Today we decided to try going to Foxwoods Casino since we had tried Mohegan Sun the other day.
We were very dissapointed. It's the "largest resort casino in the world" but the place wasn't at all for us. We were off to a bad start when we couldn't figure out which parking garage we were supposed to go to, and once we were in one, it was like a maze. Just driving around in it was bad enough, but we couldn't figure out how to get out either. And the garage was practically full too, we must've been in there 15 minutes before we found a single empty spot to park in.
It didn't get much better after that. We finally got in the casino and started walking around, and just didn't like it at all. The decor is very tacky, and trying to look like a village in a way, with the shops inside looking like houses and stuff like that. There certainly are a huge number of slots, and alot of non-smoking areas, which was nice, but it was far too crowded. We couldn't believe how many people were there on a tuesday afternoon. Don't these people have jobs? We didn't even get around the whole place once before we decided to leave and go back to Mohegan Sun.
Once we were at Mohegan Sun again we wanted to get something for lunch, so we went to Todd English's Tuscany. It's a fairly fancy restaurant, and a bit pricy, but wasn't bad for lunch. The host looked at us like we shouldn't be there, but the servers were nice. The food was pretty good but not really anything spectacular. You are paying for ambiance as much as anything. The pasta is made right there, which is nice too, you can see the person making it. They have a very big wine selection too, but that didn't interest us any. It was a fine place, but not really our style and I doubt we'd go back again.
As far as gaming goes, we did our usual video poker (including Jacks or Better, and Double Bonus), and some various slot machines. We did well again. We started with $20 in quarters this time because that's what I had. I didn't have a $10 bill to use. We immediately set aside $10 so we wouldn't spend it, and divided the rest up between us. We had a couple good hands in Poker again, and each did at least one good run at the slots, and at one point we were probably up $20-25 or so for the day, but then hit a losing streak and ended up with $5 extra. So we were still up for the day, and are up around $30 for our two trips, so we're happy.
I'm sure we'll go to Mohegan Sun again, but definitely won't bother with Foxwoods.
Posted by Jesse Walton at May 6, 2003 10:41 PM