First, let me tell yuo that I am not a gambler, and not for any kind of moral or religious reasons, but simply because gambling bores me to death. So, during my 9-day stay at this hotel, I did not gamble even once at this hotel nor at any other casinos in Nevada.

I learned in early September that I needed to travel to the desert outside Las Vegas in connection with some consulting work that I was rendering, and I definitely did not want to put up with the hustle and bustle, and noise, of Las Vegas itself, and so that left me with the Gold Stirke Hotel and the hotels on the NV/CA border, at Primm to consider. Using my trustworthy gut sense, I chose the Gold Strike, and made a reservation for the full 9 days online.

Overall, although the hotel building is a bit old and tired, I liked my stay here a lot and I liked the hotel. I ate at pretty much all of the in-house restaurants during my stay, and the food and service was very good in each of them.

The paid Internet service happend to be very flaky on the floor on which I was staying, due to a technical problem, and I managed to quickly contact the wireless service provider and get them to fix the problem (it took them two days to do so, but they managed to do it. ...) and in turn, they chose to voluntarily refund the fee that I had paid them for my full 9-day stay, and so I ended up with nearly-free wireless Internet in return for the minor hassles at the beginning.

I am a non-smoker, and I could do without the fait miasm of cigarette smoke on the first floor in the lobby and the casino and restaurants, but the smell was not particularly ystrong, and I have encountered much the same smell every time I have walked into a hotel/casino in this state, because state law allows people to smoke on the casino floors.

I stayed in the north tower, which seems to be the older tower, and it was comfortably tired due to age, but totally clean and comfortable and fun.

The hotel and its ambiance and clientele are definitely somewhat strange, quaint and quirky, but it is totally cool and fun, and it is also true that almost all hotel/casinos in Nevada sport rather strange, quaint and quirky clientele, for that is part of the game!

If I need to come back to this part of the NV desert again, I would defiintely stay in this hotel once again.

My review is just based off of my casino experence only i did not stay the night. My wife and i decided to stop here on our way back to San Diego from Vegas because their sign says "Our slots pay coins" we thought wow that sounds cool have played a slot that pays coins before lets check it out! (we usually make a pit stop at Primm Valley) As soon as we walk in the smell of smoke and that nursing home smell hits you in the face, its was kinda dreary a lot of dark woods and medium lighting, the bathrooms were clean but not very nice, you can tell the thugs had been there from their scribbles in the stalls. The cocktail waitress was on it though i must say that. And Coin slots are not as fun i don't think anyway.
My honest suggestion looking to do a bit a gambling after leaving Vegas or don't want to deal with Vegas stay at Primm Valley its a LOT nicer!

Stayed on a Saturday nite and price was around $69.00. The place is just tired, the cafe has good cheap meals, if you are heading into Las vegas keep driving as you will get a far better room for same if not cheaper

I've stayed here many times. Always stayed in the south tower upper floors. Rooms are large and clean. Payed $33 weekday price. No free WiFi. Food consists of Asian, Steak House, Cafe, Buffet and snack bar. 10 miles north of I-15 Cal/Nev border. Plenty of car, Semi, and RV parking. Very quiet. Will stay again..