Stayed at the Silver Legacy for 8 days in April 2008. Hotel staff were always pleasant and helpful. The hotel is an in-your-face casino so you are never far from gambling.

Tried most of the restaurants except for the high end ($50/steak) restaurants and found the food to be OK at best. Service in restaurants varied from almost indifferent to very good. We often ate outside the hotel because most restaurants had long queues at meal time.

The deluxe room was average at best. Hard bed, no desk, no lounge chair or couch. Wireless Internet was available, signal was strong, but cost $50/week. Room rates varied from $109 on the weekend to $60 during the week. Parking is free and plentiful.

For us, the casinos completely lacked any sense of excitement. My wife and I watched gamblers feed one-armed bandits for extended periods of time and never saw anyone win. We are not gamblers so we did not try our 'luck'.

There is a booth near the elevators where sales people try to interest you in 'unique vacation ownership opportunities' (aka timeshares). Other than being pestered by t these people, I had little to no interaction with hotel staff. It was so bad that I felt like getting a sign printed that said 'I don't want a timeshare'.

I stayed for less then 12 hours in the hotel so don't have much to offer as a complete review. Staff was great to deal with. Location is fantastic with easy access via 2nd floor bridges to several other casinos.

The only complaint was the sheets and towels in my room seemed to bit worn. The rest of the hotel seemed in great shape.

Had a great meal at the steak and seafood restaurant in the hotel. The rib steak was one of the best in my life (I used to live in Calgary so this means a lot). The service level was top notch. After finishing my free salad I was waiting for maybe 2 minutes before the waiter came to take my plate and apologize that my steak was not ready yet. 5 minutes later the manager came to apologize and offered me a free drink. A few minutes later my steak arrived. I don't consider waiting for your main meal for 10 minutes a problem.

WOW! What an experience :)
To celebrate my hubby's 38th birthday, I bought tickets to see 3 Doors Down live at The Silver Legacy. I figured this is just what we needed...leave the kids with grandma and drive the short distance of 110 miles. The lobby was elegant. At check in, I was a little disappointed when the clerk verified that I had booked "The Luxury Spa Suite" It was meant to be a surprise, but since my husband was standind right there...he heard! Our non smoking room located on the 32nd floor was superb. The room had a basket of towels & bubble bath along with white robes and slippers waiting for us! We ate at The Sedona Cafe for a quick bite of French Dip & Monte Cristo. Excellent service :) We headed back up to our suite to relax as we had two hours before the concert. The room was equipt with a very large screen TV and a stocked frig. We didn't drink anything from the frig for fear of being charged a ridiculous amount of money! The concert was a blast. Not only was the sound right on, but the band played 12 songs. My hubby bought me a concert shirt and then we went up to our room for another cocktail. The following morning we had a wake up call set for 8:30. We ended up ordering breakfast from room service. It was really good. The table on wheels was so beautifully arranged with french toast, veggie omlet, bacon & eggs, muffins, coffee, iced tea and strawberries with whipped cream :) It was $55, but oh so worth every penny. This was our first time staying at The Silver Legacy. Make no mistake, we'll return.

We just returned from a four day getaway and had a excellent experience. Haven't been to Reno in over 15 years and had no idea where to stay so I just threw a dart to pick a hotel. I hit a bullseye! ! The Silver Legacy looks like a grand old hotel. We stayed on the 10th floor and while the view from our room was nothing - who cares; you're not in your room much. It looked like the hotel might have just gone through some major redecoration; everything was new. Room was very nice but no refrig. We were able to stay in our room late on Sunday because we had a late filight out - no extra cost.

We ate in most of the restaurants and didn't have a really bad meal. Especially good was Sterlings Sunday Brunch. Outstanding! However, we ate there one night for dinner and I didn't like the duck, but my husband did have an excellent steak.
Wasn't too crazy about the sandwich I had at Cafe Sedona, but it was eatable. Great lunch at Fairchild's Oyster Bar.

We walked over to Circus Circus and it seemed so old and shabby and so did the El Dorado. Not the same atmosphere either. However it was during the day and all casinos seem more alive at night.

If you're not familar with Reno, the Silver Legacy, Circus Circus, El Dorado, Fitzgeralds & Harrahs are all clustered together. The Pepermill & Atlantis are way down on Virginia St. - definately not walking distance. The Grand Sierra Resort while nice is like way out of the way. You can't walk anywhere from there.

We had a fantastic trip and will definately stay here again!