Would definitely stay here again!
I have mostely likes about this hotel:
I was a little leary of the area. There are strip clubs and adult "bookstores" nearby but you are in Vegas, not Disneyland. I felt safe and treated with kind people from the moment that we pulled into the parking lot. It is located just North of the Stratusphere, but South of the "Downtown strip" area. There is a Denny's right up the road if you want familiar food. Otherwise there are some local Mexican Restaurants nearby as well. The Hotel was clean and had friendly staff. The room was a smoking room but did not smell of smoke the whole 3 days we were there. The bed was very firm so my husband liked it, good for the back! The bathroom had a full size tub so that when you took a shower, you had room to turn around. Large TV with remote that worked great. Not too noisy at night. In fact, we were there on the weekend of some motorcycle rally and even then, I got a good night's rest. Their breakfast items that were free was assorted muffins or bagels, coffee or juice. Not bad considering we paid only $78 for 2 nights and that is considerably less than just one night up the road.
The only dislikes that I had were that there weren't any alarm clocks in the room. It is ok if you use your cell phone for the time and to wake you up in the morning. The airconditioner was cold but loud. It had a sort of "grinding" noise, but as I stated before, I still slept well. There was 2 problems in the bathroom: 1) was a line of mold about the length of a crayon behind the bathroom door. It wasn't near the tub so I was ok with that. and 2) whomever glued the sink to the base in the bathroom didn't do a very good job cleaning up the drips because as you sat on the toilet, the view you had was dried glue that looked like someone blew their nose in their hands and wiped it under the sink. I was even fine with that if I looked the other way.
All and all, I would absolutely stay here again and am recommending this hotel for a great value in Vegas.
Thank you Econo Lodge for making our weekend getaway a wonderful experience!