I wouldn't stay here again if they paid me.
Written: Dec 10 '00
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Pros: bowling alley ( but it's more than a little run down)
Cons: staff, casino, decor, entire hotel
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| chebbah's Full Review: Gold Coast Hotel & Casino |
Every spring I visit Las Vegas for a convention. I have stayed in a variety of hotels/casinos. I usually travel with a few co-workers and we get rooms at the same hotel. This past spring, one of my co-workers suggested the Gold Coast. He had never stayed there, but had heard that it was pleasant, and more like "old school" Vegas, plus it was just a short cab ride from the strip.
So we made our reservations and were excited to find out that the Gold Coast also had a huge bowling alley inside the casino. Let's face it, bowling is fun, and it would give us something a little different to do when we got tired of drinking ourselves into oblivion while blowing our life savings on blackjack.
We flew into Las Vegas and took a cab to the Gold Coast. Our high hopes started to decline when the cab driver asked us, with disbelief heavy in his voice, why we wanted to stay at the Gold Coast. We exchanged panicked glances and shrugged, asking him exactly what was wrong with this hotel, he just shook his head and didn't answer.
We get to hotel and check into our rooms, one co-worker had reserved a suite and the rest of us had just gone for doubles. They told us it would be about thirty minutes before our bags made it to our rooms. They explained that the bellboy was just about to come back from his break and did we mind. We said we didn't and we all went to our friend's suite to relax for a while, asking them to call us there when our bags were on their way up.
After an hour had passed we called back down and they told us that they would send them up immediately. We didn't get our bags until several hours later, after many phone calls back to the bell desk. And even then, they delivered all of the bags to the suite. At that point we just grabbed our bags and took them to our rooms, not wanting to deal with the bell desk any longer.
Now, I also need to mention the appearance of the hotel and casino. I don't think they have redecorated since the seventies. And that wouldn't be so terrible, I guess, except for the fact that the carpet is worn very thin, the paint is chipping, wallpaper peeling, that sort of thing.
The suite was a decent size and was less impressive than a suite I stayed in recently at a Days Inn in North Carolina. The double was atrocious. It was dimly lit and decorated in mostly brown. The bathroom was just a little larger than one on an airplane. It was so terrible I only went in the room to sleep, and even that was difficult with the uncomfortable beds.
The casino was even worse. The tables were worn, covered in water marks and cigarette burns. The dealers were surly and unfriendly. And the casino was small and very crowded, not with people but with games. The Hard Rock hotel and casino has a tiny casino, but they make it work to their advantage. This place did not.
The ventilation was non-existent. I am allergic to tobacco smoke, but I have never had a problem before I stayed at this hotel. Most places have good ventilation. The casino at the Gold Coast was always so smoke-filled that the air was hazy. It was disgusting. I ended up with bronchitis.
I made the mistake of ordering room service a few times.The people who took my order were rude and when the food finally did get there it was barely edible. The only exception was this little steak house type restaurant downstairs. I had a pretty tasty steak there, but in retrospect, it probably tasted that good because I had been eating the other food at the hotel which was terrible.
I was very glad when my stay at the Gold Coast was over. It was a miserable experience. There are too many good hotels in Las Vegas for me to waste my time and money staying at a place like the Gold Coast.
Recommended:
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Member: Sarah Wooten
Location: Middle of nowhere, SC
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