Room Quality: Enter the tropical paradise of your room and you'll think you're right in the middle of a Jimmy Buffett song. If the person in the next room is playing Buffett, you'll hearit through the thin walls. The motif is light colors and island fruit. It's done on the cheap, and the rooms are small. At least Hooters is right close to better hotels. Tub/shower combo, single sink and low water pressure. You'll get a king or two doubles with cheap flowery spreads, a reading chair (yeah, right, people at Hooters read) and some barstools around a bar table (huh?). Some pictures on the wall will make you think you're watching a very long Corona Beer ad. Want a dirt cheap room? Check out the "Bungalow" rooms out back. They are motel style, cramped, sparsely furnished and as cheap as a room near the Strip is going to get.

Service Quality: Fair. As much as they want to think they are a big boy, this is a small casino and a small hotel. Expect about the same amenities you would get at a Holiday Inn.

What You Get Bottles of in the Bathroom: It's just some shampoo, separate conditioner and lotion. They want you to be minimally clean and detailed.

Clientele: Mostly a Hooters clientele, with the good and the bad. Guys will love it here if they love Hooters girls. Girls will love it here if they truly love their ogling beaus. But if you don't come to look at the Hooters girls, there ain't much to do that you can't do elsewhere in town.

How's the Pool? Small, but decent. Look for couple small pools and a large hot tub. There is a bar out here playing loud music. There aren't enough loungers, and there are tons of bar stools.

Table Games: The standard games. Blackjack, Craps, Pai Gow, Roulette, Let It Ride and a couple oddballs. Some of the games will often only have one table of a particular game working because this place is small and cramped. Some are dealt by Hooters girls, and some are not. They call the dealers with big boobs "The Rack Pack".

Bet Minimums: As low as three bucks at the blackjack tables bucks, but look for it to go to $10 on big weekends and other busy times. Craps is as low as $5 and has awesome 10x odds. Look out for 6:5 blackjack, even from the shoes. Boo!

Machines: Loads of machines from a penny to $5. There are a few full-pay video poker machines. Keep your eye out for them, and not the orange shorts.

Cocktails? Decent service. Some waitresses are Hooters girls and some had too much self-esteem to be. Either way, the main bar is conveniently located in the middle of the casino and drink waits aren't too bad.

Who Gets Comps? The Owl Club ain't too bad in comps. Play a lot of slots and you'll get some mailings or free room offers. Play the tables at the $25 and up level and you might get some attention.

Dan Marino's: Ever wonder what they do with all the pigs that become the NFL pigskins? They turn them into baby back ribs at Dan Marino's fancy steakhouse. Well, not really that fancy compared to Vegas's fanciest, but this is the ritziest place you'll find at Hooters. The menu is stunningly mediocre, with appetizers like buffalo chicken strips, and entrees like BBQ ribs. In fact, the menu is a lot like the Hooters in here. This is Hooter's 24 hour restaurant, so you can get breakfast as well. The morning menu is quite limited, though.

Hooters: Surprise! There's a Hooters in here. Guess what it serves... boobies! Oh, and wings and burgers and standard Hooters food. The draw is not (we hope) the mediocre food. The draw is the scantily clad waitresses, who can also be seen on the casino floor.

Dixie's Dam Country Bar: Despite the name, this isn't a southern or country bar. It is open Wednesday to Sunday with dancers and a DJ. They also have a keg at each table for mass beer consumption.

Men of X: Sexy men dance around to songs like "It's Raining Men". This show is geared to anyone who likes men with big chests and in thongs. But here's the thing that kills us: sure the men dress as firemen, policemen, doctors and the like, but why don't they ever have sexy men dressed as snarky online Vegas critics? Chicks dig those.

Purple Reign: Prince, Morris Day AND the Time. They are all here, but not for real. This is a "tribute" to Minneapolis funk with the little purple guy front and center. Purple Reign puts on an energetic show that's a passable imitation of the real thing. Bring your dancing shoes, or be prepared to steal some.

The Todd Paul Show: Magic, comedy and rock and roll. All in short supply in Las Vegas, right? Not in the Todd Paul show, which also features "extreme juggling". We're of the impression that no matter how many things you set on fire, juggling is never extreme. But if you want to see it all for a low price in a small showroom, Todd Paul's the ticket.

Number of TVs: Fourteen TVs fill this small space that also serves as the bar and snack bar called Pete and Shorty.

Number of Seats: A few at the bar and around, totalling about 40. This is a place to have a beer and watch a game. But if your main interest is settling in and watching sports, then skip it. You're supposed to be social here.

How Many Betting Windows? Two windows with slate boards behind, we think. Actually, we aren't sure because this girl walked by and we lost track while counting.

Free Drinks? It's a bar and a sports book, but they seem to keep them separated in this sense.

Snack Bar? No food nearby but you can run to the gift shop for a bag of chips. Maybe even Funyuns.

Minimum Wager: $5

Other Notes: A tiny outpost, crammed into the casino like everything else here. Oh, it's a Leroy's operation, a touch that says "we didn't care enough to have our own sportsbook." Also, don't miss the beer memorabilia on the walls.

Number of Tables: Three tables are all they've got. Sometimes there are two more tables just outside the poker room for tourneys. Really, this place is tiny, so how could you expect more? The tables are very bright.

Comfort of Chairs: Just about average chairs. The tables have some nice features, like drink holders, but the chairs don't stand out.

Closed Room or Open to Casino? Not really a closed room, just an elevated area off to the side with a wooden floor and those three tables crammed in. It is next to the sportsbook and can be pretty dang noisy.

Game Spreads and Limits: Hold 'Em is the only game spread. They always will have a $1/$2 NL game with a $200 max and $2-$4 limit most of the time.

How Crowded is the Room? Not much wait, but if there is, there is no intercom, so you need to be close to the room to hear when your seat comes up.

Comps? Earn $1 an hour in comps while you play. Poker room rate for four hours of play a day.

How Good Are the Players? Mostly pretty terrible. Lots of newbies and the sorts of players whose main experience is wild, loose home games.

What Else Do I Need to Know? The good news is that there is a $3 max rake, pretty low for this area of Vegas. So, at least they aren't scooping all your dough from the pots. The room doesn't open until 1 p.m., so don't bother getting up early.