Room Quality: The rooms are decent sized, but the angled windows allow each room to have a decent view of the mountains and downtown. Furnishings are worn out, but not as much as the ancient bedspreads. Bathrooms are standard with a sink in the hallway and nother in the tiny room with toilet and tub/shower combo. The colors aren't nearly as gaudy green as in the casino, but they still look like the afterthought of a designer in 1980. The elevators are one notch slower than molasses. Also, some poor television left its babies inthe room. These tiny things can't surely be full-grown.

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Service Quality: The employees are quite friendly, especially in the casino. This is not a fancy hotel, though, and some requests from your room may take a while to be answered.

What You Get Bottles of in the Bathroom: Shampoo magically packaged intoa laeprechaun sized (but not shaped) bottle. Otherwise, soap.

Clientele: A very middle-class clientele, mostly regulars who have made Fitzgerald's their home in Reno because they get so many free room offers.

How's the Pool? No pool. About the closest you'll find is the occasional puddle of rain water on Virginia Street.

Table Games: There are not a lot of tables, about 20 total, and they are split between the first and second floors. We found blackjack, craps, roulette, Let it Ride and Reno's favorite game, 3-card poker.

Bet Minimums: Single deck blackjack for $5, double down on any two, dealers hit the soft 17, those meanies. Let it Ride is $5, craps at $5 with double odds, roulette dollar chips, 3-Card Poker $5.

Machines: A poor and limited selection of VP, lots of quarter and nickel slot machines, and plenty of dollars around the Lucky Forest. The overall selection of games is limited, with a lot of older machines. There is a whole section called the Nickel Zone where you can rub elbows with other nickel nuts. If you want to believe the Fitzgerald's own advertising, their games are unbelievably loose.

Cocktails? Not as great as other places. You can still get drunk, but it might take a little longer. Because the casino floors are small, you can flag down a waitress with a well-timed belch.

Who Gets Comps? This place gives out a lot of gimmicky stuff such as pens and caps and the like, but the slot club isn't particularly generous for cash back. If you rack up enough "Lucky Bucks" you can use them for hotel services, and the more you get, the more the hotel likes you. They do send out lots of mailers for free rooms.

Limerick Pub and Grill: Pasta, limited seafood, the ever-present prime rib and a smattering of genuine Irish foods. If you have never had Irish cuisine, we highly recommend it before a night of heavy drinking. Those starchy potatoes soak up a lot of booze. The special is a complete prime rib dinner for under ten bucks, and it usually gets good reviews.

Lord Fitzgerald's Feast and Merriment Buffet: Is it closed? It is sometimes in the winter and other slow times. When it is open we say: gack. The Fitz has a cheap buffet, but it ain't much to write home about - except maybe a note to tell the folks you've been rushed to the hospital to have your stomach pumped. Okay, it won't make you physically ill, but you'll be disappointed by the poor quality and limited selection. Prices are usually a buck or two lower than other buffets, though, which is why you might run into us there.

Molly's Garden Restaurant: The only way a garden would grow in this coffee shop would be if a mad scientist made plants that thrive on mediocre American fare. Meats and greens dinners are inexpensive, but they are also sort of like eating at a Coco's. If you just want to stuff your belly without regard to quality, go for it.

Live Lounge Acts: When they do have performers, they tend to be tepid one-or two-person acts. The musicians keep looking you in the eyes, which we find kind of depressing.

Lucky Forest: Really, this is the waiting line for getting you to join their slot club, Still there are a few interesting luck related artifacts mixed in among the fake trees. Rub buddha's belly. That dude loved hot rolls at the craps table almost as much as inner peace.

Number of TVs: Eight of them newfangled color televisions that the kids are always talking about, but not a one of them is a big screen job. They're scattered about the adjacent bar and all dedicated to sports since this ain't no race book.

Number of Seats: A total of eight seats, so don't come here if you want to watch sports with your softball team. None of the seats are reserved, neither are they comfortable.

How Many Betting Windows? One, and the employee behind it looked awful lazy.

Snack Bar? No, but there is a bar next door, and a little booze might make the chairs seem more comfortable.

Minimum Wager: The minimum wager is $5. Figure that even if you lose, it's still a better investment than the buffet.

Other Notes: This is a tiny book, hidden in a corner of the second floor. Look real closely if you want to find it. Although, why would you?