El Cortez
600 E. Fremont Street // Las Vegas Downtown » map
| Nearby: | Fremont Fitzgeralds Four Queens |
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| Pricing: | $ $ $ $ $ » Compare Data at KAYAK.com |
| Deals: | 10 deals for El Cortez |
El Cortez - The Real Deal :
They say that the El Cortez is THE place to play slots. Who knows if this is true, but their progressive machines paid out $78 Million bucks to various winners in 2003. Not bad.
El Cortez History
Built in 1941, Las Vegas impresario Jackie Gaughan bought the El Cortez in 1963, one of its previous owners was none other than Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel. The El Cortez retains much of its 1940's vibes despite periodic upgrades and facelifts. Be sure to check out their $4.99 breakfast buffet... comped to players who give good action.
Location of El Cortez:
On the southern end of the Fremont bonanza. Worth the walk if you're staying at the Nug or Binions. Good values for the penny conscious gambler, El Cortez is liberal with comps, and love their lower limit players. Plus you might see Jackie Gaughan strolling around the joint on any given day.
Cool Stuff About El Cortez:
Comps comps comps! They give shit away at El Cortez.
This place was once owned by Benjamin Bugsy Siegel
The Rooms at El Cortez
299 rooms onsite, plus 100 other rooms next door at the Ogden House Hotel. Decent rooms, nothing fancy... you get what you pay for: a place to sleep (and who sleeps in Vegas anyways?). Offerings include Jacuzzi Suites (your best bet), Tower Suites (2 Queen Beds or 1 King) the *very* cozy Vintage Queen and Pavillion Queen rooms. Spring the bucks for the Jacuzzi suite.
Restaurants at El Cortez
Careful Kitty's Cafe offers a 20 oz. porterhouse steak which is guaranteed to make you have to pull over in Baker on the drive home. Roberta's offers standard restaurant fare, including some huge steaks and twin lobster tails. You can redeem Jackie's Club points at Robertas and Careful Kittys for food - they'll even double your points when you redeem them too! Great deal. El Cortez' Chinese Kitchen Buffet ($8.95) is another great cheap food option downtown.
Express Breakfast Buffet: $5.95. Orange juice at Wynn Las Vegas $8.50. Nuff said.
El Cortez Tips
El Cortez has numerous offers and promotions on their site which you should surely take advantage of (if you win a jackpot over $200 - they'll give you a tank of gas for your car). Check their promotions out here
The best all-around, loose slots, great rooms, friendly and helpful staff, delicious food, oh yeah and the most comps in Vegas. A Vegas icon
Readers Who Added El Cortez to their MyVegas Favorites
Have stayed here several times and have enjoyed it each time. Tower rooms are very roomy, except for the bathrooms. Otherwise extremely happy. And yes you can see Jackie Gaughan around the hotel. Have done very well on the slots too. Highly recommend it.
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El Cortez is one of my favorites.
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El Cortez is one of my favorites.
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Old school vibe, very nice room for the price.
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Getto, smelly but looser than most.. Not bad but not good. Slots the good thing.
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Haven't ever been here, but am booked for a cabana junior suite from July 28-31. The place just looks awesome and I seem to hear mostly good things about it. After my stay, I will update this.Any place with single-deck blackjack with 3:2 payout automatically gets major thumbs up in my book.
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El Cortez is one of my favorites.
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I saw a one legged hooker there once. Love it.
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Kick ass drunken 3 dollar blackjack.
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CLASSIC Downtown Vegas.
This Building is the only one that has not change its front facade since the 40's... Id say you get the real experince when you visit it after 1am..
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El Cortez is one of my favorites.
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El Cortez is one of my favorites.
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Good odds. Nice clean remodeled rooms, but the clientele seems to have gone downhill.
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El Cortez is one of my favorites.
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El Cortez is one of my favorites.
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El Cortez is one of my favorites.
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El Cortez is one of my favorites.
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El Cortez is one of my favorites.
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El Cortez is one of my favorites.
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El Cortez is one of my favorites.
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Nice! Very large rooms in the tower. Friendly staff! Will stay again and again!