Don Laughlin’s Riverside Resort Hotel & Casino

Don’t Laughlin’s first casino… Its the first stop on the strip and is not bad at all… It could use a little renovating as the casino is a little dark and cave like, but still very inviting and friendly at the same time! Lits of Keno games, variety if slots and Losers Lounge!!! The World Famous Watchman has his store there make sure to check it out its amazing!

So I have not stayed at this hotel.
I hit Loser’s Lounge and do some gambling at Riverside every time I am in Laughlin but what I am writing about is Riverside Day Spa (because they don’t have a Unilocal review page of their own).
I booked spa services about a month in advance for our Valentine’s day trip to Laughlin. I got my boyfriend a great golf-​lunch-​massage package at Laughlin Ranch but the spa services there are pricey and they didn’t really offer what I was looking for.
I have never had a spa wrap so I wanted to try the Sedona Slimming Wrap at Riverside Day Spa. I was SUPER excited about this, I needed the relaxation.
If you have ever golfed at or been to Laughlin Ranch and stayed at a hotel/​casino on the Laughlin side, you know it can be tricky to plan out a busy day with that hour difference during that time of year. I am a professional planner so my boyfriend and I had our day scheduled perfectly; a little morning golf, then lunch, then we would go our separate ways for spa services.
My service was for 1:30 Laughlin time and around 10am Riverside Day Spa called and left me a voicemail canceling my services due to a sick employee and such. This really screwed up my day but I know these things happen and had to just let it go. They have a cancellation policy on their end; something like you get charged ½ price for services if you don’t cancel 24 hours or more in advance.
I am hoping they make it up to me. I gave them 3 stars because Betty was very apologetic and sympathetic to the situation, promising me to put notes in the computer and make it up to me on my next trip back to Laughlin. So I am hoping to get that Slimming Wrap and write a more positive review in the future!
I ended up at Harrah’s Spa which wasn’t bad but wasn’t great.

Enjoying my 3 night stay here at the Riverside, which is FREE due to the rewards card. Aweome deal! It gets packed in the casino during the day, but where else can you share an elevator with the swarovski studded Mickey Gilley? Rooms with a view it is a nice getaway. Excellent prompt housekeeping service. Convenient movie theater, excellent Mexican food restaurant (al pastor chimichanga was delicious), and the gaming machines are not so bad! Plenty of shops to browse in, with decent prices! Cinnabon is here too! Nom!

River view bar the bartender is rude and and never checked on our drinks… We ordered a round of light shots… So after 5 min we ordered another round they said that we had to wait 15 min to order when we are paying for it not compted! We had a bad expirience at this bar. Rude bartender!!! Never coming back!

Took large group for Thanksgiving weekend. We paid to have an upgrade to executive suite with nice view. Noticed the smoke was incredibly bad all over.
Our room:
Carpet was just plain old and nasty, no bare feet!
They did not vacuum as small particles was left, had to have them come and vac.
Baseboard torn from wall and sticking out.
Outside of glass was so dirty made it hard to see out.
Room had a bad odor and of course smelled like cigarettes.
Furnace intake filter was completely caked with dust and debris.
Bed skirt had foul stain, had to be replaced.
Bed sheets had holes.
Couch/​chair very old and dirty with holes in fabric. Did not sit on them.
Thick dust on all hard to reach surfaces.
Ceiling fan blades caked with dust, did not dare turn on.
Pubic hairs present on bathroom floor, had not been cleaned.
Cable TV did not work for two days.
Pay only WiFi.
Others in our party also had same issues with their rooms.
Literally made us sick!

Movies yeah they played the movie «Prayer Room»,
Thought that was really nice. They play good movies
Thank you Riverside! So nice to have a Theathers.

Don Laughlin… shame on you! Disgusting, dirty resort — or whatever you call it. I think it’s more of a shelter. Entered the room to find trash, water in the ice bucket, used soap. I don’t even think the famous Pizza Rat of New York would stay in this dump. Checked out immediately!!!
Oh, one more thing! Don’t eat the buffet, the food is poor quality. Cold food was very warm, and hot food was cold. Great job Riverside Resort!

Stay away. It takes 30 mins in line to Valet and an hour or more to get your bell service.
Major attitude and we missed our dinner appointment do to these bozos.
VERY disappointed.

I’ve only been in the casino, but once you get in you get the picture: old, ran down, smelly, dirty and neglected. Smells like cigarette smoke like crazy and everything is from the ’60 and hasn’t been updated since then (at least this stuff looked new in the ‘60s, now it looks old AND broken apart). They either want to implode this one or they just don’t care, there were nicer casinos/​hotels in Vegas that were turned to dust. Mostly seniors patrons and probably OK if they get rewards or complimentary stuff, but if you have to pay here you’d be better off at… anywhere else!