Garden Cafe

The Garden Cafe is a restaurant inside Dover Downs Hotel & Casino in Dover, Delaware.
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5 years ago

Garden Cafe

Restaurant @ Dover Downs Hotel & Casino

We stayed here for a show. The show was great and the accommodations were comfortable and clean. The king bed room is huge with office space for work and a sofa for relaxing and reading. Staff is friendly and efficient. Cleaning staff is outstanding! The place is spotless squeaky clean!

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5 years ago

Garden Cafe

Restaurant @ Dover Downs Hotel & Casino

The hotel and casino is very nice. However the Festival Buffet sucks. The people that are serving of food are the worst they don't smile and they act like they really don't want to be there and personally I think they should think about who they hired. The only good experience I had there was the wait staff. As far as the food the crab legs were good and my children advise me to never bring them back here again the food was terrible to them. My advice to Dover Downs Festival Buffet they need some sensitivity training and to teach their staff on customer service and showing the people that are paying a great experience.

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5 years ago

Garden Cafe

Restaurant @ Dover Downs Hotel & Casino

Had dinner at Frankie's. Food was adequate. Staff was pleasant, but inattentive, and service was super slow. We ended up skipping dessert, which sounded nice, out of fear we'd miss our scheduled event at the hotel's concert venue, despite leaving 1.5 hours for dinner. The waitress even served coffee without cream--it was total amateur hour. For those prices, I expected better.

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5 years ago

Garden Cafe

Restaurant @ Dover Downs Hotel & Casino

Had a blast here, first time visiting here. Played mainly in the poker room, really great people in there and meet a lot of cool people. The room was very clean they messed mine and my buddies room up but they got it straight the next morning, sure didn't stop us from having a good time! Buffet was good nice service. Could use a few more waitresses on the floors. But over all real great place to be.

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5 years ago

Garden Cafe

Restaurant @ Dover Downs Hotel & Casino

Very large casino. The cons....... It seems to me that it's a little past it's best.... there is a 'smoking lounge' with machines and a bar. .... but, the bar was not open the whole time we were there, and the lounge was dirty. There are no bar top poker machines at any of the bars. The pros..... The bartender - Steve - was a gentleman, and all the other staff very polite. The dealers were chatty and helpful. All in all, a decent place. The hotel room was very clean and spacious, and because there are 4 elevators, there is rarely a wait. However, guests are not permitted to use the luggage carts (bellhops only), nor are they permitted to park outside the hotel to unload. Annoying.

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5 years ago

Garden Cafe

Restaurant @ Dover Downs Hotel & Casino

Dover Downs hotel and casino is a nice place to gamble your money away. If you're going to go somewhere and lose your hard-earned money, at least it's pretty and lots of lights. I like their slots and their hotel rooms are nice. Horse racing is also fun to watch with the family and the NASCAR races can be fun if there are crashes. Overall it's a nice experience... Just a downer when you lose your money haha

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5 years ago

Garden Cafe

Restaurant @ Dover Downs Hotel & Casino

Always friendly, always professional. The Hotel is always clean, and the rooms are beautiful. There's shopping and good food available in the hotel plus room service. Do yourself a favor and make plans to stay at Dover Downs Hotel and Casino, even if you're not a gambler there is plenty to do in the area around the hotel.

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6 years ago

Garden Cafe

Restaurant @ Dover Downs Hotel & Casino

I went to the casino to have dinner with my family at the festival restaurant where they serve all you can eat crab legs. The food was delicious but the service was a little slow in cleaning off our table and getting drinks. We did stay afterwards for a little while and listened to the band. We also played a couple slots. Overall we had a great time here.

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6 years ago

Garden Cafe

Restaurant @ Dover Downs Hotel & Casino

Dover Downs is a nice large Casino. Plenty of parking beautiful architecture. I did notice however that it is a non-smoking casino. I also noticed that there were no free drinks or coffee for players at this casino. Almost every Casino I visited with the exception of one has free drinks and coffee for the patrons that come in and spend money.

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6 years ago

Garden Cafe

Restaurant @ Dover Downs Hotel & Casino

This is one of my go-to stops whenever I'm delivering or picking up a load in Delaware. Great place to overnight break for truckers. Ample parking for us, RVs, buses, etc. Machines are like any casino...tight one day, loose the next. But good selection and some newer games I haven't seen elsewhere. Table action seems decent. The Capitol Club (rewards, comps, etc.) needs to be completely overhauled. Probably the worst comps and offers I've seen. It doesn't even compare to most of its competitors. Out of all the casinos in Delaware, Dover Downs is definitely the better choice.

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