The bride and I really enjoyed our meal at Robert Irvine's and our stay there, three Vegas trips ago.

I never had so much success with the $20 trick as I did at the Tropicana..we booked there direct using our Hilton Honors points.

Folded a crisp Jackson and gave it to the desk lady, along with my drivers license, upon check-in.

She upgraded us from a standard room in the old tower, to a HUGE suite in the 2nd to highest floor in the new tower..the suite was easily over 1,000 square feet.

The Tropicana is a good choice on the Strip for those looking to avoid the CET/MLife properties..