I felt like I had stepped back in time when I walked into the lobby. It has a 80s maybe 70s decor. The beds were comfortable and the rooms are spacious. The Zenith tv (do they still make those) was awful.The plus were the his and her bathrooms. It's a casino, so it's very smoky.They have a Starbucks onsite, arcade for the kids. Beware of the people that will try and get you to take a 90 min tour( you'll get free starbucks ). Of course they want to know if you make over $50k- umm thanks but no thanks, I'm not interested in a time-share.
Do not and I repeat, do not eat at the restaurants there, they are over priced and not worth it. Save yourself some money and walked down to heavenly village and grab a bite to eat or go to Hard Rock cafe across the street. Don't spend a lot of money on breakfast, walk down to Carrows. The prices are reasonable and the food is good. They did not have any snow when we arrived. A guy said it hadn't snowed since June. If you take the gondala to Heavenly they have man made snow. Heavenly village has ice skating, shops and restaurants, and a movie theater. It's okay, after a day or two you'll be bored unless you love to gamble.

Great place to stay while attending Big Table with Loral Langemeier and Live Out Loud. The rooms are spacious - two king size beds, a dressing room and two bathrooms - very luxurious.

Harrah's Lake Tahoe is an aging but generally well-kept hotel and casio with panoramaic views of Lake Tahoe and the surrounding areas. The rooms are spacious and tidy. Everyone on staff is pleasant and does their best to be helpful and professional.

Several factors work against such a promising location, however:

(1) General: the facility targets people who have no sense of taste, nor would they know what upscale meant if it hit them in the face. This is common in many casinos and is not unique to Harrah's. If you believe you have taste but do not, you will fit right in.

(2) Food: Harrah's adheres to the simplistic "bigger must be better and damn the quality" rule. Their premier restaurant serves steaks labeled and priced as prime cuts, but the $50 filet turns out to be a $5 rump roast. If you love huge portions of food made from inferiour ingredients which taste like sawdust you will love Harrah's.

(3) Smoke: NV does not ban smoking in public places, even hallways outside of non-smoking rooms. This means everything smells like stale cigarette smoke. My nose will take months to recover.

(4) Housekeeping: while the beds are maintained well, you must ring down to get them to bring toilet paper or any bathroom essentials like shampoo or soap. I thought at first this was an oversight, but after the second day it became apparent this is policy.

I cannot recommend Harrah's Lake Tahoe.

Do not hesitate to book your stay at Harrah's Lake Tahoe!! We did upgrade to Executive after reading reviews of this hotel. We would stay there again it was excellent!! Room very nice, bed extremely comfty.... We just had a wonderful time visiting Lake Tahoe and Harrah's helped alot staying at a nice place! Let me add ... don't forget to visit Cal-Neva ... Frank Sinatra place ... very interesting!