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Hotel Overview: Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas

Rat Pack nostalgia with bawdy shows, Vegas fun

• Half-mile from the Convention Center and one mile from Fashion Show Mall, this Strip hotel provides traditional Las Vegas fun.

• Bearing its nostalgic name, the Riviera provides classic dining and the traditional Las Vegas trinity of comedy, music, and showgirls.

• Attractions include an extra-large casino, and all-you-can-eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner buffets.

Riviera's Location: The Strip, Las Vegas

Property Amenities

The Riviera Hotel and Casino enjoys a legendary past as one of the first top-notch Las Vegas hotels in the State of Nevada, known for its big name entertainment and friendly hospitality, as well as its worldwide name recognition. Preparing for its Golden Anniversary in 2005, the historic Riviera is one of the State's premier destination spots offering the passion and excitement of nostalgic Las Vegas and the Rat Pack Era, combined with a modern day, multi-million dollar remodeling of rooms and convention facilities, bringing the property up to par with today's mega-resort competition.


What to expect: Endowed with a name invoking the Rat Pack Era, the Riviera keeps ties with its past while offering modern services at moderate prices. It emphasizes grace rather than flash, attracting adult guests seeking pleasure without having to endure crowds of sightseers surging through the casino and public areas.

Amenity highlights: In a tranquil, sunny courtyard bordered by a lush grass sunning area, a large pool furnishes hot-weather relief. For pampering, a spa offers a fitness center, massage, body treatments, tanning facility, a women's sauna, and a men's steam room. Shoppers have an arcade to explore. Tennis players enjoy two complimentary lighted courts.

Insider tip: Like all other Las Vegas casinos, the Riviera offers free membership in a player's club that rewards gaming play with points redeemable for cash and comps. Unlike most casinos, however, here players don't have to line up to obtain their rewards at a desk but can utilize ATM-like kiosks.

Dining at The Riviera

Kristofer's - Frequently honored as Las Vegas's best, this all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant offers various international food stations for lunch and dinner, including Italian, American, and Middle Eastern, along with salad/soup stations and a vast dessert station.

Ristorante Italiano - Casual ambience and Northern Italian cuisine featuring myriad pasta choices.

Rik' Shaw - Elegant ambience and traditional Cantonese cuisine. World's Fare Buffet - Breakfast, lunch, and dinner buffets. Roast baron of beef for dinner. Champagne brunch buffet on weekends.

Kady's Coffee Shop - Open 24 hours for light snacks and full meals. Overlooking pool.

Mardi Gras Food Court - Burger King, Pizza Hut, Krispy Kreme donuts, Cold Stone ice cream, cheesesteaks, sub sandwiches, Asian fast food, and Mexican fast food.

Hound Doggie's - 1950's-style snack bar.

Entertainment at The Riviera, Las Vegas

Twice nightly in its own showroom, the acclaimed, high-tech, adults-only production Splash entertains with special effects, ice skaters, motorcycle daredevils, dancers, jugglers, acrobats, and showgirls topped by spectacular headdresses.

Like its long-running siblings in New York and Los Angeles, La Cage brings down the house nightly (except Tuesdays) with a combination of comedy and female impersonators. Frank Marino stars as Joan Rivers.

The bawdy revue Crazy Girls features topless dancers, comedy, and music twice nightly (except Mondays). International comedians entertain at the Riviera Comedy Club. The romantic Le Bistro offers classic lounge acts such as Sinatra protegée Marlene Ricci, Neil Diamond impersonator Jay White, comedy hypnotist Dr. Scott Lewis, and Elvis impersonator Trent Carlini along with a rock-'n'-roll revue.

The casino supplies 125,000 square feet of craps, blackjack, roulette, baccarat, keno, pai gow poker, slots, video poker, and Caribbean poker. The Nickel Town room contains some 330 low-cost slots. A race-and-sports book features individual televisions at each seat.

Riviera Player's Club offers free membership cards that rewards table-game and slot play with cash and comp rooms, meals, shows, and services.

Recreation and Entertainment

Rooms at The Riviera
Over 2000 refurbished oversized rooms offer maximum comfort and breathtaking views of the glittering Las Vegas Strip with its western scenic panoramas. Each accommodation has been attractively decorated, including all the important amenities Las Vegas has to offer for both leisure and business travelers.

Standard Room
One king or two queen beds. Burgundy or turquoise color scheme. Bathroom with a earth-tone marble vanity and tub/shower combination. Pay movies, multi-line phone, in-room safe.

Check-in time: 4 p.m.
 
Check-out time: 12 p.m.

Policies: The maximum total number of guests (adults and children) in a room is four.

Number of rooms: 2,075.

Casino: Yes, More than 100,000 square. feet. Casino games include Craps, Roulette, Blackjack, Baccarat, Let It Ride, Caribbean Stud, Keno and Slots including Megabucks.

Race & sports book: Yes, a 35-seat race and sports book, equipped with 11 televisions.

Restaurants: The Riviera has the following dining options: Kady's, BB's, World's Fare Buffet, Ristorante Italiano, Kristofer's, Nickel Town Snackbar, JAX, a food court and a Jitter's Gourmet Coffee stand.

Attractions: Yes, an arcade.
 
Entertainment: Entertainment includes: Splash, An Evening At La Cage, Crazy Girls, Riviera Comedy Club, visiting headliners in the Royale Pavilion and a number of shows that play in the Le Bistro Theatre, including: American Storm, Dr. Scott Lewis Outrageous Comedy Hypnotist, Barbra & Frank: The Concert That Never Was and A Neil Diamond Tribute Starring Jay White.
 
Pool: Yes, one five-lap pool.

Health Club: Yes.

Spa: Yes, Executive Fitness at the Riviera offers multiple types of massages and services.

Shops: Chocolate Heaven, Frank's Coins, Candles, Etc., Global Art Gallery, Islands and Beyond, Just 4 Kids, Marshall Rousso, Norman Kaplan, Pearl Factory, Gifts Plus, Park Place Jewelers, Quality Leather and Luggage, Reflections Gifts and More, The Magic Shop, Riviera Wine Tasting Booth.

Wedding Chapel: Yes, the Riviera Royale Wedding Chapel offers a number of wedding ceremony packages.

Parking Garage: Yes.

Convention rooms: Yes, 150,000-square-foot convention center.

Business Center: Yes.

In-room computer data port: Yes. Also all rooms have high-speed Wi-Fi internet access for a fee.
 
Wheelchair accessible rooms: Yes.

RV park: No.

Minimum age to reserve a room: 18 years.

Child care facilities: No.

Pets allowed: No.

Room service: Yes.

Shuttle Service to the airport: Shuttle service to and from the airport available for a fee from an outside company.

Shuttle Service to the Strip: No.

Standard room amenities: Air conditioning, alarm clocks/radio, remote-controlled cable TV, desk, electronic door locks, pants press, in-room safe, pay-per-view movies, telephone, voice mail.
 
Hotel amenities: Guest services, currency exchange, two lighted tennis courts, safety deposit box, laundry, luggage and maid service, wake-up call.
 
Incidental charges: Hotel requires a credit card or a cash deposit for incidental charges.