on January 4, 2009
I got a room on the second floor and though my view wasn't much, it was so great to step in an elevator and be in the casino and on the street in five minutes. Anyone who's stayed in a place where you have a long hike from the elevator to your room AFTER navigating the maze of a huge casino and spending the day on your feet knows how nice that can be.
NOTE: In 2007, just after my last trip to Las Vegas in February, Barbary Coast -- sadly, in my opinion -- which had been purchased by Harrah's, became Bill's Saloon and Casino. Hopefully it retained a lot of its former character.
Barbary Coast is a small hotel in the Las Vegas scheme of things with only 200 rooms, three bars and a lounge, three restaurants (ranging from gourmet to coffee shop), and no swimming pool. However, I really enjoyed their casino (mostly video poker, including some full play deuces wild machines).
My room was very comfortable and I will probably stay at Barbary Coast again. I stayed for $60 a night Sunday-Tuesday in May through vegas.com.
The first gambling I did on my last trip was to put a quarter in an "I Love You" slot machine at BC and win $2.50. Unfortunately, that wasn't an omen for the whole trip: not too much later I placed my first sports book, $30 on the Portland Trailblazers to win, in a playoff game, but of course they lost.
Barbary Coast is a sister hotel of off-strip hotels The Orleans (great place) and Gold Coast and free shuttles run back and forth every 20 minutes 9:30 a.m. until midnight
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