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17 reviews for Boulder Station Hotel & Casino
I've stayed at Boulder about 8 times now. Overall its good, it's constantly getting better. They just remodeled the buffet and one of the restaurants. It seems far less smokey lately for some reason too. The dealers aren't anything special, seem like jaded old timers mainly but so be it. Karaoke on the weekends at the bar is entertaining... in an old/washed up way.
Rooms and clean and nice. Room service usually sucks, they only have 1 person who handles taking the calls and delivering the food, so good luck catching them during any moderately busy time.
All in all I like it, for the price can't be beat, and its' not too far a drive to the strip.
Ok hotel with decent rooms, lots of food eating places. They have some crazy late night breakfast special for 2.99 (eggs, bacon, hash browns, toast) that actually turned out to be pretty decent. I got a bunch of coupons here as well when I checked in that was useful in the end, like buy one hot dog get one free at DQ's.
This is definitely a hotel for the older crowd, or the budget savvy. But hey, I enjoyed myself and the quiet atmosphere off the strip. BTW, they have roulette with 50 cent chips. FIFTY CENT!
THIS PLACE HAS A BACK TO THE FUTURE THEMED SLOT MACHINE!!!!
THREE OF THEM, IN FACT!
I don't know about the rest of the place...I came here specifically for the BTTF slot machines. I played them...then I left. Seemed like a great joint to me!
"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit."
Man, this place was cool but getting a cab back to the strip was damn near impossible.
I didn't stay in the hotel there but my parents did. They said it was okay, not the worst not the best.
But if you're thinking it's a good idea to stay here instead of the strip to save money, you're highly mistaken. It was $30 to get here and back from Encore and the wait was horrendous.
They do have an okay buffet. It wasn't horrible but it wasn't the best. I did appreciate their diversity in meals: pad thai, "tex mex", and lots of chinese food.
For all the times I've been to Vegas, I actually haven't stayed in many hotels, because I have family and friends there. One of the few times I did stay in a Vegas hotel, I was co-planning a group trip for about ten people, and the Boulder Station was our weekend headquarters.
Boulder Station isn't especially close to the Strip, although it's not too long of a cab ride if you want to head down for the day. But if your main reason for coming to Vegas is to lose money at the casinos and gorge yourself on all-you-can-eat buffets, Boulder Station can provide you a full Vegas experience without ever having to leave the premises.
The hotel itself is not fancy, but clean and quiet. The beds aren't gross, and housekeeping does a fine job. We never heard any other guests or any disturbances. The rooms are fine - decorated in a slightly cheesy fashion, but they did at least make the effort - but you're not going to spend much time in your room when there's money to be lost, now are you?
Boulder Station has plenty of dining choices for you. The Feast Buffet is a pretty typical all-you-can-eat - we went when it was transitioning from breakfast to lunch, and it had the usual fruit-and-salad bar, hot dishes, and carving station. The Boulder Cafe is a casual family-dining type place with bland, decent, but unremarkable food. The Pasta Palace is their nicest restaurant, and it has a pretty, vaguely Tuscan-style interior, but the food isn't worth the high prices - just your standard Olive Garden stuff. For those who prefer their food franchised and nationally branded, there's also a Subway, a Starbucks, and a Winchell's Donuts.
In addition to all the usual table games, slots and video poker, Boulder Station also has a Regal movie theater and a kids' arcade (because, you know, Vegas is such a family-friendly place). There are several bars scattered around, and apparently a showroom called the Railhead, which I can't personally speak for.
With reasonable room rates, clean and quiet accommodations, and slots that are just as money-hungry as any other Vegas casino, save yourself a grip of cash by staying off the Strip. Compared to places that outfit their staff in gladiator costumes or medieval garb, Boulder Station is - dare I say it? - a slightly classier Vegas alternative.
A nice place to stay if you don't mind being pretty far from the Strip. The only reason that was annoying was because there was road work on Desert Inn Rd. which made getting to the Strip slow and difficult.
Room rates can be amazingly cheap if you go mid-week (Mon - Thur), but like everything else in Vegas, they shoot up on the weekend. But it doesn't feel cheap. The room I got was clean, adequately furnished and decorated.
However, there are several lamps in the room but they are all rather dim. I had to turn on all of them. I also had an issue with getting hot water my first night ... I had to run the shower for at least 10 minutes before any hot water came out. Sound also comes through the bathroom vents rather loudly (it sounded like one guy above me was hacking up a lung when he coughed).
I liked that they had security manning the entrance to the guest room elevators during high-traffic hours. They came in handy at one point at 1:00am when a little girl got separated from her mother.
The casino itself is quite large. There's also a large kid's play area and a movie theater, and very ample parking (several very large parking lots on either side of the property plus a large parking garage). Lots of dining options inside the casino (buffet, Italian, Mexican, Chinese, and a couple of coffee shops including a Starbucks).
It's out of the way,not close to any of the tourist or gambling meccas,
but maybe that's what you want. If so,this is a great value: Nice rooms,
decent food and very cheap rates at most times of the year. My one
visit to the buffet here was memorable: They were serving BBQ ribs
at a carving station,and if you asked, the chef would give you an
ENTIRE SLAB at a time. What a night that was.
The Boulder Station is an off-strip hotel/casino that caters to the over 65 crowd. Maybe that was not their target demographic, but there are a lot of blue hairs here at any given moment.
All that being said, its not bad little place. It certainly isn't over priced, and its relatively uncrowded. Not pretentious or pompous in any way. The craps games are nice because the minimum is low.
There are some decent places to eat here, but no showy Strip Style places. You're getting Vegas on a budget here.
Call me a criminal, but I don't like Vegas. The only reason why I travel there several times a year is because my sister and her family live there. And the Pinball Hall of Fame is in Vegas. I usually stay at Boulder Station now because it's close to my sister's house. And they have bingo every odd hour.
It's a quiet hotel/casino. Definitely more for the locals and the Laughlin crowd. But that's fine by me. I don't particularly care for the insanity of the Strip. When I'm not in LA, I like to get away from traffic and people!
It's affordable too.
The rooms are comfortable, they offer room service, and there is security at the entrance to the hotel tower at night so no local crazies have access to kill you in your sleep.
I love Boulder Station!
Great (although small) Poker Room - loose players fill up my chip stacks. Friendly dealers, helpful Floormen, organized atmosphere and a HUGE bad beat jackpot!
Good and cheap food, karaoke, table games, and hourly bingo, who could ask for more?!?!?!?
Boulder Station is A-Ok in my book. It is a Hotel and Casino Resort that is in the stable of the Station Hotel Group who have numerous hotel/casinos including Palace Station, Texas Station and the Red Rock Hotel-Casino Resort. My good friend Jonny Kincaid is the Casino Marketing Director and does a great job. It is mainly for the locals but is a nice clean and well run place. Johnny is very generous with comps and you may get much more here then you could get at Wynn, Bellagio or the Venetian. The "Broiler Steak Hose" has very good cuts and a killer salad bar, Guadalajara and Salsa have good Mexican food. The Pasta Palace has been voted the "best Italian Restaurant" I don't know by what group but the food at Pasta is very good. All in all Boulder Station gives you a great bang for your buck. It's 11 movie theaters are cool ( I don't go the Vegas to watch a movie however ) and it brings in some pretty good fights and entertainment. When I was last in Vegas a few weeks ago Eddie Money was performing there. I give Boulder 3 stars but it is way off the Strip on Boulder Hwy actually though only 7 miles from McCarran Airport . Also I agree with some of the other reviewers that Boulder has a very nice and friendly Poker Room and Sports Book. In 2001 I won a bunch of money at the Boulder Sports Book on Andre Agasse a Las Vegas hometown boy who won the Australian Open title that year. Andre Kirk Agassi is actually named after Kirk Kerkorian of MGM Grand fame. I have fond memories of Boulder Station and Johnny Kincaid. I took Johnny on that stay to see Mayweather--Corales at the MGM-Grand---one of the greatest after parties of all time. Meg Ryan recreated her orgasim scene in "When Harry Meet Sally".
Nice movie theaters and decent sized gaming areas with bingo. They also have babysitting(you can gamble, drink and smoke while your kid is temporarily someone else's problem). The sportsbook is surprisingly large but the restaurants are so so. I never tried the buffet but never heard anything bad about it. My only real gripe is that the surrounding neighborhood has become more crime-ridden and dangerous. Be careful in the parking lot at night. I used to live nearby so I know what I'm talking about.
Don't judge me because I'm in Vegas and go to the casinos of the locals to play bingo. Where else in Vegas can you spend as little as $4 for an hour of games and free drinks?? So what if I'm the youngest person there? It's all good by me.
This place is big, does not contain the crazy tourists, and has Kid's Quest (a place to drop off the kiddies while you gamble), movies, resturants, tables, and slots. A great respite from the Strip!
We stopped here for a late night dinner/snack/drunkandneededfood. They had a cafe/restaurant that is open 24 hrs, so we thought yay. I had a grilled chicken sandwich, and my bf had the special of a denver omlette for $2.99. The sandwich was ok, but the fires were OLD and STALE. Good price on food, but not worth visiting again.
The stations are locals casinos where they come to gamble, buffet and watch movies and but the mother-in-law up in when she's in town. This one was the second, I believe, after Palace Station and it's just generic and kinda blah. It's getting pretty old, but they still sometimes have decent acts come through their lounge, the Railhead.
This is a nice hotel...It has a great buffet and the theaters are nice! I just wish it was easier to get around. It is a pretty clean hotel and the workers are nice.
When I lived in Vegas, this place was the one I went to the most. They have a huge collection of nickel slots and the food is pretty good.
