Property Amenities
Located two miles from the Strip and three miles from the Las Vegas Convention Center, the nostalgic El Cortez Hotel and Casino is a throwback to the city’s original glory days. Facilities include a beauty shop, a barbershop, and a gift shop. A lobby kiosk provides a high-speed Internet connection (surcharge) and a reception-area zone offers wireless Internet access (surcharge).
Dining options include a casual 24-hour cafe, fast-food and gourmet-coffee outlets, and in-room dining. A lounge bar offers live piano entertainment.
Both valet and self parking in a garage are complimentary. El Cortez Hotel and Casino also offers complimentary airport transportation from the hotel to the airport, from early morning to early afternoon Sunday through Friday. Reservations for this service must be made at check-in.
- 24-hour front desk
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Airport transportation (complimentary)
- ATM/banking
- Banquet facilities
- Bar/lounge
- Beauty services
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Casino
- Coffee shop or café
- Conference room(s)
- Event catering
- Express check-out
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Hair salon
- Internet access in public areas - high speed
- Internet access in public areas - surcharge
- Internet access - wireless
- Meeting rooms (small groups)
- Number of floors: 15
- Number of rooms: 300
- Parking (free)
- Parking (valet)
- Parking garage
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Room service (limited hours)
- Safe-deposit box - front desk
- Security guard
- Tour assistance
Accessibility Options
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the “Special or Accessibility Requests” section of “Trip Preferences” when you book your hotel.
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- Handicapped parking
- In-room accessibility
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Braille or raised signage
Spacious guestrooms and junior suites at this Fremont Street hotel are located in a 14-story tower, a five-story pavilion, or on a walk-up level just above the casino floor.
All rooms have tall headboards and dark woods. Tower rooms include dressing/vanity areas and separate seating areas with love seats, wing chairs, and coffee tables. Vintage rooms, above the casino, have been remodeled to reflect 1940s decor. Cabana Junior Suites offer custom furniture, 42-inch flat-screen TVs, and MP3 docking stations.
All guestrooms offer TVs with cable programming and wireless Internet access (surcharge). Compact refrigerators, hair dryers, and irons/ironing boards are available on request.
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Cable television service
- Climate control
- Clock radio
- Complimentary toiletries
- Cribs (infant beds) available
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- Hair dryer (on request)
- Housekeeping
- Internet access (surcharge)
- Wireless Internet access
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Shower/tub combination
- Phone
- Voice mail
- Wake-up calls
Dining
The Flame Steakhouse - Comfortable setting, classic atmosphere. Prime rib, New York steaks, seafood, chicken selections. Nightly dinner served, from late afternoon until late evening.
Cafe Cortez - Variety of food, served in generous portions. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Open 24 hours, with a limited menu Sunday-Thursday, 10:30 PM - 7:30 AM.
Lounge Bar - In the casino. Live entertainment from 4:30 PM to 10:30 PM.
Lobby Bar - In the casino. Open 24 hours.
Dreyer’s Ice Cream - Adjacent to the gift shop. Open from early morning until late evening.
Seattle’s Best Coffee - Adjacent to the gift shop. Open from early morning until late evening.
Subway - Adjacent to the gift shop. Open from early morning until late evening.
Room service - Available from early morning until late evening.
Entertainment
Under a vault of two million light bulbs and employing a 550,000-watt sound system, a four-block pedestrians-only stretch of downtown Las Vegas called Fremont Street Experience presents periodic sound-and-light shows from dusk to midnight. Other entertainment on the street includes live music, classic-car displays, and holiday festivals. Like nine other downtown casino hotels, this hotel opens directly onto Fremont Street, creating a lively flow of pedestrian traffic.
El Cortez Hotel's 40,000-square-foot casino offers blackjack, craps, roulette, mini baccarat, three-card poker, video poker, both live and video keno, and 1,100 slot machines that accept denominations between one penny and five dollars. The race-and-sports book provides a lounge with multiple large-screen TVs. Live entertainment is provided nightly in the casino’s Lounge Bar.
Jackie’s Club offers complimentary membership cards that reward play with comps and other rewards.
Recreation
Skydiving and helicopter tours are popular with Las Vegas visitors. Numerous golf courses are available in the Las Vegas area.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Swimming nearby
- Tennis nearby
- Helicopter/airplane sightseeing nearby
