Vote now! Readers' Choice Awards Best Casino Hotels of 2026

Remarkable casino hotels are about far more than their gaming floors. You want to take in views from your guest room, eat a fantastic dinner without leaving the complex, and relax at a world-class spa, the pool, or maybe even a waiting stretch of beach when you cash out. Reviewed editors and our panel of hospitality industry experts pulled together this list of standout casino hotels from across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, spanning glittering Las Vegas towers, oceanfront tribal resorts, and all-inclusive getaways.

Now, we need your help deciding which ones rise to the top. Read through the nominees below, then cast your vote for the casino hotels you love most. And then check out all of Reviewed's Readers' Choice Awards winners.

Voting period ends on July 15, 2026. We'll announce the winners on July 23.

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Nominee 1: 7 Cedars

Sequim, Washington

Set on Washington's Olympic Peninsula in Sequim, 7 Cedars is the resort arm of the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, and the property leans hard into a sense of place. The 100-room hotel organizes its floors around "Layers of Life" themes—water, sky, mountains, and forests—with rooms named for the Cedar Forest, Salish Sea, and Canoe Journey, and a towering Western red cedar totem pole anchoring the grounds. Guests get oversized showers, 65-inch TVs, and wide Olympic Peninsula views.

Our experts loved the hotel’s waterfront setting, easy access to outdoor adventures, and on-site e-bike rentals for the nearby trail as high points. Dining centers on The House of Seven Brothers, which highlights S'Klallam culture and local Pacific Northwest seafood, and the adjacent Cedars at Dungeness golf course rounds out the stay.

Nominee 2: Agua Caliente Rancho Mirage Resort

Rancho Mirage, Cailfornia

The flagship of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians' three-property portfolio, this Rancho Mirage resort, sits at the upscale end of the Greater Palm Springs scene. Our experts noted its track record with prestigious rating bodies—a AAA Four Diamond designation and Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star recognition—as a signal of consistent, attentive service.

The casino’s table games, poker room, and BetMGM Sportsbook are the big draw, but beyond that, find the Sunstone Spa, which has landed on national best-spa lists. On-site dining includes The Steakhouse and casual spots like Café One Eleven, while the resort's concert venue, The Show, features live music and comedy.

This is a strong fit for travelers who want desert-resort luxury with gaming attached rather than a gaming hall fit with rooms.

Nominee 3: ARIA Resort & Casino

Las Vegas, Nevada

When it opened, ARIA brought a sleek, modern sensibility to the center of the Las Vegas Strip, and it remains one of the city's most contemporary casino hotels. ARIA is a AAA Five Diamond resort, while ARIA Sky Suites and the 62-treatment-room Spa & Salon at ARIA have earned Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star recognition.

The hotel packs in roughly 4,000 rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows and one-touch controls for lighting and temperature, and a cluster of pools. Our panel wrote how the luxury hits you the moment you walk through the lobby and simply keeps going. The central casino on the ARIA/CityCenter campus features 15 restaurants, including Din Tai Fung and Jean-Georges Steakhouse.

Nominee 4: Bellagio Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

Perhaps its most notable feature, the Bellagio wraps around an 8.5-acre lake, where the choreographed Fountains of Bellagio spout to music several times a day. Rooms or restaurants with lake and fountain views make it one of the rare hotels where guests feel no urge to leave, and it has been a benchmark for Strip elegance since it opened.

Off the lobby, the free Conservatory & Botanical Gardens cycles more than 20,000 blooms with the seasons, and the property rounds out with 18 restaurants, the 55,000-square-foot Spa Bellagio (currently under renovation until November 2026), and a high-end shopping promenade. Our panel described the experience as classy, comfortable, and centered on top-notch dining, without feeling stuffy.

Nominee 5: Caesars Palace

Las Vegas, Nevada

Caesars Palace has been an institution on the Vegas Strip since 1966, and remains, in our panel's words, a classic that still ranks among the best casino hotels anywhere.

A Roman theme runs from the towers to the Forum Shops, a 675,000-square-foot retail and dining destination that features 160 stores and restaurants, including Spago and The Palm. The Garden of the Gods Pool Oasis spreads seven pools across five acres, with swim-up gaming and dozens of cabanas.

At the same time, The Colosseum has hosted headline residencies from Celine Dion and Adele, to Elton John. Dining runs deep, from Bacchanal Buffet to Gordon Ramsay Hell's Kitchen and Nobu.

Nominee 6: Chinook Winds Casino Resort

Lincoln City, Oregon

Chinook Winds, which is operated by the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, sits right on the Oregon coast in Lincoln City, and that oceanfront position is exactly what our panel singled out. Many Oregon beach hotels skew older, so reviewers suggested booking the more modern suite building for the best stay, and noted the tribe has been investing in new lodging. The resort blends gaming—slots, table games, bingo, keno, and sports wagering—with a coastal getaway feel, and runs a steady calendar of headliner concerts and its Comedy on the Coast series. Dining ranges from Chinook's Seafood Grill to the Rogue River Steakhouse and a Mexican grill. For guests, it’s within easy reach of Lincoln City's beach and shops.

Nominee 7: Encore Boston Harbor

Everett, Massachusetts

Just a few miles north of Boston in Everett, Wynn Resorts' Encore Boston Harbor brought five-star ambitions to the waterfront, and our panel even called it the best of the Wynn portfolio.

A full luxury package seems to be the general draw, as the gaming is central and easy to reach, the place offers sweeping harbor views, fine dining is anchored by a Rare steakhouse, and there is plenty of the upscale retail opps Wynn properties are known for. Our reviewers also pointed to the convenience of direct resort access from self-parking, a small thing that matters big time when you’re a city-edge property. Set along a revitalized stretch of the Mystic River, it offers a resort experience distinct from that of a typical urban hotel. This is Wynn-level gloss in the Northeast, rather than the Southwest.

Nominee 8: Gila River Resorts & Casinos

Chandler, Arizona

Gila River Resorts & Casinos is the gaming and hospitality enterprise of the Gila River Indian Community, with its flagship Wild Horse Pass anchoring the group near Chandler, Arizona. Our panel praised the quality of the rooms and the range of on-site restaurants, and Wild Horse Pass backs that up with a AAA Four Diamond hotel, a Prime steakhouse, and a 1,400-seat showroom, all alongside the casino and BetMGM Sportsbook.

Many activities also sit nearby, such as golf, horseback riding, an outlet mall, and spectacular desert sunsets, making it an easy base for a longer trip. One clarification from our experts: this nomination is for the casino property itself, not the separate (and adjacent) Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass. For an upscale Arizona desert stay with gaming at its core, it's a strong pick.

Nominee 9: Grand Oasis Cancun

Cancun, Mexico

Down in Mexico, Grand Oasis Cancun holds a distinction our panel zeroed in on: it's the only all-inclusive resort in Cancun's Hotel Zone with a casino on site. Operated by Oasis Hotels & Resorts, this beachfront property leans into a lively, party-forward atmosphere, with its 24-hour Red Casino, multiple bars and nightlife venues, a spa, an arena for live entertainment, and a long stretch of pools fronting the Caribbean.

Reviewers recommended booking a grand ocean-view room (the oceanfront accommodations are the highlight) to make the most of the setting. Because it's all-inclusive, dining and drinks at the resort's restaurants are included, which makes the gaming feel like one amenity among many rather than the whole point.

Nominee 10: Great Canadian Casino Resort Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Operated by Great Canadian Entertainment near Woodbine in Toronto, this resort offers access to what the company bills as Canada's largest casino, the scale our panel highlighted. On the gaming floor, guests encounter thousands of slot machines and table games, paired with a 400-plus-room hotel, a large theater, and free covered parking.

Our reviewers especially liked a quirk of the location: its proximity to the Woodbine racetrack, with some rooms looking out over the track, a differentiator few casino hotels can claim. Dining options are plentiful, from a Copperhorn steakhouse to casual eateries across the complex. For a big-resort experience in Canada's largest city, with horse racing right outside the window, our experts pointed to it as a distinctive entry.

Nominee 11: L'Auberge Casino Hotel Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

By the banks of the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, L'Auberge is a Penn Entertainment property that our panel put on the list partly for regional variety, a Gulf South entry among coast-and-desert nominees. Reviewers pointed to comfortable rooms with generous space and big, luxurious bathrooms as the everyday strengths that make a stay memorable.

The resort pairs its casino floor and Red Stick poker room with a sportsbook and a solid spread of dining, including 18 STEAK, which has moved temporarily while construction proceeds on the planned Emeril’s Chop House. Uniquely, an on-site RV resort rounds out the amenities.

Nominee 12: Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino

Las Vegas, Nevada

At the south end of the Las Vegas Strip, Mandalay Bay is built around a resort idea our panel loved: an 11-acre sand-and-surf complex with a wave pool, a quarter-mile lazy river, and the property's signature "beach."

Reviewers called the rooms (some newly remodeled) strikingly beautiful, citing floor-to-ceiling windows, appealing color palettes, and "beach" or mountain views that make the most of the vantage.

Beyond the casino floor, the resort houses the Shark Reef Aquarium, a major events arena, a convention center, and close to 30 restaurants, with kitchens tied to names like Wolfgang Puck and Michael Mina. This is a Vegas stay that sometimes feels like a beach resort with a casino attached.

Nominee 13: River Rock Casino Resort

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Another Canadian entry, River Rock sits along the Fraser River in Richmond, B.C., just outside Vancouver. Our panel's tip for this place was specific and practical: book a room in the casino tower, where the rooms run larger and give you more space to spread out.

Beyond the gaming floor, slots, table games, and a poker room, the Great Canadian Entertainment property offers the Absolute Spa, a pool with a water slide, and a fitness center.

The headline dining draw, reviewers noted, is a Gordon Ramsay Steak, billed as the celebrity chef's first steakhouse in Canada.

Nominee 14: Snoqualmie Casino and Hotel

Snoqualmie, Washington

Owned by the Snoqualmie Tribe and set in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, Snoqualmie Casino and Hotel is a quick drive from Seattle. Along the drive, take in sweeping mountain-valley scenery.

Our panel praised the views and called it a gorgeous property. The setting is the hook—it's not far from the famous Snoqualmie Falls and near the town tied to the cult series Twin Peaks—but the resort backs it up with a serious amenity slate of thousands of slot machines, dozens of table games, a sportsbook, the MoonRise Spa with cedar steam and saunas, and dining headlined by Vista Prime Steaks & Seafood.

A steady run of headliner shows keeps evenings busy at this Pacific Northwest mountain getaway.

Nominee 15: The Venetian Resort Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada

The Venetian made its name on two things our panel called out: beautiful, oversized suites and a fully immersive, absolutely over-the-top recreation of Venice, complete with canals.

Every standard room is a suite, many with sunken living rooms and roughly double the space of a typical Strip room, while the resort's Venetian-style canals, gondola rides, and a replica of St. Mark's Square give it an atmosphere no other casino hotel quite matches. The Grand Canal Shoppes keep the theme going.

Experts also praised the Venetian’s dining options, from celebrated restaurants to a standout pastry shop. Add a Canyon Ranch spa, multiple pools, and Broadway-caliber entertainment, and it's a resort built for guests who want room to escape the Strip for a while.

Nominee 16: We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort

Fort McDowell, Arizona

A property of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, We-Ko-Pa sits in the Sonoran Desert near Scottsdale. Our panel highlighted the desert views from every room as a defining feature, noting that the remodeled rooms give the stay a private retreat feel. Reviewers also described relaxing by the Desert Oasis pool with VIP cabanas as a highlight.

The resort rounds out gaming—slots, table games, bingo, and the WKP Sportsbook—with the Ember wood-fired steakhouse, the Amethyst Spa, and a conference center that hosts live concerts. The adjacent We-Ko-Pa Golf Club and Fort McDowell Adventures add outdoor options.

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Our Experts

BethEllen Clausen

Clausen is a freelance writer with a heavy emphasis on art and culture. She is a member of the International Food, Wine and Travel Writers Association and the LA Wine Writers, and she writes for Food, Wine and Travel Magazine, the Napa Valley Wine Academy, and Costco Connection. You can read more about Clausen's experiences at her website, Organic Wine Travel.

Marguerite "Peggy" Cleveland

As an Army veteran, military spouse, and adventure-seeker, Cleveland has lived across the United States and has turned a lifetime of moving, exploring, and discovering hidden gems into a successful writing career. The travel journalist and author loves sharing stories about destinations, food, wine, and wellness. Her work has appeared in major publications nationwide, and she is the author of 100 Things to Do in Tacoma Before You Die. When she’s not writing, Cleveland is often planning her next adventure—or enjoying one.

Susan Lanier-Graham

Lanier-Graham is an award-winning food, wine, and travel writer with more than three decades of experience exploring destinations around the world. She has visited luxury resorts, boutique properties, and hidden gems across six continents, bringing a discerning eye to every stay. As publisher of Wander With Wonder, she leads an award-winning digital publication that inspires readers to discover exceptional travel experiences. Her work blends firsthand insight with a passion for storytelling, offering trusted recommendations on where to stay, dine, and explore. Susan’s expertise helps travelers confidently choose destinations that transform trips into unforgettable, experience-rich journeys.

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