in the corridor. And that trash bag was retrieved in less than an hour (go figure).
Service was very unfriendly. The only pleasantry exchanged was when we first checked in. Whenever we passed by the front desk, if there were no customers, staff would congregate and chat. They would occasionally look up but went on with their conversation without any acknowledgment.
When I went downstairs to ask for housekeeping, the rep just said: I'll let them know. She did not apologize, did not call housekeeping immediately, and did not assure that it would get done. There was a supervisor (?) behind her and she was busy looking into space or other things/people.
One day when we returned to our room, a lady on our floor said she found her door opened after coming back from shopping. She called security and it took them an hour to get to her room. (We don't know what happened in the end)
On my last day, I had to leave my bags at bell desk for a few hours. After retrieving it, I found that my gift bag was "flattened" which broke the fragile glasses I had in it (and I told the staff to be careful bc it's fragile). Stay here if and only if it's free, BUT, know what you're getting yourself into.
Overall: 0 star