Have stayed twice, Oct. and Nov of 2011 and would stay again. It is an older place, but we knew that going in. Remember, you get what you pay for, it isn't fancy but is neat and clean. Enjoyed being able to park close and keep an eye on the car.

Lets just start off by saying, its cheap. If it wasn't cheap then no one would go there.

Its not a hotel, its definitely a motel...and its old.

The good: cheap, free wifi, free parking.

It was quiet while we were there (most people were staying in the real hotel). In fact, we were a little isolated back there. We didn't see any bugs. The rooms were cleaned daily.

The bad: the drains were plugged up, the furniture is old, the carpet is worn out, the building is out in the back lot of the hotel.

The gym at circus is old with worn out machines.

The line up to the front desk is the longest that i've ever seen--its like an airport.

The hotel's location is far away from the centre of the strip.

What really bothered us was the smoking--everywhere--the lobby, the casino, the restaurants....

The manor motor lodge is a 2 storey buidling on the opposite side of the road from the main hotel, we did not choose this but it worked well becuase we were visiting friends and they could park outside each day to pick us up. However, parking in the hotels is easily accessible, plentiful and free.
We had stayed here before in the main tower, so we knew in advance that this Hotel itself is by no means plush, so if you want luxury choose somewhere else, if you want a big room and the basics then its fine.
Dissapointing on arrival that we our room had not been cleaned fully, it looked as though the maid had been distracted halfway through, the carpet was not vacumed, the fridge still had food remains of the previous guests, and there was rubbish in one of the drawers. We did report this to reception, but the time it would have taken for someone to come and sort this out would have meant us staying in the room, and as we were fighting off the jet lag and wanted to keep on the move, we found a vacum cleaner and sorted it out ourselves. The bathroom and toilet were v clean and that was the important part for us,also clean sheets and good pillows. we did notice a sweet stuck to the bed spread! but again just took the covers off and got on with it. Once we got this sorted the room was great with all the things we needed. comfotable queens size beds, fridge almost full size, ironing board and iron, and decent hairdryer that actually blows hot air! it was cleaned well each day with fresh towels daily.
There are plenty of places to eat in the hotel although we only used the deli 1 day for breakfast preferring to venture out to places with more pleasant surroundings. Interestingly smoking is allowed in all the casinos, and it makes you realise how lovely it is here at home to have a smoke free zone when you are eating.
The circus acts are fun to see and run until 10.30pm, nothing specctacular but worth looking at.
there is a 2:1 offer on a different beer each night, but if you can stand the 'smell' of the casino hall, which unlike the other is rather smelly, you can take the bottles back to your room.
There is a bus service for $7 all day ticket or $5 for 2 hours, that takes you up the strip and you can hop on and off as you please, the taxi is around $10 to $15 from hotel to Mandalay Bat right at the other end of the strip.
As ;long as you go prepared that this is not luxury in any way, then you will be okay.

Stayed her on October 10, 2011. This is a motel setting close to the Main Circus Circus area. close parking to your room so you don't have to drag luggate etc from the larger parking garage. Nice large clean rooms with new furniture, refrigerator and microwave plus lock box. I paid 28.00 + 7.95 resort charge (which gives you WiFi among other things) + hotel tax or a total of $40.26 for 2 people. can't beat that in Vegas.
The coupoun pack they give you was mostly worthless for us but probably good for families with young kids because it includes a couple of adventure rides in the main tent.