I dont know were to start. We purchased the upgraded room package for a 4 night stay Tuesday-Saturday. The checkin was pleasant and easy. When we got to the room after walking it felt like a mile down the hallway we found this 1960 looking room. Because we were so hungry we decided to go eat at fridays and verify afterwards they gave us the correct room. Well after dinner we went to the front desk and the woman behind the counter said yes we did get the wrong room. So we had to pack everything back up and move from the 3rd floor to the 6th floor. Once again down a hallway that felt like a mile long. Well let me say the upgraded room was 100% better. Now we are ready to shower and found that the we had no hot water. After 15-30 minutes of runnning the water we finally got hot water. What a waste of water. After speaking with the front desk again they offered to again move us. Being totally exhausted we did not take them up on the offer but instead get up and turn the water on first and let it run for a 1/2hr before jumping in the shower. Every night the housekeeping people forgot to give us new soap which was also very frustrating. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS HOTEL TO ANYONE. Stay away from the buffett especially the mexican section it was terrible at best.

I was there for March Madness 2009 so this review is a bit late, but I loved Gold Coast and will be back again in 2010. OK, so my high roller friends booked rooms at the Palms, which is right across the street, literally and is an easy walk away - yes, they made fun of me AT FIRST for booking into the "mold coast" or "old coast" but by the end of the week, they were committed to joining me there in 2010.

Positives (some of these may be outdated, check the website):
Room - clean, cheap, cheap, cheap, inexpensive, cheap, comfortable. You just need a place to crash anyway in Vegas, this is ideal
Location - close to the Palms and Rio
Amenities - TGIFRIDAYS open (almost?) all the time with super deals for breakfast, beer, drinks etc. Shots and beers were $1 while games were on (first round of March Madness they are literally almost always on). Yeah, you heard that right. BOWLING for $1 after either midnight or 2:00am, which is like the afternoon in Vegas terms. Great deal, good times. TABLE GAMES - we had a wonderful time with low minimums and great staff. SLOTS - good variety and great selection and payouts for video poker.
Check in - easy
Check out - easy (didn't charge me for a movie I fell asleep to, too)

Negatives:
Location - if you have a few too many on the strip and decide to walk back rather than grab a cab, watch out. The walk back is scary and confusing. Get a cab.
Shuttle - never saw it, a few employees didn't know what I was talking about, ended up always splitting cabs (ps - always look for folks to split cabs with, you'll find them!)
That's it for negatives.

Great stay, can't wait to go back to VEGAS!

we spent a week here the 18th to the 25th of october. Staff were brilliant buffet was ok. but last years standard's were better, good shuttle serivce to the strip although only one bus opperates between two hotels. and you can be told to wait for the next bus. good value of money. this was our second visit to this hotel would visit again. The bingo was of very high stantards and the staff were very helpful and polite. good hotel to stay at during our visit to vegas if you dont want to stay on the strip.

We selected the Gold Coast because we had tickets to a concert over at the Palms. Gold Coast is right across the street, maybe a 5 min walk and it's a whole lot cheaper than the Palms. It's also right next to Rio, also a 5 min walk. There's a lot to do right there with those three casinos and if you want to go to the strip Gold Coast runs a shuttle over to Bill's Gamblin' Hall every 20-25 min depending on traffic. It's on the same corner as Bally's and Bellagio.

We took the shuttle over there and then walked the mile down to New York, New York to see Zumanity. I wouldn't want to walk it in the summer heat but it was a really nice night when we were there and the walk was quite nice. A cab shouldn't be to expensive if you don't want to walk, it's only a couple miles from Gold Coast to New York, New York and would be roughly the same to most any casino on the strip. We had plenty of time and thought a stroll down the strip would be nice.

At Gold Coast we had a Deluxe King room and it was quite nice. Everything was in real good condition. It didn't look run down at all. The bed was very comfortable! The shower was awesome! No tub, big enough for two and one of those big rain shower heads. No crazy hot or cold water spurts that happen in some hotels.

One other thing I liked is that the big casinos are like a maze and I tend to get lost but Gold Coast is small enough to find your way around easily. We aren't gamblers so I can't tell you much about the gaming. It looked the same as anywhere tho. The tables were pretty active. We did get pretty drunk one night. There's a quiet little bar at one end of the casino that has a pool table. We enjoyed playing pool with a group of Japanese business men till the place closed then we found our way down to the TGIFridays that's open 24 hours. We were there till about 4am and we had a great time.

Negatives are few, the views from the rooms aren't great but I don't really care about that. The pool isn't much, it's pretty small but we didn't have much time to hang at the pool anyway. There was no one even at the pool when we went out for a swim so at least we had it all to ourselves such as it was. The buffet wasn't great either. We had free coupons for breakfast and dinner. The breakfast was pretty good. They had an omelete station where they would make anything you wanted fresh. The dinner was a little more depressing. For free it was ok but I wouldn't want to pay for it. We like TGIFriday's tho and Rio has a seafood buffet if you really want a buffet.