Rio Suites Las Vegas

All the rooms at Rio Suites are suites. We've stayed there twice. There isn't a legal definition for a suite, but it basically means multiple rooms instead of one room. The Rio has two towers, the Masquerade Tower (the big tall one, 42 floors) and Ipanema Tower (the shorter rectangular one, 20 floors.) The smallest rooms are about 500 sq ft. Rio Suites is a "budget property" due to being on Flamingo Road east of the Las Vegas strip. It takes a lot longer to walk to the strip from there than it looks like it will take from looking at a map. I recall walking across a pedestrian bridge and maze of freeways. You may think "oh well I'll just rent a car" but that can be more of an overall hassle than a convenience. We've rented cars 3 or 4 times in Las Vegas. It's required if you want to visit Red Rock Canyon, Lake Mead, and other distant attractions; but if you're just visiting properties on the strip, it's a lot easier without a car. We felt this way before any of the resorts were charging a parking fee. You can spend more time looking for a parking spot, walking into the casino, finding your car when you come back out, and going to the next place and repeating the process than it would take to just walk from one resort to another.

The Ipanema Tower at Rio Suites

Rio Suites casino and Masquerade Village as they appeared around 1998.

People waiting on line to get into the Rio Carnival World buffet, which no longer exists. Rio also used to have a seafood buffet. Most of the buffets in Las Vegas did not reopen after the Covid-19 pandemic. Rio currently has a food court called Canteen Food Hall.