The Golden Nugget, before the opening of Circa in 2021, was probably the nicest property in Downtown Las Vegas.
It had a “Strip” vibe with its contemporary decor, an amazing pool, the newly added Rush Tower and amenities such as a spa, beauty salon and fitness room.
I was excited to stay here during our last trip, but I came away with some very mixed feelings.
We had a standard King and Twin room in the Carson Tower, which is one of the older Towers. (Pictures of the King room at the end of this post.)
Here are my impressions:
- The Carson Tower is the furthest Tower from the Fremont Street Experience. The plus side is you can’t hear any noise from the Fremont Street Experience, making it very relaxing. The downside is it can be a quite a walk to Fremont Street or even to just the casino area, especially if you’re making that trek a few times a day.
- Each room had four complimentary bottles of water, and you could order more for free. That was nice.
- There is a Chick-Fil-A right near the elevators to the Carson Tower. Don't hate me, but I honestly think Chick-Fil-A is over rated.
- Near the elevators to the Carson Tower is a timeshare desk. So every time we passed by, the salespeople would always try to engage you, which can be annoying.
- Both rooms were a very nice size; they didn’t feel crowded.
- The rooms, although very clean, was a bit worn — a little peeling wall paper and outdated furniture.
- There is no mini refrigerator or coffee maker in the room. However, I read a review that someone stayed on a higher floor in the Carson Tower and that room had a refrigerator and coffee maker. You can also rent one, if you want. I believe the rooms in the Rush Tower has the refrigerator and coffee maker as standard amenities.
- Both rooms did not have a desk. There was a small round table with chairs, but it's more for lounging vs. work or eating.
- The King room bathroom was a nice size, but it had a stand-alone sink and a vanity shelf above the toilet, which I thought was a little weird. There was no hair dryer in the King room. Not sure if it was an oversight.
- Both rooms had a little vanity area where you could do your makeup. There was an outlet there, so I suppose you would dry your hair here if there was a blow dryer (there is no outlet in the King bathroom.)
- Both rooms did not have any tissue boxes.
- The Twin room’s bathroom was very small. The door swung inward, so you had to step inside and shut the door to step into the shower (in the King room, the door swung outward). But it did have a sink with a vanity, plus a hair dryer.
- There was a very odd smell in both rooms when we first entered. I saw a review of a Rush Tower room, and the same comment was made. The reviewer said is was a slight "sewer" smell, which I'd agree with it. Not quite sure what that was, but the smell went away after a few minutes.
- Overall, the hotel and the casino are very crowded. Not a negative, but just an observation. We did find a Crazy Rich Asian slot machine game and that was super fun; we kept coming back to that slot machine.
- The biggest plus is The Tank and Hide Out, Golden Nugget's pool complex. The showcase is a 200,000 gallon shark tank and aquarium, with a slide slicing through it.. There are free chairs as well as areas you can rent, including day beds, gazebos and cabanas over three separate floors. The actual pool is quite large, and it didn't feel crowded at all. The slide was a lot of fun, but my favorite part was just parking myself in front of the tank and watch the marine life. It was so relaxing.
All in all, none of the “negative” things mentioned above would have really swayed me to not stay here again, but here’s what is tipping me to that side: Our room keys just would not work. We had to go back several times to get new keys for both rooms (and pass by those timeshare sales people each time — did you not remember I said I was not interested the last three times?). The front desk staff said that the keys wouldn’t work if the deadbolt of the room was locked (the rooms were unoccupied, so this was not a reason for the keys not working) and also advised us to store it away from our cell phones. I had the keys in a separate compartment of my purse, but my purse is not that big, so maybe that was the issue? But I stored the keys to The Cal in the same way and I didn't have any issues with those keys. After the fourth set of keys, it was consistently working.
So would I go back? Try staying at the Rush Tower instead? The pool was definitely amazing. Not sure.
Do you have any experiences to share about the Golden Nugget? Any tips?
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| View of The D. |
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| Standard King room. Pretty roomy. |
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| Nice size tv. |
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| Vanity area. They provided four bottles of water, and you could order more for free. |
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| Bathroom. I didn't like the stand-alone sink. |
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| Partial view of the pool complex from the Carson Tower. On the left is the pool for the Rush Tower guests only. On the right is the second and third floors of the Tank pool. |
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| I wish I took more pictures of the pool area. Here is the slide from the back side of the aquarium. I liked sitting right up to the glass to observe the fish. |
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| Here's the Hubz coming out of the slide. :-) |
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