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    • NileGuide Expert tip:

    Inexpensive, renovated rooms and a great downtown location make the El Cortez a good choice

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    • Description:

    • Finally, a much-needed (as opposed to just done because everyone else is doing it) and well-conceived renovation has given an old-timer an unexpected new shot of life. The public areas are totally refreshed: Check out those cherrywood and oxidized metal panel sheets on the walls -- you just don't see something that contemporary and design-intensive all that often in Downtown. By daringly removing half the slot machines, the casino floor has been opened up and aired out. The new entrance exterior with its stonework, planters, hitching posts, and stone driveway feels like an entirely new hotel. Even more exciting, there are plans to take out a parking lot and turn it into a proper plaza with trees, fountains, and the like, which seems totally alien to the concept of Vegas. Additional plans include a South Beach-themed upscale annex in an adjacent, currently shabby property. Rooms (some quite large) have gotten new traditional furnishings; admittedly, nothing stands out, but with amenities like flatscreen TVs, nice new (if small) bathrooms, armoires with actual minifridges, and Wi-Fi (for a fee), they are right behind Main Street Station for recommendable affordable downtown lodgings. There is a new, popular Chinese buffet, and the steakhouse Roberta's is solidly good. Many of the employees have been here well over a dozen years, which says a lot. Local legend Jackie Gaughan still lives in the penthouse and wanders through the property. Overall, it's now a cool old Vegas place of the variety that doesn't exist any more. Forget the manufactured versions. This is the real thing, updated but without losing its identity, and for probably half the price (or even a third).

    • © Frommer's 2012

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    User Reviews for El Cortez Hotel & Casino

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      Great Hotel

    • It's a great hotel but if any of you are looking to save some $$$ then book it at internationalhoteldeals.info They usually have some pretty good deals on there!

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      • posted on 11.16.11
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      great place to stay

    • we stayed two week in feb 2010,we had a great time,we stayed ih the tower great view,hotel staff were very friendly,cant wait to go back,food was great as well,security was great,felt...

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      • posted on 07.03.12

    Awards:

    Frommer's
    Frommer's
    •  Highly Recommended 2010
    • Details

      • Contact:

      • visit website
      • tel: 800/634-6703
      • fax: 702/474-3626

      • Address:

      • 600 Fremont St
      • Between 6th and 7th sts
      • Las Vegas, NV 89101

      • Neighborhood:

        • Downtown

      • Amenities:

      • air-conditioning
      • bar
      • business-facilities
      • computer
      • non-smoking
      • parking
      • restaurant
      • room-service
      • tv-in-room

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