A friend has a blogsite and also writes for CasinoGuide in Las Vegas. He was impressed with Gold Spike and the upgrades and suggested we all go there for a night of fun on Friday, June 26th. Not only did he okay our large group of 15-20 people but verified it THREE times with management.

We showed up in two limos at approximately 9 p.m. Friday night. Mind you, we are a fun group, tip to excess, and laugh our butts off even while losing. One pit boss RITA found our group to be a little too overwhelming. She went as far as to repirimand our tour guide for not giving HER a heads up that we would show up. In addition, she told one gentleman in our group that she would not have her cocktail waitresses "disrespected". If tipping them $25 per round and making them laugh their butts off is "disrespecting", RITA has more issues than just being a dried up old woman.

It seemed to be common knowledge among the other employees that RITA was a liability and ruining what should have been a very profitable night for them. She actually closed the blackjack pit at midnight!!! I thought I was back in Central City, Colorado!

In closing let me say ALL other employees were great! Peter (one of the other pitbosses), Jamie (a dealer), and everyone else. I will be writing a letter to the owner/management at the Gold Spike regarding RITA's assinine behaviour. In this economy, employees like her are worthless andn a huge liability to aany company.

Karen from Denver

if you dont mind MOLD and FILTY AMOSTPHER this was the worst hotel ever there was MOLD on the walls by the bed and MOLD on the ceiling and in the bathrooms the floors was filty never mopped and called to have room service to clean what a joke the tub lift the tub matt surprize MOLD again then when you see the bedroom you cant even walk on the carpet from taking a bath it was so dirty visit room 507 for yourself no picture wish i did but i didnt want to waste my time its that bad i changed rooms before this 2 time they was the same but smelly really funky

Stayed at the Gold Spike for the weekend Friday-Sunday worst hotel experience of my life. The room was a dump very old, dirty ,tv didn't work leak in the tub and and it just looked run down and smelled horrible. They shouldn't rent these rooms for ANY price they couldn't pay ME to stay in them again. Save your money and book a hotel at a decent place in a nicer area.

You can get a room at this place for about $14.99 a night in a package deal, maybe less by now. No it's not for everyone; that SHOULD BE apparent by the price. But we have the usual moaning on here by people that think a hotel that costs 25% of the price of a HOSTEL in cities like NYC or San Fran should be above the quality of a Motel 6. Give me a break.
I'm a single female & I do agree that the area is a bit sketch but if you do like me and follow a touristy group walking west to the main touristy part of Fremont Street there's no reason to fear this part of the city. I have stayed further EAST and that gets much more frightening.
I needed a clean bed and a shower. i got that here. The food is insanely cheap it's not the healthiest but what do you expect for $1.99? Go someplace fru-fru, pony up a few more dollars, stay on the South Strip if you can't hack it here. There's a gazillion hotels in LV. If you're scared of the Spike there's LOTS of alternatives.