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| - I'm a big fan of downtown Las Vegas, and the Golden Nugget is as good as it gets on Fremont Street!
The rooms are very affordable, and pretty nice! The hotel staff is really nice too. The new Rush Tower has a separate check-in desk, so if you're staying there keep that in mind (it can take a while to get checked in at the regular desk). The Rush Tower rooms are a little more expensive and and little more fancy - they have massive bathrooms which are pretty cool. It all depends on what you're looking for - but in Vegas, I spend very little time in the hotel room, so the nicer rooms don't really matter to me.
As far as food, there is pretty good food available in the Golden Nugget. At the pool, you can order sandwiches from the bar, and they're really good (you can also charge the food to your room so you don't have to bring cash with you to the pool). There's a Italian restaurant called Grotto inside, close to the check-in desk and pool. Grotto is really good too, but pricey ($10-$30 plates). If you get the meatballs, be warned - they are about the size of baseballs, so go when you're really hungry! The buffet is OK for breakfast, I've never tried it for dinner though.
They have the coolest pool I've ever seen - there's a shark tank in the middle of it, and a water slide that goes through the middle! Cabanas are available too, but you'll want to reserve one in advance.
Personally, I think the slot machines in downtown Vegas pay better than the ones on the strip. I always seem to do much better on Fremont Street. Last time I was at the Nugget, I won $900 on one machine and $600 on another, in the same day!
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