We use Las Vegas just for overnights, and have never been happy with where we've stayed: Either too sketchy, too drab, too smelly or too loud. Until we stumbled upon this Hilton Garden. It's perfect: Staff are nice, rooms are lovely, widows open for a bit of fresh air and there's no moldy/perfumey/sweaty odors. And it was a decent price, to boot. It's close to car returns and the airport and the gentleman who drove the shuttle was a gem. I'm rarely so happy with a hotel.

Stayed here on Memorial Day weekend, the start of a 12 day trip through Grand Canyon and Southern Utah. This Garden Inn was a great deal - only $119 a night for 2 queens. Great bedding, quiet, breakfast decent at $10 a person for the hot food buffet. Quite easy to get to from the new rental car location in Vegas - follow signs for the Strip, turn left instead of right, and it is about a mile down the road. Too cool when we were there to use the pool, but it looked nice (not real big, but well taken care of). Minor problem was one elevator of the 2 was not operating.

Easy to drive down the Strip to Mandalay or Luxor and park in their garages to walk that end of the Strip. There is a shuttle offered from the hotel for free to Mandalay Bay for those without cars or who want to save gas. As others have mentioned, right next to the Outlet Mall and a variety of restaurants (there is also a restaurant in the hotel which did a surprisingly nice job on dinner our first night there).

I stayed on Saturday and paid US$99 excluding tax. Excellent place to stay. Quite surprised by the excellent condition of the rooms. Towels are clean. Bed is clean. No smoke smell in rooms. Rooms are quite spacious. Near Las Vegas Outlet Center if you like shopping. Came with wifi, aircon and heater. Bathroom was also good. Free parking. No casino below meant that I didn't have to walk through the cigarette smoke. No breakfast, but you can eat at the Las Vegas Outlet Center, which we did.

Stayed here one night while attending a concert across the street at the Hard Rock Casino.

My only real complaint was the hallway had a not-so-nice smell. However, the room was clean and comfortable. The beds were great. Tiny bathroom but good shower with curved shower rod and good water pressure. Marble top sink is in the bedroom. Do not expect overboard amenities---there was shampoo & conditioner and soap, plus a hair dryer. Same rough white towels you find everywhere.

There is a sitting area when you first enter the room, with a sofabed, small desk and wet bar. A very large flat screen TV separates the sitting area from the beds (we had a double-double). The TV pulls out and pivots slightly so you can watch it in bed.

There is no restaurant or casino on site, but you can buy food in the lobby. They also serve a free continental breakfast. There is a great German beer hall restaurant right next door which was a lot of fun and had very authentic food. Also, the Hard Rock is catty-corner from the hotel.

The free shuttle to the airport only runs once per hour, but you are literally two minutes from McCarren.

If you are in Vegas to live it up, this may not be the place for you. It is more suited to the business traveler or someone on a short stay who doesn't want the madness of a big casino-hotel.