What Was the Most Disappointing Casino in Vegas and Why? (3 Viewers)

Chicken Rob said:
I'm ok with the chalk outlines. I just wish they got the blood and brains out of the walls and carpet.
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True story: two months ago, Spring Break, trying to get to the High Roller ferris wheel so we parked at The Linq. The parking garage has very low ceilings and as we were walking to elevator I looked up and--absolutely no joke--there was a fan-spray of blood on the ceiling about six inches at its widest and about two feet long. No blood on the floor, so at least they cleaned up what must have been the messier part. Still. I pointed it out to my wife who grabbed my hand a bit tighter and picked up the pace to get inside the casino.
 
Anyone ever stay at Harrah's? What about Bally's? Clean, decent? Trying to figure out where to stay on the next trip.
 
Harrahs is decent as long as you don't get a room overlooking the Carnaval Court, which is an outdoor nightclub. The music travels right through the windows. Pool terrible.

Ballys is my goto place to stay on the strip. Central to everything. Oldest tower was recently remodelled. Pool sucks. If you drive, you can exit the parking garage onto 3 different streets, which is very handy. Secret exit/entrance: between the poker room and the Nosh café there is a door. Go through the door - at the end of the hallway is a service exit that puts you right beside Paris casino, you can then get directly to the strip.
 
I've stayed at both, and agree 100% with Moose's opinions. We hit Bally's more frequently than anywhere else because it's location to dollar ratio. Neither is fancy, but it won't make your skin crawl either - unless you are particularly sensitive to such things. I'd put either on on par with a Best Western style hotel.

I've also been successful at both properties with the $20 trick.
 
Ive only stayed in two different hotels, circus circus and the venetian. Circus circus was nice and cheap but ill be damned if i ever stay there again. The room smelt worse than any other hotel ive ever sayed in... And its just a weird looking hotel, it has to just surivive off of its cheap prices.
 
Worst place I've ever stayed in Vegas was the Imperial Palace. This would have been around 2006. The place was flat out scary and had the slowest elevators I've ever encountered.
 
Amazing, several votes for Imperial Palace. I agree. Place was a dump all around, casino and rooms. My room had a puddle of water in the middle. Oh well, had a great time then though. We always left and was just a place to sleep, which wasn't much.
 
I stayed at Harrahs. Not bad no complaints and priced right for the quality.

But for a few bucks more you can stay at Planet Hollywood. I love that place and they have smoking hot girls dancing at night in the Blackjack Pleasure Pit. Great times!
 
Kyle said:
I stayed at Harrahs. Not bad no complaints and priced right for the quality.

But for a few bucks more you can stay at Planet Hollywood. I love that place and they have smoking hot girls dancing at night in the Blackjack Pleasure Pit. Great times!
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also stayed at harrahs, wished i stayed at flamingo as the pool scene was fun, basically the same price and centrally located.
 
My biggest disappointment was Stardust, about 1-2 years before they closed. First and only time there, I was expecting old school Vegas or Rat Pack style, it was "80's futuristic" and I was sad. Tropicana rooms were also bad, but the casino was kinda fun. I think I was also kinda disappointed in Binion's, thought it was going to be some gambler's mecca, but it was a dingy crap hole in 2004 or 5, have not been back. Was not as bad as Las Vegas Club was at that time, we got a room there for my wife's sister and fiancé, because it was cheap and we were paying. I am going to make a pilgrimage to downtown this year, it has been too long since I last spent some time there, figure I can talk the boys into a day of Fremont street wandering.

I think Bally's rooms were better than Harrah's, been 8-10 years since Harrah's and 1.5 year since Bally's. We usually stay at Bally's, tried staying at Paris last time to see if it changed my luck, it did not.

BiGGyT's rooms he stayed at ranked best to worst

Wynn
Aria
Bellagio
Paris
Palms
Bally's
Harrah's
MGM (West Wing, aka no view)
Jockey Club (wanted to be a casino, so it counts)
Tropicana

thanks moose for the pro tip!!!!

"Secret exit/entrance: between the poker room and the Nosh café there is a door. Go through the door - at the end of the hallway is a service exit that puts you right beside Paris casino, you can then get directly to the strip."

we always are walking through the front, now bazaar area, will check this out next time.
 
Downtown is still crap. Wouldn't recommend it. Binions is still a shit hole, except they closed the hotel so you lose the added bonus of hooker watching. Only poker room of any decent quality is the Nugget. Except that they rake the pot, whether you see a flop or not. So personally would not play there.
 
ChipEnvy said:
Circus, Circus.

It's like it's... Like it's an old Circus themed casino.
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^^^^^, this. Plus there were so many skanky hookers around. Not that the hookers are the problem, but the skanky...........
 
moose said:
Downtown is still crap. Wouldn't recommend it. Binions is still a shit hole, except they closed the hotel so you lose the added bonus of hooker watching. Only poker room of any decent quality is the Nugget. Except that they rake the pot, whether you see a flop or not. So personally would not play there.
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Downtown Grand was pretty acceptable. The casino had terrible odds and no poker room, but Fremont was a block away. Plaza's casino has been remodeled to make it acceptable as well, but nothing downtown will ever be as nice as the strip.
 
pltrgyst said:
just walking into the Wynn makes my skin crawl.
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I went to the Wynn once because my buddy and I won tickets to go see Spamalot there. Fun show, but just walking from the entrance to the theater and back before/after the show, it was immediately clear that I was not their target audience. It's a rare day when I feel completely out of place somewhere, but that did it. I felt more at home in Korea and Belize than I did in the Wynn.
 
I'll never gamble another dollar at Harrah's again. Had too many bad experiences w/their dealers to ever grace their tables w/my dollars again.
 
My very first trip to Vegas I stayed at the Algiers - the room was like a prison cell. I checked out the next morning and upgraded to Circus Circus - that's how bad it was.
 
Psypher1000 said:
I went to the Wynn once because my buddy and I won tickets to go see Spamalot there. Fun show, but just walking from the entrance to the theater and back before/after the show, it was immediately clear that I was not their target audience. It's a rare day when I feel completely out of place somewhere, but that did it. I felt more at home in Korea and Belize than I did in the Wynn.
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I went there for dinner once with a vendor at the sushi place. I think it was called Okada. Sushi and Sake for 5 and $1200 later before tip. Great sushi but not Seth the price.
 
Psypher1000 said:
I went to the Wynn once because my buddy and I won tickets to go see Spamalot there. Fun show, but just walking from the entrance to the theater and back before/after the show, it was immediately clear that I was not their target audience. It's a rare day when I feel completely out of place somewhere, but that did it. I felt more at home in Korea and Belize than I did in the Wynn.
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The Bellagio feels like that to me, for some reason I always feel like I snuck in past security. The Wynn is nicer, but (for me) feels friendlier. If nothing else, they offer soft poker tables and hot waitresses.
 
Freemont was downright depressing. I knew it wouldn't be as nice and new as the strip but wow. Looks nothing like it did in the movies and the general crowd/ state of the properties/ etc is downright sad. I wouldn't tell a first timer to NOT go, because i feel like you have to at least see it. But try to get there right after sunset and plan on leaving soon, IMO.

My only trip to vegas was maybe a year before Bill's closed. While it was fun and cheap (played some .50/1 poker there a couple nights so my wife could play at little risk) it was, arguably, more depressing than Freemont.

Paris casino was really underwhelming. No poker, very little traffic. Seemed like it was 90% machines. With their location/ quality of the hotel I was expecting a better atmosphere.
 
tripleflatbarrel said:
Freemont was downright depressing. I knew it wouldn't be as nice and new as the strip but wow. Looks nothing like it did in the movies and the general crowd/ state of the properties/ etc is downright sad. I wouldn't tell a first timer to NOT go, because i feel like you have to at least see it. But try to get there right after sunset and plan on leaving soon, IMO.

My only trip to vegas was maybe a year before Bill's closed. While it was fun and cheap (played some .50/1 poker there a couple nights so my wife could play at little risk) it was, arguably, more depressing than Freemont..
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Tony Hsieh (the owner of Zappos) has helped lead a downtown revitalization project. Since your only trip was over 5 years ago, you caught Freemont at it's worst.

Mind you, Freemont is weird. It's just a doctor away from becoming a mental institution. However, it is lively and energetic. Live music is performed on multiple stages and the Slotzilla zipline seems to be constantly recommended (though I have not personally tried the zipline, because I don't want to spend money doing something that I can do at work).

For a 1st time visitor, I wouldn't recommend it either. My lack of support though, is because there is plenty to see and do on the strip for the typical 1st visit.
 
Poker Zombie said:
Tony Hsieh (the owner of Zappos) has helped lead a downtown revitalization project. Since your only trip was over 5 years ago, you caught Freemont at it's worst.

Mind you, Freemont is weird. It's just a doctor away from becoming a mental institution. However, it is lively and energetic. Live music is performed on multiple stages and the Slotzilla zipline seems to be constantly recommended (though I have not personally tried the zipline, because I don't want to spend money doing something that I can do at work).

For a 1st time visitor, I wouldn't recommend it either. My lack of support though, is because there is plenty to see and do on the strip for the typical 1st visit.
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Hmmm December 2012. I think Bill's closed in 2013. So all of that may not have started.
 
Although I found Fremont street to be just so-so, I wouldn't discourage a trip to downtown Las Vegas just to soak up the atmosphere of old Vegas. I remember playing at or walking through Binion's, Four Queens, Golden Gate, Fremont, and of course the Golden Nugget. On the strip, I've played at the Dunes, Desert Inn, Stardust, Barbary Coast, Bourbon Street, Boardwalk, and the Sahara, all of which are now gone.

My point: Compile a list of your own "must see" places and visit them while they're still around.

/trip down memory lane
 

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