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2.4 (59 reviews)
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Carolyn L.

I only come here for food when my friend or I get coupons for the restaurants here. The casino is ok, it is not very crowded at the game tables or slot machines every time I am there. There are complimentary coffee and tea which you can help yourself. One the of restaurants or lounge has a dance floor where you can see people (usually much older people) dancing. Quite neat to see them doing some ballroom dancing moves. What I really dislike is the random (or maybe not so random) profiling of customers to check the ID. I find that I always get checked when certain males are on duty, then they will try to strike a conversation with me by saying oh you don't look your age and other cheesy crappy lines. I am ok if they checked everyone, but no....it is usually just me. Parking is available outside and underground. There is also a shuttle bus with the schedule available on the website.

Denise W.

I don't go to casino often. Came here just to walk around and yes check out the place to see if there has been any changes from when it first opened. Well like all casino, its dark and redish colored inside. Free parking is available on ground floor and underground. In the past some of the restaurants / pubs would be interconnected to the Casino but this is not the case anymore. Overall, nothing special.

Buffet food
Pam C.

This review is for the buffet located at the far left side of the casino. It is small and always packed during dinner hours. There's always a line up but the wait times are only around 20 minutes if you get there early. There's the 2 for 1 buffet (great deal) coupon you can get when swiping your Starlight card, which makes it worth coming for. Otherwise, I'd probably not come all the way to New West for less than average tasting food. Honestly, it's a hit or miss. You either get average food or less than average food.

Brenda K.

2 for 1 buffet coupon lured me to Starlight Casino. There was an option for here or Grand Villa and I thought why not go dining here to figure out. My sister and I gave coupon and entered at 4PM after lunch buffet closure at 2. We killed some time by heading back to Value Village and went back to make on time for our early dinner. Selection isn't THAT great. Having been to River Rock I really like the food and the selection they have. Selection is limited at Starlight, whereas most place have bigger selections for dinner. Soups, icecream, cream puffs and stirfried chicken were great. You can also get some tea, coffee and soda (Coca Cola freestyle fountain machine gets you anything from Canada Dry, Fanta etc). Not a memorable place and I won't go back here. Sorry, food is just tasteless here. MEH.

Salt & Pepper Cafe - front~
Edward L.

Went to their Salt & Pepper Cafe for the buffet. Wow, this place is surprisingly mediocre. There is a salad bar with 3 types of salad (corn being one of them), and 8 or so entrees. As for the entrees.. Corn - yes, corn. This is entree corn, and not salad corn. The salad corn is covered with some tangy dressing. Not the entree one. Rice - served Western-style, but it clumped together like an Asian dish. Potatoes - small spuds cut in half, with little bits of herbs sprinkled throughout. A bit too bland for my liking. It does taste exactly as described though. Penne pasta - tasted literally like Chef Boyardee. This could be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your palate. I thought it was the former. Yum. Salmon with hollandaise sauce - nice large fillets (they don't skimp on the fish), but boy is it overcooked. As dry as canned tuna. Be sure to pile on the sauce. Some of my friends couldn't finish their pieces. Chicken - some kind of sweet soy sauce (reminds me of Asian style). Again, overcooked to the point of dryness. Sigh. Pork roast with applesauce - this one was completely hit and miss. Some pieces are nice and juicy, while others were so dry, they fell into bits like sand when poked. Pile on the applesauce to be safe. I had a 30% success rate with this dish. Roast beef - same problem with the dryness depending on the hunk of meat being served, but I had more of a 60% success. The secret to this one is to time your food gathering session - wait until you see some pink exposed (as opposed to brown) on the cow. My success rate went way up with this change in strategy. Drinks are free and bottomless, thanks to the fountain machine. Sadly, I don't think I can really recommend this buffet. For this price, you can go to Uncle Willy's instead. At least you still get that famous ice cream and fried chicken.

Chicken drumsticks, beets, potato salad, coleslaw, steamed vegetables.
Tracy T.

This review is specifically for The Buffet inside Starlight Casino. We had a 2 for 1 coupon so we decided to give this place a try on Saturday. We arrived at 7:15 PM and paid at the front before entering. The normal price is $21, so with the coupon, it was pretty much $10.50 per person.The restaurant was small but 80% of the tables were occupied already. We really wanted to sit in a booth just so it would be quiet when we chatted. We were refused twice by one of the workers (those who come around and take your plates away) because she said the booths were reserved for 4 people and it might get busy later at night. As a result, we chose a small table nearby. However, when I returned from the buffet, my friend was sitting at a booth. She said that the worker let her sit there because she saw how much we wanted to sit there. Okay, onto the actual buffet. Let me tell you this, it is definitely not worth going at the full price. I was so disappointed at the small selection of food they offered. The whole buffet probably look less than 20 steps to finish. Alright, there was the basic salad bar, then two kinds of soup (beef and veggies, and tomato bisque). The potato salad was good, almost tastes like those one could get at Safeway. The coleslaw I had was sour, so I was disappointed. Then there were 5 kinds of Chinese food: fried rice, chow mein, shrimp and peas, variety of steamed vegetables (bok choy, Chinese lettuce, etc.), and some sort of glazed pork. I skipped the fried rice and chow mein or shrimps with pea because they didn't look good. The vegetables were hard to bite into, and the pork were so tasteless I didn't even know what flavour they were supposed to taste like. On the western side, there were mashed potatoes, some sort of pasta, basa fillet, chicken drumsticks, and a carving station (beef and pork). I skipped the mashed potatoes because it looked really dry. I tried a piece of the basa fillet but it was cold and the meat was hard. The best was probably the carved meat. The dessert bar looked promising but I was wrong. I tried a lemon bar, two bite brownie, mixed berry square and some sort of fudge thing. The lemon bar was way too soft, and almost melted as soon as I tried to chew it. The brownie and the fudge were very dry, which had me sipping on my drink after each bite. The mixed berry square was so sweet that I had a tingling sensation in my jaw as I chewed. Finally, there was a soft serve machine beside the pop machine. I was expected at least two flavours, but unfortunately, they only had vanilla. But I will say that the vanilla ice cream was pretty good. I probably will not return for the buffet.

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I don't come to this place to gamble. I'm mainly here to hang out, drink and dance the night away . A friend' s birthday and the food is not too bad and drinks galore. The live music is awesome playing 90's to current pop songs. The band is great and gets the crowd hoppin'. This is the nearest club for me and I have been here several times.

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Clean and over all a pleasant experience. A casino is a casino. They exist to make money. If you're…read morelucky to win. Great. Casino had a nice mix of newer and older VLT however many are in need of being replaced. Not the games but the physical machines. Many have reached their end of life cycle. Buttons stick or do not work do not light up. Just old and tired. Over all this is a non smoking establishment. They do have smoking rooms with VLTs. Dining is only two options. One a Mexican bar and fastish food. Order at the cashier and find a seat. Non alcoholic beverage are complimentary. I ordered the cheeseburger. Came out under cooked was replaced with no issues.

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