The Golden Gate Hotel & Casino, located at one end of the Fremont Street Experience, is the smallest, oldest (built in 1906), yet arguably the best, hotel in downtown Las Vegas. The casino surrounds a grand piano - unusual to say the least - and every corner of the place exudes the history of the Southwest, the railroad, and the building of Las Vegas. Downtown Las Vegas is just three miles from the spectacular Strip with its huge, modern, themed hotels and casinos, six miles from McCarran International Airport, and three miles from the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Guest rooms at the Golden Gate Hotel are completely modern with all the conveniences today's traveler expects such as in-room coffee, cable TV, computer ports, voicemail, etc. Yet, the ambiance of a turn-of-the-last-century, wild-west hotel remains. The Bay City Diner and San Francisco Shrimp Bar & Deli will sustain guests with Porterhouse steaks or hearty deli sandwiches: great food at old-time prices. The Golden Gate's famous 99 cent shrimp cocktail is still served, for 99 cents!