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Harrah's Laughlin
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- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Garage
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Delivery:
- No
- Take-out:
- Yes
- Waiter Service:
- Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- Yes
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
16 reviews for Harrah's Laughlin
I miss Vegas...
The Laughlin Harrah's Casino wasn't a bad hotel. It was just... boring.
Cons:
- Most of the people staying there were WAY older than me.
- The table games and slots were VERY limited.
- There was no good clubs or bars anywhere around. (Not for the singles.)
- And you're way to isolated from the other casinos.
But it did have its good side. Pros:
- Very friendly and helpful staff.
- Great view of the river.
- Decent places to eat.
- And very honest guest. (I lost wallet and some good citizen turned it into security completely enact.)
I'm sure I will be staying at the Harrah's a lot on vacation... In about 20 - 30 years.
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This is a review for Harrah's Laughlin Nevada based on multiple visits most recently July 9 - 12th
Harrah's Laughlin is all about your expectations going in to it. First, this is Laughlin Nevada and not Las Vegas - each has their pros and con's. Laughlin is old school, cheaper than Vegas, and has the Colorado River adjacent to most properties including Harrah's. While I don't recommend taking kids to Vegas, we do take our kids regularly to Laughlin but primarily because of boating with friends on the river and on Lake Mohave.
While the hotel seems a bit old school, they do have renovated rooms that are quite nice, but nothing fancy. However, while the renovated rooms have wide-screen TV's, dry-wall installed over the painted concrete brick walls (i.e. "double insulated"), the upgraded beds with thick comfortable mattresses still use regular size sheets which hotel housekeeping cannot tuck under the mattress even if they wanted to. The renovated rooms are nice, and the regular rooms are fine if your goal is a day on the beach, river, or lake. Housekeeping is a bit hit or miss -- tip a bit extra if you want something extra but don't expect the tip will get it and press on.
The hotel has two pools, one is the "family pool" which is fine for your kids, but I will not go into the pool - you fill in the blanks on why. The "adult" pool has a DJ and is where the bar is located - the cabanas look quite sad and more akin to pup-tents, but hey, this is Laughlin. A few other "amenities"; they have a McDonalds on site, Cinnabon, Ice Cream shop, Arcade for the kids, and the "elevator ride". The "elevator ride" is quite a popular amenity and people wait in long lines to experience it. Insiders tip: for ultimate thrills press the "up button" when you want to go down as you will get a "cut the line pass" to go down while experiencing the thrill of going up, then again down and seeing the sad faces of those in long lines trying to get on the "down ride". This does not work on the upper floors unless you have a "cut the line pass" for the VIP Diamond elevator ride.
Boat parking is plentiful, but to get parking close you have to be resourceful - push the limits of the "spaces" closest at the boat parking at the top of the parking garage but do not infringe on egress of anyone already parked there or fire access. Across Casino drive a couple of options but a long walk or shuttle ride if lucky on the way down. There are three "loading" boat stalls just off of the "family tower" that are for loading or unloading your junk on/off the boat and tow-vehicle. Park there too long unattended and risk incurring the wrath of other boaters just wanting to get their junk on or off quick and move on.
The restaurants are good overall including the buffet (have not tried The Range), though I had a bad experience with the buffet cashier recently who did not seem to like customers in general, and I was standing in the line that supposedly makes me someone somewhat "special" to Harrah's. My advice is always, if you don't like your job or your customers, look for something you like to do.
Overall: Great place to stay if it's what you are expecting and it's all about expectations. Yelp "A-OK"
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Wow....I really don't know where to start. After spending a week in Vegas at the Encore hotel this was quite a shocking change. LOL.
It was though definitely not the worst. It had some decent points.
After a few days at the Encore this was the second stop though we only could get rooms for a few nights then had to relocate to the Aquarius next.
I guess I'll start with the check in. The process was quick and easy and the staff was friendly and helpful. After that we swam our way through the crowd of older folk to make it to our room and be transported to a time long before my days. LOL.
The rooms are a bit old school, the walls, furniture, curtains, carpet all yell out 1980's maybe older.
There is at least a flat screen and some very comfortable beds. The beds remind me of the dream beds at the westin Bonaventure in Los angeles. The air conditioning was a disappointment, on high it was a mild, gentle, almost non existent breeze, at best. But it kept the room just cool enough.
This hotel just has an old, not so clean feel.
It could definitely use some updating but I don't think they get the amount of customers in a year that they would need to fund such a project. It's not cheap to update a single floor let alone all those.
Well after getting settled in it's time for some food so we head on down to the buffet for lunch/ dinner.
I must say, even though the buffet selections are limited and simple compared to Vegas, the food was actually pretty tasty.
My friends and I all agreed it was tastier than the large buffet at the Wynn in Las Vegas. Wow, what a surprise.
I'm a fan of medium rare prime rib and they had plenty of it and served a nice size portion, no going back every 5 minutes for another 3 oz. piece here.
It's not a bad place, the beds are great, the TV is newer, the food is good enough to survive on with a McDonalds and cinnabon to boot.
The room service on the other hand, though it may look tempting with the low prices, is definitely something you should stay away from.
We ordered in one night. I got the chicken parmesean, I've had frozen versions of this dish that were much better. A friend got the new york strip, it looked more like a strip that was peeled off of new york, over cooked and chucked on plate. We ordered nachos that looked like they were put together by someone who had no idea what nachos were. The chips were to thin and slightly stale, the cheese sauce concoction was terrible. The only dish that seemed reasonable was the philly cheese steak sandwich with fries. The drinks were a disaster. A 10 oz. coke bottle for 2.99, my iced tea was sent up with no lemons or sweeteners. The water was room temp. Definitely stay away from room service if you can stand to.
If you want to get away to laughlin for some fun on the lake with out a big price tag this is the place.
I mean after all, for us, we weren't spending most of our time in the room anyway. After each day on the water blasting around in a speed boat we returned to our room to shower, sleep, and wake up to hit the water again.
Definitely a spot to consider for a low priced weekend getaway.
Since we are talking about service in Laughlin, this place hits a home run. Eating at the buffet was truly enjoyable, often not the case at buffets. It was nice to see smiling faces at a casino. Usually I don't blame the workers but they are being paid minimum wage to make the casino executives rich, but often it is hard not to notice someone who hates their job. Not the case here.
The dealers are pleasant and kind, offering suggestions and tips when gambling. After being in the presence with dealers at the Riverside, this place was paradise. It looks as if they got new management at the Harrahs because all employees seemed to be happy working.
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Where am I? I feel...out of place.
The crowd here was of the older bunch, but that didn't scare me to my room. Nor did the broken elevator prevent me from eating a glutinous buffet dinner downstairs.
For $26.99 a night, you can't go wrong! I spend more on food in one day than on one night at this hotel. Sure, the vibe is not like swanky Las Vegas, but if you want to get away for cheap, no frills, just to leave reality, and would like to take a stab at gambling, Harrah's Laughlin is your new friend.
Even though my room was clean and the bed was fair, I just couldn't get over the whole scene of this place. The casino felt old, dirty, and slow paced. They didn't have many card tables and the sportsbook sucked, but they had plenty of slot machines and seats to watch keno.
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Got here on a late Sunday afternoon, hoping for a quiet three day stay. As we walked up to the Hotel, all I see were older people. My first thought was, great, no kids running up and down the halls, no drunks yelling late at night.
I got a free / Comp room in the North Tower Classic. It's one of their older room/tower, but its a room with clean sheets, fluffy pillows, clean restroom/shower and a view of the River and Casinos. The furniture suits the Nevada/Arizona look along with the brick walls. I'm not looking for much from a casino hotel, are you? Did I tell you that this room was free?
The casino is divided into two sections, this is the bast part, a non-smoking section and a smoking section (cough, cough). For those non-smokers, you have to cross over to the smoking section to get the the restaurants (cough, cough). The casino has craps, poker, slots machines, poker machines (play at the bar for free beers), roulette and a small Sports book. Did I mention that they have a Cinnabon place here?
For those looking for the meat market, high action, endless tables, high end restaurants, Broadway show, Big Name concert, free Water fountain shows, Lion and Tigers in a Cage, High dollar shopping, don't come to Laughlin. If, by chance, your here to relax, gamble a little, hang out by the pool, quiet time with your partner, a fun round of golf, then Laughlin is you sleepy town.
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Crikey, this place is going downhill.
I'd visited and stayed at Harrah's maybe about 10 times over the past 10 years, but hadn't been there in the past 3. What's changed over past 3 is what I'll focus on here.
I stayed in a Deluxe North Tower Room. This means that they took out the Days Inn bedspreads, but kept the matching Days Inn curtains. OK, in all fairness, they replaced the bathroom fixtures, put in a damn comfy bed, and strapped a plasma to the wall. All told, Harrah's ain't too shabby... as long as you're not venturing beyond your Deluxe Room.
But shabby defines the rest of the property: acres of worn carpet and scratched up brass and plastic, long elevator waits for the privilege of riding in a shaky steel cage, dust bunny ranches far and wide.
Then there's the changes to the casino.
Harrah's still maintains a non-smoking casino, which translates to a less-smoky room. But it had a limited selection of table games -- including sucka-bet 6:5 blackjack.
The main casino -- the "smoking" or "I wish they'd open the windows" casino -- was where all the fun was. But some things I saw in there make me further suspect that Harrah's is in financial trouble. First, I sat at a blackjack table that was NOT marked as 6:5 -- this, in fact, wasn't announced until I got paid low on my 21 and the dealer pointed out a scrolling LED sign that about every 30 seconds warned of 6:5. I moved over to a regular double-deck table and encountered a hovering casino manager that sweated every move people made at my table, including comments on my (successful) betting strategy and challenging the dealer's payout when I took my winnings from the table. Come on, guys... I'm not a high roller. Maybe a lower to middle roller. I bet the real rollers get a lot of crap here. But I wouldn't bet a lot on that cuz I'm a lower to middle roller.
A remodel on the casino floor ended up expanding and updating one bar. Unfortunately, the remodel took out the wall with the bullet holes in it from the biker battle of 2001. Ah, more history sacrificed in the name of progress.
Did end up leaving Harrah's with about $700 of their cash, but really, guys, this alone made me generously round you up to 3 stars.
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I guess for Laughlin this place is nice but I felt ripped off at every turn. I rented a "cabana" for Saturday so that my friends and I would have guaranteed seats and some shade. I was told the cabanas were on the corner of the beach. Not true. The cabanas are camping shade structures set up on the cement above the beach. Our "cabana" had lighting equipment and stains on the ground from the party the night before. Our furniture was strewn across the beach. A hotel employee had to gather the pieces from other patrons. While we were in the water, someone had the nerve to move our stuff off of our furniture and steal the furniture. I know that isn't Harrah's fault but it gives you an idea of what you are dealing with.
The suite left a little something to be desired. I found 3 pieces of trash in various parts of the suite, leaving me to question the quality of the cleaning service.
I waited in line over 45 minutes to check in at 4 on a Friday. The way the employees kept changing out, I would have thought it was shift change...but there is no way a hotel would schedule shift change during check-in, right?
I guess the beach is nice but it certainly isn't exclusive to Harrah's guests. There was no one checking room keys. If the beach isn't exclusive, I think I'll stay somewhere else next time and just use Harrah's beach when I need some beach action.
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This place is a little up the road from the other casinos, but it is the nicest place to stay in Laughlin (we've stayed at several). Prices are pretty reasonable and if you join their rewards club and do some gambling, you will get deals to entice you to come back. Not nearly as fancy as Vegas, but hey, you are paying less than $50 per night! If you want a NON-SMOKING casino experience, this is really the only place to stay in Laughlin - they have a totally separate non-smoking area. None of the other casinos do this. The buffet is very good, if a little pricy.
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Date of stay: Jan. 12, 2008
Location: North Tower ("Family" Tower), 11th floor
This review is for the hotel only. Casino notes follow.
Harrah's gets 5 stars not because it's a great hotel, but it's probably the best place you'll find in Laughlin. It's LAUGHLIN, folks.
The room is as good or better than those I have seen on the Las Vegas strip (Mandalay, Paris). It appeared to have been renovated recently. It has nice furniture, a flat TV, clean carpet, and good bed linens. The mattress was firm and comfortable. There is no fart fan, however. I don't know if the rooms don't have them or if it was broken. A room freshener might be in order.
I heard a kid outburst once. Adults are just as noisy as kids, so what is the advantage of the adult-only tower?
The somewhat remote location is an advantage. You are away from the commotion and congestion of the main casino center. The other Laughlin resorts are nothing so special that you need to be right next door. Harrah's is the only one with a beach.
Depending on the river depth, you can catch the water taxi to the other resorts for $4 per person one way. It is well worth it. It's rewarding to be out on the water breathing fresh river air. Your fellow passengers are likely to be fun-loving adventurers like you. People who gripe about spending a measly $4 bucks just don't know how to have fun.
The depth of the river is controlled by the Davis dam upriver. When the dam cuts its flow, the river depth drops within minutes and the taxi has to dock for the night. Water releases are scheduled, so check with the friendly taxi captain. You might have to catch a street taxi back.
Harrah's has a refreshing folksy friendliness. You may notice that many employees in Laughlin seem jaded, tired of their jobs, poor listeners. They give the impression of being underpaid exploited workers. Then you have those that treat you well, like those at Harrah's tend to.
Points of interest: The auto collection at the Riverside "resort." Admission is free and it's fairly interesting. If you like to talk about old cars, check with the genial host, a gent from Ohio. He's a great goodwill ambassador for the Riverside. He informed me that Don Laughlin himself lives in the hotel penthouse.
The Riverside is otherwise as dreary and depressing a dive as you will ever visit. If you decide to forego the Riverside, don't worry about missing anything.
There is an outlet mall. The Colorado Belle has a microbrewery to provide a respite from BudMillerCoors.
Harrah's casino: It's a cheesy little casino but no worse than any of the other dives in Laughlin. It's not reasonable to disparage the hotel because the casino doesn't measure up to major resort standards. If hard core casino action is your primary requirement, Laughlin will disappoint you. The casino companies seem to have decided as a group not to offer high-quality gaming in Laughlin. Maybe they don't want to compete with their Vegas venues.
I'm a craps player but I quit when the table minimums went above $1. The tables at Harrah's were $5 and $10 minimum. I don't need to play craps that bad.
Restaurants: No comment. We ventured across the river to Bullhead City, a dreary settlement in Arizona, where it's an hour later in the winter. We prefer to eat in smoke-free outlets. Bullhead has Denny's, IHOP, Perkins, and Panda Express among others.
As you might expect, the Laughlin casinos are clouded with cigarette smoke. Harrah's has a smoke-free section but of course nothing stops the clouds from drifting over from the puffing areas.
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I went this weekend with relatives. Never thought i would give this place another chance but they wanted to go. Im glad i went. The food was good. The cooks were fantastic. They were really great. They were so attentive to the customers no matter what people needed they were trying to help, and they seemed happy to do it. I asked a cook for a darker piece of prime rib. He asked if i would like it grilled. I said sure if you would. Two other customers saw what i got and asked for the same thing. It was so good, i went back and got another piece. I did leave him a nice tip since he offered and went out of his way. Great service cooks keep it up. Now if they could teach customer service skills to dealers.
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The buffet is high priced for alot of blan food. The casino is cleaner then most. The gambling is… Read more »
Decent hotel right on the river. They were in the middle of a remodel. Limited slots and VERY limited table games. The majority of the staff had no personality. Our room was clean. We had two double in the adult only Tower #1. Our shower curtain was crooked, which looked really bad, but the bed was soft and clean.
Starbucks on site was always packed and the service was rude every single time. We ate at the Beach Cafe and the Mexican restaurant. Both tasty, but the mexican restaurant is a must. Once again service was so-so, but the food and price were great.
Being right on the water was great. Sea-doo rentals took about 30 mins to get but incredibly fun. If you want to go outside at night though there is no place to relax. The pool is closed and very difficult to find benches, tables, or lounges anywhere else.
I would probably stay here again because even though the slots were tight, my gambling at the table games were very giving!!!!
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Harrah's has the best buffet in Laughlin. The chocolate fountain alone is worth going for. The dinner buffet is huge and pretty much has something for everyone, with classic American fare as well as every common variety of ethnic food well-represented (Mexican, Italian, Chinese, Japanese, etc.). Yes, it's still buffet food, so it's probably not going to be the most amazing meal you've ever eaten, but what it may lack in quality it makes up for in quantity and variety. Really, though, it's the desserts that make this place special. They'll dip anything, and I mean anything, in that delicious chocolate. I'm going crazy just thinking about it.
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it's okay. A place to stay while in Laughlin. Nothing great. The kareokee songs are limited, the rooms clean. The gambling, lame. But it's a place to stay while having fun with the attractions, the colorado river and well that's about it.
mmm..free buffet during a free trip. never saw the chocolate fountain there -bummer. it was average but as far as i know, the only place worth eating in laughlin...
I would actually give them NO stars if I could. The place was okay, clean and the food was good. About 4 stars there...UNTIL, we drove our BRAND NEW truck in their parking structure (made it a couple of inches under the clearance bar, drove all the way to the top and parked) and the next day drove down, saw a different exit and tried going out that way. The clearance bar was too low and scrapped the top of my roof. MY BRAND NEW ROOF. A worker there saw what happened and told us to go to the front and they will fix everything. So we did (didnt take pictures ON THE SPOT because we trusted they would fix it). The security told us "oh yeah we will fix it, just give us your information and get us some quotes" We told them that we didnt want to leave Laguhlin, drive all the way home and they say that they cant do anything about it...and sure enough, they tried saying we had over-sized tires...WE HAD STOCK tires, then they said we had a lift kit, but we didnt! And we proved it! And then guess what! They FIXED the clearance bar like it was never wrong and said basically, it was not their fault. NEVER GOING THERE AGAIN, OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY DONT GO THERE, if you EVER have any claims through them...GOOD LUCK! They're liars, they cheat and I was left with a 2 week old $50K DAMAGED truck!
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