Non suite rooms are relatively large at 550 sf, clean and nicely decorated with a large floor to ceiling window. One drawback for some is the curtain does not entirely block out the light so one helpful hint if this is a potential problem is to bring along some masking tape. Room amenities include a 42’ LED TV, coffee maker, safe, hair dryer and ironing board/iron. I have checked numerous hotel consolidator websites and consistently get the best rates by booking directly. The hotel offers periodic room sales so sign-up for email notification. The lowest priced rooms are on floors 1-10 with only rooms on floors 9-10 offering a view.

We have dined at the Garden Buffet for breakfast, lunch and dinner in the past and only would recommend the breakfast. The price for breakfast with slot card is only $6.45 and represents a bargain, but we always combine it with the 50% off coupon from the funbook. In 2011 a free Bloody Mary was added. On our last morning we were in a rush to catch our plane so were the first in line waiting for it to open. I quickly downed OJ, fresh fruit with yogurt, easy over eggs, corned beef hash and some breakfast tatas. Quality was pretty good and the various options including breakfast pizza, Mexican and some Chinese should please most people.

Though the South Point has been our "home" casino for several years, we had never dined at the Big Sur Oyster Bar before. On this trip I noticed a sign advertising $7.95 luncheon specials available Monday through Thur from opening until 4PM. My wife chose shrimp jambalaya while the pasta primavera with shrimp was my dining destination. Each of the dishes were very fresh tasting and a return engagement is promised.

We have dined at Don Vito's numerous times. Though we typically take a pass on the bread basket when dining out, we make an exception at this restaurant because of the accompanying EVO, sundried tomato, spices and roasted garlic dipping sauce – so good! Entrée prices include a choice of soup or salad. On our last visit my wife wisely ordered the delicious minestrone while received a rather blah house salad. We ordered our usual eggplant Parmesan that is baked with marinara sauce, mozzarella and ricotta. This dish melts in your mouth and, even though I was not overly hungry, I managed to finish every morsel. The accompanying penne with marinara was pretty good as well though we barely nibbled on it. Neither of us could handle dessert, but we had free dessert coupons from the fun books received at check-in so we asked to have ours packaged up for later consumption. These turned out to be very large and runny, but they tasted pretty good.

Great place. Slots are tight, but not as bad as the heart of the strip. Food was good. If the aroma of horses offends you, you may have a problem in the casino, but the restaurants are fine. I loved the place as my wife and I rented a car and we could avoid the madness of the in town strip. Didn't play the tables- gave up on cards since the days of single deck 3/2 BJ many moons ago.