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| - Gonna try to fit this all within the word limit. All in all will *definitely* stay here again, but this our first stay was very iffy and we had issues.
Arrived for a Thursday-Saturday stay, room was $49 1st night and $60 2nd night. Hotel has 2000+ rooms, so it is not a small place.
Rooms
1) HUGE and clean. Liked the white comforters and sheets on the bed (because you can tell when white is dirty, ok). HUGE bathroom, cute designer type toiletries. Rainshower type showerhead, Lots of hot water, but you have to crank it up.
2) Yes, a lady who speaks little English came by at friggin' 9am on Friday morning knocking on all the doors announcing Housekeeping was ready to go. You could hear her coming so I got up before she knocked and woke us all up as we could not find the "Do Not Disturb" sign. But hey, she came back at 10am too - they just want our rooms to be clean :) They did not come by on Saturday morning.
3) IDIOT front desk and/or locksmith: in 12 hours we had to have our room keys redone 6 times!!!! They said they get demagnetized quickly - one key demagnetized from the time we opened the door to the time we retested it 30 SECONDS later!!! Not near cell phones, magnets, credit cards, radiation, etc.. The Security guard's **Master Key** also did not work and they had to call a guy to take the lock apart to let us in. Only got a new room Friday night. Manager was named Jason Presley (Say Priestly if you wanna piss him off) and he came to our room to make sure the keys worked... 5 minutes later in the NEW room, my key stopped working.
4) Coffeemaker with disposable filters and coffee packs, less mess, great coffee smell.
5) No in room fridge, maybe I am spoiled? I recall having a fridge in Vegas lots of times - not mini-bar but a fridge.
6) Longish hike through casino to the hotel elevators if you use parking garage or front entrance
7) STUPID Bell Service - they come get your stuff from the car, and even if you are standing there with your keys in hand, they MUST take your stuff to the Bell Desk, you walk to your room, then call them to bring it up. Do you understand - you are there with your room key, and they cannot come up with you!?!? Never had that happen at a hotel before.
Casino
1) The air system here is odd in that you walk in and it immediately feels stuffy as other reviewers have said, but it is not overpowering. Did not smell horses even though there was an equestrian event, however there appears to be a connecting hallway between equestrian center and hotel elevators, so maybe some folks got a whiff of horse.
2) Casino is pretty big, crazy amount of slots, lots of bars, like one every 20 feet.
Didn't really seem crowded. There were lots of cowboys for an event and bowlers and locals and we weren't bumping in to each other or anything.
Food
1) Seafood buffet overrated, but not bad for $19. Crab tasteless depending on the batch, decent variety (steamed clams, 2 salmons, crab hot and on ice, shrimp on ice, calamari, mussels, oysters, more but I forget and nothing really stood out). Save some time, look for crab legs at the other food stations - Italian, Mexican - if you want to avoid the long line at the Seafood station. Mashed potatoes rocked. Little fish "dumplings" were raw in the inside - gross! I think it was like rolled up halibut or whitefish in a cream sauce, still raw and cold on the inside - stupid to serve it without checking!
2) Coffee shop prices high/average except for midnight $3.99 specials. Stupid to have $3.99 food then charge $2.99 for coffee. Asian food selection pricey compared to other hotel places catering to and trying to attract Asian clientele. Fast service, really nice servers.
3) Del Mar Deli - AWFUL PASTRAMI!!! I guess the sign saying "We carry Boar's head Turkey Pastrami" was a warning, but I thought it was a choice for people who don't eat red meat - Pastrami is supposed to be greasy, dripping and moist, Turkey pastrami is NOT pastrami!!!! Soooooo disappointing as I was looking forward to a hot pastrami and a beer. I didn't even finish the sandwich - just threw it out. Service is decent - call and order from your room for pick-up to save time waiting. $7 pizza and soda special, 1/2 sandwiches other than pastrami are mile-high and worth the price. Crazy pastry case, yummy cakes and danishes. They even sell bagels by the dozen.
Bingo
1) LOVE the bingo! Big room, never crowded = better chances to win. Really nice staff, especially the two British ladies.
2) Beverage service in Bingo bar iffy, loopy pregnant waitress on the night shift, carded my friend but then when my friend came back with ID said she didn't need it - WTF?
Misc
1) Bowling alley looked like a lot of fun. Lots of league bowlers it looks like. Graveyard Special Monday-Thursday $1 a game from midnight to 6am.
2) Movie theaters seemed popular, all first-run shows.
3) Free WiFi in the rooms, no password needed
4) Not sure if good for kids - bowling adults only after certain time, movies seemed rated R
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