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The Summit At Grand Sierra
Sep 23, 2009 by Carisa from Milwaukie,OR

Overall Rating: 10

• Our room was beyond our expectations - beautiful, clean, and roomy!

“I found the Grand Sierra to be a classy difference from the other casino/hotels we visited while in reno. The open space, beautiful lighting and layout for comfort was all beyond our expectations. This place is classy and we will be back to spend some more time there! Thanks so much for a great experience!”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Sep 21, 2009 by Emily from Ogden,UT

Overall Rating: 9

• Clean and elegant for a casino hotel.
• Rooms are very dark--dark-lit and dark decorations.

“This is a great hotel for people who don't like the traditional casino scene, it's not trashy, dirty, or obnoxious. There are many family-friendly activities like bowling and mini golf. The restaurants are fantastic.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Sep 20, 2009 by Rod from Havilah,CA

Overall Rating: 7

• Location and comfort.

“Good atmosphere, restaurant was staffed well and had good service. Food was above average. As in most hotels in Reno and Las Vegas smoking is permitted every where.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Sep 19, 2009 by Dan from Klamath Falls,OR

Overall Rating: 7

• Room was well appointed - bed was comfortable.
• Casino environment, air always had hint of cigarettes.

“Room was nicely equipped, clean and comfortable, though showing signs of wear due to age. This is a casino and the air was always a little stale with a hint of cigarette smoke. Have to walk a considerable distance when leaving or arriving.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Sep 11, 2009 by Marco from Daly City,CA

Overall Rating: 9

• The room.
• Dark hallway.

“Great hotel, would recommend to other people.”

Century Park Lane 16
Aug 27, 2009 by Guest from Seattle

Overall Rating: 10

• I liked the price, nice theater.
• Located in a rebuilding location, kind of hard to find right now.

“They give Senior Discounts, $6.00 for a flick on a hot afternoon. Cool!”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Aug 22, 2009 by Rebekah from Reno,NV

Overall Rating: 10

• The room was amazing and the hotel staff and the restaurant staff exceeded our expectations. Food was also great.
• Nothing.

“Would recommend this hotel to everyone.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Aug 11, 2009 by Rhonda from Bourbonnais,IL

Overall Rating: 10

• The room was GREAT!
• There was smoking everywhere because of the casinos.

“The hotel was fabulous with many activities for children and adults.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Jul 12, 2009 by from Central Point,OR

Overall Rating: 8

• Room and facilities were excellent.
• Very large, ask for a floor plan so you don't get lost.

“Excellent room and very good price through priceline. The interior of the room was a little dark. While checking in the clerk's people skill were off. We went to the automated wine bar. It was a very interesting gimmick but it took all of the personality out of wine tasting. When looking at the costs of the wine by the ounce, sometimes you were paying 15.00 per glass. Great gaming open spaces.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Jun 25, 2009 by Tammy from Tacoma,WA

Overall Rating: 8

• The beds were very comfortable.
• The hallways were very dark.

“Overall I liked this hotel the only problems I had was the air conditioner did work that well, and I got food poisoning the last night of my stay. Other than that It was good.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Jun 23, 2009 by Jack from Laguna Niguel,CA

Overall Rating: 6

• It was in a convenient location to where I needed to be.
• It was very dark - poor lighting in lobbies and in room.

“It was OK.”

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The Summit At Grand Sierra
May 13, 2009 by Diana Smith from Orem,UT

Overall Rating: 10

• All room are non smoking.
• Parking, and could not find luggage racks.

“Overall, we had a great experience and would stay here again.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Apr 24, 2009 by Lilette from Winters,CA

Overall Rating: 8

• Nice amenities in the room.
• Pillows were too hard.

“We stay in this hotel every time we go to Reno because it has everything from a resort class spa to a movie theater. It's also very family friendly.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Apr 24, 2009 by Kiersten from Seattle,WA

Overall Rating: 7

• The room was very nice and comfortable.
• Location, I would rather be downtown in Reno.

“The Summit was very nice, the room was great. The only downfall is location, I prefer to be downtown in Reno.”

Wilbur D. May Museum and Aboretum
Apr 1, 2009 by Susan from Halfway

Overall Rating: 9

• The folks that were in charge were are friendly and it is just a great place.
• NA.

“I have been to this museum on two different occasions. I have been impressed both times. I will be traveling there in 4 days and I am excited that the three people I am traveling with will see the museum for the first time. My son was 15 at that time and he had a great time there. It's wonderful.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Mar 27, 2009 by James from San Jose,CA

Overall Rating: 9

• The suite's layout.

“This hotel is nice, the only problem we had was that the restaurants closed earlier than we thought and the one that was open later did not have enough servers. Parking is not the most convenient.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Feb 25, 2009 by Lyn from Sunnyvale,CA

Overall Rating: 10

• It was well appointed, there was plenty to keep us all busy.
• The room was a little dark.

“Beautiful hotel. Plenty to do from indoor golf and skeet shooting, shuffle board, lazier tag, go-cart racing, shopping, gambling, elegant dining at a reasonable price. What is there not to like?”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Feb 19, 2009 by Amanda from Kuna,ID

Overall Rating: 10

• Clean, comfortable and very nice.
• Nothing.

“I feel comfortable bringing my kids to this resort, you are allowed pets and the hotel is the cleanest I have ever been in. The restaurants are nice a little spendy but wonderful. The gambling is a little tight but we didn't go to gamble so we had fun in our room.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Jan 4, 2009 by Richard from Riverbank,CA

Overall Rating: 9

• Room was very nice with great view.
• Smoking is very offensive.

“Very nice hotel. The summit room was especially nice.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Nov 6, 2008 by Kathie

Overall Rating: 2

• Well for the room part it was great. The bed was too hard and stuffy that we ended up sleeping on the couch.
  
• The security was very poor, there was people running yelling and fighting outside our room, and security did nothing even after a phone call.
  

“The room was great and the staff as of the valet guys and floor (Casino) staff was great friendly and kind.
”

Ponderosa Saloon Mine Tour
Oct 21, 2008 by arthur from reno

Overall Rating: 6

• The tour guide was friendly and wanted to please.
• The tour guide was a drunk, but so am I.

“It's a tourist attraction. The fee is a bit high for what you get. The beer at the bar is warm and served in the same glass beer after beer. The tour guide is not all that familiar with VC mining. I guess if you have never been in a mine before it would be something.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Sep 17, 2008 by Elizabeth

Overall Rating: 9

• The room was modern,
  clean,
  very quiet
  and
  especially for a casino.
• The only complaint is there are no restaurants outside of the hotel within walking distance.

“I really enjoyed staying at this hotel. Lot of things to do and many restaurants inside the hotel. Very convenient to the airport.
”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Sep 4, 2008 by A.A from Hollister, CA

Overall Rating: 7
Cleanliness:[2] • Staff:[7] • Location:[9]

• Nice size rooms and large beds.
• The pool area not for kids even in the day time a lot of adult stuff going on.

“The pull out had dirty sheets on it when we checked in and though floor wasn't vacuumed the pool area is not for kids I guess there trying to make it a resort type pool area but in the day time you have young kids in there, the night time pool time is fine 8 pm over 21 that's all good but I think the day time needs to be controlled more. I would stay there again but not with kids.”

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The Summit At Grand Sierra
Aug 31, 2008 by Michael from Novato, CA

Overall Rating: 2
Cleanliness:[9] • Staff:[2] • Location:[9]

• Good location and nice hotel.
• NA.

“Hotel room was over 90 degrees, air did not work, was told by engineer that the air conditioning system was old and not up to par. Hotel did nothing to help with sofa bed which was so hard that not able to sleep. Will never stay at this hotel again.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Aug 21, 2008 by Julie from Huntington Beach, CA

Overall Rating: 9
Cleanliness:[9] • Staff:[9] • Location:[8]

• Rooms were beautiful.
• Halls need to be cleared of dirty trays, trash.

“Rooms above 17th floor are spacious, contemporary, clean and comfortable. Very nice.”

1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Aug 20, 2008 by Ron from Bothell, WA

Overall Rating: 9
Cleanliness:[8] • Staff:[7] • Location:[9]

• Comfortable beds, great decor.
• We had a great experience with no real dis-likes.

“Rooms had great decor throughout, full modern marble bath rooms with plenty of space for two.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Aug 20, 2008 by Geoffrey from Amarillo, TX

Overall Rating: 9
Cleanliness:[9] • Staff:[10] • Location:[10]

• Casino.
• Rooms were dark.

“The hotel had very dark rooms and did not care for the rooms at all. It was too much like you might be staying in a house of disrepute. Hard to get to the main entrance because of a car show in the parking lot. We needed handicap accessible and it was hard to reach. Harrah's was okay but disappointed in the quality of the rooms.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Aug 14, 2008 by Jeff from Phoenix, OR

Overall Rating: 9
Cleanliness:[9] • Staff:[6] • Location:[8]

• Spacious rooms and lobby.
• Poor parking lot maintenance, fair cafe food.

“Would stay there again, but would eat off site more often.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Aug 8, 2008 by Melinda from San Jose, CA

Overall Rating: 10
Cleanliness:[10] • Staff:[10] • Location:[10]

• Expansiveness of the rooms.
• Bed was uncomfortable.

“This hotel has everything you need, you don't have to go anywhere else for food or entertainment! Great stay for a great price.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Aug 7, 2008 by Jerri from Phoenix, AZ

Overall Rating: 8
Cleanliness:[9] • Staff:[1] • Location:[8]

• Loved the room, it was beautiful!
• Given 2 comp TX to the sat night pool party and then turned away at the door. Couldn't use TX.

“Loved the hotel, amenities and restaurants. Great service and beautiful rooms. Check in was easy and comfortable.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Jul 21, 2008 by James from Fairfield, CA

Overall Rating: 10
Cleanliness:[10] • Staff:[10] • Location:[10]

• The summit at Grand Sierra was breath taking.
• None.

“I really loved this hotel! Everything about it is great!”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Jul 11, 2008 by Norm from Issaquah, WA

Overall Rating: 9
Cleanliness:[10] • Staff:[8] • Location:[9]

• The room and amenities were excellent.
• The parking was awful.

“The hotel was everything we wanted. The room was elegant and had all the amenities. 42" flat screen TV and iPod dock for music. The staff was very friendly and helpful. The room/bath are quite dark though (all black and dark brown decor) beautiful and new. Mirror in bath was not well lit enough for makeup application.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Jul 10, 2008 by Kristi from Modesto, CA

Overall Rating: 9
Cleanliness:[10] • Staff:[10] • Location:[5]

• Fancy room.
• Not close enough to the strip.

“This hotel was great. I loved the room.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Jul 9, 2008 by Sk from Folsom, CA

Overall Rating: 9
Cleanliness:[9] • Staff:[9] • Location:[9]

• Awesome. Simply superb.
• Nothing.

“Simply superb. I stayed at standard rooms for Grand Sierra and also the Summit. Standard rooms. Where as the Summit rooms were awesome for the price. Room service was not good for standard Grand Sierra. Where as the Summit at Grand Sierra was really awesome.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
Jun 29, 2008 by Julie from Silver Springs, NV

Overall Rating: 10
Cleanliness:[9] • Staff:[10] • Location:[10]

• Comfort, quality, price, location.
• Can't think of anything.

“The Reno Grand Sierra Resort which was formerly known as the Reno Hilton has been completely redecorated in warm tones accented in white. Very nice. Very comfortable beds with down comforters and pillows. Rooms with refrigerators and microwaves. Room service was wonderful for breakfast. Staff was all very friendly and accommodating. A very pleasant overnight stay while on the way to the airport out of town. Thank you.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
May 30, 2008 by Yl from San Jose, CA

Overall Rating: 8
Cleanliness:[9] • Staff:[9] • Location:[7]

• Quiet room, clean casino, not too bothered by cigarette smoke.
• Elevator is too slow.

“We need to wait for the elevator for so long. There were five elevators there, but two were working.”

The Summit At Grand Sierra
May 30, 2008 by Hob from Orangevale, CA

Overall Rating: 8
Cleanliness:[9] • Staff:[10] • Location:[8]

• Clean, modern room. Soft, cushy bed. Like the TV in the bathroom. Friendly staff.
• The elevator. The hotel was all sold out, and the elevators could not handle the capacity. Very surprising for a luxury hotel.

“I really liked the room. It was clean and had a very nice view of the city. The decor was a bit dark. The bed was very nice and soft; I had trouble getting up in the morning. The bathroom was nice. No tub, but it had a big shower. In general the room was very pleasant to stay in. The hotel, however, needs to improve its elevators. It took forever to get on an elevator, and more frequent than not, it was usually packed and you had to wait for next one. We ended up using stairs when going down (we stayed on 23rd floor) and used the elevator in the older section of the hotel. It was ridiculous.”

Rail City Casino
Nov 25, 2007 by Martha from Sparks NV

Overall Rating: 4

• Food is good, Keno people are friendly.
• When it's cold outside they have air conditioner blowing.

“Their video keno & video poker machines are tight. If you have a problem with your machine you have a hard time getting help. The slot employees aren't very alert. The Keno department is always friendly and helpful. Management at the Sands should reconsider their choices of management at Rail City. You have a lot of unhappy employees. This casino is cold in the winter. They turn on the air conditioner when it's freezing outside. If they keep up their current standards, Rail City will become as dead as the Silver Club.”

Children's Museum of Northern Nevada
Aug 1, 2007 by Jules from Hollister

Overall Rating: 4

• Entertaining for very little kids.
• Seemed like a mish mash of items thrown together.

“Unless things have changed in the past few years since our initial visit to the museum, I'm sorry to say that I wasn't very impressed with the capital city's 'attempt' at putting together a Children's Museum. I used to live in Las Vegas and their CM is superb compared to what I found there. At the time we visited, my younger son was about 2, so he didn't care, but his 11 year old brother was bored to tears. I felt as if someone had trolled through town and picked up garage sale items and called it a "museum". We're due to go back soon, so I will check it out, and hope to find something better. If not, go to Sin City and see their kids' museum. It is awesome!”

Silver Queen Hotel
Jul 20, 2007 by Sharon from Oregon

Overall Rating: 4

• Historic hotel right in the middle of everything.
• Housekeepers didn't do their job.

“We initially booked room 11. When we arrived we found the hotel did not open its front doors to check in until 11am. When we did check in first we were told that they did not have a reservation for us, but soon found it. They gave us 2 room keys, one to room 11, and one to room 26, reason being it was hot and room 26 has a window to help cool the room. They let us check out both rooms and decide on our own which one we wanted. Room 11 had people in the bed still-embarrassing, so we took room 26. We had also been warned by the lady downstairs that the help they had was not good. She must have been referring to the housekeepers. There is nothing worse than seeing someone else's "curly" hairs on your bed, not to mention the lump in my pillow turned out to be toilet paper-gross!! We headed out to see the sights and the 2 housekeepers, on the 3rd floor and one on the 2nd floor where talking back and forth to each other. The one on the 2nd floor apparently ran out of clean wash cloths and hollered to the one on the 3rd floor for some. The housekeeper on the third floor said she didn't have any clean items, so the one on the 2nd floor asked for scissors to cut up a clean towel to make some then. The 2nd and 3rd floors have a very neat opening at the beginning and end of the 3rd floor hallway, you can see to the floor below. The housekeeper on the 3rd floor tossed a pair of scissors to the housekeeper on the 2nd floor; I was only a foot or so away from the housekeeper on the 2nd floor. Also the common sense of the 3rd floor housekeeper was lacking as she seemed to find it ok to stack her dirty laundry in front of the stairs, so we ended up having to climb over them to get to the stairs. This truly is a great place to stay, and would rank even higher if the housekeeping staff where replaced by someone who cared about the quality of their work. Funny how presumptuous our house keeper was to leave a colorfully decorated envelope in our room to remind us about a tip. Change the sheets is the only tip she got from us.”

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Bowers Mansion Museum
Jul 10, 2007 by Michael Mayes from Las Vegas

Overall Rating: 8

• Quiet, relaxing, beautiful; a short distance from either Carson City or Reno.
• Can be busy and therefore a bit more hectic on weekends and holidays.

“Contrary to another reviewer's comments, the swimming pools at Bowers Mansion Park are usually open starting the first weekend after Wahoe County Schools recess for the summer through Labor Day. The park is often busy but is a wonderful spot for a picnic or simply to relax on a warm summer day. Tables and barbeques are available but are taken early on weekends. However, there is ample space on the spacious lawns for blankets and chairs, so take a cooler of drinks and sandwiches plus a cold watermelon and a good book, and you're in for a wonderful afternoon. Moderate hiking in the forest behind the mansion is also a pleasant diversion and a cooling retreat from midday heat. The mansion is quite interesting and while it cannot boast of still having its original furnishings due to the financial misfortunes of it's owner, donations of several period pieces give an excellent representation of life in the home during it's heyday; the silver strikes of the Comstock Lode. Additionally, the drive to Carson City down Franktown Road, which begins at the mansion, is as perfect a Sunday drive as one can find.”

Sierra Safari Zoo
Jun 5, 2007 by Kim from Fremont, CA

Overall Rating: 6

• I liked this small zoo. It had a lot of interesting animals. Lions, panthers, goats, birds, you Name it.
• Zoo was a little difficult to find, very small sign pointing the way. The lion cages seem small for such large animals.

“I went a couple of years ago (3, I think) and enjoyed it. It's not a large zoo and really won't take much more than an hour to see everything. The staff they were very friendly and knowledgeable and answered lots of questions. I even got to pet one of the baby animals born there. They do sell soda and some candy/snacks and gifts/t-shirts in a little store at reasonable prices.”

Sierra Safari Zoo
Sep 16, 2006 by sarah from carson city

Overall Rating: 9

• I liked the staff and how knowledgeable they were about the animals.
• How small the tigers enclosure were.

“I love this zoo and I tell everyone about it and how much all the staff love the animals. I also tell my friends about how the zoo runs on all donations.”

National Automobile Museum
Mar 27, 2006 by Jennie from Sebastopol

Overall Rating: 4

• The outstanding collection.
• None.

“This museum was Great! The staff was excellent. The experience was outstanding. The cars really tell a great story and they are in wonderful condition. The women's artifacts were absolutely fascinating. Thank you for such a wonderful exhibit. Very reasonable value!”

2 of 3 people found this review helpful.

Bowers Mansion Museum
Aug 15, 2005 by lorraine from San luis obispo, CA

Overall Rating: 7

• The mansion is still simply but elegantly furnished.
• Reproduction wallpapers and new flooring.

“Bowers Mansion is in a quiet area of openness. A public park is set on the grounds.

There is little of the home's original furnishings but a good representation of the times has been added. The original natural hot spring fed pools is not open to the public anymore. The tour was a little rushed but interesting.”

3 of 6 people found this review helpful.