Las Vegas Boulder Station Hotel my experiences at a budget hotel casino offstrip - by Jason

Boulder Station Hotel Las Vegas

Boulder Station On the positive side the Boulder Station room was big enough with a comfortable sized bathroom and double sinks, a distant view of the strip and the Stratosphere, and it was clean throughout. There were no bad smells or indications of any mildew which can be a problem in older places due to poor ventilation planning in bathrooms mainly.

On the down side the shower/tub had a shower curtain that blowed against you, sticking to your legs as you bathe, and it was very noisy through the door to the hallway throughout the day and late into the night. The pool could easily host 70 people comfortably and was only 30 feet from our elevators to the room. This casino serves the locals heavily and they probably aren't swimming much so maybe it was adequete.

Boulder Station hotel in Las Vegas pool picture.

As food goes we had a really strange experience. Firstly Boulder Station has the best Friday and Saturday night buffet in all of Vegas for the price of $10 to $12 depending on the season. They included all you can eat cooked to order steaks, pastas, chicken, ribs, ham and turkey with THREE times more choices of everything else than say for instance the overpriced Hilton buffet.

We had a terrible time at the Broiler restaurant due to bad management though. I mentioned that one of my favorite meals in all the city is at the Palace Station Broiler resturant so we expected the same quality here at Boulder Station Broiler. Not so. Kelly ordered a hot sweet potato that arrived cut in half (they served the other half to someone else) and it was completely slimy and wet, almost leaked out of the skin when they plunked it down. Her green beans were so wilted and dehydrated I actually laughed a little when I saw them. This of course did not help things.

My food was okay but overpriced in the $23 dollar range. My biggest complaint was the fact that after the server dropped off our food he never once came back. No water refills. No "how is your food" No nothing. I complained to Dee the manager and explained to her the problems and all she could do was offer us drinks on the house. I suppose if we got drunk we would forget. Too bad though because by this time Kelly is livid and takes the little cup of cinnamon butter, holds it up and says to Dee, "this was the best part of my meal". The manager responded by jerking up the dishes and saying well I guess there is nothing I can do here. She left. Don't go or you'll be sorry. Food court options are limited to cheap McDonalds level fare served nice and fast.

Boulder Station hotel room view of the strip picture.

Overview: Fun cheap smoky offstrip casino hotel operation, very high return on your travel dollars if you mainly want to gamble.
Location: Central Las Vegas Strip, beside Paris
Restaurants: typical Chinese and Mexican, plus Broiler Room and a great buffet for the price.
Nightclubs, Lounges: The Railhead has fairly big events with seating for 250+ acts like stand up comedy and live music. This place is big with the Mexican crowd as well.
Casino: 70,000+ square feet, including Blackjack, Caribbean Stud Poker, Craps, Keno, Let It Ride, Baccarat, Pai Gow Poker, Roulette, more than 1,100 slot machines, and poker room, race & sports book has seating for 350+ and has 50 TV's plus 30 big screens. Live poker room is small and by locals so be careful.
Entertainment: Super big show Jubilee! running for 26+ years
Extras: located across from Arlie Ness custom motorcycle showroom
Pools: 1 small pool and a small outdoor hot tub for guests only.
Health Club or Spa: no
Shopping: none worth mentioning, see this list for serious Vegas shopping.
Wedding chapel: none
Childcare facilities: None
Pets allowed: No
Parking garage: 5 story free parking garage plus huge free outdoor parking for oversized rv's and buses
Shuttle service to the airport: to the airport by private companies.
Shuttle service to Strip: none offered
Hotel amenities: Typical, plus valet parking, salon, laundry, luggage handling, electronic check-out, business center
Check-in time: 3 pm
Check-out time: 11 am
Minimum age to reserve a room: 21 years.
Policies: maximum number of guests per room is four.
Incidental charges: credit card required for incidentals

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