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Cheapo Sleep
Motel-style, with doors that open onto the parking lot. The bathroom sinks take up part of the small room. They're not particularly comfortable, nor are they all that cheap, so we can't see why you would want to stay here unless everything else is booked up or overpriced.
Decent rooms, the largest downtown, which is a plus. Furnishings are minimal and a bit worn. Tower rooms are much nicer, decorated in bright colors. They are a bit run down. Don't get us wrong, they're clean and fully functional, just not luxurious. The bathrooms are decent with a tub/shower combo and a nice sink area. The penthouse floor has a sauna and exercise room.
Old motel low-rises are scattered around the casino. They're recently repainted and spruced up outside, and only a little messy and run-down on the inside. This place will serve in a pinch, but the rooms are charmless. Rooms are small, beds are soft, and the bathrooms are minimal with a tiny sink/counter and a tub/shower.
The rooms aren't in the casino building, they are across the street in the old Nevadan. They are all small rooms; clean, minimally decorated, and without good views. Bathrooms are small, but fully functional. They basically look like what they are: old hotel rooms with fresh paint and carpets. Perfectly fine, but not as nice as new, larger rooms. And the bathrooms are tiny.
There are three different types of rooms, all named after parts of the fabulous lake out back. The first of the bunch are the Marla rooms, and they look like motel rooms from the 60s. Mostly two double beds with cheap art on the walls, an open motel-style bathroom and a couple of chairs at a small table. The Edgewood rooms have single king beds and the same cheesy old furnishings. These have slightly better views. Finally, the Glenbrook rooms are nominally the least nice. But they have exposed beam roofs, weird shingles on the walls and more of the old furnishings. These rooms are maybe a bit smaller. All rooms have irons and coffeemakers.
Nicest rooms downtown, but that's not saying a lot. the beds are super comfortable and the bedding is oo-la-la plush. All rooms have refrigerators, irons and coffee-makers. The bathrooms are average. The rooms are renovated and are quirky. The single kings are tiny, the air conditioners are antiques and many rooms don't have enough outlets. The hotel's public areas have rich woods and beautiful floors, but are beginning to show wear. The hallways and entries are well done and spacious. Half of the rooms have a nice view of the Truckee, the other half overlook a whole lotta nothin'. Rooms offer complimentary high-speed Internet, so you can gamble online!
By far the best of the bunch of the Tahoe casino resorts. All the rooms are over 500 square feet with 2 bathrooms, each of which has a telephone and a television. Why you would need two bathrooms, let alone two bathrooms with TVs in them, is so far beyond our comprehension that we won't even speculate. Just suffice it to say these are some swankalicious rooms that really don't cost much more than those at the other resorts.
Rooms are nice, but a little froofy. Where other hotels go for bland uniformity, Harvey's decorators seem to prefer curlicues and high-backed chairs. The hotel has two towers - Lake and Mountain. Rooms in the Lake Tower are much bigger and have newer furnishings than those in the Mountain tower.
The Tower is the place to be. They have something called Montego Bay rooms, but all that means is they are the old, smaller rooms from a time when the Peppermill didn't think it could be a fancy place. They have 'em dressed up nice with plasma TVs and stuff, but we still prefer the tony tower. The tower rooms are crazy funky, and very nice. The carpet and bedspreads are a shimmery dark blue. The curtains are heavy blue velvet-like material. In all, it feels like the den of a drug dealer circa "Miami Vice" and we find it fun, especially since it is all done with high-quality. The bathrooms are big but otherwise surprisingly plain. Where's the purple neon around the toilet seat?
There are three adjoining towers and the still sort of crummy, lodge. The biggest of the towers is newest and has the best rooms. They have floor to ceiling windows, two phones in the bedroom and another in the john, so if three of you want to talk at once, this hotel will accommodate. All tower rooms have big comfortable beds and a sofa, a pretty tasteful tropical theme, at least two phones, and nice, large bathrooms. The lighting is soft and adequate and the rooms are quiet. We find these to be just about the best value in rooms in town. The lodge rooms aren't as nice and reside in the older motel section out back. They'll let you bunk with your small pet in them, though. The bathrooms are smaller and not as nice, neither is the room size. But, they are dirt cheap, safe and clean.
There are three different types of rooms, all named after parts of the fabulous lake out back. The first of the bunch are the Marla rooms, and they look like motel rooms from the 60s. Mostly two double beds with cheap art on the walls, an open motel-style bathroom and a couple of chairs at a small table. The Edgewood rooms have single king beds and the same cheesy old furnishings. These have slightly better views. Finally, the Glenbrook rooms are nominally the least nice. But they have exposed beam roofs, weird shingles on the walls and more of the old furnishings. These rooms are maybe a bit smaller. All rooms have irons and coffeemakers.
The Tower is the place to be. They have something called Montego Bay rooms, but all that means is they are the old, smaller rooms from a time when the Peppermill didn't think it could be a fancy place. They have 'em dressed up nice with plasma TVs and stuff, but we still prefer the tony tower. The tower rooms are crazy funky, and very nice. The carpet and bedspreads are a shimmery dark blue. The curtains are heavy blue velvet-like material. In all, it feels like the den of a drug dealer circa "Miami Vice" and we find it fun, especially since it is all done with high-quality. The bathrooms are big but otherwise surprisingly plain. Where's the purple neon around the toilet seat?
Old motel low-rises are scattered around the casino. They're recently repainted and spruced up outside, and only a little messy and run-down on the inside. This place will serve in a pinch, but the rooms are charmless. Rooms are small, beds are soft, and the bathrooms are minimal with a tiny sink/counter and a tub/shower.
One of the better pools in town, with a nice jacuzzi and waterfalls. It's on the roof of the casino and can get crowded in the summer, but it's surrounded by more attractive people than the others in town. They offer poolside drink service and pool boys to whip with a wet towel.
A very nice indoor pool, which means you can swim even in the dead of a bitter winter. The hot tub is plenty popular, so expect to share it with roundish CEOs. The Courtyard section of the hotel has its own nice little pool as well.
They've got a big ol' indoor pool under a glass dome, which is open year-round, and an outdoor pool for those warm summer months. There's lots of room for swimming at this joint.
Grand Sierra (Other Reno)
It's a good pool, but we have seen it packed in the summer. Other than concrete and a little grass, there's not much to see. There are some trees for shade, but in the dead of summer, that space is grabbed quickly.
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