El Cortez Hotel & Casino  

My husband and I love to visit Las Vegas and decided to take a chance on this hotel We are so glad we did! It is one block from Freemont Street, was clean and very budget friendly. We even used our coupon books for free drinks and gambling money. Give it a try!

Paid 250.00 including taxes for 7 nights. They had to fix the Booking.com price at the end of the stay so make sure you keep all your reservation paperwork. The rooms are a little dated but fairly clean and no sign of bedbugs from close inspection of the room. All the staff were great and very friendly. Gambling limits on the tables were among the lowest downtown. Location is about a block from the freemont street experience. I would recomend this hotel for those looking for a inexpensive stay. Those who are looking for a swanker stay may want to consider the Golden Nugget. However I will probably stay here my next visit.

After staying in a big 5* Hotel center strip the last time I visited Vegas I wanted to trie something different, after a tip and carefully checking out this site I booked El Cortez. It is really great value for money, friendly staff, 24 hour coffeeshop right downstairs with good food for an insane low price. The location of the Hotel was also above expectation with only a 5 minute walk to Fremont street where also the bus stop is which will take you to the strip or you can easily spend a whole day in that area. And yes, there where also some questionable figures walking around but I never felt unsafe. The security guards from the Hotel and the downtown area are doing a great job, even patrolling the Hotel floors.

The Hotel dated back from 1941 and althoug it was renovated, it's still pretty old, so don't expect too much (except clean rooms of course) of it.If you are taking you're date on a romantic trip to Vegas or planning Honeymoon I would recommend staying at another Hotel.

Was very close to the Fremont St. Experience, and the express bus lines to get down to the main strip.

Like the typical Vegas hotel, it was smoke filled, though the non- smoking rooms were a nice get away from that. It is old school Vegas, so don't expect it to be a five star suite with a view.

I stayed at the Cabana Suites and enjoyed my room very much. Very stylish with excellent quality furnishings. The room was on the small side but very comfortable and well furnished. Shower only (no tub) but very nice walking shower. Bed was very comfortable. Just like the picture on their website. Security was ever present and very nice.

No pool.

For the last 15 years we only stay at the "Tez", that's what our grown children call it. We love to stay there. It is like coming home for us. All of our family member young and old love to stay at the El Cortez. If they can't get reservation there, they are going to visit and gamble.

It was very clean and all the staff real friendley. The food is great at a real reasonable price and the waitreses were very friendley and kept up with the small things as filling the glass of water before it went dry. I will recommend this place to everyone who comes to las vegas. It is a piece of history in las vegas.

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The hdx - Henderson bus goes straight to "sam's town hotel & casino"

Can you believe that they demand a forty dollar deposit for each night, which for a seven night stay is $280. deposit??? Really? What a joke! No other hotel/casino in Las Vegas does it!

Reception was all smoked. The whole 1st floor is casino smoked all round. Besides this it was flawless. Great value for money if you can bear being in smoke for 15 minutes at check in.

Price is unbelievable low. Very good room with luxury attributes.

Staff was really friendly and charming. It was really cheap, even the food in the Steakhouse was not very expensive. The room was spacious and had every thing we expected it to have. The hotel is not located at the strip but there is still a lot to do around. It looked a little bit old, but we thought it used to be a very elegant hotel and it's still not bad. Anyway for this price ($17) you can't say anything.

Location, occasional free wifi, coffee in the room and the slots were much looser than on the strip!!

No swimming pool, but that was a very minor annoyance.

Tonya, the clerk at the hotel desk was excellent.

Very inexpensive and great location. Good value.

Hotel staff were repeatedly rude and not helpful. Can't remember one person that seemed to enjoy their job or that had a helping attitude. Hard to imagine this being tolerated in LasVegas with all the competition available to consumer.