Golden Gate Markets Smallest Known Hotel Room in Las Vegas

Key Points

  • Golden Gate Hotel and Casino highlighted its tiniest room in an Instagram Reel this week, embracing its compact dimensions in a humorously ironic marketing campaign
  • The vintage space features a cozy twin bed on the property's original floor and is made available only to guests who request it

What do you do with the smallest hotel room in Vegas? A room too small for two people to perform yoga in? If you’re the Golden Gate Hotel & Casino, you lean into its preposterousness with a marketing campaign.

The downtown Las Vegas property recently spotlighted its tiniest accommodation via an Instagram Reel, claiming that while it might be a tight fit, the room boasts “the biggest charm.”

Only federal prisoners would find this room at the Golden Gate spacious. (Image: Instagram/@

“Room for 1 at #GoldenGateVegas?” asked the copy accompanying a brief video tour (the only kind possible) of the accommodations.

According to the post, the room features a “cozy twin bed tucked away on our historic original floor.”

While it may not be a good choice for travelers who pack three suitcases and a collection of “just in case” shoes, it appears to offer exactly what it promises: a simple place to stay with a bit of old Vegas character.

In an era when hotels often compete over oversized rooms, luxury amenities and sky-high square footage, there’s something refreshing about a casino entirely self-aware of its vintage limitations. Established in 1906 — only a year after Las Vegas was — the Golden Gate was its very first hotel. It even had the town’s very first telephone. Its number? 1.)

Don’t worry, though. This room isn’t assigned randomly to guests responding to promotional  deals. According to the Instagram post, it’s “only available upon special request.”

So if you’re homesick for that 18 months you spent in San Quentin, what are you waiting for?

Corey Levitan joined Casino.org in 2022 after a long career covering Las Vegas. He currently covers entertainment, dining and gaming news in Las Vegas.

Corey spent six years covering the Vegas Strip for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, where he also wrote the most popular humor column in the city’s history. (For “Fear and Loafing,” he tried out 176 Vegas jobs, including poker player, blackjack dealer and Follie Bergere dancer.)

Corey has won more than 100 local, state and national awards for his journalism, which has also appeared in Rolling Stone, New York Magazine and the New York Post.

Corey is a New York native whose hobbies include playing guitar, trying to be a better husband, and arguing with strangers on Facebook.

Contact Corey at corey@casino.org.

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