I really have not actually sat down and played inside a casino in 12 years so I was a little nervous about stepping into this one. I came here because I heard they had a buffet and did not feel like the golden corral dump down the road.
You have two options to park, valet of course which I barely saw a sign of $5 and the self parking which is about a 30 second drive or about 1000 feet away from the actual door. Shuttle is constant here so you can do what I did and take the free shuttle in. The driver I had coming in and leaving was "DC" as is a very cordial driver, I did not see a tip jar but wanted to tip him.
Upon entrance you will see a lot of golden or yellow interior aspects and accents. Visiting here on a Monday at noon before the gamer rush was a pleasant experience but on the drawback it's a little hard to get in the mood to play roullete or black jack when there aren't that many or nobody at the table.
I found ventured around and found games on two levels but did not notice too much of a difference on my untrained eyes. I did however realize that my favorite games of roullete and black jack were downstairs/1st floor. I quickly donated $60
"For the cause"....oh yea, now I remember why I stopped going hard in casinos in 2001.
Everybody that I came into contact with or ear shots distance had a good attitude, no "Oh I hate being here" faces and such, but it is still early in the day so I can't judge what happens in a few hours later.
Who the heck goes to casinos mostly for the food? I did and I can tell you that if you are a fan of Golden Coral, then here is an upgrade 3 fold. All of the staff were courteous, plates taken away immediately when you get up and well lit so you can see what you are eating. It was lunch time about noon and I was thinking there was going to be a mad house scene but I forgot that people don't start rolling in till after work. The server told me at about 1 pm things get busy.
The food, everything was hot. I did not want to feel scrutinized by taking pictures of the buffet like I usually do since it is a casino but the pics I have taken are off the plates I ate. There really is a wide variety for only around $14 and the drink is included.
The great finisher besides the nice selection of desserts was the multi hot beverage drink machine. You can have anything from hot chocolate, mocha, coffee to expresso....included.Wow, in fact while typing this review up I strongly feel like getting up and doing that again but time ran out for me, maybe tomorrow.
I am going to type what I remembered being on the buffet that day so here it goes:
Carved ham, some kind of beef, broccoli, cauliflower,white rice, mashed potatoes, sausage and chicken gumbo, shrimp etouiffe, mussels, salad bar, cornbread stuffing (was too wet for my preference), fried chicken, more white rice, liver and gravy, cranberry sauce, waffle type fries, brussel sprouts, rolls, cute cantalupe, fried catfish, cole slaw, frog legs (eww), pasta and spaghetti sauce, baked potatoes, insert pan of cheese sauce, redbeans and rice, lots of white rice, chicken lips, corned cob, sauer kraut, bratwurst, link sausage, and still more white rice, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, 3.14,bread pudding, jello, cookies and probably some hideous creating in the back a white rice dessert.
Clientel here, I'm 44 and still felt like I was the baby here, I mean not too many people walking around here that didn't have a lot of grey hair but nothing is wrong with that, I just remember back in my hard days when "30" was the average. Still, the seniors were nice here, nobody beat me with a cane.
Overall I had a good experience and being a person from out of town and still after four months not finding even a friend to have a beer with made me feel comfortable here that I have a new place I can hang around besides a mall.
Oh, and something that threw me for a curve but like a car rental company, if you try to pay with a credit/debit card, make sure the card matches your driver license verbatim or you most likely will NOT be able to useit. read more