We stay every year at John Escuaga's Nugget for Superbowl weekend. What a blast! The rooms are crisp, clean and comfortable, the restaurant choices are AWESOME - and the Sports Book offers a great place to watch the game.

Stayed here for a charity event. Rates were great, ate in the Oyster Bar, good food reasonably priced $$. Rooms were clean and comfortable and the staff was very frendly.

I stayed here last week for business and really have to comment that the staff was great. I found them to be very friendly and welcoming. The public space is a little dated but, I was in the east tower so had a room that was recently renovated (and very nice, spacious too). I ate in the Deli on the lower level for lunch on my first day - perfect for sandwiches. I had breakfast the 2nd morning in Rosie's and decided on the 3rd morning that I would visit again, as it was very very good. I also liked the airport transportation (free).

The one negatives I can say are that the highway was pretty noisy outside my room (although I didn't mind, light sleepers might) and my room key kept demagnitizing so every time I went to my room, I had to go all the way back down to the front desk to get a new key (happened 3 times in a 2 night stay).

Well, I have not stayed at the Nugget for years but when I lived in Reno I would frequent Rosie's cafe there. It's the best hotel/casino coffeeshop in Reno/Sparks and has the only really drinkable coffee at any Reno coffeeshop.

Now to be clear, this is the Nugget hotel/casino complex in Sparks, Nevada, NOT the Little Nugget dive diner attached to a smelly little casino in downtown Reno. Avoid the Little Nugget, go to this Nugget, "John Ascuaga's Nugget" in Sparks, Nevada. Rosie's coffeeshop has the true original Awful Awful burger featured on Food Wars.

Rosie's has the best ham and cheese omlette in Reno/Sparks, the only competition is Gold Dust West in Reno. Also the Monte Cristo is good here too. I have had one time I bought an omlette here late at night and it was sub-par, otherwise when I lived in Reno I took my elderly mom here about 100 times and it was always tops. Check the specials, they are a great value.

I can't speak for your experience but here's how mine went: 5 stars! I left Utah late one day and was falling asleep on the road. It was slow at the hotel so they actually let me push my reservation off one day and I stayed in Wendover, woke up today and finished my drive to Reno.

The Bell Desk let a person in Reno drop off a network card and they held it an extra day until my arrival. The front desk was awesome, and they upgraded me to a really cool room, 2658, on the corner with two huge windows looking west and south. Because I am a railfan I was asking for a room that overlooks the Sparks Union Pacific yard.

Now, so you know, this hotel is between the railroad yard and I-80. But unless you are in the motel style courtyard, you will not have a problem with this. Just be sure, if you are getting a great deal, make sure you are in one of the towers and not the courtyard motel part.

The courtyard motel part is OK if the price is right but some rooms face the freeway directly. When I stayed there once years ago and opened a window, the freeway was RIGHT THERE AND SUPER LOUD.

Now, back to the hotel/casino complex, there are (I think) eight restaurants, a showroom with great shows, thought it's a bit crowded in there, and the hotel north entrance opens directly on Victorian Square in Sparks. This is where the Rib Cook Off and many other events are held, inlcuding parts of Hot August Nights.

Now at this moment the pool is closed for "deep cleaning" whatever that means. This was on Jan 31, 2012.

I don't know what else to say, this is a great hotel. John Ascuaga (an old guy now) can be seen personally walking the floor making sure everything is right, even though his son runs things now.

I can't think of any reason not to stay here, if the price is right.