The hotel is OK. The front desk were not very helpful checking in, sending us to the wrong room twice. We asked for a non-smoking room and ended up on the 12th floor. The hallway was one big smoke ball. Not great. The air conditioner didn't work and they had to bring in a new motor for it. If you stay in this hotel, spend the extra bit of dollars and stay in the North Tower!!

By the way , we asked for a free food voucher or something for the hassle and we got nothing. That didn't seem like it should have been a big deal to us, if they wanted to keep their customers happy.

Some people seem to get buy one get one free coupons and others didn't for gold diggers. The drinks were 8.25 a drink!!. The strip gives you more value coupons, that is for sure. We didn't even get a free deck of cards...

The pool is pretty good, but not as big as it probably should be. The slide is good but you are going so fast you don't even notice you are going through the shark tank.

Food is very expensive, we never found a meal under 23 dollars for us two. We thought downtown would be cheaper then that.

We actually enjoyed the other casino's like the Plaza and Binions more then the Nugget to gamble in. You could always get your own table.

The Nugget is trying to compete with the hotels on the strip and it's not working. They would be better off to just be the nicest hotel downtown..

Overall we did enjoy the Downtown better then the strip, but not sure if we would stay at the Nugget again or try another hotel down there..

My wife and I travelled to Vegas for seven days over the July 4 holiday. We had been to Vegas before, but always on the Strip, never downtown. So we decided to stay downtown for the first four nights of our stay.

After some research, I determined that the Golden Nugget was the only four star hotel downtown. Armed with that info, I was able to get a great price for a holiday weekend -- only $75 a night - on Priceline.

We got a room in the (older) South Tower, and based on some other reviews I had read I wasn't sure what to expect, in terms of whether the rooms might be run down or noisy because of ongoing construction near the tower. The room, however, on the 6th floor, was very nice. It was quite large, with only minor wear, and very quiet (even on July 2, when there was construction going on). The pool was nice, but crowded. The breakfast buffet was fantastic -- for only $9.99 we had all sorts of great food, a waffle and omelet station, and unlimited coffee and juice, all in a brand new, renovated restaurant. The prime rib at Tony Roma's across the street from the Nugget was also a good deal.

I am a card player. The Nugget poker room was very nice. For blackjack, however, I walked to the casinos at Four Queens and to Fitzgeralds, which were very close to the Nugget, to find the five dollar tables with more favorable rules (e.g., permitting surrender). The Nugget only had ten dollar blackjack tables.

One night we went to "Defending the Caveman," a one act play running at the Nugget. This play has been around for awhile, and both my wife and I had seen it before, but it is a fantastic play and very well done at the Nugget. You can get discount tickets to this show, and many others, as well as restaurant discounts, at a "tix4tonight" booth in the Four Queens Casino right next door to the Nugget.

Check in and out at the Nugget were very easy, unlike our experience at the Luxor on the strip. But that is another review.

Tip: Car rentals are CHEAP in Vegas, and I recommend that you consider that if you want to get around a bit. We got a full size car throught Hotwire for $17 a day. All the casinos have ample free parking (no surprise, eh?) so its easy to access them all by car travel.

I had read the reviews of the Golden Nugget only after I booked a room for my two almost-grown children and myself in the south tower. The reviews I had read regarding the more affordable south tower of the Golden Nugget were not good. I was pleasantly surprised, however, when we opened the door to our room. The room was beautifully appointed and clean. The beds were so comfortable I couldn't believe it. I've never stayed in a hotel where the beds were so nice. The pillows can be exchanged for feather pillows at no additional charge, but we didn't feel the need to do that because they were comfortable, too. The bathroom was nice and the dressing table outside of the bathroom was a luxury since I had my teenage daughter with me. The pool is beautiful, but a little small. It also closes around 8pm nightly, which we thought was way too early. Customer service in the hotel is quite good. One word of caution: The food at the hotel buffet is not good, it tastes like you are eating a bad frozen dinner. However, there is a restaurant in the hotel, Carson Street Cafe, that I recommend. They are open 24 hours, serve breakfast around the clock, the food is delicious and the servings are huge. Oh, yeah, the prices are reasonable, too. The fitness room and spa areas are gorgeous, top-of-the-line facilities, but they charge you an extra $20 per day to use them. Bottom line: The Golden Nugget is great, but I didn't like the pool hours, the buffet food or the extra spa charges. Additionally, they charged me an extra $20 per day to add my 18 year old son to our stay even though he was the second adult.(my daughter is still considered a child.)

Nice clean hotel , not 4 plus stars but close - Upgraded to VIP North Tower - nice room, great bed, lots of pillows, great BIG towels, very tasteful, but very dark (tv in the mirror in the bathroom!) - Would stay in the North Tower again, (close to casino) - Get to the pool early, too many for such a small, but awesome, pool - Great sound system and good music & Not too uncomfortable being close - Slots very tight - Great to have five dollar tables, but again, hard to win - Breakfast Buffet - good - Evening Buffet too expensive not good quality - Employees - some very friendly, and funny ,felt welcome -others, (bartenders) very rude, will try to avoid you, at times - Hard to get a drink even with a good tip - Restrooms are hard to find and are few, but Very clean - Hard to figure out the casino floor plan for awhile - Need to not have solicitation by the door, VERY annoying - Construction, well, what hotel doesn't have some kind of construction? We had a view of THE CRANE, but also the pool and the mountains, - awesome - Just need to check before making reservation (any hotel) - Fremont Experience is entirely different than staying on The Strip - free concerts, light show, easy to walk, and some "VERY" interesting people - Will stay here again - Neat!