The hotel itself was nice. Clean, quiet. I did have issue with the fact that the casino was in a building separate from the hotel. Granted, the building was right across a street.But if you wanted to go out in the nighttime or in the colder evening, it was inconvenient. The hotel is located at the top of a hill, about two blocks from the little strip of hotels in the city. The one shuttle that ran, which was not a hotel shuttle But a city shuttle, was not reliable as far as times. IN THE THIN MOUNTAIN AIR, IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR OUR AGE PEOPLE TO WANDER UP THE HILL. we ate at the steakhouse in the casino and it was really good food and good service. The steakhouse and all other food establishments close early so you're pretty much stuck if you didn't eat prior to coming back from the little strip area in the city. The hotel front desk lady named Dana was excellent in giving us directions and ideas for things to do in the city. If I go back to cripple creek, I don't know if I would stay somewhere else on the strip because of the quality of the Golden Nugget or if I would bite the bullet and stay up the hill. There was one other upscale hotel in town named Chamonix which was right in the center of the strip.But in looking at the price on expedia, it looks like they're about ninety dollars a night higher. The Golden Nugget price was phenomenal.