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| - This casino is an emerald island in a sea flooded with monolithic impersonal properties. Emerald Island may not be a palace for millionaires but there is room for fun. It is a room with only one bar and a cafe where the hits of the 1970s are the soundtrack. With its old school interior and 1970s soundtrack with a location off nostalgic Water Street, Emerald Island is That 1970s Casino.
Today is the longest span of time that I spent here. The rain in nearby Boulder City put a damper on outdoor activities. Instead of driving Boulder Highway to Fremont Street, I'd visit downtown Henderson. Emerald Island is one of the trilogy of downtown Henderson casinos off of Water Street.
Emerald Island is also the Cheers of casinos. There is a hometown vibe to the place where many of the people knows your name. That says something considering that the one bar has been full to capacity.Generally speaking the customers and staff are down to earth and friendly. I guess the happy tunes of the 1970s is contagious. Today the bar tender was joking around by improvising a couple of these oldies. On a previous visit, the bar tender was a friendly personable lady. This was a few months ago when the Coffee House was in business. I was walking back from the Coffee House with a Beatles biography in my hand. When I stopped in the bar, the friendly bartender engaged me in a conversation about rock & roll biographies.
Owing to the fact that this is a bar that excludes the standard American beers on draft, my drink of choice here has been the $3 Alaskan Ale draft. With good conversation and a greatest hits of the 1970s soundtrack, this is my kind of bar.
Today, I played at the bar, and casino at the newest Keno machine, and Caveman Keno. There are a few quarter Keno machines.This is expected since Emerald Island promotes itself as Nevada's Only All Penny Casino. Playing nickel Keno was all good. A $5 bill kept me in action close to 3 hours. In that time, the Cocktail Server was persistent with drinks. I'd order a Spicy Bloody Mary. I could tell when a Spicy Bloody Mary is quality when I am not drinking the equivalent of Pacific Ocean water (salt) and it includes olives.
At the same time that Emerald Island has a 1970s vibe, it is up with the times in non-table casino games. The casino has a few of the newest Keno games. Keno is merging with video game graphics to produce new games such as Circus Keno, Balloon Keno, and Red Neck Keno.The price of this technology is tight machines that quickly brought me back to Caveman Keno.
Today was the first time dining in their 24 hour cafe. It is a small room with a no-frills interior. The upshot is that a common noise in the casino is "____party of __your table is ready." The hostess seated my party of 1 right away. The highlight of the cafe is the open kitchen where cooking is on display. I ordered Chicken Parmesan that included a cup of vegetable beef soup or salad. The entree was a full plate with 2 slabs of Chicken Parmesan alongside pasta with a separate plate of garlic bread. It was 3 stars. Likewise for the after dinner coffee.
I give a shout out to my Waitress Rosie. She is a people person that was extraordinary friendly. She was persistent on checking up on me. She had a sense of humor. She'd be an outstanding Yelper. Rosie even placed the leftovers in the doggy bag for me. Rosie's outstanding attitude is the wildcard that raised a 3.5 star rating to 4.
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