Circa Resort and Casino reviews
538 TripAdvisor reviews
Overrated Hotel, Dingy Area, Questionable Service, Overpriced
Warren E on Aug 08, 2026
Had visited here in the past, wanted to try it this year. It's located in the TRULY seedy Downtown Fremont Street section, and believe me, it earns that reputation. Any hour of the day or night, if you walk outside, you'll see hobos, beggars for money and types that makes security questionable. Police presence ALL over the place, even at 7am. Unpleasant. As for the hotel, it's 21 only, that's nice. They check ID every time and every door, also nice, although for guests I think they could come up with a better way. Had a Stadium Swim Corner room. It was nice, decent, far from spectacular. The views, nice for sure, but the bathroom and shower, extremely slippery floors and no mats to protect, very dangerous. Standard in most ways, furnishings plain, nothing great. Bed fine not spectacular. Air conditioning, the worst!! I get this same type of poor air conditioner at 30 + year old Strip hotel, not the speak of this 4 year old resort. Are they nuts. It was 113 when I was there, the room never got below 70 and even so it took 5-6 hrs after arrival before it even reached that level. Embarrassing. Check in, was fine, quick, the elevators to the rooms, I loved and the use of the card to gain access felt safe, secure and modern. Casino pretty standard, spread out over 2 floors, generally clean and modern, good selection, payouts lousy. At the table games on the first floor, girls scantily clad dancing on tables all around. Hmm. Well it's a 21 plus only, so I guess so. Although are they a casino or a strip club? One has to wonder. Hey, I'm not a prude, but let's be serious here, what are they actually selling? Mega Bar is huge, but the servers need help. Not overly pleasant, and worst yet, as I was playing there machines, I got CHARGED for a drink. Later to be told by a delightful cocktail server, it would have been free, hmm. Overcharging! Sleeping was just OK. Sports book is great, I must say, probably the best in Vegas, so if that's your thing, you might love it here. 2 floors high, huge screen, nice. Just stay inside, don't venture to the trash zone right outside the front door, where I got asked for $$$ right at the door!! Stadium Swim is a huge and well designed pool, however, there is ZERO shade, not a bit unless you pay for a Cabana, and as I walked around it, in 113 degree weather with no shade, it was hotter than imaginable. It is impressive I must say, but there are equally good pools in Vegas. One great thing, a server who worked 2-10am on the 2nd floor, she was awesome, the best part of my stay!! Can't praise her enough. They also charge for parking, even to hotel guests, $25 per day!! Wynn gives free parking to guests!! Is Circa nuts? Hookers in the casino, I know this happens a lot in Vegas, so just be aware. I can see how well Security watches out for this, well hey, the scantily clad dancers, so... Circa wants to poise itself as a 5 star luxury resort. NOT A CHANCE!! Don't listen to the You Tubers who are paid off, given free everything or sponsorship. This is NOT a 5 star resort, nothing here earns that. It has some benefits for sure. It needs improvement. Doubtful I'll ever be back, I can't see many reasons. From the average room, the rip off at the Bar, the lousy area it resides in, the questionable service from some, and just general indifference, (see my Legacy Club review for more disappointment) this isn't there place to be. If you're spending this type of $$$, check out the Strip Hotels...you can def find better pricing and more amenities there, and BETTER air conditioning. The Wynn as an example, the only 5 Star Resort, the air conditioner worked every second, and the room was constantly cool or cold, and it never failed once, and took seconds to start!! That's 5 star luxury, and it was cheaper than Circa!! Amazing. First time, last time. This may be the newest kid in old and seedy Downtown but it just doesn't live up to expectations. I'm actually disappointed I wasted my 2 days there, it wasn't worth it. But now I know for future. There won't be a return.
Great room and location
mabarrenechea (Arizona) on Aug 06, 2026
It is my husband’s and his friends’ favorite hotel. So, my husband and I went there for three days to enjoy ourselves. We really liked the room and the service. The location is good. The only service that seems very poor is that—despite it being a very large hotel—none of the poolside bars are operating, and there is no waitstaff service. I would also like the hotel shop to carry well-known sunglass brands.
Not Great!
L6426IQcharlesc on Aug 04, 2026
So the room was a nice size. Check in was at 3pm but our room was not ready till 4pm and we did not receive the king bed requested. Saw and killed 2 roaches in the room! Unacceptable!
Horrible Way to treat people they make you show your ID everytime you enter the Hotel
Ginger-S1974 (Ormond Beach, Florida) on Jul 27, 2026
It’s a horrible to be inconvenienced with showing your ID everytime you want to enter the hotel! You can’t get in if your forgot your ID is in the room! Wont ever stay here again! Rooms are nice good food is good but having to Show your ID every single time you enter is totally ridiculous! I don’t know whose ideal this was but it was really stupid! Because we won’t be back then because of that we’ve spent a lot of money here. This is the straw that broke the camels back. We just can’t take it anymore. It’s so annoying and makes us so angry so I have to break out our ID every time we want to come in from going out! They treat you like you’re a criminal like you’ve done something wrong as to why they need to scan your ID! The hotel is super nice, but we cant handle dealing with that, so on to the next hotel where we dont have to do that, many other choices!
Good Anniversary Staycation - Stadium Swim was a Miss - Legacy Club was a Hit!
Lisa E (Las Vegas, Nevada) on Jul 02, 2026
We are locals and came for our anniversary. We stayed for 2 nights with the All Incl $400 package that included, 2 nights in a king room, a daybed at Stadium Swim, $100 food credit and $100 beverage credit. 99% of the staff was exceptional - warm greetings, knowledgable and willing to help for the few times we needed some direction - front desk, concierge, Legacy Club staff and bathroom attendants throughout the resort were all customer focused and pleasant. The one Con - Stadium Swim experience was dreadful. The fact that the evening daybed reservation I made was missing was frustrating but the man at the desk corrected it and entered my info right away - system error's can happen. The very worst part was security. I've been to dozens of pools worldwide, including 4 star resorts in Europe, Southeast Asia, Carribbean and South America and never had this much hassle and harrassment to get into a pool. I get that this is Fremont Street. Lots of bad behavior from drunk and disorderly people, so extra precaution is there to keep everyone safe. However, it's not the rules and protocol - it's the execution. We travel extensively and at every airport you place your items in a bin and walk through the scanner. There was no sign that directed to do otherwise. Fortunately, it was around 8pm, so there was no line. We placed our items in the bins and walked through as we're used to. Then the security guard starts yelling at my husband that we were supposed to wait with our items and did he have any thing to declare in his pockets. His shorts had only a fake pocket in the back and he said "no". Then the guard asked him again and yelled that we both needed to come back and stay with our things. My husband was rightfully agitated and spoke back in the same loud, aggressive tone that the young man spoke to us in. The young man was rude and loud. It was absolutely unnecessary. Neither my husband nor I had been drinking or undere any influence and gave no reason to be treated so disrespectfully. We started with the positive tone we usually do and we felt like we weren't welcome at all. We finally got in and were further disappointed to see the daybeds were absolutely filthy. We sat for 2 minutes on towels and were so grossed out we left. I booked evening because I saw in reviews that there is no shade. Even if pristine, you would not last more than 30 minutes in the Vegas sun with no umbrella on a summer day at Stadim Swim daybeds or loungers. Only cabanas have shade. It gets really windy here so from my understanding there were umbrellas but they got rid of them. Not sure why no shade structures were placed to at least cover daybeds. The Pros - the king room was a great layout with new furnishings, nicely appointed bathroom and lots of room for storage. Bathroom shower was fantastic with great water pressure! The empty personal fridge was very useful and a big plus. After the awful Stadium Swim experience, we decided to give Legacy Club a try and were so glad we did. It was the highlight of our trip! Staff, layout and view were fantastic. We are locals and will be back. It will be a great place for us to chill when visiting Fremont Street and recommend and bring friends to when they visit. This was a Wednesday night, so we're sure weekends are busier but it will be worth a wait. Overall - we enjoyed our stay and will be back!