I only came here for the pool.
I was watching a show about the world's most fabulous pools, and the Golden Nugget's pool was featured. I am obsessed with sharks and aquariums, so I absolutely had to go see their pool with the shark tank in it!
The rooms were pretty spacious, a lot bigger than a room on the strip would be, but the bathroom was so tiny!! I never realized how run-down Fremont street was. The Nug was definitely the best looking hotel down there.
But back to the pool story: It was not worth it. We went down before the pool opened to save a lounge chair, but they were all gone. EVERY SINGLE ONE. Finally we had to put our stuff by a planter. The pool was really small and there were small children everywhere!! What I was stoked for was the slide, but it was super disappointing as well. It went so fast and the area with the sharks was so small that all you saw was a one second white light and it was over. Lame.
We packed our stuff and got the heck out of the Nugg.