First time in Vegas for the hubby’s birthday,, We like historic hotels so booked one of the ‘original 47’ rooms at El Cortez, which is in an amazing location near Freemont street and walking distance to the cool arts district. The first room we got had not been cleaned properly so we were switched to a different room but the safe was not working in that room even after they quickly sent security to try and repair it. We had dinner reservations so were worried about making it to dinner on time but the manager on duty, Mary, was awesome and made it right by immediately switching us to a third room down the hall which was clean with a working safe. We loved the retro vibes and could not hear any noise from the street. Just a heads up that you have to request housekeeping, we didn’t know (but didn’t really need it since we were switched to a room with 2 beds and so just switched between beds). When we called to inquire about why we didn’t have housekeeping, they explained that it has to be requested and then offered to bring us some fresh towels which was really all we needed and brought them to us straight away. The El Cortez casino is really fun, also with cool vintage vibes except for the modern bathrooms at the casino which were spotless! Friendly staff throughout the hotel, highly recommend.