Posts Tagged with #Willows Coffee Bar
The hotel is nice but they obviously had to tighten the machines and lowered their payouts, to pay for it. The buffet is nothing to brag about either, but the drinks, besides being pricey, are available at the bar. Sorry Viejas, you used to be fun but that was well over 15 years ago. Barona is a much nicer casino all around. Excellent buffet and other food selections and the payouts aren't as great as they used to be but are still the best in San Diego.
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The overall experience is great, you can shop instead of gamble and they have live music shows, so if it's not too hot, it's probably worth it if you want to get out of town for the day- also, I used it as a stopover when going to AZ - high security of course, and safe place 24/7 to pull off the freeway and chill. The outlet malls are worth it across the street, and it's actually a nice place to visit. The food choices are good and they have bars with decent nice staff, it's a bit blue collar in terms of the patrons, never see any high rollers/ card action but those days are behind me anyway.
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Very quiet during the middle of the week. Hotel (the adults only new hotel called the willows) is beautiful. Pool is nice. Rooms are large and nice. Restaurants are hit or miss. Found an excellent local Italian restaurant in town, though. There are drink specials that are not advertised- check the website then ask the bartenders. If you don't ask they are likely to bill you for regular price (happened to us). We were also charged full price during happy hour. Removing one star for ambiguous drink pricing policies at the bars. Otherwise and overall a very nice, stay.
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I spent about two hours charging my EV on one of 4 Level 2 charging stations in the parking structure. The resort and casino is clean, with clean restrooms, a couple of cafes for baked goods and Starbucks coffee. And the is a marvelous buffet, but be careful. Most of the extensive selection of food items are more tasty comfort food, rather than healthy choices. There are plenty of healthy items, too. There is a newly opened smoke free area of the casino, but the presence of cigarette smoke is ubiquitous although subtle for the most part. The staff is friendly and it's easy to find someone to help pretty much anywhere.
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This is my go to casino because of my host Tyler. He is what keeps me coming back. The only negative is that they need more wait staff, sometimes it's hard to get a drink on the floor. Also the rooms are really nice in both hotels. The recent expansion has really improved the gaming experience and I can't wait until it's finished. Bartenders are always nice and the buffet is pretty good too. The outlet across the street has many stores, however I personally go during holiday weekends to get the better deals on killer brands. Bingo is fun to play here and they have separate smoking and non smoking rooms.
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