a video review of the circa hotel in
downtown las vegas i'm chris this is
yellow productions i do travel guides
that are fun informative and
entertaining and in this video i'm going
to tell you everything you need to know
if you're considering a stay at the
circa we're going to talk about the
common areas of the hotel the gambling
areas the restaurants the pools i'm
going to show you the neighborhood
around the hotel what's outside on
fremont street then i'm going to show
you inside this room a king bedroom and
then i will end with my conclusion
talking about the pros and cons of this
hotel there's definitely some things i
like about it but there's also some
things i don't like so stay tuned for
those the circa hotel is located in
downtown las vegas at the west end of
fremont street directly across from the
plaza hotel and the golden gate hotel on
the other side it is the tallest hotel
in downtown las vegas and the first new
hotel built down here since 1980. the
parking situation here is kind of
interesting their parking garage is
called the garage mahal it's located
across the street from the circa right
next to the plaza hotel parking for
hotel guests is 25 per night seven
dollars if you're a hotel cast and you
valet park instead of south park so pro
tip right there save yourself some money
in valet park now the part of fremont
street that the circa is connected to is
the fremont street experience that's the
part of fremont street that has the viva
vision led screen above on the top
there's nightly entertainment here this
show goes every hour it's a pretty cool
pretty lively place right out in front
of the circa along the fremont street
experience they have a circa bar where
you can get some margaritas or other
drinks not too popular on a cold evening
when i was here there's also a barbecue
lunch truck that's parked outside and
one other notable thing just out here on
fremont street is the abc store directly
across from the circa hotel this is a
great spot to get
quick eats snacks drinks things like
that all your necessities you'll find
them a lot cheaper here at the abc store
and a bigger selection than in the hotel
gift shop that we'll look at in just a
moment heading into the hotel from the
main valley area you'll see there's
three check-in desks here in the back
and there's some artwork behind them
that actually changes every once in a
while it kind of has those rotating wood
things and so you see different things
back there it opens up into the main
casino floor it's a pretty neat casino
lots of slot machines lots of table
games there's one big bar on the other
side by the fremont street experience
called the mega bar this bar is quite
huge one of the things that circa is
certainly most famous for on their
ground level casino floor is their
sports book it is an amazingly huge
sports book and if you go up on the
second store of the casino yes the
casino here is two floors you can get
another bird's eye view of the sports
book it is massive the circuit is also
proud of their table games that their
dealers are also dancing dealers so they
help add some energy to the gambling
experience the other bar on the ground
floor right across from the check-in
area is called vegas vicki's why is it
called vegas vicki's well because right
next to it there's a huge neon sign
called vegas vicky it's from the 1980s
her leg still moves up and down a pretty
neat piece of classic vegas history that
they kept they didn't keep but that they
restored and put here in the center of
the circa and then just below vegas
vicki's is the hotel steakhouse known as
berries now i want to point out that the
circa hotel is a 21 and up adults only
hotel and they're really serious about
it they check ids at every entry point
from the outside from the parking garage
so make sure you have your id with you
and don't plan to stay here if you have
anybody in your party under 21 because
they won't let them in the only place
that kids under 21 can go is to the
hotel steakhouse now heading up to the
second floor of the casino this is where
you would come across this bridge if you
parked at the garage mahal the first
thing you'll see there is a coffee shop
where you can get coffee pastries that
sort of stuff the high limit gaming is
up here as well right next to the high
limit gaming there is a chinese
restaurant that has some really neat
waving cats just next to the waving cat
restaurant is saginaws it's a 24 7
jewish delicatessen this is also the
entrance to stadium swim the hotel's
fancy pool that we'll check out in just
a moment once we're done with the casino
walkthrough next to stadium swim is the
big gift shop up here this sells a lot
of swim attire more high-end clothing
though this one does close earlier they
close at nine o'clock on weekdays if you
want a hat you'll find them at lids and
there's also a burger restaurant next to
the sports book and finally on the
ground floor right below the elevators
going up to the second floor casino is
the hotel's main gift shop this has
usual hotel gift shop stuff how much is
a bottle of water about three bucks okay
so that's it for all of the second floor
now you might be saying yourself chris
wait wait wait what about stadium swim
aha the entrance is on the second floor
but it actually just leads up to an
escalator that goes up five floors to
the fifth floor so let's go ahead and
take a look at stadium swim it is this
massive pool complex it's really more of
a pool club than just a swimming pool
because you do have to go through a
security checkpoint to come in here so
you can't bring a lot of outside things
they serve alcohol here they've got two
big bars a grill they've got swim up
bars you can rent pretty neat cabanas
those are going to cost you money the
day beds are going to cost you money too
the general admission just gets you in
and gets you into the water
if you're here in a busy time they've
even got a casino here as well so you
can gamble while you're out at the pool
and of course there's that super big
screen where you can watch the game on
overall a really neat pool particularly
for sports fans when you do get up to
the guest room floors it kind of has
this brown and blue vibe to it nice
lights on the side just a pretty good
rich also continuing the classic las
vegas feel up here now that we've seen
everything around the hotel let's check
out the inside of one of the room this
is room 1835 a standard king-size
bedroom on the 18th floor come on in let
me show you around as you come in the
room we pass the bathroom we're going to
check that out in just a moment but as
you can see here there's a nice
king-size bed neat kind of blue leather
on the back a headboard that's
illuminated two nice lamps on the
nightstand over here there is a big kind
of blue corner sofa you can easily kick
back and relax on that some art there on
the wall 777 i hope that's some winnings
that you get there is a little tablet
here in the room that it's currently not
on because there's actually a power
outage in the hotel right now and so the
hotel is running on generators but there
is power in the room just not to
everything there's a little brown seat
here in the corner with an interesting
table that looks like a thimble
my room looks out on stadium swim you
saw that earlier when i was giving you
the walk through in the morning this is
what it looks like at night and this is
the view outside the window in the
daytime so you can see a little bit more
clearly stadium swim 7 30 in the morning
before anybody else has gotten there the
plaza hotel over here the golden gate
right across the way you can see the
mountains of vegas over there and the
fremont street experience that big kind
of dome thing right here okay looking
back in the room from the outside nice
circular mirror over there where you can
see me hey hey big screen television on
the wall right here in a nice frame and
underneath that big screen tv there's
this nice big wide bench which works
well to put your luggage on if you don't
want to sit on it also a nice little
area to put shoes underneath i like that
this is the desk in the room nice big
wide desk neat golden ice thing there
that's my in-n-out burger cup from
earlier i stopped in barstow on my way
here there is a small refrigerator
refrigerator in the room two
complimentary balls of water in there
no mini bar in the room which i like
because i never go to mini bars anyway
the closet is illuminated uh it's this
brown wooden closet the left side's
illuminated where the clothes are the
right side's not there's a oh that's
cool there's a steamer there's a safe
and then nothing else down here this
looks like this might be where the mini
bar would go or used to be
there's a
really nice illuminated mirror by the
front door as you walk in need to make
sure i look good my shirt is not too
wrinkly maybe i should have steamed it
before a little place where you can
maybe put a drink by the front door and
then if we go into the bathroom the
bathroom is really nice this might
actually be one of my favorite parts of
the room we'll start with the sink area
there are two sinks there is one sink
right there and then you can see there
is a second sink right there two big
mirrors and it's actually the area is so
big there's actually a seat in the
middle so for ladies that spend extra
time getting ready in the morning that's
in front of this some neat wallpaper too
this really kind of feels like old vegas
and then it has a big walk-in shower
glass door that opens up it has a fixed
shower head
the soaps i don't like these kind of
soaps these common soaps i like my own
little bottles because i'm always
paranoid somebody put something in those
and just our super big area little towel
on the floor for the mat and then this
is where the toilet is kind of all in
the same room with a little small piece
of art back there what is what does that
say
now
is my favorite place to be you know back
on the sinks i always like to point out
the brand of soaps and hotels and these
have no brand at all there's nothing on
it and they also have a little sign over
here to let you know not to bring the
towels to the pool because they provide
them there and the mirrors also have
these interesting little buttons on them
what do these buttons do uh nothing
maybe because there's no power but i
would assume those buttons would
probably uh illuminate the mirror i also
want to point out the lighting controls
in the room they're pretty neat they are
these little panels like this and you
can set it for candlelight or happy hour
or bright or sconces or you can turn
everything off or you can just have a
night light so that is pretty neat to
change the lights in the room there is a
similar one
by the front door the one by the front
door in addition this is how you would
set
your privacy if you want service
also if you want to turn on and off that
entry mirror that we saw there that's
with the button right there by the door
and the air conditioning is a pretty
similar panel right here pretty simple
i like this where you can just turn it
on like here and then you can set the
fan speed sometimes these things are
like super complicated hotels so i'm
glad they made this one easy fellow
explorers now it's time for the review
and i'm joined by my special guest
topher he's my traveling panda brother
i'm chris he's topher we always rate
hotels on a scale of one to five tophers
and the circa las vegas hotel is going
to get four tophers that's right so
let's talk about the pros and the cons
as to why this hotel got four tophers
pros it is a nice new hotel everything
here just has a vibe of newness and
cleanness the room itself is big it's
like 900 square feet lots of room in
here and it just felt really fresh i
like also how big the bathroom is a good
water pressure in the bathroom good air
conditioning in the room i slept quite
well
the blackout curtains here on the window
those worked quite well i didn't even
notice the sun was out this morning of
course it was and i had to get up
eventually it's also a nice compact
property even though the parking garage
is across the street it's a short bridge
to walk across to get down to the
check-in area the elevators are right
next to the check-in area you get to
your room pretty quick so pretty quick
to get in and out of this hotel unlike
some of the mega strip resorts where you
might spend 15 minutes going from the
parking garage to the check-in and then
15 minutes from check-in to your room
that's all real close together here at
the circa and a really neat pool the
stadium swim which i'm sure is a lot
busier in the summer than in the winter
when it's only 37 degrees outside if
you're wondering why nobody's in it when
i showed you the scenes that's why okay
so now let's talk about the cons of the
hotel why didn't it get five tophers
well one of the i think appealing points
of this hotel to many people is that
it's a 21 and up adults only hotel and i
actually see that as a con and not just
because i have a traveling princess
two-year-old daughter who couldn't join
me for this trip because she couldn't
stay here but because they check your id
every time you go in and out of the
hotel that gets really super annoying
from the parking garage out to the
fremont street experience i hopped over
to the abc store to get my breakfast for
the morning outside for two minutes
gotta show my id every time to come back
in it just makes the hotel
feel like you don't wanna leave and come
back because it's so hard to exit and
come back in again also i wish the
security guards were checking ids were a
little bit more friendly they were quite
unfriendly maybe that's what it takes to
be a security guard but i wish they
would have said something like oh
welcome back good to see you again i
think i saw the same girl at one of
these doors like five times because i
was going in and out so much shooting
video and at that point she basically
just stopped saying anything to me just
scanning my id
you know but it would have been nice to
be like oh welcome back you know just
have a nice greeter there at the door
that being said the rest of the staff
was all quite friendly and nice the
check-in staff the other people i
interacted with just the security guards
i think could use a little bit of
friendly training you know speaking of
staying on the property i mentioned
there are a lot of amenities here but
it's a downtown hotel it's not a big
property there are not nearly as many
amenities here as in a las vegas strip
hotel which are quite huge and massive
and so that also leads me to the con of
the price
i felt the circa is quite expensive uh
particularly for what i paid not because
there was a convention in town or
anything i just think it's because the
circa feels they're new and they can
charge a premium
200 for the room plus parking is double
what resorts world is charging in the
same week they're charging a hundred
dollars all in and the virgin hotel 62
dollars all in for this midweek in
december so um same week different
prices twice the price here for resorts
world that's a little bit of a bitter
pill to swallow for i would consider
less amenities here at the circa than at
resorts world a couple of cons related
to the room although i mentioned the air
conditioning was good in the sense that
it was cold or hot or whatever i wanted
to be it was noisy the fan was quite
loud on it so actually when i'm doing
this video i had to turn it off because
it was so loud the good thing about the
loud fan on the air conditioning was it
drowned out the noise from the fremont
street experience and stadium swim last
night there's significant live
entertainment often out on the fremont
street experience and that got quiet at
about midnight which is when i went to
bed but if i was trying to go to sleep
at nine i think i would have had a hard
time in this room facing the fremont
street experience and the pool maybe the
other side is a little quieter but over
here there was a lot of loud music
helped to be drowned out by the air
conditioning noise the bathroom i
mentioned i liked the bathroom it had
good water pressure as well in the
shower but i wish it would have had a
handheld in addition to just the rain
head also i felt the tiles on the floor
for a little slippery so for anybody you
know maybe ask if they have those like
rubber things you couldn't put on
because the tile down there did feel a
little bit slick when i was in it now
would any of those things stop me from
staying at the circa again on another
visit no none of them are deal breakers
perhaps except the price but if i was
looking to stay in downtown las vegas i
think the circuit is where i would
choose just because it is new it is nice
it is fresh it does have this classic
las vegas feel in a modern hotel so
overall if you're planning to come to
vegas and you want to stay in downtown
then i think you should definitely
consider the circa if you're going over
the strip well then you might want to
check out my video right here about some
of the best luxury hotels on the las
vegas strip i've also got reviews of
resorts world and others coming up soon
you'll find those maybe right here if
they're done or if not in the playlist
below as soon as those come out well as
usual i won't say goodbye because we
will see you in the next video