Luxury Tower rooms and all suites are located in the resort's 18-story tower, distinguished by blue-glass sheathing at the top. They include a fax machine and bathroom telephone and feature one of five color schemes: blue/gray, green, rose, aqua, or Asian-theme black/gold?all with chrome and black-lacquer accents throughout. Bedding includes custom-made mattresses, triple sheeting, goose-down and non-allergenic foam pillows on beds, and feather pillows in closet.

Luxury Tower room - These 364-square-foot rooms offer one king or two queen beds. Furnishings include wall-width smoked mirrors over the bed, two easy chairs, desk chair, and small dining table. (King-bed rooms include a loveseat; queen-bed rooms do not.) Bathrooms have tub/shower combination, lighted makeup mirror, and lighting flanking a wall-width mirror over the vanity.

Imperial suite - These 595-square-foot rooms offer one king bed. A raised, two-person black spa is enclosed in marble, with overhead mirror in dropped ceiling. Wet bar with ice maker/refrigerator underneath and television set into wall above (second television in bedroom). Dining/living room with large crescent couch, glass coffee table, glass dining table with four chairs, and artificial plants. Bathroom with twin-sink marble vanity, eight-inch television, and glassed-in stall shower containing bench and including control for converting shower into steam room. In-room safe.

Spa suite - These 392-square-foot rooms offer one king bed. A raised, one-person black spa is enclosed in marble, with overhead mirror in dropped ceiling. Furnishings include wall-width smoked mirrors over bed, two easy chairs and a desk chair. Small dining table and artificial plants. Bathroom with one-sink marble vanity, eight-inch television, and glassed-in stall shower containing bench and including control for converting shower into steam room. In-room safe.

Lodge room - One king or two double beds. Lodge rooms are located either in the resort's original, 1970's building (the brick, one-story, motel-like Motor Lodge) or in two- and three-floor Annexes. The Motor Lodge and Annexes are in the property's rear near a small pool and four-person spa. Lodge rooms don't include a fax machine, bathroom telephone, or the premium bedding found in Luxury Tower rooms and suites. Decor varies, but all rooms feature a smoked-mirror wall. Annex rooms include a tub/shower combination. Motor Lodge rooms provide a stall shower but no tub.

Romanza Ristorante Italiano - Theatrical, 88-seat restaurant featuring tiered booths around oversize statue of Bacchus and two nymphs and under flaming torches. Domed, painted-sky ceiling changes colors and statue rotates during laser-light show. Classic Italian cuisine and notable wine list. Open nightly.

Steak House - Beef, veal, seafood, and salt-crusted prime rib. Tableside food preparations. Informal. Open nightly.

Island Buffet - Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and Sunday champagne-brunch buffets. Artificial tropical forest setting, with waterfalls and periodic displays of lightning, thunder, and rain.

Coffee Shop - Open 24 hours. Extensive menu includes Asian specialties.

International Food Court - Italian, Chinese, Mexican, and American food stations, with salad/soup and dessert bars.

Caf? Espresso - Coffee drinks, smoothies, pastries, and Krispy Kreme donuts.

Room service is available 24 hours. Casino

Amenity highlights: Featuring mountain views, a second-floor terrace offers two heated, year-round pools and an eight-person spa. One pool sits under a waterfall emerging from an artificial mountain that houses live-action models of various animals such as bighorn sheep and bear. On summer nights, the waterfall is lighted to resemble flowing lava.

Insider tip: Guests 55 and older qualify for the Peppermill's Plus 55 benefits, including restaurant discounts and two-for-one meals.

The Peppermill was also selected as the Top 10 Casino Hotel in America by MSN with Citysearch (2003). From late afternoon until late night, the Cabaret Lounge provides live musical entertainment. Headliners such as Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, and Lou Rawls periodically entertain in the Grand Ballroom.

At 11 PM on Fridays and Saturdays, Romanza Ristorante Italiano transforms into Romanza Nightclub featuring trendy cocktails and dancing under laser lights.

The resort contains 11 theme bars and lounges, including the intimate Fireside Lounge, the aquarium-lined Fish Bar, and the Banyan Bar that features the same waterfalls and thunderstorms as does the adjacent Island Buffet.

The two-level casino features a distinctive decor of smoked-mirror walls and ceilings, enormous displays of neon, artificial greenery and blossoms, and televisions everywhere?including a 120-screen cube?showing sports, videos of celebrity performers, and live action of entertainers in the Cabaret Lounge. The casino includes slots, video poker, blackjack, craps, roulette, pai gow poker, pai gow tiles, two keno rooms, a poker room, a high-limit slot room, a mezzanine Nickel Heaven slot room, and race and sports books.

Free Peppermill Passport cards reward slot, table-game, keno, and race and sports books players with comp rooms, meals, and concert tickets. Aerobics classes