Gold Coast Hotel & Casino

This place is trashy because it looks dead. The people smoke their lungs out and it reeks. There are casinos I’ve experienced where smoking was available on a go-​go, but people preferred to do it outside. The smoking wasn’t the major problem, it was how dead and annoying the atmosphere was. People gambling their hearts out but the smell was shitty, not a friendly crowd for sure. The workers were so reserved, closed off and not available to assist people with a smile.
We waited half an hour until the all-​you-​can-​eat buffet would open and the food was the only legitimate thing I enjoyed. Italian, Mexican, Japanese and dessert was offered, we had a grand time there. That’s it. Food makes it better for me, but the atmosphere wasn’t fun at all. That’s the last resort for me. I’ll be back for the food though.

It’s so sad when people gets stereotyped for whatever reason… I went into the retail shop to buy tickets for a show and the lady acted like she didn’t want to waste her time with me… She starts looking for seats and tells me oh the seats are «$» much I said «it’s ok» she keeps looking at the screen and I said «can I see the places available?» She shows me the screen and looks at me and says they’re expensive… «I said it’s ok… I want this seats…» she says «you sure? that’s an expensive show»…WTF…she thinks just because I’m Hispanic I can’t afford to enjoy a show? Way to go Gold Coast retail.

This review is to let others know about an incident that occurred on 2÷20÷16 very early in the morning around 2am. After eating at Ping Pang Pong my wife and I decided to play the video poker machines just outside the restaurant in front of the women’s restroom when suddenly gun shots rang out in the casino! Needless to say it scared the living day lights out of us with people running around trying to hide! Some people ran into the bathrooms, others hid behind the bar, other heading for the exits! Through all of this there was no announcement over the PA system letting us know if all was clear. What seemed like an eternity we slowly peeked out from the bathroom and saw casino security taping off a section right in front of the escalators leading to the bowling alley. There was bullet casings on the carpet being covered with paper cups. The police was not there yet but was at all exits & entrances of the casino as we drove out. It was very troubling that the casino did nothing to assure their patrons in the casino at the time that all was clear and safe, it was like they didn’t care about our welfare!

Horrible. Too big, plus the maids walk into your room unannounced and my friend had her tablet stolen. Vegas is over priced and overrated.

Right across from the Rio. This place is refreshing since it isn’t such a huge mega resort. Are you tired of these 3000 room resorts with one hour long check check lines? If so you might feel at home here. Everything is inexpensive — rooms, buffet, table limits. Its a place to check in for a few days and not worry about running up huge credit card bills by the time you get home. You can visit the strip fairly quickly too. Its off the strip but not miles off the strip. This is a solid choice for a budget hotel. I would only go here once you’ve seen the other mega resorts. Once you know your not missing all that much you will feel content here. Again, if this is your first visit to Vegas avoid this place. Spend a bit more and go center strip in the heart of the action.

I really would want to give this budget hotel casino 4 stars.
Really OK for the price
Pros. Renovations are OK, therefore the rooms are neat and kept clean.
The bed was comfy with a good mattress, no bed bugs in my room!
Staff at check in and check out were very attentive.
Hotel staff were very nice and helpful
Great chinese noodle house, Noodle Exchange, Dim Sum place was always crowded.
Good little pool area, also good security around.
Cons mid week the casino is so smelly of smoke
Second day there the casino area stunk of smoke and sewage.
Third day I just dreaded returning to the hotel
I would suggest that in the evenings when the gambling crowd clears out,
that they open the doors and get the smell out of the place. Wipe down surfaces with non odorous bleach and a few times a years shampoo the carpeting.
There are restaurants circling the casino floor and when you eat, you can smell this awful
combination of cig smoke and human funk.
I also noticed this sewage smell inside some of the higher end hotel lobbies.

I didn’t stay here, but we came for dim sum and bingo. The casino isn’t that big, but not bad.
I always wanted to try bingo and this is only 1 of 2 place that I knew had it. Since we were here, we decided to check it out. A bit confusing, but we got the hang of it. (Arghhh…no close wins though… next time!)
We left and then I had them drop me back off to play the 9p.m. bingo. I didn’t know if they had a shuttle to the Strip, but they do. It stops at The Orleans, I forget and the LINQ.

We had a great visit, quick service when requesting more towels, soap, etc.
Room was clean and quiet.
Shuttle to orleans was great as we were in town for Viva.
The problem is bug bites.
My fiancé and I both have multiple bug bites to our upper bodies, shoulders, back, back of head and front shoulder area.
I called the hotel to report today and was transferred 4 – 5 times and put on hold multiple times.
I was finally transferred to security to file a report and left on hold for 5 minutes.
I’m at work, back from a vacation, I can’t be on hold all day especially about something as important as reporting a bug bite issue with a hotel room.
I’m disappointed at customer service since we’ve already booked our room for next year and told all our friends how awesome the hotel was.

Our journey to the Las Vegas Valley of all things inappropriate and fun first started with a Check in to Gold Coast.
Gold Coast is on the edge of the strip, away from the drunken clamor and infernal nightly party of the sin city.
The inside of this hotel/​casino is not terrible at all. Everything is clean, and doesn’t warrant some odd smell, and the smoke is actually tolerable, and doesn’t seep into my clothes when walking through. They keep it well ventilated here throughout the floors. This cannot be said for it’s sister counterpart «The Orleans» which I found to be dirty, dingy, and smelled horrible, plus there was a lot of riff-​raff about. Gold Coast was great about keeping that stuff out of the casino.
Gold Coast has a lot of interesting amenities that some of the other Strip hotels don’t offer.
*70 lane bowling alley
*Bingo Hall
*Restaurants (It’s no Caesars, but it works!)
*Barber Shop/​Nail Salon
*Shuttle to Strip
We took advantage of plenty of these amenities, if not all.
The rooms here appear to have been renovated within the past few years. Everything is modern, yet already dated, if you get my drift. It was clean, nothing scary to report on that end.
The mattresses are firm. (My poor hips)
They’ve taken the liberty of removing the bathroom door, and replacing it with some weird sliding one, which is odd, because there’s still a crack on the side you can see through. Awkward!
The AC worked! Always a plus!
All in all… It’s a nice place to crash. There were no major issues to report of. Just a couple things that make you scratch your head, but wouldn’t warrant an atrociously bad rating for the place. If you’re looking for a place not within the heart of the strip for an affordable price, then Gold Coast is a great option.
Kudos that they let us check in SUPER early. Our flight arrived close to 9am. Most hotels would turn you away, or charge an outrageous fee.
Staff seemed to be more on the… Zombie side, but they were still able to answer any questions.
If I had to stay here again… I would without hesitation.
A-​OK plus, Unilocalers!

Not bad for the price. Even on a busy March Madness/​St. Patrick’s day weekend, this hotel was by far the cheapest. It’s not directly on the strip, but reasonably close to it. Besides, this is Vegas, and the room is only used to sleep and shower. If you’re planning on being in your room for most the time and the pool is a highlight, well this is NOT the hotel for you.
The hotel is ok, definitely not a top choice, but it serves it’s purpose. The hotel has a shop with liquor, beer, snacks and souvenirs. Has a tgif, subway, coffee shop, bars, and some other restaurants. There is free parking and you don’t have to circle 15 times to find parking. (Plenty of spots and close to the casino/​hotel) The rooms have been remodeled, and aren’t too bad. However the pool and bar service, here are crappy. (Thus the reason for 2 star deduction)
The pool was arctic cold. (Even in 83 degree weather) Most of the tiny pool is covered by the hotel, so 90 percent of the pool is on the shade. Your view is of an ugly hotel wall or bushes. The pool has maybe a 15 maximum capacity. And the sauna seats 4. There are some chairs for getting your tan on, but with no bar near by, or nice scenery, it gets old quick. The pool doesn’t have pool side bar service, so you have to walk in and across the casino for a drink. And when you get there, service sucks and takes foreverrrrrr.
So next time, I would rather spend more and get a nicer pool with a bar.

Not too bad of a stay
Rooms updated and clean. Had hot water and cable issues both nights of stay. Was refunded my resort fee for the inconvenience
Based on overall price, it can’t be beat. Close enough to the strip
Would stay again to save money

Excellent customer service!
This hotel is just a hop and a skip away from the hustle and bustle of the Strip which makes it very convenient.
The staff here are always very friendly and accommodating.
Thank you very much for your hospitality… can’t wait to be back.
Joe and Dee are the best!

I only come here to play bingo. Service I give a five but it’s extremely hard to win. It sits 750 people and it seems at least 100 – 200 were at each session I attended.
Recommend early session at 9am not as many people. They play every other hour starting at 9am and last session at 11pm.

This hotel looks a little sketchy from the outside, even upon entering. Surprisingly though, the rooms themselves are very nice, clean, and decent. Of course like most hotels in Vegas, don’t expect a fridge. They send us a lot of offers for room comps and discounts! The reviews may sound scary, but believe me it was a fun stay! It was off strip and it wasn’t trouble at all to take the shuttle.

Came here to celebrate my uncles birthday in one of their upstairs ballrooms.
The hotel/​casino is clean and the staff in the ballroom were nice.
The bartenders down stairs at the Casino are a bit mean and seem agitated all the time. When I ordered a Cosmo he seemed rude and pissed that I didn’t tip him (why should I if we ignored me several times when I tried to grab his attention… it’s your job to serve each customer and not just make yourself look busy) he wasn’t even making drinks but running around the bar touching and rearranging stuff… So yea I didn’t tip him.
Not bad place to celebrate a birthday. The Casino part is like any other on the strip and nearby but I would definitely go elsewhere for a drinks

Going to Vegas during Labor Day weekend would mean that a lot of the hotels will have increased prices! But I was able to find a great deal with my B-​connect membership for Fri and Sat night (around 90−100/night).
We got a premium room, and it’s pretty decent. There’s no refrigerator, but there’s AC, cable TV and your typical room amenities. One thing to note though is that WiFi is paid through your resort fees, however it only goes up to 3 devices. Any more than that, you will need to pay an upgrade internet fee.
Other than that, parking is free. There’s a TGI Fridays open ²⁴⁄₇ in the casino as well as great deals on bowling after midnight. A great place to stay at if you’re on a budget for Vegas.

Eureka! You’ve found it. A down-​to-​earth, reasonably priced, old skool place to stay off the Strip. This hotel-​casino is across from the Palms and practically next door to the Rio.
You’ll be hard-​pressed to find a pleasant full-​service, family-​friendly accommodation (near the Strip) charging lower resort fees. Let me know what you come up with, that *isn’t* completely questionable, disgusting, practically condemned or in a sketchy part of town.
Get the rooms re-​modeled with dark wood. Makes quite a difference from the «basic». Rooms on the fifth and sixth floor of the building are good. Premium room numbers on that side range from –31 through –78. Higher the number, the farther from the elevator and ice machine. View from an even-​numbered room is quite pleasant– looking north, mountains in the background, and below, an apartment complex with large foliage-​full mature trees.
Bed was super-​comfortable. Not sure if mattress is pillow-​top, but it was a dream slumber. Then again, I’m tolerating a past-​its-​prime bed at home. All in the eye of the beholder, or spine of the sleeper… you get my drift. And drifting to sleep was no problemo.
Unfortunately, bathroom shower was not ideal. Stall had only partial glass separator, no curtain, so water inevitably splashed out into the floor next to toilet. This poor set-​up prevents me from giving a higher rating. Otherwise everything else about the room? Fine; clean, comfy, safe, quiet. House-​keeping were nice, generous with supplies, helpful, never intrusive. Courtesy shuttle can also take car-​less guests to the Strip.
Any place having Adam Levine on the piped-​in-​house muzak is fine with me. Heard most of Maroon 5’s catalogue, while just walking around through the hotel casino. Restaurants are just the right vibe– fast, casual, friendly and good prices mostly. Don’t mind a little T.G.I. Fridays if I do. Plus it’s tough to go wrong, with Ping Pang Pong. ;]
Swimming pool’s family vibe just a standard motor lodge pool; no day klerb pool party scene. The hotel hosts bowling tourneys and keeps the lanes open and running at all hours. Grave-​yard bowling is an actual promotion– may be right up your alley, nyuk nyuk. Also, do you enjoy Latin musica? For a salsa good time check out «Noches Caliente».
Whatever reason you’re in Sin City– vacay, gambling, re-​union, romance, non-​romantic romance, hiding from the mob– Gold Coast ain’t a bad choice.

Stayed here for one night post-​EDC and only $ 70 a night but with an $ 100 deposit.
The hotel itself has Subway, TGI Fridays, a cheap Buffet, nice and small casino, and a small pool. This hotel is not on the strip but closer to Chinatown. I really enjoyed staying here. The beds are very comfortable, the bathrooms are really clean, channels on TV lack variety but hey… its only $ 70 a night. How can you complain?
I enjoyed my stay here over Bellagio. Would stay here again!

3.49 stars.
We came here the day before NYE as we were planning to have dinner here at this casino at the Ping, Pang, Pong restaurant plus play midnight bingo at their most popular spot on the second floor for New Years Eve night.
The casino itself is older but decent. We had picked up club cards here but the line took Forever! We passed by the gift shop pretty much as it had tons of Xmas decorations on sale at 50%. Why not 75%??? I saw that they had an ice cream/​coffee/​croissant area but said to myself tomorrow not today!
We went to the second floor to purchase bingo playing for the special NYE midnight play. It was somewhat costly but you’re talking to someone who rarely gambles. I actually chose to do that bc I wanted to spend it with the fam. You see my mother is 96 years old and it’s not too often we get together for these occasions. It was coincidental that my sister and I planned to be in Vegas at the same time.
Normally my HB and I would have enjoyed a show or go
to a nightclub for dancing for NYE. We thought it would be best to do what my mother could do but play bingo. Who knows what the future will bring?
So the next day was NYE. We came to eat, shop, have dessert (ice cream was yummy!) plus play midnight bingo with the fam at the Gold Coast. It’s a huge big deal for many people to come to this event here. We met some nice people around us; one guy did win one bingo there but he had placed some big money initially. I saw that this one couple not far from us won three times!!! You know they probably had numerous cards.
Bingo was fun. My neighbor Tony assisted me big time as I was a novice at it plus it was normally past our bedtime that I was literally falling asleep. Even our new friend Roy noticed me nodding off!
They served drinks, a huge buffet meal consisted of Italian and Mexican food plus there were party favors to bring in the new year 2015. The television screens overhead showed what was going on down at the Vegas strip plus included the countdown of the end of 2014 to the beginning of 2015! Balloons came down at that point to celebrate the fun festivity of the new year 2015.
It was quite a nice celebration with the fam that we will never forget! Bring 2015 on!!! We aren’t sure if we will be back; maybe not during the wintry season as it snowed earlier in the day!

Here’s 10 great things (and 3 not-​so-​great) about Gold Coast, my hotel of choice since the Center Strip Inn closed in the 90s.
10 GREAT THINGS
1. It’s one of a few places that has Bingo. Bingo is fun. Bingo only costs $ 6 – 20 an hour for paper packs (or $ 24-​$ 32 for machines if you are drunk or OCD). And when you are «on» (bingo speak for when you are just one number away from winning), and you’re ready to pop, that delayed gratification makes Bingo seriously more exciting than slots, poker, table games, as you keep waiting for that one number. Bonus: Bingo has free donuts in the morning and $ 1 popcorn later. There’s a bar right there if you don’t want to wait for a server. Bingo makes you feel younger than you really are. Bingo lets you giggle when you hear «O 69» or say things about tumors when your hear ‘B9″.
2. It has 24 hour bowling. Like all day, all night. Like if someone says, «What do you want to do now?», the answer can always be bowling. Always.
3. Ok, Sam’s Town has bingo and bowling too, but Gold Coast has a better location: it’s across the street from Rio (arguably the best buffet), right off the freeway. If you want to get to the Strip, there’s a free shuttle.
4. It’s «small», which comes in handy when you want to grab something out of your car… it’s like right outside in one of the two parking garages. And I literally bumped into people from my party as we crossed paths or shared tables. LITERALLY. Like a movie when the hot girl in glasses drops her books, but replace books with casino hot dog and hot girl with brother-in-law’s friend Dewayne who goes swimming in lieu of a shower. (Oh, yeah, there’s a pool)
5. The Ports O’ Call buffet is a good deal… and the Sunday brunch is crazy. At 8am, I passed on the traditional stuff and had turkey breast and mashed potatoes and gravy, self-​made chicken fajita guacamole burrito, chow mein, bread pudding. Tip: Get the free Gold Coast «B Connected» card if not just for the $ 1 – 2 off.
6. TGIF, is open 24 hours, with room service, and BOGO entrée with bingo receipt. Bingo and TGIF are the 1 – 2 punch that keep us coming back. See separate review for Fridays.
7. The bowling alley bar. It’s no-​nonsense, nothing special, except that it’s empty. The area downstairs is great for betting sports, but not watching sports: it’s literally got high school desks or private monitors like a computer lab. The bowling alley bar only has 4 games on, but it is usually empty — so empty you can hear pins drop.
8. At least three $ 5 blackjack tables, some «non-​smoking».
9. The little things: 24 hr Subway, $ 2 water/​soda machines every floor, (small) hot tub, the wi-​fi actually works, the pool bathroom is heated, the Cortez Room is nice (separate review), free safe, the coupon book (if you’re lucky), and the bingo bathrooms smell really good, like Skittles farts.
10. Gold Coast has at least ¹⁄₃ Chinese people, old people, fat people, drunk locals, and people in cowboy hats, (sometimes all in one), but one weekend a year, the classic car show on Easter weekend attracts the rockabilly types that pretty up the place.
THE NOT-​SO-​GREAT
1. The open «main bar» (a rectangle of video games that seats 24 or so) was a little shady. On three different occasions, I (or the person next to me) asked the bartender for the price of drinks, and they would not could not give us a straight answer. They said stuff like «$ 200 if you’re not doing well». Eventually, we figured out that they were $ 4 or so if you weren’t playing the games and $ 1.25 if you were, but that shadiness was worth mentioning. The drinks were a little weak– just think of each drink as ¹⁄₃ a drink. Three do the trick of one. Six do the trick of two. Nine, three. Twelve, and you’ll take the cast of American Horror Story Freak Show to bed. Or Dewayne.
2. Damn fine value, but don’t forget to add the mandatory resort fee for all the «amenities» you think are included… (but that seems to be the case everywhere now, right?)
3. Bring a hair clip to keep the curtains closed.
4. The out of room wi-​fi sucks.
5. The standard rooms are a great deal, pretty roomy and clean, but they have prison like bathrooms. There was no tub, so my shower water was slowly creeping toward my wife a foot away with a hair dryer. (Take note, Dateline). And though the shower was adjustable in height, the height was inexplicably 4’3″ to 5’8. And with no counter space, we had to put our (her) toiletries on the ironing board. And the view (if you have an odd # room) is of the air-​conditioner museum, aka the dirty casino roof. (An even # gets you the mountain view and a parking lot). And, there’s no fridge. Not cool. Literally.