I stayed here with my fiance this past Saturday for a night while in downtown Vegas. After a long flight in and not too short taxi ride we were ready to get to our room and get comfortable. Unfortunately the check-in line here took about 20 minutes to get through and its not like there were a ton of people in front of us, maybe 5 groups. The problem was that they only had two people working the desk to check people in. Thankfully this would be the only issue that I had with the Golden Nugget. Whenever we finally made it to room I thought that it looked pretty large and had a comfortable bed. Yes some of the prints on things like the curtains were pretty hideous but I don't need to like the decor for the room to be comfortable. Since we were staying at the Golden Nugget we were also able to enjoy The Tank which is their pool area and one of the main reasons we booked here. In the middle of the area is a humongous shark tank which a slide goes through. Awesome. The whole pool area is actually pretty although I wish the pool had better hours than the 10-5 that you are allowed to swim.
The bottom line for me is that I would stay here again in the future. Four stars for the only four star hotel downtown as the room was nice, The Tank pretty awesome, now if they could only cut down on the wait time during check in.