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My husband and I got married here 6 months ago .. the wedding coordinator, Andrea is awesome. She was on top of every detail and everything was great. The catering department/coordinators need some improvement .. it wasn't TOO bad .. but there were some hoops we had to jump through.
We always stay here when in town - the rooms are good enough - the price is what sells us. When we come to Reno, it's not like we're in our room the whole time we are there, so we don't need anything glamorous. They have really good room rates and promotions all the time, so sign up to get their emails.
All in all a good place, they're restaurants are just okay ... but we always have a great time here! :)
I had a good time playing at Circus Circus this week. I enjoyed a nice session at Super Jackpot Party, and also played in their daily hold'em tournament ($18 buyin, 14 crusty characters and ESPN wannabes). Everyone was very nice and it was a pleasant way to spend an hour or so. They wouldn't even let me lose! I came in second.
Circus Circus has improved their buffet significantly. It's still not quite as good as the El D, but it's competitive. One thing that blows the El D away is that they have an Asian soup bar where a guy lets you pick your ingredients and construct your soup. Then, just like in a fast food Thai noodle place, he simmers the ingredients, adds broth, and boom. The won tons were beyond horrible, but the veggies were all very fresh and the broth was heavenly - just like San Francisco soup broth! Extra points for also having Sirracha.
My Dad lost me here when I was 6. Can you imagine trying to explain that to my mother in Dallas, Texas after several hours after searching?!?
Here is what happened back in 1982:
My Dad, who doesn't drink or gamble historically, was obviously intoxicated by the lights or something because he gave me two rolls of quarters and said I could play video games for a while. Apparently, he wanted to play blackjack. If you have been to Circus Circus in Reno, you can imagine how excited I was. The place is HUGE and full of video games, carnival games, etc. Back then, $20 was enough to last all day. I was pumped!
So, off I went and off he went. I guess a few hours passed and I started getting tired of playing games. I sat down in the Pole Position machine and took a nap. During that time, my father, the Reno police, hotel security and anybody else they could find were blanketing the property trying to find me. When they found me, it was too late. My mother already knew about it. I can only imagine what she did to my Dad when we got back from the trip. :)
Since then, I have been back a few times, including once last week. The place hasn't changed. It is really an odd spot. Even the parking garage is weird. If I am going to spend any time in downtown Reno, I prefer the Silver Legacy, but I usually stop in here to reminisce for a minute about the crazy scandal that was discussed throughout my childhood.
I forgot what is was like when you can smoke in a hotel/ casino. Eyes on fire, check. None the less, it had a grand time as I was in the company of my wonderful BF. Things are very different outside the bay area, so you will have to excuse me as I revel in the fact that you can park yourself here in a covered garage. What, in SF, this is not heard of nor an option. Parking was free. Hello!!!! Rooms were nice enough. We got this huge room and monster bed. 5 people could have fit in the bed. And it seemed like we walked miles from our room to the cafes and casino. I am a walker and even to me it seemed very far, but alas a good work out.
Buffets galore. Fun fact, buffets in Circus Circus, not great. We got comped brunch. Thank god they had a salad bar as that was the only edible food there. My BF was not having it! I have played the games, eaten the food, won a Cartman. Thank you Circus Circus for a lovely time.
This review is for the hotel only.
Often times I have really early flights that depart from the Reno airport. I'll book a hotel downtown with airport shuttle service if I don't feel like getting up at 3:00 am to drive from Incline Village to check in for my flights. Another plus - leaving my car in valet so free parking (with a generous tip to the valet runners).
I scored a cheap room here, but once I checked in, it took forever to get to my room - through the casino, on the monorail, then up an elevator. It took at least 15 minutes to get to my room (keep your fingers crossed that the monorail is already there waiting for you).
The room itself was large, though worn down. I'm not sure what it is with these hotels hoping to win some secret competition for the UGLIEST BEDSPREAD IN THE WORLD. The room carpet was also fairly hideous. But can I complain, even though I spent less than $40 for it? Hell yeah.
I was up at 4:30 am to get the 5:00 am hotel shuttle to the airport, but I forgot about the 15-minute torturous route back to the main lobby (apparently the monorail doesn't run that often at the crack of dawn). No worries, the shuttle was running a few minutes late.
Overall, there are better places to stay for $40 a night in Reno for bargain-hunters.
Never stayed at the hotel before, so this review is for the casino and midway. The casino has lots of slots to choose from and hasn't been overly busy the times that I've visited. You can easily move around the casino floor and play a wide variety of machines.
The midway is so much fun! Sometimes I'd rather just play midway games than make my way down to the casino. It's cool that most of the games are still the same price to play as when I was little. I love the goblet game and the camel/horse race type games. The claw machines are so much fun here and they actually have quality, recognizable stuffed animals inside. :)
This review is for the hotel only.
What a bargain. I got quite a room in the tower for $45 on my way back from burning man. Checkin was fast and courteous. I was expecting a tiny room but was given a huge room with a nice view of downtown Reno. The bed was extremely comfortable--more so than many beds I've paid much more money for. I didn't have to stoop in the shower to get under the water.
I didn't feel any urge to hit the casino, but I did have dinner in their bbq restaurant. The hostess thanked me for showering [lol!--I guess most burners ate before hitting the showers?]. They gave me a huge plate of juicy bbq and a healthy pour of pinot noir for a great price.
The location is great too--right on the strip. I hope to stay longer next time I'm in Reno.
Ok, first off, this was the first time I had ever stayed at Circus Circus in Reno. I have previously stayed at The Comstock and The Atlantis, as far as hotels are concerned.
This place is like the "game room" for kids if you are in Reno with any and need to entertain them. This is NOT where you want to stay if you are looking for comfort. The beds are ok, but the room we got was dark and had a rather gloomy view of a brick wall. The NON smoking rooms still smelled like smoke. The decor makes you feel like you've been warped back into the 1980's...serious.
Some of the employees are either intoxicated while on the job or insane.
One employee just sat there, silent, wide eyed when asked where the best places to eat in Reno, where. It was like he'd never eaten in his life and couldn't think of an answer.
As my girlfriends and I were walking out to transportation, one of the hotel employees asked us if we had a good night. We told her we had an "ok" night and things could be better (icky room is what we were referring to)...she tells us...."well you can't kill a bee with a lemon." We all looked at each other, looked at her and said "yes, you can!" She just wandered off. I'm telling you I have never, ever run into people like that who are supposed to be working at the hotel!
None of us were intoxicated, on drugs or hallucinating. It was just a bad experience!
The Circus Circus was nice for a two night stay. Little smaller than the one home on the strip but very cool. Little midway for some fair type games to win prizes. Yard long drinks for the adults and decent rooms for your stay. Not too shabby for a weekend trip.
Circus Circus is going to be the first in a long line of hotels I frequent, now that Reno and I are tight friends.
_ There was a 60 year old blackjack dealer in the "Zany Zone" who yelled out "Parrrrrteeeeey" And she started shaking it from left to right. Very memorable and entertaining.
- All families.
-Staff is pretty sweet. No hassles.
- Elevator can take awhile, but nowhere near as long as Mandalay Bay.
- Gym is small and sucks, but its FREE. I will say sweating on the elliptical for 30 min and then drinking a Stella is a great new hangover pastime of mine.
Not amazing, not terrible.
Cough...cough...cough....hack.
This is supposed to be a 'No Smoking' zone?
Wheez.....pants....cough....cough.....cough....hac k.
Don't let those bright lights, loud games and acrobatic exhibitions fool you...it's a trap to lure you kids into gambling, smoking and drinking.
Heck, they give better prices when you win at Great America.
As a parent: lesson learned!
I think this place is okay. I went here to play at the arcade and be a little kid while I was taking a break from gambling. I spent a good $15 dollars here playing the games. I ended up winning a big bear =) at the skee ball machine, but it is a pain in the ass because if you win, the score does not stay on, it erases. I won twice and it did it to me again. I did not know to get the attendant when I won, oh well right so they can check the score to see if I was not smoking any crack or anything. I went gambling at the coin slots, but lost $5 dollars at the coin slots. It was a good concept because I do like the coins falling out of the machine.
On my previous stay in Reno, I spent two nights at the Sands Regency - one of the worst hotel experiences in my life. This time I stayed at Circus Circus, and it was vastly better. From super reasonable rates ($51/night for a weekend in summer? Darned good if you ask me) to my room on a non-smoking floor which was well-appointed and didn't smell one iota of smoke. Gambling options are plentiful, with two other casinos hooked up by skybridge and shuttletrain. Circus Circus was also the official hotel of Gay Pride 2009, which is a nice thing if you ask me - a hotel in a town such as Reno taking such a public position. Good for them. I also won nearly $1000 on the slots there, so I like Circus Circus even more!
In fairness, I would have given them four stars, but I had to ding them one because they charged a separate fee for in-room wireless. $9.99/day for a slow-speed connection and $10.99 for a faster connection is a bit much. I know Reno mostly attracts a rather downscale demographic who generally don't own laptops or wireless devices, but in this day and age, very few hotels still charge a separate fee for wireless. This is my only recommendation for something they need to change.
Definitely the most entertaining and HUGE casino on the strip. Honestly, my favorite part was the arcade - the games were awesome, in great shape, and most only took a quarter to play! The highlight was DEFINITELY the circus acts!
The casino is mega sized, so much to see and do, I could have spent my whole night here. The $10 buffet the next day wasn't too shabby either!
Will never stay here again. Can you fall asleep to mariachi music and drunk people on cell phons outside your room at midnight? Not to mention the sheets you're afraid to sleep, floor you wouldn't let your feet touch and on and cracks in the bathroom tub you hope you don't slip in. Not a happy customer.
Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! Never again.
This was the most awful hotel experience ever. It was way overpriced ($120 or so on the weekend of Hot August Nights) for what we got, which was a butt ugly room with two queen beds instead of the one king I asked for. We ordered room service, which we were disappointed to find only served until 10pm and the menu mainly consisted of hot dogs and grilled cheese. What use is that? My girlfriend and I wound up getting two Caesar salads -- what we thought was a safe bet. When the food was delivered the forks were forgotten. That's no big deal. The "salads", however, were atrocious. What we got were bowls of dressing mixed with corn, cheese and croutons. There must have been some lettuce towards the bottom, but our stomachs wouldn't let us get that far.
In addition, every elevator in the building is always full of people and strollers and luggage. After we checked out, we waited through three full elevators before we finally, exasperated, carted our bags down 10 flights of stairs only to encounter the same problem at the parking garage elevator.
There are children running around EVERYWHERE, so unless you have some of your own or are just a glutton for punishment, don't stay here.
Rating as a long-time visitor that took a ~5 year hiatus.
As a kid my parents and I would rest here on our yearly drive to CA. Back then the midway mostly had prizes of cheap stuffed animals; that hasn't changed, but the prizes are even cheaper now. I was intending to play some games for nostalgia's sake, but now even if you win you'll probably still leave feeling largely ripped off.
The only claw machines that used to be worth playing are still full of cheap gold-plated necklaces but now they're meticulously spaced apart, all of the sunglasses look the same (style inspired by Hunter S Thompson, surely kids LOVE that), and they've gotten rid of the watches and in their place there's MP3 players in clear plastic boxes that I'm guessing are impossible to pick up.
I feel sorry for the kids that get stuck here while their parents gamble now, but not much seems to have changed in the casino. The slots have gotten rid of the coin payouts in favor of a ticket that the machine prints out when you cash in, but otherwise it looks pretty much the same as I remember it- just fewer people.
Some of the blackjack dealers are pretty friendly while others are passively rude. The waitresses and bartenders were all friendly and sociable. Front desk service just puts up with you. The gift shops upstairs are pretty nice as far as tourist traps go.
We stayed here twice recently; the visits one week apart. The rooms in the sky tower were cheap with comfy beds, cable, and optional $10/night internet that cut out too frequently. The showers were incredibly dark since the only light in the bathroom comes from above the sinks, and the hallway outside of the 2nd room was so dusty I felt suffocated. Still, they served their purpose for a good rate.
All in all, it's good cheap fun downstairs if you enjoy cards/slots and drinking (free drinks while you gamble, just don't expect to get drunk off of those) but there's not a whole lot else to come here for. Leave the kids at home unless they're too young to care about what they're playing or winning.
My first kiss with a smoker was at Circus Circus.
Like two peas in a dysfunctional family pod, we were teenagers left to our own accords in a casino, while our respective newly-divorced parents were out doing their own separate decadent things.
We tried our hand at a little blackjack, but security quickly caught on to our pubescent giddiness. Then came the sweetest words I'd yet heard up to that day : "I've got some beer in my room."
Before we could finish the six-pack, her mother, many drinks ahead of us, returned to touch up her makeup. Thus was I limited only to my first kiss with a smoker, and, soon enough, I was on my way.
The musky bitterness left on my tongue would become the benchmark for collegiate trysts yet to come. And I left Reno, almost a Man.
This review is for the arcades. Man I love the claw machines here and the quarter toss. I came here when I was little and have very little toy winning skills, no friends to come with since I was always with my family(you know how it is), no money. Now Im grown, have a good job and came without my family. I was hoggin the claw machines, winning all the easy toys, kids behind me cursing at me for hogging the machine, all the while I was saying ahahaha Im 30 I can do this all day ahhahaa.
I won't lie. When I go to Reno, its usually not because of the hotel I'm staying at. I spend about a total of 5 hours in my hotel room during a weekend of good ol' white trash fun in Reno.
You definately cant beat the price of the rooms at CC. I think it was around $27 ( my friend booked out room, so I can't be 100% sure on the cost). The room itself wasn't bad. Not like the rooms at Silver Legacy, but not a total dump either. The cool thing is that when you book at CC, you get all kinds of coupons and deals, such as free play, match play, free buffet, and all that good stuff.
I really wish I would have brought my power drill with me, so I could take some of the cool paintings that hung on the walls home!
So if your trip isn't all about an aestetically pleasing room, then just crash on down at CC!
We have stayed and played at the El Dorado and the Silver Legacy. We love the access to all of the casinos so we decided to try Circus Circus. One reason is their serving staff is organized and they are helping other casino workers to organize. The room was fine although the number of King Sized bed rooms are limited. We stayed in the Sky Tower but we will be staying in the North Tower at our next stay. Although we had access to play at the other two casinos we stayed pretty much at Circus Circus.
You get a real bang for your buck there. My husband dislikes groups of children and really dislikes unaccompanied minors. Unfortunately these are in abundance at Circus Circus. I don't mind kids at all and don't have a problem calling security about wandering miscreants (it's really the parents' fault). I recommend this place highly based on price and convenience.
If you are physically challenged, you can get around but it takes a while to figure it out. To check in and out, use the casino elevator/escalators. The registration desk is at the end of the casino level. Also DON'T park your car until you know which Tower you are staying in.
$30 for mid week? Wowzers!
This place is a safe bet for a good deal and clean room. They recently changed a few things since I stayed here last, new bedspread and linens and towels! The bedspread in our room was a mint green color, not the typical purple or pink like before. I'm not sure if they changed them all or are in the the process of doing it, but it did make the room look better. We saved $20 and stayed in the sky tower, why not gamble or use that money on food or booze?
Speaking of booze, we wanted to get a whale bone. We heard they had a "Fat Tuesday" type of bar there. It was actually closed:( We were there at like 10:30...eh! So we noticed the Geko bar had them, 100oz margarita $23...worst!!! It didn't do anything to either of us and it tasted like lemonade! Boo!
We also brought our pooch. We basically had the choice to stay here or Motel6. I remembered them having monitors in their kennels. So we reserved our little gal a kennel. Its only $10 per night. You have to bring everything but why wouldn't you? It kinda smelled like pee in there, but overall it wasn't icky. Its in the garage accross the lobby entrance to the sky tower. There was another pooch in there, we thought it was cool so she wouldn't be alone. She actually hated it...she didn't eat anything and just slept. It could be that she has never been in a kennel like that before and she is quite spoiled.
I'm not gonna lie. We came here specifically to hang out, relax, and play the midway games.
We like it here because it's connected to Silver Legacy and El Dorado. Not only that, but there are lots of food places and such to choose from in this little area.
The best part is just acting like kids and playing the carnival like games and winning stuffed animals.
If you stay here, you get a coupon booklet with tons of savings on the buffet, midway games, and free slot play to name a few. We didn't stay here this time, but if you're looking for a very cheap place to stay that is decept, a bit dated, but overall okay... this may be a place for you.
We like Silver Legacy ... but hey ... if you want to save a few bucks on a place just to sleep, why not circus circus?
After leaving Golden Flower unsatisfied we decided to go across the street to Circus Circus for some fun and games with the kids.
The games were the same but still fun. The kids each won a prize tossing the ping pong balls into the floating flowers. That alone was priceless. We caught the last circus show at 5:45. We were expecting the Chinese Acrobats but it was a Russian couple. They were good. Kids enjoyed it.
After the show we played some more games and then cashed in our tickets for some cheapy toys.
We will definitely come back again. The kids had fun.
I went here like 3-5 times as a kid I think. This was like the Chuck E Cheese of Reno for Carnival Games. Their buffett was kind of crap though.
Last time I went to Reno when I was 14 and went snowboarding with the family and brought a homie, my homie got detained in a small room over here when he tried to jack a lighter and a keychain at a small shop here. I remember sitting across from the shop eating a bowl of soup. After he comes out the shop, I see 1 guy in a suit walk by, about 30 seconds later, another guy walks by, and soon after a security guy walks by and they all meet and walk by the table and tell my friend to go with them.
And being the good friend that I am, I just sat there in awww, kind of laughing, and continued to finished my soup in peace. Then I asked some old guy where they took my friend and knocked on some small security room door where they had him sitting down cuffed to a chair. They took his photo and said he was banned from Circus Circus in Reno and Las Vegas until he turned 18. They made me hunt for my parents at the buffett and bring my dad back there, since they weren't allowed to release a minor, until an adult/guardian responsible for him was there to pick him up.
And damn! My dad chewed us both out on the nightly walk back to the hotel. We both had to sleep on the floor that night. Sheiiit!
Funny thing was, they busted him for stealing a lighter and a keychain, but they didn't even take the ligher and keychain back from him. When we were walking back, he just handed them to me and was all like I don't want this bad karma. Haha...My parents never told his parents who are family friends and he never even bothered telling his parents and no one really got in that much trouble, so it's like it never happened. Memories!
But BOO for having to win the same game like 7 times to upgrade to a bigger prize. Why can't other games have the same big prize value as the wooden ring on glass bottle toss game?!
I swear, the last time I went I was a pro at knocking chickens into pots.
Great place for families, children and pets! For the price, the hotel is the least expensive of all the main streamers. We got a room for $30 on a weekday in the 3rd floor, North Tower. The 3rd floor looked newly renovated. Our room had two comfortable queen-size beds, roomy, very clean and best of all... no smokey stale smell!
The buffet was also inexpensive... sure, the other casinos may have better buffet but it'll cost you! We got a coupon for $10 off the buffet for staying at the hotel. So, for the price of a good McDonald dinner, you can have an all-you-can eat, three...four...or five course meal!
...and best of all ...if you bring a pet, the hotel has a kennel for $10/night! I think Circus-Circus is the only casino on the main drag that takes pets. The fun part is you can even watch your dog on TV, channel 20, while he/she sits in the kennel pondering when you're gonna stop by... cool! Our mo-mo made sure none of the other dogs got any sleep that night!
Big ol' parking structure. Loved that. Great buffet, for a great price.They really had everything. Caught one of the circus shows. That was entertaining. Great arcade for the kids, I loved playing there.
Circus Circus, you gave my friend a staph infection. Not cool!
You are better than that!!!! Passing your infections from one customer to the next....tsk tsk.
But I commend you for being connected to Silver Legacy and therefore El Dorado. You have the glorious Midway where fortunes are won/lost, and everyone is invited. The shows every half hour always keep it entertaining. I was even part of one once. That's another story...
Good hotel for the price. Lots to do, lots of table games, circus games for the kids (and adults who want to feel like kids again).
Clean, large rooms. Connects to Silver legacy.
Nothing fancy, just a nice place to stay.
Surprisingly good buffet, especially for the $16.50 price.
Circus Circus hasn't changed much over the years, same ol' casino and same ol' Midway that's supposed to be family friendly. Family friendly as in if you consider second hand smoke from the casino floor below as good for your family.
I can't help but feel this place has turned drab and weary, all the midway workers have that facial expression that they dislike their job, as in: "I HATE THIS SH*T," and can't wait for their tortuous shift to finally end. No cheer found here. If you've been here recently within the past few years I doubt its worth another visit unless you have kids accompanying you or you happen to be staying at one of their extremely cheap hotel rooms. I only brought my friends to check it out since there were people on their first ski trip in Reno, but after leaving it, its probably best skipped.
I did however see one bizarre circus act while there, girl performers from China who can swivel and do some crazy jump tricks on bicycles.. yea bicycles. WTF!
Heck the wifey and I got a room for 33 bucks! The room was larger and cleaner to a comparable room at the silver legacy. The negative is that they charge you 10 bucks per day for wifi. I tried to capture free internet from st marys hospital but was unsuccessful. The slots are a bit more loose if you are into that but they don't have too many blackjack tables.
As far as the hotel itself, it's nothing special. The buffet is alright.
Now the midway is cool. I have many fond memories of winning so many stuffed animals.So for that memory alone, this place is alright.
***this review is for the buffet and midway only***
hubby has a soft spot in his heart (stomach?) for their buffet, having frequented the place so many times since his childhood. while there are a lot of selections, none of them are that good...we timed our visit so we hit the tail end of breakfast, just as they started to swap the bacon and pancakes out for lunch entrees. it's gotta say something when the only item i return for a second helping is cream of friggin wheat! oh and the churros (w/ creamy filling like jack in the box's) were tasty too. otherwise, the list of meh items goes on and on...tasteless melon was the best from the limited fresh fruit selection; rubbery french toast; flabby, not crisp, bacon; runny eggs...the wontons were just okay but great compared to the clumpy noodles and the sticky sweet chicken at the asian station (that DIDN'T serve rice???), tasteless corn on the cob (where's the sweet summer corn?)....meh. plus the drink dispenser splattered us each time we returned for a refill.
the midway, on the other hand, was a pleasant surprise! who knew $20 could last so long, even with the standard carnival games...they somehow seemed to be less of a rip off and provided lots of fun for the princess (okay and me and the hubby too!) the fishing magnet game and ring toss are still a rip, but we were lucky at the wiffle ball toss and ping pong ball toss; even the usually "rigged" games, e.g. ball toss in a basket, were handing out prizes. and some games offered a prize for every player. add in a mix of "loose" claw machines and ticket dispensing games and you've got the makings for hours of fun...it does get crowded but as long as you're prepared to deal with the stroller crowd and preeteen cliques, you'll be fine.
When I was young, my brother and I would stare down into the casino from the Midway, plotting ways we can get to a machine, drop a quarter, and pull the handle.
Remember when they had the motorbikes defying gravity in that giant metal ball? One our plans called for rolling up on a motorbike, dropping a quarter in and pulling the slot machine handle, then riding off in victory with fists pumping in the air.
Good thing our plan never came to fruition because there is no winning at Circus Circus. Seriously. But they'll comp you for their buffet. Blech.
Good thing it's connected to Silver Legacy and El Dorado. Those are casinos and buffets you should eat at. Just use Circus Circus as a means for cheap lodging.
Midway games are excellent. Highly recommend the goblet game, camel race, and skee ball. Quality prizes for about 50 cents to $1 per game. Stuffed animals are of recognizable animals and cartoon characters. Surprisingly minimal cigarette smoke fume smell in the area.
Getting to the room was a bit inconvenient. We had to take this little shuttle thing to get to the north/sky towers. For my grandma, who fears escalators, had a difficult time getting on. Plus there was no elevators to get the other floors. For $30 a night, the room was great. There was really nothing special but because of the price, it was worth it. The room was pretty clean. Only thing that sucked was I got stuck watching very limited channels on the television.
Next the games. I guess I didn't have that great of a time because of my age or the fact that I didn't have a child. I guess its cool they had different shows going on in middle of the room at different times of the day. Too old for the games and not old enough for the casinos, not much to do.
This is definitely a great place for families with little children and a tight budget, but if you don't fall into any of those categories, you might want to look elsewhere.
Spent a Saturday night here this past weekend, and had a fantastic time!
It began at check-in..I'd reserved a mini-suite & originally it was to be in the Sky Tower, but since I was on crutches, the friendly woman who checked us in changed it so that we were in the North Tower (same bldg. where we checked in) so that I wouldn't have to walk as far. How thoughtful!
The room was lovely, quite roomy & with a nice view of the mountains around Reno (which were dusted with snow the next morning, how pretty), and the bedspreads and linens were in excellent condition. The thermostat was easy to find/operate as well, always a good thing on a winter evening. The bathroom was well appointed (and even had enough towels, a nice change from many hotels) and quite spacious, and the tub was easy to get in and out of even for me with my troublesome knees.
Everyone we dealt with, from the hotel staff to the casino staff, were fantastic: shout out to Patti our roulette dealer, she was awesome, and to Sara who signed us up for the One Club & thoughtfully got me a chair to sit on during the signup process rather than perch on my crutches the whole time. And I have to say, given that the casino does allow smoking, somehow it doesn't reek of smoke nearly as much as you'd expect; it was more a faint undersmell than the prevalent odor of the place. Definitely need to give kudos to CC for that incredible feat of good ventilation.
We'll definitely be returning to Circus Circus for more mini-getaways; it was an enjoyable experience from start to finish.
There are 3 casinos to choose from, Midway has plenty of games and prizes which is great for kids, and different restaurants to choose from. It seemed a bit empty when I went. Had lunch at this one particular sushi place located inside CC and I wouldn't go back; the sushi was not good and it was way over priced!
Overall, this place is OK. Nothing too special.
Okay, keeping in mind "this is Reno" (read: Ghetto-ville). I don't mean that as a snobby kind of person, but the difference between here and Las Vegas is just night and day. I have never been to Reno until this last weekend and we went mostly to ensure our three young boys have a good time, not for my wife and I. My preference is Mandalay Bay or Hard Rock in LV - but that is a long drive. Plus we wanted to be near the snow so the kids could enjoy that too.
Back to my review: this place is adequate for what it is, which is a casino geared towards families. The kids had a great time at the arcade and midway. The circus part is just plain lame - the shows are on an elevated stage in the middle of the midway, but there is no raised seating for kids to view. This leaves me to put my two year old on my shoulder and suffer the resulting back-aches or just ignore the show, which then means they should change the name from "Circus Circus" to "Where the hell is the bar?" or something like that.
The bright spot was the mini suite - was clean, smoke-free and very spacious for the rate ($119/night).
Why aren't you as fun as I remember you to be, Circus Circus!?
I had so much fun with you when I was 4, but now that I'm old enough to play everything in your vicinity, I'm not as excited.
Still, you're fun to walk around in :)
$5.00 after 5:00 PM
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