After finding out Golden Gate had remodeled their rooms, I was really excited to stay here. We, four women/one room, stayed here 6 nights. I found the casino and hotel to be very cozy.

The rooms are newly redone, they look really nice and are clean. Pillow top beds, which were very comfortable. The pillows were decent. Flat screen TV and a coffee maker.

Our first room was one of the smaller rooms but we figured we would manage. Our room, with the windows that totally opened out, overlooked Fremont Street which I really liked.
The bathroom had a tub with shower and was small. It also had a small closet.

When we were going out the next morning, one of the rooms was being cleaned and was bigger. My mom went down to see if we could move to it, it was open, so we did.

This room had three windows overlooking Fremont Street. The closet was deeper than the previous room. This bathroom had a tiled shower, there is a picture posted of it. No shower door, just an opening. Kind of neat in a way. They really need to redo these bathrooms. Or if anything redo the caulking around the sink area, it didn't look very clean. The grout around the tiles looked a bit dirty. But, we were not in the bathrooms a whole lot so it wasn't an issue, even with the four of us getting ready in the mornings. We showered and then did makeup out in the room. There is a very large mirror hung on the wall. We did not have the cold water issue as others have had. We showered anywhere from 6:30am to 8:00am. In the middle of our stay they installed a new very large shower head. It was great.
I thought the rooms were dark which I didn't mind but some might.
The door had about a two inch gap on the bottom but we didn't hear a lot of noise from the hall.

Now for the noise from Fremont Street. We all just knew, we would not be going to sleep before the last show. The room was very noisy from the Freemont light show, it was very very loud. But I loved hanging out the window watching it.
The motorcycle cage was just under our window, had a good view but very loud as well.
There was also a man with a microphone coming over the speakers doing something underneath our windows, never did check to see what. He continued for maybe 30 minutes after the last light show.
But after everything settled down, I don't recall much noise. Could be I was just really tired.
The noise was like there were no windows at all. If they could replace these, it would be great.
Housekeeping after learning there was four of us, gave us extra soaps and shampoos.
Even with the noise and the bathroom, I loved our room.

We all love the shrimp cocktails here. With your players card they are only 99cents, available at the shrimp bar. We ate in the Bay City Diner, I think the food is good.
We too received the money credits on our cards daily, we only received $5 a day.
I had a little luck in the casino.
It was nice after a day of going out to other casinos to come back to this tiny one and gamble a bit ant then the rooms aren't that far away and not a long walk down a hall to your room.

If you want something fancy and plush, this is not the place. I'm not sure many people will tolerate the noise in the rooms.
I loved it here. And the price could not be beat.

First off, if you are considering the Golden Gate, please understand that you are not going to get 4-star accomodations for $19.06. As long as you have reasonable expectations, you will probably not be disappointed. My wife and I booked a room there for Saturday, April 11th at their promotional rate of $19.06. This, for a Saturday night, was a ridiculous deal.

Since they only have 100 or so rooms, check-in was a breeze. We received our room in the "old" section of the hotel, which meant that the room was extremely small. That was OK with us. We didn't choose the Golden Gate for the amenities, after all. The room was very clean and looked nice with its art-deco motif. There were framed photos of Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong on the walls, which I thought was cool. It also had a sweet flat-screen TV. The bathroom was, again, small but functional with one exception. As a previous reviewer noted, there was no hot water in the morning. This was, admittedly, frustrating but I was willing to overlook it for the price. A cold shower helped to work me out of my hangover-induced haze anyway.

When we asked at the front desk about the water, we were told that since the GG is an old hotel (the oldest in Vegas), the hot water isn't as readily available in the mornings and if you shower in the afternoon, it should be at an acceptable temperature. Rather ridiculous but, again, $19.

One other cool thing about our room was that it had windows that opened. And not just a crack - fully open, both windows. That's a rarity in Vegas.

All in all, I thought the Golden Gate was a great value. If you're going to gamble at all, I highly recommend signing up for their players club. My wife and I both did and we received $20 and $25 each in free play EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK!!!!! This was incredible news to us, as we had played almost nothing through their machines. We were only downtown for the one night but could have gotten over $300 in free play if we played there every day. This was not well-publicized, however. I only found out about it by accident when my card wouldn't work and I had to go to the player's club desk to get another one. Apparently every player gets a random bonus added to their account. Sweet!

When online travel sites started promoting killer Vegas deals in March, we decided to take an off-budget, Easter weekend getaway. In prior trips to vegas, we would stay on/near the strip, and decided to give Downtown a try this time (closer to Binion's for pokwer torunaments), and found a $20 per night rate at the Golden Gate - couldn't refuse.
The location is ideal for those on a budget, who do not want to rent a car. You can walk to some good gaming, and lots of cheap eats. The hotel diner is open 24/7, and offers some decent specials - all less than $10. In the evening, Fremont Street comes alive with music, demonstrations and lots of people watching. There are typically 2 bands performing, as well as a solo musician, and overhead rock music video light shows every couple of hours.
The hotel was originally built in 1906, and bills itself as the oldest hotel in Las Vegas. While the room furnishings are modern and well maintained, the basic hotel has not changes much - small rooms and bathroom. While the rooms were comfortable, we had two major gripes:
1. NO HOT WATER in the mornings. We stayed two nights, tried to take showers between 10 and 11 am, and the water was FREEZING COLD. Water was warm enough to take a decent shower in the evening.
2. Too noisy. Housekeeping staff were vacuuming the halls between 7 and 8 am, and woke us up; hallway sounds also carry, and we happened to have some very noisy neighbors.
For those complaining about the OUTSIDE noise: the last Fremont Street rock video "light show" typically starts at midnight, and is over by 12:15. By that time, the crowds are all but gone, as have most of the street vendors. If you plan to go to sleep before 12:30, look elsewhere.

All good for the price. Bathrooms could use renovation though. New pillow top mattresses, flat screen TV's, etc. The hotel is obviously very dated but that is part of the attraction for some. Valet parking excellent. Would stay again.