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Poker Rooms - El Cortez:
Part of the downtown Las Vegas collection of Freemont Street casinos that are grouped around the famous Freemont Street Experience (FSE), El Cortez offers some of the best and friendliest accommodations and gaming in the FSE cluster. The hotel itself is known for its romantic and relaxing jaccuzi suite rooms, which have a king sized bed, two color tv’s, and a jaccuzi tub for two. The tower rooms are also comfortable and beautiful, and include spacious living and comfortable beds. All the rooms at the El Cortez have standard amentities like telephone, voice mail, maid service, air conditioning, televisions, wifi, and more.
The El Cortez hotel section also offers a very nice gift shop that is open 24/7. You can find all kinds of unique souvenirs of your Las Vegas trip, like jewelry, dolls, and t-shorts, as well as everyday items like munchies and limited personal supplies. If you need a good haircut, there is a full-service salon for both men and women on the second floor that is open from 9 to 5, but it’s popular so you will need to call for an appointment.
The El Cortez is slot machine city, and offers over 1,000 machines. You can find everything from penny slots to five-dollar machines at El Cortez, as well as video poker, video reels, video keno and multi-player games.
El Cortez is also popular with Blackjack players, and was vote at the Las Vegas Review Journal the Best Blackjack in Las Vegas. They offer both single and double deck Blackjack tables, and pay 3-2. If you’re after poker, they have a 1-3 Texas Hold’em game, and is the last hold out among the downtown casinos to offer 7 Card Stud poker. El Cortez also offers 25 cent chips for roulette and you can place $1 minimum bets here. There are lots of other gaming tables at this hotel and casino, including Pai Gow, Mini Baccarat, and 3-card poker games. If you’re looking for a great place to play Keno, El Cortez was voted the best for Keno in Las Vegas for the 2005-2006 year.
Looking for a place to eat after a fun day/night of gaming? There are several restaurants for you to choose from in El Cortez, and the casino is also close to other high-quality and award winning restaurants along Fremont Street. Inside El Cortez is Roberta’s Steakhouse, one of the most popular places for steaks, prime rib, chicken, and seafood. The Review Journal voted Roberta’s Porter House steak a #1 special by readers. Kitty’s Café also offers a great Porter House, as well as breakfast all day long, sandwiches, burgers, chicken, and seafood. One of the features of the El Cortez dining experience is that it’s mixed with the gaming floor--El Cortez offers gameside dining so you don’t have to leave your favorite lucky slot machine just to eat!
For other food choices, try the Express Breakfast Buffet and Chinese Kitchen Buffet. There are also great cocktail lounges throughout the El Cortez, and you can visit them any time of day or night. El Cortez is also near other great restaurants and lounges in the downtown area, and you need only walk a short way to find them.
El Cortez, as part of the Fremont Street Experience, offers a short walk to the FSE mall and entertainment. This venue boasts a 90-foot-high canopy that covers four city blocks and houses all kinds of entertainment. So if you get tired of gambling and gaming and want to see a show, come out into the warm Las Vegas night air for the entertainment at the Fremont Street Experience.
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