Gold Strike Hotel & Gambling Hall

I come here for a restroom break as it is closer to the freeway and less crowded then Primm. I’ve never stayed in the rooms but I imagine they’re decent as it seems that there has been a recent update in the casino floor and restaurants.
Their machines no longer accept coins as they have been replaced with machines that give out vouchers.
They recently added famous movie cars which are on display and probably attract tourists who would otherwise not drop in.
There is also an electronic Sports Book available to use as there isn’t a huge sport book inside.
There are about 5 table games which includes roulette.
Not much action here, which is what I like and find very convenient.
I’ll be back for sure.

On our many trips to and from Vegas we have passed this place and never stopped, this time there was some traffic and we decided to slow down and stop for a break just incase it was bumper to bumper all the way to LA., The parking lot was practically empty, the casino just as empty, to say there were more cars in the casino than the parking lot would be a bit of an exaggeration but not much. There were some cars from the Fast and the Furious, Batman and Scooby do, which were interesting to look at but most of the time when you go to a car display they have a little information on the cars, these were just sitting there in the middle of what used to be part of the casino with an employee making sure no one got past the ropes to touch the cars. 2 Stars for the Car Display, Wife like dollar roulette so she played for a little while and won about $ 100.00 so 5 stars for that, I’ve seen bigger casinos in much smaller places with better slots and more table games, almost all of the slots were generic, they only had a couple of the theme slots. Not really worth the stop unless you really need a break after leaving Vegas and before you get to the State Line.
5 Star for leaving with more than we started with
2 Stars for the Casino
2 Stars for the Car display
3 Stars Overall — (only because we were a little lucky at Roulette)

I have driven past the Gold Strike for many years and I have always wondered what it was like inside. My buddy and I finally decided to stay here one evening because we couldn’t find a hotel room anywhere on the Vegas strip.
Price of room: There was a giant board with room prices next to the front desk. As we planned to only sleep there for 6 hours, we chose the standard room. With a military discount, we wound up paying only $ 70 for the night. Rooms here are definitely inexpensive because the prices are set in stone, regardless if it’s a random Tuesday or New Year’s eve.
Room: The décor of the room is so ugly. The room looks like something from the 70s. Carpet is a little worn-​out and there were a few holes/​dents in the walls. At least the bed sheets were clean and the bathroom/​shower was in good condition.
Food: There’s a Denny’s, a snackbar and a steakhouse onsite. All of the locations but Denny’s were closed when we arrived.
Casino: Table games are not open all night long and reopen in the morning. There’s only a handful of tables present, ranging from blackjack to roulette. There’s a bunch of slot machines and a giant video blackjack machine too.
final verdict: I would not consider staying here ever unless I was super desperate for a cheap hotel room. The food choices and gambling options are limited. Even the Stratosphere is better than the Gold Strike. If you are passing tru Las Vegas and just need a place to sleep overnight, definitely consider Downtown or an Airbnb.

Quick stop for the restrooms since the drive back to CA was ridiculous. It took an hour just to drive to this point from the Strip. There’s a free exhibit of movie cars such as the latest Fast and the Furious and Scooby Doo. Other than that the casino is average, kind of old, not much in terms of gambling tables and dining.

These beds set a new standard of discomfort. Otherwise not horrible, the room was clean.

Hey, this place has new owners and now there is a Denny’s inside! Less machines, no more coin machines and lots of cars on display inside. Different and I hope they turn it around!

Listed as 3 Star. I’d have to say that 3^rd Star was hanging on by its little pointed tail. It probably was a 3, about 20 – 25 years ago. About when they last decorated. It’s a big truck stop, out of town about 20 minutes to the strip. It was dated had a very small casino, 60 slots and 4 tables. And a decent gift shop and a Denny’s. They had a band playing both nights to a packed room of 2. But they did have a car museum from movies (like the Batmobile and The Fast and Furious 6 – 7)
What can I say, it was the only hotel in town that wasn’t all booked up or was over $ 150. I felt I was sort of lucky that this hotel wasn’t over $ 150 like most of Las Vegas. I refused to pay $ 140 for Motel 6 or Super 8. So I picked the most decent and close as possible for the price. It’ averaged $ 50 a night not including a $ 10 upgrade. Although, I didn’t see any difference between the 2 rooms. It took about 45 mins to check-​in and then trade rooms. People were upset. The rooms were mostly clean, except for the heating /​air unit that we had to turn on since it was very cold out. It started smoking and set off the fire alarm. Guess it hadn’t been cleaned in 20 years. Plus, it had small coffee maker. Last don’t even think you’ll win a $ 1 in the casino. No one did that I saw. Guess that’s why no one was in there. NO ONE
Bottom line, cheap, somewhat clean. Better than the 1 stars in N LV. Don’t see how they stay afloat, maybe as a truck stop, by the looks of all the 18 wheelers in the lot. They’ll never see me again. Hopefully!

Depressing place. Not sure why this place exists, why mgm sold it or who even stops here.
Horrible food, depressing casino, and dated rooms. It’s like stepping back in time, and not in a good way.

First of all let start out by saying I haven’t eaten at a Denny’s in over three years because I got food poison at a Denny’s in the middle of no where Wyoming. So we were in Vegas and headed back home.
We stopped in at the Gold Strike Denny’s Restaurant. (And I kept telling myself I can’t judge them all by one bad experience) We first commented how the service was good. Prompt to sit down, bringing water and coffee. Then 30 MINUTES later they bring out COLD food! Which didn’t included my side of grits. We sent the food back and we told them «Make the bacon more crispy» as it came out not looking too good. The guy serving said «oh sorry we can have it to you in 3 minutes «. 15 minutes later food come out, NO. Crispy bacon and it wasn’t that much warmer. Now this place had plenty of servers and not that many customers. We even overheard the Manager telling some lady camped out in a booth with her lap top, «Thank you for bringing in customers, I like it!» They didn’t offer anything off our meal or the Manager never came to our table.

This place isn’t amazing, but it isn’t bad either. The casino games are fun enough and they have some cool movie cars on display now. The hotel rooms are nice enough, but they don’t have cable. I really liked the Denny’s. The service was so great at Denny’s! The person who gave us more towels and other hotel items was really nice as well. One thing though is that they are changing management and so their system is a bit weird right now.

I guess you get below what you pay for. After spending one night in our room we decided to take them up on their very big flashing sign offer of an upgraded room. We slept poorly the evening before, and the bathroom was dirty. After being told they were fully booked, they found us another room. Unfortunately the bed is much worse, and the room is a completely downgrade. I’m very disappointed. I’m writing this while sitting on a bed that feels like a thin piece of cardboard.

I usually stop by here when passing through. They had a decent buffet for the price. Although I didn’t like their roast beef. Not much flavor and tough. It would help if the knife that was part of the silverware could cut the roast beef. It looks like the serrations are worn down.
They’ve replaced their buffet with a Denny’s. I don’t care much for Denny’s. Not to knock Denny’s but I preferred their buffet over Denny’s.
Maybe the buffet was a money loser as it never seemed busy to me. However they are busy when the casino is part of a tour destination. One time there were quite a few Mexican customers in the buffet and the breakfast was tasty as they had a few Mexican items in their breakfast buffet. Catering to the group. Good job there.
I like this place it has the feel and charm of a old time casino. I would give it three and a half stars if they had their buffet.

The Gold Strike Hotel & Gambling Hall should be one of your choices for patronizing. Why go all the way to Vegas where you can easily lose yourself trying to figure out where to park, where to go and what to eat and all for what? Trendiness?
Be original. Gold Strike is one of the last Resorts where you can find yourself back in the Golden West Days now missing elsewhere.
Room prices are descent. The chuck is campfire. The atmosphere is genuine. The Staff is Western minded and you can relax without all the hoopla Vegas Land inflicts on others.

This was one of the worst casinos I’ve been to. It was nearly empty when we stopped in on a Saturday late afternoon. It’s the main casino in Jean. They’re clearly doing some renovations, so that may have contributed to the lack of experience here. The tables were completely empty. There is an «upscale» restaurant that looked pretty nice. It lacked décor or any carrying out of a theme. There was a whole section of the casino floor that had slots removed. It was kinda creepy as a lot of the chairs were still sitting there — waiting for phantom ghost slot players. Very weird. We basically walked in and walked out as there wasn’t really anything to see or do.

This used to be a busy casino back in the 90s it’s gone way down hill there’s approximately 200 slot machines left in that casino terribles that owns other casinos just bought it and it’s going to revamp it going to add a car museum so we’ll see if this changes

Oldie but goody?
As soon as you walk in you’re hit with the strong stitch of cigarette smoke just like all casinos. Then you’re hit with the throwback 70s vibe due to the music and décor. There are box TVs placed on the walls, wall to wall mirrors everywhere, and so much gold.
Olga checked me in. She seemed like she was ready to end her shift for the night. She didn’t go over the room, guests, or number of nights I was staying or anything. She just took my ID and handed me my room cards which included two buffet vouchers, and sent me on my way.
The room was about 70 percent clean which is tolerable. I mean the hotel is old so of course it has a lot of wear and tear but overall pretty decent for what it is. There is no iron in our room so I may be rolling around with wrinkled clothes tomorrow. Oh well! At least we get to rest before a big day.

This place was life saver last night.
Won money. Ate. Waited out the traffic.
Played won more money. Walked around. Played more. Won. Got back home in one piece.
Great staff. Comp rooms. Comp gas. What more could one ask for.

The Gold Strike Casino and Resort is in Jean, NV, about 20 miles out of Vegas. As I am an early morning driver, I liked the short drive out of town in the evening to get me out of Vegas and a few miles head start in the AM. There are 2 gas stations so I fueled up to be ready for the early departure. The casino and entry into the hotel was clean, very clean, and spacious. I like that. The Checkin desk on the left was close to the entrance, I like that too! I was checked in easily and my room was a short walk down the hall. I like that too! The room was large. The mints on the pillow were a nice touch. The TV was large, and for me on this trip I crashed out early and left at 5AM. I have to say there was almost no traffic and that made my drive to points west very nice. Watching the sun rise over the desert in the rear view mirror was nice and colorful too!

We left Vegas early and just wanted to get the hell out of dodge so we pointed the car down the 15 and punched it. About 10 minutes in, I realized that I was starving and I better stop and grab some grub. I was just outside Jean, Nevada and thought that the Gold Strike might just be the perfect place for breakfast and I had never been there either.
We pulled into the parking lot at the Gold Strike and parked inside. I mean this place out in the middle of nowhere (State Line) and the other kind of nowhere (Las Vegas) so it didn’t surprise me that there were very few people here.
We came up to the buffet and the price for breakfast was reasonable. I think it was like $ 8.50 so the two of us at for under $ 20 which was a bonus.
I made a b-​line for the omelette making station because I was in the mood to go big. I ended up getting a mushroom, tomato, ham and cheese omelette. The place was really slow and I only had to wait behind 3 people so I was mowing that bad boy down within 10 minutes of placing my initial order.
I grabbed a big old pile of bacon and sausage and some biscuits and gravy and then I smothered everything in that gravy. IT WAS REALLY GOOD!
I had to be back in Long Beach around noon so I didn’t have a whole ton of time to dilly dally around so I only stayed for the one plate and we were out.
I had a great experience at the Bonanza Buffet and I am actually going to come back and stay at the Gold Strike on my next gambling trip. It looks like it is totally my speed!

A Bit Old and Tired, and Comfortably Shabby but Weird and Cool and Fun! (from a non-​drinker and non-​gambler)
First, let me tell you that I am not a gambler, and not for any kind of moral or religious reasons, but simply because gambling bores me to death. So, during my three 9 to 10 night stays stays at this hotel over the past 3 or 4 years, I did not gamble even once at this hotel’s casino, nor at any other casinos in Nevada, nor did I drink any alcohol. Thus, my comments are about the hotel and restaurants only, and NOT about the gambling casino, nor about the bars.
I have needed at times over the past few years to travel to the desert outside Las Vegas in connection with some consulting work that I was rendering, and I definitely did not want to put up with the hustle and bustle, and noise, of Las Vegas itself, and so that left me with the Gold Stirke Hotel and the hotels on the NV/​CA border at Primm to consider. Using my trustworthy gut sense, I chose the Gold Strike, and ended up staying there 3 or 4 times over the past 3 – 4 years.
Overall, although the hotel building is a bit old and tired, and everythiogn is just a bit shabby, but comfortably so, I liked my stays here a lot and I liked the hotel. I ate at pretty much all of the in-​house restaurants during my stays, and the food and service was very good in each of them.
The paid Internet service happened, during some stays, to be very flaky on the floor on which I was staying, due to a technical problem, and when that happened during my first stay, I managed to quickly contact the wireless service provider and get them to fix the problem (it took them two days to do so, but they managed to do it. …) and in turn, they chose to voluntarily refund the fee that I had paid them for my full 9-​day stay, and so I ended up with nearly-​free wireless Internet in return for the minor hassles at the beginning.
I am a non-​smoker, and I could do without the faint miasm of cigarette smoke on the first floor in the lobby and the casino and restaurants, but the smell was not particularly ystrong, and I have encountered much the same smell every time I have walked into a hotel/​casino in this state, because state law allows people to smoke on the casino floors.
I stayed, for all visits, the north tower, which seems to be the older tower, and it was comfortably tired due to age, but totally clean and comfortable and fun.
The hotel and its ambiance and clientele are definitely somewhat strange, quaint and quirky, but it is totally cool and fun, and it is also true that almost all hotel/​casinos in Nevada sport rather strange, quaint and quirky clientele, for that is part of the game!
If I need to come back to this part of the NV desert again, I would defiintely stay in this hotel once again! Also, both lodging and food are very inexpensive!