I ve stayed at several resorts on the strip and re...

I ve stayed at several resorts on the strip and really liked all of them until I stayed at the Golden Nugget. We visit VEGAS twice a year for the big furniture show. You can t beat the location to the show from the Nugget so that is why we decided to stay here. I will admit I felt a little snobby going from staying at MGM, Bellagio, and Paris to the Golden Nugget, but I was quickly humbled. Here is why I love the Golden Nugget over the big strip resorts: Easy to get from your room to the outside. We usually stay in the Carson tower and you can quickly go from your room to the outside without walking thru a maze of a casino. Simply walk in or out of the door, pass a Starbucks, take a quick right and the elevators are right there on the left! It s so convenient to be able to run up to your room to retrieve something if you forgot it without it having to take over 30 minutes! The staff is incredibly friendly!!! Everyone here goes above and beyond to make your stay wonderful...even the maintenance man who was cleaning the elevator saw us coming, held the door, greeted us, and let us use the elevator before he was finished cleaning it! It s the little things the staff does that makes such a difference. The food! Oh, wow! Best room service EVER!!! They have the most extensive room service menu I ve ever seen! When we called for room service they were so nice and would tell us our meal would be delivered in 30-40 minutes....our meal was always delivered in 15-20 minutes! Also, the presentation was so nice. The server would set the table up for us wherever we wanted and always asked if everything looked ok before he left. I can t tell you enough how amazingly good the food is!!! Their room service is simply the best and the food rivals any nice restaurant you d go to. We loved ordering room service at the Nugget because we knew the food would be outstanding. Also, I liked how the staff was honest about recommending something if you couldn t decide what you wanted. The Golden Nugget has a beautiful spa with a wonderful, friendly staff. It rivals any of the other resort spas I ve been to, like the J.W. Marriott Golf and Spa Resorts (I ve been to most of them). It s not as big as their s, but they offered a lot of services. We had a couple s massage that was so wonderful. When we booked our appointment they asked what type of massage we d like so they could have the right massage therapist work on us. I wanted a deep tissue, but my husband wanted a Swedish, light touch massage. They had the couple s room all set up before we went in with warm tables and soft light. My therapist was Maro and my husband had Linda L. I get massages routinely, but my hubby rarely does. Linda explained everything to him which really impressed him. She would tell him why certain muscles were tight and how he could stretch to relieve the tightness. Maro...wow!!! Great deep tissue (elbows and all!), but what made him stand out compared to all the massages I ve had is the foot and hand massage! My feel always hurt from plantar fasciitis and he really dug into pressure points and massaged the base of each toe and other areas. I wish I had told him to focus on my feet more before the massage. I ve asked therapists in the past to take more time with my feet, but they never do so I didn t bother to ask Maro. Now I wish I had because he was able to apply deep pressure on my arches, heel and ball of my foot. My feet had been hurting since we had walked all day the past 4 days at the furniture show. Btw, the colors blush, blue, washed gray woods, velour/velvet and brushed gold are some of the hot trends for 2019. Lastly, we love the Nugget, but were disappointed the pool was closed for most of our visit and were not told when booking that it would be. Also, the Nugget has a strong smell of stale smoke (except the spa! The air smelled so clean there). The rooms could use some updating and freshening. Our s smelled of light stale smoke even though it was a nonsmoking room. I sprayed Ozium to help get rid of the smell. Still very highly recommend staying here!