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| - I have been playing at Station casinos for nearly twenty years when I visit Vegas once or twice a year. I've stayed at some of their various properties, mostly Boulder Station, for nearly eight years. I love Station Casinos because they offer some of the best variety, if not the best variety, of full pay video poker machines in the United States.They are the Peter Lugers of video poker! Their poker machines, I can attest from experience, are conducive to royal flushes. This review is probably one star higher than it should be because of my affection for Station casinos. Here's some tough love:
I stayed at Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa from 1/12/16 to 1/16/16.It, along with Green Valley Casino Resort & Spa, and, to a slightly lesser extent, Aliante Station, are the crown jewels in the Station inventory. The property is clean, beautifully decorated and aesthetically pleasing, without going overboard into ostentation. Red Rock is "Bellagio for locals" and I mean that without sarcasm. I like the modern look of the video poker machines. They have Full Pay Deuces Wild, Loose Deuces and Double Bonus Poker.Red Rock's location is a big asset. It is directly adjacent to the Bruce Woodbury (Clark County Route 215) and near the Summerlin Parkway, two major connector highways which make it very easy to hook up with the interstate highways and explore other regions of Las Vegas and even California if you like. They have a huge multiplex cinema, a bowling alley and a great food court which includes Capriotti's, a great sandwich place.
Unfortunately, my stay was marred by several issues, which, to me, meant that Red Rock did not give me what I paid for. With regard to The Grand Cafe, I will give credit where credit is due. The issues were these, in no order of severity:
1. The Grand Cafe: The Grand Cafe, a fixture in all Station properties, is a 24 hour casual restaurant/coffee shop. It is woefully understaffed, probably because of corporate penny pinching.The servers,however, are well trained and provided me with great service. Their names are Todd, Ray, Miriam and Santiago. One problem was the disappearing cashier, illustrated in a photo I posted. More often than not, the cashier was not present at the cash register when I went to pay my check. I never saw this at Boulder Station.
The Prime Rib Special ($15.99, served between 5:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m.) is awesome. I had it three times. The huge slab of beef was perfectly cooked medium rare each time and it was delicious.
There was another issue which I initially wrote about in my review of this Grand Cafe, but I now prefer to keep it private.
2.Wi Fi Service: Although basic Wi Fi service is supposed to be "free" it is obviously not since the hotel charges a nearly $30.00 daily "resort fee". On one day of my visit, my Internet connection went out every 5-10 minutes, causing me to continuously lose work
3. The Irremovable TV Scroll: During nearly the entirety of my visit my TV had an irremovable black and white scroll which covered stock tickers and weather reports, among other things. I posted photos showing this scroll.
Based upon these issues I would not stay at Red Rock again unless they comp me a couple of nights to rectify this nonsense. Not holding my breathe on that.
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