When you walk inside the Golden Nugget, you would completely forget that you're actually on Fremont Street in Downtown Vegas and it's because they really try and keep up with the casinos on The Strip. However, the main reason I go downtown is to look for a $5 BJ table, and the Golden Nugget fails to deliver on that. Because they are trying to keep their status as the nicest hotel and casino on Fremont, that also means their table limits are higher, almost comparable to places like MGM Grand and the Mandalay Bay, but not as high as the Wynn and Bellagio.
So...there's no way I'll ever want to stay downtown, and Golden Nugget doesn't seem to fit my bill of cheap, degenerate gambling, I probably won't be coming back to stay or play. But check out that giant gold nugget they have in the hotel if you're passing through.