Casino Reviews

The Aria Casino is located in the new City Center complex developed by MGM Grand. This is a huge complex and we will describe it in other posts, however this one will focus on the buffet at this casino. The buffet is open and bright, with windows along two sides. This is unusual since many casino buffet rooms are inside and enclosed on all four sides. One side looks out on to the pool area, two of the hot tubs while the other looks onto the pool area entrance. So you have some great views while dining at the buffet and enjoying your lunch or dinner.

We went to the casino and tried their buffet during May 2011 and found it to be excellent. Our overall top buffet is at the Mirage Hotel and casino, however this one ranks a close second. The price is reasonable and the decor and serving dishes are unique as you may observe in some of the pictures. The deserts are excellent, small portions which is ok with us since this means you can try a variety of deserts without wasting a lot of food.

The day we went they offered crab legs hot or cold and of course shrimp. They had all of the other main menu items along with various nationalities as well from Indian,, Mexican, Italian and Japanese. There is definitely something for everyone including the traditional meat and potatoes which many people love.

You definitely will not go hungry here!

Price Range:$$ $30 to $35 range

Accepts Credit Cards:Yes

Parking:Garage

Attire:Casual

Good for Groups:Yes

Good for Kids:Yes

Takes Reservations:No

Waiter Service:Yes

Outdoor Seating:No, but some seats have a view of the pool

Wi-Fi:Paid

Good For:Dinner, Brunch

Alcohol:Beer & Wine Only

Noise Level:Average

Ambience:Casual

Has TV:No

Caters:No

Wheelchair Accessible:Yes

Visiting the Fremont Street Experience is one of the must things to do in Las Vegas. If you are staying somewhere on the strip in one of the strip hotels, take a taxi, the bus or drive down to downtown Las Vegas and see the Fremont Street Experience. Best time to go is early evening just before it gets dark. Park at the Golden Nugget hotel parking lot and get your parking stub stamped at the cashiers cage in the Golden Nugget and then head out to the street.  The picture on the left is showing one of the shows that is  done in lights on the ceiling. Of course you can play a little in the casino or have dinner there or in any of the other hotels,  but the main reason we are suggesting you want to make the trip down is to visit Fremont street and take in all of the action.

What is the Fremont Street Experience?

 The entire street, which is the original downtown Las Vegas mecca is covered over for about six city blocks. On the ceiling every 30 minutes at night, they put on a sound and light show for all of the tourists. The lights from the casinos shown in the picture on the left are turned off and the show begins with a fabulous light and music show that really will enthrall just about anyone. There are no street lights on this section of Fremont street, since the casinos generate more light than any street light ever would. The street is closed to auto traffic and there are literally thousands of people strolling along and watching the show on the ceiling.

This picture  shows what the street looks like during the daytime. Nothing special, but you can see the supporting columns that hold the ceiling up and support the large speakers that deliver fabulous sound. When the light show is not on, there are many other activities as well taking place. it changes all of the time so if you do not see what we saw, I am sure you will see other things as well that we equally interesting.

For example there were two dance bands at either end if the street. These bands, the singers and the dancers were excellent and worth spending some time listening to. You can also zip lining along the street for several blocks as well. They have this set up above the street level and four people can go at the same time. Usually groups have races to see who can get to the other end the quickest.

There are also many people who will pose for a picture. There are cartoon characters as well as characters from various TV shows and of course there is always an Elvis or two. If you want to take your picture with one of these characters, note that they will always have their hand out for a tip. This is how they make their living and although they initially make it look like something that they just do for fun, they have their hands out for a tip. There was even a mini Elvis as shown in the picture on the left. And of course he wanted his tip afterwords.

If you have been to the Fremont Street Experience, write a comment or two about your experience. It is well worth spending the time to go there, just make sure you hold on tight to your wallet or purse while watching the show.

Well we just spent another fabulous two days at the Wynn Casino hotel in Las Vegas!  We had a Wynn hotel promotion and we use these every chance we get. This hotel in our opinion is the best hotel in the area and we always try to stay here when we come to Las Vegas.  When you are the best, you can also charge higher rates and the only way we can stay at the Wynn is by being there on a Wynn Hotel Promotions coupon which lately we receive quite often. Other hotels are charging less than one hundred dollars for the room, while the Wynn hotel can charge over $150 per room per night for the basic room which is very elegant and well appointed, and way up from there.Our room faced onto the strip and we had an absolutely fantastic view of the strip, the mall the western side of Vegas and of course the mountains. At night with all of the lights, we had a really fantastic view!

Play Were you Want to Stay

Our motto has always been, play were you want to stay, and we always want to stay at the Wynn hotel or it’s sister hotel the Encore. We have full descriptions of each of these hotels on our web site, but we just had to write this additional post, because we just got back from staying at this fabulous hotel. The picture above was taken from across the street in front of the Fashion Show Mall, which by the way is another place to visit while you are in Vegas. Wynn Hotel Promotions are really valuable when you think about it. Not only are we staying in a room that they usually sell for $150 plus, it is an extremely nice room and they also gives us $150 in free play. I know some people get a lot more, but for us and the level of gambling we do this is fabulous.

Visit the Wynn Casino – Get a slot Card

If you are in Las Vegas and staying at some other hotel, at least walk through the casino and I am sure you will be blown away. From the mountain out front with the water falls to the opulent shops in the promenade to the tree line walkway to the check in and the bright red casino, there is something for everyone. They even have an eighteen hole golf course at the back of the hotel should you wish to play. We have not checked out the prices for a round of golf, however I am sure they are expensive.

While you are there sign up for a slot card and play for at least a little while. Depending on your amount of play, they may send you an invitation to stay at the hotel for reduced rates!  For more information on Slot cards, check out our categories for more posts on this subject.

Always Tip the Waitress

You have to hand it to Steve Wynn. When you receive a Wynn Hotel Promotion inviting you to stay at their hotel and even give you free play, he knows you will spend money in his casino, in his restaurants and maybe a show. You can do all of that easily and really enjoy yourself. Drinks while playing in the casino are free and it would be easy to just take the drink and go on playing. We see lot’s of people doing just that. We believe that you should  always tip the waitress. They have to make a living too and besides once they know they are getting tips, you will have fantastic service.

We always tip a dollar and although that is not a lot, we receive the best service and never lack for a drink. Whether it is alcoholic,  juice, coffee or even a hot chocolate, they can deliver almost whatever you offer. Just make sure you tip them each time.

Well that sums up our trip to the Wynn hotel this year on a Wynn Hotel Promotion card. We are looking forward to going again soon. If you like the Wynn as much as we do, let us know. leave your comments too.

The New York Casino and hotel in Las Vegas is truly spectacular. Emulating the New York skyline with a roller coaster ride that runs through the casino and outside as well there is lots to see and do in this casino hotel in Las Vegas. The picture on the right was taken from one of the bridges that crosses the strip from the New York Hotel to the MGM Grand Casino on the other side of the road. This is one of the best panorama views that I have been able to take of this hotel.

We have stayed here several times and although the hotel is not our favorite, it is a very nice hotel to stay at. Personally I like the casino more than others due to its action orientation and night life atmosphere. You can roam the streets of downtown New York, visit a bar with dueling pianos or visit a pub were they dance on the bar.  The casino is in and around of this and they also have some really great slot machines. I have won a few jack pots as well here on slots and on video poker machines.

One time we were just walking by and my wife needed to use the bathroom. We went inside and I decided to play a video poker machine. Before she returned, I had hit a royal flush and earned a cool $1000. Now this is the way I like to gamble.

The picture on the left shows the skyline of the hotel at night. Again taken from one of the bridges crossing the strip You can see the wire fence in the foreground.  It really is a spectacular view and as we have already mentioned there is lots to do at this casino. Read on for more details about our New York New York Casino and hotel review.

Slot Machines

There are over 1,500 slots in varying denominations including:

• Wheel of Fortune
• Megabucks
• Jackpot Party
• Blazing 7′s
• Top Dollar
• Sex & the City
• Monopoly
• Goldfish
• Wizard of Oz

Table Games

There are 84,000 square feet of space with more than 67 gaming tables including:

• Blackjack
• Craps
• Roulette
• Mini Baccarat
• Let It Ride
• Big Six
• Three Card Poker
• Texas Hold’em Bonus
• Crazy 4 Poker

Restaurants

• Nine Fine Irishmen
• The Sporting House Bar & Grill
• Gallagher’s Steakhouse – Great steaks here!
• II Fornaio
• Chin Chin Café
• Gonzalez Y Gonzalez
• America
• Nathan’s Famous Hot Dogs
• New York Pizzeria
• Broadway Burger Bar
• Quick Bites

What We Liked

• Variety of slot machines
• Free drinks while gambling
• Free entertainment at the bar
• Dueling Pianos bar, you need to line up to get into this one
• Buffet is great
• Pool area and spa free to hotel
• Hotel rates are very reasonable, especially if you use an M-Life card while gambling
• Covered garage parking which is very secure
• Easy access from all highways including Interstate 15
• Safe environment in the casino, hotel and parking areas

What We Did Not Like

• It is a 4 star hotel in our estimation and quite adequate for our needs
• Rooms in the hotel are getting a bit dated as of 2011
• Getting to your room can be confusing, due to the many different elevator banks

Slot Player Card

They are part of the MGM Mirage slot players card system. Slot members can take advantage of benefits at many Las Vegas hotels,  as well as sister hotels in Tunica, Biloxi, Laughlin and Reno.

If you have not taken advantage of slot player cards, there are a number of benefits that many slot players should consider. Free or discounted rooms, email mailing list of promotions, free or discounted meals, access to entertainment, and a tax report outlining your losses and wins for tax claim purposes.

Parking

There is ample parking at the New York hotel & casino in a large parking garage beside the hotel. There is no surface parking that we observed. You can access the hotel from the garage via an elevator from all levels. The parking garage is also patrolled on a regular basis and it also protects your car from the weather.

Directions:

Located across from the MGM Grand and at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard & Tropicana.

From McCarran International Airport

Head east from Wayne Newton Blvd – go 0.5 mi

Bear right at Swenson St and head toward Airport exit – go 0.9 mi

Turn left at E . Tropicana Ave. – go 1.2 mi

Cross Las Vegas Blvd, turn right into New York-New York off East Tropicana Ave

From Interstate 15

Exit 1-15 and head east onto E. Tropicana

Turn left into New York-New York off East Tropicana Ave

A nephew of mine and his wife are planing to go to Vegas for the first time and were asking were they should stay. I initially recommended they should stay at one of the following  hotels. They are all close to each other and in the center of everything.

• Mirage
• Treasure island (TI)
• Wynn,
• Venation
• Paris
• Bellagio

They are prime locations and often a little more pricey than some of the other hotels along the strip. My nephew is looking for something more affordable and sent the following note.

We got a price on a couple hotels you haven’t recommended, let me know what you think of these.

• Luxor
• Rio All Suite
• New York New York
• MGM Grand
• Mandalay Bay
• Aria

They are all 4 stars and are a couple hundred less than the Mirage which we are looking into instead of these options. If you could let me know your thoughts

 My comments on these hotels are as follows:

They are all very good hotels and we have stayed Mgm, NYNY, and Aria. It really comes down to location.

Rio- off the strip and you cannot walk to the strip. I think they have a shuttle that you can take or you can take a taxi. Apparently they have a really good night club there if you can get in

Mandalay Bay – very nice hotel, on the strip, across from the airport, but at the extreme south end of the strip, probably 2 miles from the mirage. lots of walking to get anywhere and you do not want to take taxis all of the time

Luxor – better location, on the strip, at the south end, still a long way from the main hotels.

Aria – on the strip, between NYNY and Bellagio, across the street from the Mgm Grand, good location , brand new and very modern looking. we personally do not like it because it is all glass and steel, grey, not the desert tones, huge place and offers everything you will want.

MGM – on the strip, huge, (5000 rooms) can take the monorail to other locations from this hotel, across the street from the NYNY and Aria .

New York, New York- I like this place,my wife not so much, unique in that it represents the ny sky line, and streets of new york inside in the restaurant area, has a roller coaster going through it, has two neat bars – coyotes and also the dueling pianos.

For my money I would stay at NYNY or Mgm. and get a M-life slot card to use when I am playing the slots there. . You can still walk to the Bellagio fountains, the Mirage volcano and the TI pirate show ( about a mile) as well as many of the other hotels along the strip.

Take Good Walking Shoes

Remember these hotels are huge, just to get from your room to the street is a good walk, so make sure you take good walking shoes.

For free drinks , make sure you have some money in the slot machine, whether you are playing or not, tip $1 for a drink for each of you and order whatever you want.

if you go downtown, take a taxi, do not walk. it is too far and there are some less than good areas on the way, especially at night.

Back in Sept of 2011, we wrote a post about receiving an invitation from the Encore and Wynn Casino in Las Vegas to stay free at either hotel. You can read this post by clicking here.   Well we went to Las Vegas and stayed in a suite at the Encore Hotel , which is part of the Wynn chain of hotels that were designed and built by Steve Wynn.

We were only on the 11th floor, however even with this view we were more than satisfied. The picture on the right shows you what we saw of the strip and also the mountains in the distance.

Circus Circus and the Las Vegas Hilton hotels are not far away and all in all we were very satisfied with this view.

Our room was also grand. It was a two room suite with a work area, large couch to recline on and a flat screen TV that rotated between the bedroom and the living room. Everything was elegant and the bathroom provided a shower as well as a tub to soak in. There was also another small flat screen TV in the bathroom to allow you to keep up with the news or your favorite soap TV show.

I added a couple of pictures at the bottom of this post to show you what the room is like. Hope you enjoy them. When you are staying free at a hotel like this you really appreciate just how nice they are. This is a 5 category hotel for sure.

We were very impressed with the hotel. The only negative and really all of the hotels in Las Vegas suffer from this is the size of the place. They are huge and that means a lot of walking. When you consider that there is probably 3000 rooms in the Encore and another 3000 rooms at the Wynn, these places get really large.

We tried gambling at Encore and it just did not work for us, so we would walk over to the Wynn casino, all indoors of course and play at the Wynn Casino. We did far better here and I must say that the waitresses were always around with free drinks for us. We tipped a dollar every time and they made sure we had what ever we wanted.

We also ate at the Switch restaurant located at Encore. This is the second time we have dined at this restaurant. My wife had Alaskan King Crab legs and I had the 9 oz filet Mignon steak. I was very satisfied with the steak, however my wife was disappointed with the crab legs. They were not very large and not very many for the price.  Overall we felt a bit rushed and the meal was very pricey.  With a glass of wine each and the meal it came to over $200 for the two of us and I think that this is really too much considering the service we received and the quality of the food.

For those of you who may not be aware the restaurant walls at Switch a;long with the ceiling change every 20 minutes or so. There are about 3 or 4 different designs that are displayed while you are dining. They change automatically and give you a different atmosphere each time. We saw 3 changes and it does get a bit boring the second time around. I would suggest you dine once to see this and then try another place.

Here are the pictures of our room that I promised earlier in this post. If you have stayed at the Encore and would like to leave comments , please do so at the bottom of this post.

If you cannot go to Paris France, why not come to Paris in Las Vegas. Admittedly it is not the same thing at all, however you can visit a replica of the Eiffel Tower and even take an elevator ride to the top. We have not stayed at the Paris hotel yet, however perhaps the next time we visit Las Vegas. It is centrally located along the strip and close to all of the major hotels on the strip such as Caesars, Bellagio, Ballys and many others.

Whether you spend time at this hotel or stroll along the strip, this is a great city to visit and the hotel will more than live up to it’s name.

Following is a quick summary of what you can expect. When we visit this hotel , we will update this post more with our own pictures and personal comments.

Slot Machines

There are over more than 1,700 slot machines which are set alongside streets capes, fountains and statues beneath the massive legs of our Eiffel Tower. You’ll find the very latest in themed slot machines, the most popular multi-line games and the infamous, statewide progressive Megabucks machines. The Champagne Slots, is in the high-limit slot area, which resembles an exclusive, Parisian courtyard.

Table Games

There have all of the popular table games that many people enjoy including: Craps ; Texas Hold’Em poker and Seven Card Stud; Baccarat ; Mini Baccarat ; Roulette with a wheel marked with numbers 1 through 36 and American roulette has a 0 and 00; Pai Gow

Restaurants

The Paris casino has great french based restaurants that offer the best in cooking for visitors. From 5 star restaurants to quick coffee shops, there is something for everyone. Café Belle Madeleine;Cafe Ile St Louis; Cafe du Parc; Eiffel Tower Restaurant; JJ’s Boulangerie; La Creperie; Le Provençal; Le Village Buffet; Les Artistes Steakhouse; Mon Ami Gabi; Le Burger Brasserie; Sugar Factory American Brasserie

Major Points of Interest

If you are just passing through the Paris Hotel and Casino, you will want to take a moment to see the following areas of the Paris Hotel and Casino

• Great French restaurants
• Great entertainment
• Eiffel Tower
• Outdoor café’s, particularly along the strip
• French atmosphere in the hotel
• Nice pool

What We Liked

• Great location for the hotel
• Outdoor café’s
• Some of the best French restaurants
• Eiffel tower
• A very charming hotel & casino
• Variety of slot machines
• Free drinks while gambling
• Buffet
• Pool area and spa free to hotel guests
• Hotel rates are very reasonable and competitive
• Covered garage parking
• Easy access from all highways
• Safe environment in the casino, hotel and parking areas

What We Did Not Like

There are no real complaints about the Paris hotel & casino

It is a 4 star hotel in our estimation and quite adequate for our needs

Slot Player Card

They are part of the Harrah’s Total Rewards slot players card system. Slot members can take advantage of benefits at many Las Vegas hotels,  as well as sister hotels in Tunica, Biloxi, Laughlin and Reno.

If you have not taken advantage of slot player cards, there are a number of benefits that many slot players should consider. Harrahs has hotels as well as casinos in most major markets across the country and all are available to Harrahs Total Rewards members. Free or discounted rooms, email mailing list of promotions, free or discounted meals, access to entertainment, and a tax report outlining your losses and wins for tax claim purposes.

Parking

There is ample parking at the Paris hotel & casino in a large parking garage beside the hotel. There is no surface parking that we observed. You can access the hotel from the garage via an elevator from all levels.

Directions:Located at 3655 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, it is easily reached from the Las Vegas Strip. Access to the Strip from I15 can be from a number of exits that will take you on to the strip and then to Paris. It is located across the road from the Bellagio, and it is beside Bally’s Casino right in the center of the strip action.

Well we just got an email from the Wynn casino in Las Vegas  offering us three free rooms at the Wynn casino or the Encore casino. We have to stay on a Sunday through Thursday night, which is fine for us and the Encore rooms are considered suites which are upgrades from the Wynn. Both are fantastic, and we are just so excited that we are getting these rooms for free. The cost of the room depends on the time of year and also how busy the hotel is on any given week. A friend is staying at the same time as us an must pay $149 a night which is supposed to be Casino Rate!

So with tax and everything that is almost a $600 value just in the rooms alone. It is nice coming to a casino knowing that you have already won and you are $600 ahead of the casino. So of course we are staying at the upgraded Encore for this trip and it is free! We will be gambling of course and may win or we may not, but at least we do not need to worry about paying for the rooms on this trip.

Free Credit

But it does get better. They also are giving us $150 in free credit  which we can use at slot machines to play on and perhaps win some more money. Once at the TI or Treasure Island, we won $800 on our free play.

Booked out Stay

We have booked our stay in Oct and are planning our trip now, including the games we will play while we are there, the restaurants we are going to go to and also the shows we may see. Who knows we may end up spending all of our time in the casino playing the slots especially if we are lucky and win some money!

The Wynn and the Encore are sister hotels and casinos. You can play in either and use your red slot card to play, rack up points and perhaps earn more comp’s. They are connected by a shopping mall which has many of the famous shops that only the rich can shop at and of course big winners at the slots or tables.

It is nice to browse but way beyond anything I want to pay for clothes and other things. The restaurants at either hotel are some of the best and we have yet to decide which one we will go to.  I am really looking forward to enjoying one of the best steaks you can have while in Las Vegas.

We have written reviews on both the Wynn and the Encore, which you may want to take the time to read. Click here for the Wynn and Click here for the Encore. Hope you enjoy and wish us luck!

We stayed at the new Aria City Center casino and hotel in May 2011. We like the hotel and overall complex, however it takes awhile to learn how to get around the entire area. This complex and we believe this is the correct word to use is huge. There are at least seven buildings complete with hotel, casino and a number of apartment style condo’s.

Contemporary is the key word to describe this casino, the hotel and really the entire property. For us, it was a bit too much, however everything is tasteful, elegant in a contemporary way and over the top with extras and overall design. The entrance to the hotel is off Las Vegas Boulevard and you end up parking in a parkade that is very secure and protected from the scorching sun.

We stayed at this hotel for two nights on a 2 night comp plan from our MLife casino card. I guess they wanted us to try the new hotel and casino since we had not stayed here before or even gambled here before. This is the value of the casino slot cards that most people do not even realize or get to take advantage off. We wrote about the Aria buffet on a previous post which we thoroughly enjoyed, so please check out this post as well. Comments are appreciated.

Slot Machines

There are over 150,000 square feet of slot machines space with all of the latest slots from penny machines to $5000 machines for everyone to try. They have some of the latest style machines with multiple lines and free games as well as some of the more traditional slots such as poker and keno.

We did not win at this casino so we are not as excited about it as we might be. We also found that the slot waitresses are not delivering free drinks as frequently as they used to. Seems that MGM has cut back in this area as they struggle to conserve cash and pay off some of the huge debt they have incurred at this complex and others that they have purchased.

Table Games

There are all of the traditional table games. Not much to say about them here. Nothing unique that we noticed about this area. Normally we will post the number of table games and kind of games, however the main web site for the Aria casino does not provide this information for the slots or for the table games.

Restaurants

There a loads of restaurants. We ate at the buffet one night and also at one of the restaurants along the casino floor. Very upscale and modern looking with the usual high prices for many of the casinos along the strip. Nothing too exciting to report about this restaurant. We enjoy the buffet very much, however the crab legs were cold. We like them warm and already split.

What We Liked

• Variety of slot machines
• Free drinks while gambling
• Buffet
• Pool area and spa free to hotel guests
• Hotel rates are very high unless you are there on a package or comp’d
• Covered garage parking
• Easy access from all highways
• Safe environment in the casino, hotel and parking areas

What We Did Not Like

• Although contemporary in design, there is too much of it and it comes off being a bit cold to the senses
• Slot waitresses stingy on the free drinks
• Not a warm place to spend time in terms of the feel of the place.
• We probably would not stay here again unless offered free rooms

Slot Player Card

They are part of the MGM Mirage slot players card system. Slot members can take advantage of benefits at many Las Vegas hotels, as well as sister hotels in Tunica, Biloxi, Laughlin and Reno.

If you have not taken advantage of slot player cards, there are a number of benefits that many slot players should consider. Free or discounted rooms, email mailing list of promotions, free or discounted meals, access to entertainment, and a tax report outlining your losses and wins for tax claim purposes.

Parking

There is ample parking at the Aria hotel & casino in a large parking garage beside the hotel. There is no surface parking that we observed. You can access the hotel from the garage via an elevator from all levels. The parking garage is also patrolled on a regular basis and it also protects your car from the weather.

Directions: Entrance Right on the Las Vegas Strip

Harrah’s Hotel & Casino hotel is one of the older hotels that has been modernized in recent times and like many of the other casino hotels boasts over 3000 rooms and convention facilities available for guests staying in Las Vegas.

Harrah’s Hotel & Casino is in the center of the strip across the street from the Mirage hotel and casino. Harrah’s Hotel & Casino is also down the street from The Flamingo, the Imperial palace and the Venetian Hotel in the other direction. Within a 10 minute walk you can visit at least eight of the primary strip hotels. Harrah’s Hotel & Casino is central and a great place to stay. Harrah’s Hotel & Casino boasts a great special all you can eat dinner of either chicken, beef or pork with all of the extra’s.

They also book top line entertainment as well. This casino is part of the Harrahs Casino hotel chain, that spans the US and Canada. Participating in the Total Rewards program allows you to stay in any of their hotels around the country, often for free, depending on your play.

Slot Machines

There is more than 87,000 square feet of casino space at Harrah’s Las Vegas. From blackjack to slots, you’ll find all the action going on 24 hours a day. Harrah’s Las Vegas has more than 1,200 slots and 80 table games.

Table Games

They have all of the usual games for you to play including blackjack, baccarat, mini baccarat, craps, roulette, caribbean  stud poker, let it ride and pai gow poker. They also have a poker room were you can try your hand a Texas Holdem in either regular games or in tournaments from time to time.

Restaurants

There are eleven restaurants that you can chose from while staying at Harrahs or just passing through. These include:

• Café at Harrah’s
• Carnaval Court
• Flavors, The Buffet
• IcePan
• KGB: Kerry’s Gourmet Burgers
• Ming’s Table
• Oyster Bar at Harrah’s
• The Range Steakhouse
• Starbucks Coffee
• Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill

What We Liked

Harrah’s Hotel & Casino is very nice with a lot of great slot machines, a pool area, show facilities and conference facilities, however it does not have family style attractions as some of the other hotels do.

These are some of the items or areas that we liked about Harrah’s Hotel & Casino.

• Great slot machines
• Coffee shop
• The Comps are very good at Harrahs using their Total Rewards slot card
• Central location
• Variety of slot machines
• Free drinks while gambling
• Buffet
• Pool area and spa free to hotel guests
• Hotel rates are very reasonable
• Covered garage parking
• Easy access from all highways
• Safe environment in the casino, hotel and parking areas

What We Did Not Like

• Salesmen selling timeshare units, just ignore them
• Pool is not spectacular
• Nice hotel, but does not have the glamor and glitz of some of the other strip hotels

Slot Player Card

They are part of the Harrahs Total Rewards slot players card system. Slot members can take advantage of benefits at many Las Vegas hotels,  as well as sister hotels in Atlantic city, Tunica, Biloxi, Laughlin and Reno. This particular card has lots of benefits with express comps, casino room rates, and many locations to use your comps.

If you have not taken advantage of slot player cards, there are a number of benefits that many slot players should consider. Free or discounted rooms, email mailing list of promotions, free or discounted meals, access to entertainment, and a tax report outlining your losses and wins for tax claim purposes.

Parking

There is ample parking at Harrahs hotel & casino in a large parking garage behind the hotel. There is no surface parking that we observed. You can access the hotel from the garage via an elevator from all levels. The parking garage is also patrolled on a regular basis and it also protects your car from the weather.

Directions: 3475 Las Vegas Blvd South

From I-15 North/South

Take the Flamingo Road east exit. Turn left on Las Vegas Blvd. Harrah’s is located on the right, just past the Imperial Palace.

From I-95

From the 95 south, merge on to the I-15 south. Take the Flamingo Road east exit. Turn left on Las Vegas Blvd. Harrah’s is on the right, just past the Imperial Palace.