The Victoria Hotel

Run by Victoria, the Victoria Hotel boasts the best reputation, the cleanest rooms, and the finest clientele in town.

Of course, that isn't saying much.

The hotel itself is almost too elaborately gaudy. Except when you look close -- then it looks a little bit to run-down, dirty, the marble floors scuffed, the neon sign permanently flickering. The gold paint is peeling, and the elevators run very slowly and jerkily.

The hotel is eight stories tall, and has plenty of rooms for anyone who wants to pay. Everything from the standard hotel fare of two double beds/one king bed to huge suites. For the cheaper rooms, for newcomers to the city, the first few nights are free -- after that, be careful. Victoria takes her debts very seriously, and is very clever about creating them where one may or may not entirely exist.

The hotel also sports a bar and restaurant, open twenty-four hours. Somehow managing to be both a dive and an actually fairly classy sort of place.