We just returned from 5 nights at the new Niagara Fallsview Casino and we
found it to be an amazing hotel, with great service, some excellent restaurants,
friendly service and good comps with cash back. I guess how you rate it
depends on your objective. As a vacation resort, it is excellent however, most of
the VP was poor with 8/5 JOB and 6/5 BP the norm. I did most of my play on the
$5 FP Pick-em.
The hotel is brand new. Lots of marble and a beautiful atrium in the entry
way. Service was excellent and everyone was very friendly.
I called and was quoted $199 for a Fallsview room and $360 for a suite. I
then asked for a host and spoke with Walter who quoted me $99 CDN for a Fallsview
king room or $199 CDN for a Fallsview suite. I took the suite.
Accommodations
The room was gorgeous. It had an amazing view of the falls with 2 qn beds, a
separate sitting area with a sofa and a second entertainment area, a small
dining table and a marble bath with a Jacuzzi. The best feature was the view of
the falls from the 28th floor. This is a great buy at $199 CDN. Much cheaper
then anything else I could find. I had told Walter that I played primarily $1
and $5 VP.
Restaurants
The coffee shop by the lobby was okay for bk. We had a delicious gourmet
dinner at Noir that was fully comped by our host. We had the NY Strip Steak,
Halibut and a 3 Bird special and they were all great. This was comped in advance by
our host.
We also had dinner at the Skyline Tower. Great diner and view in the rotating
dinning room. If you're there on vacation, don't miss it.
VP
As stated in other posts, the VP is not the best and it is not the place to
go strictly for VP. But, with FP $5 Pick-em there is something playable, There
are 7 machines, with FP $5 Pick-em, 3 on one side of the high limit area and
4 on the other.
One thing I did notice is that machines right next to each other would have
different pay tables. Some had 8/5 JOB and some had 7/5. They all had 6/5 BP.
At the $1 level there were also machines right next to each other with
different pay tables. I believe there may have been 8/5 BP at the dollar level. At
quarters I saw 7/5 and 6/5 JOB
Totals and Comps
On checking in, our host Walter Gatt came down introduced himself to us and
gave us a tour of the high limit area and lounge and told us to feel free to
use it with his card until we earned a gold card.
Over 5 nts I put through almost 200K and made a substantial donation to the
CDN government.
Walter comped the suite for all 5 nts ( a Fallsview room would have required
a lot less play) the gourmet dinner at Noir, our bk at the coffee shop and
tickets to Mellisa Manchester. The only item he didn't comp was my wife's spa day
for her birthday.
I also picked up $312 in cashback before I left
Bottom Line
The bottom line is that we loved it and would highly recommend it as a gaming
vacation destination and will definitely be back.
If all we want is to play VP, then it can't compare to Vegas, Reno or A/C and
I'd go somewhere else.
Joel
In a message dated 8/15/2004 9:38:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
hansjurgent16@hotmail.com writes:
Checked out the new Casino Niagara Fallsview this weekend and what a
disappointment. I don't think there are many more games in the new
casino than was in the old casino and I don't the total square
footage of the casino is much more bigger either.
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