Rio Hotel and Casino Las Vegas Renovated Room Tour and Honest Review

More Las Vegas travel ideas: https://www.nowgoseeit.com/blog?category=Nevada Subscribe to @nowgoseeit We stayed at the newly remodeled Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas to see how the renovation is going, what the rooms look like now, and whether this off-Strip hotel still makes sense for a Vegas trip. Rio Las Vegas sits just one block off the Las Vegas Strip on Flamingo Road, which sounds very close until you remember this is Las Vegas and one block can still involve traffic, parking lots, pedestrian walkways, and a little regret if you brought the wrong shoes. The Rio started a major renovation in 2023, including updated rooms, new restaurants, a refreshed pool area, and a broader effort to bring this classic Las Vegas resort back into the conversation. In this video, we focus mostly on the room tour, because the room is usually where the hotel either wins you over or makes you question your choices. We stayed in a remodeled Ipanema Tower suite at Rio Las Vegas. The big advantage here is space. Rio rooms are known for being suite-sized, and our room had a large seating area, two queen beds, a full closet, a separate vanity area, multiple sinks, a large shower, drawers, and a mini fridge, which is weirdly exciting in Las Vegas because many hotels still want you to stare lovingly at an overpriced minibar instead. The room definitely felt newer than old Rio, but it was not a full luxury transformation. The furniture had been replaced, the fixtures were updated, and the layout was still very practical, but the room also had some wear and tear already showing. Our final verdict: B minus. Not bad, not amazing, but very usable, especially if you want more room than a standard Strip hotel room usually gives you. We also talk through the rest of the Rio Hotel and Casino experience, including the casino gaming floor, the Penn and Teller Theater, WOW Las Vegas, the Comedy Cellar, and the renovated pool area. The pool was closed during our winter stay, so we could not review it firsthand, but it is clearly one of the major parts of the Rio refresh. The food options at Rio were better than expected. Around the lobby and casino area, you’ll find Eggslut, Guy’s Taco Shack, Starbucks, Luckley Tavern and Grill, KJ Dim Sum, Kang’s Kitchen, and The Canteen Food Hall. The Canteen includes Tony Luke’s, Tender Crush, Nama Nama, Shogun Ramen, and Southland Burrito Company. One of the biggest advantages of staying at Rio is that many of the restaurants are much less expensive than comparable places on the Las Vegas Strip. That does not mean everything is cheap, because Vegas remains deeply committed to separating visitors from their money, but Rio gives you more casual food options at prices that feel less insulting. This Rio Las Vegas room tour is for anyone considering whether to stay off the Strip, looking for a Las Vegas hotel with larger rooms, comparing remodeled Vegas hotels, or wondering whether the Rio renovation is worth paying attention to. In this video: Rio Hotel and Casino Las Vegas Remodeled Ipanema Tower room tour Rio Las Vegas suite review Double queen room tour Off-Strip Las Vegas hotel review Rio casino and resort overview Restaurants at Rio Las Vegas Penn and Teller Theater at Rio Rio Las Vegas renovation update Honest Las Vegas hotel review If this video helps you plan your Las Vegas trip, please like the video and subscribe to Now Go See It. We make practical travel videos, hotel reviews, cruise port guides, and trip-planning content with real logistics, honest opinions, and enough nonsense to keep things from feeling like homework. For more Las Vegas travel ideas, hotel reviews, and Nevada trip planning, visit: https://www.nowgoseeit.com/blog?category=Nevada Now Go See Rio Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas.