Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel

If you would like a hotel that isn’t into service, this is the place for you. They are not accommodating and would rather talk about their piercings with each other than wait on you. The casino sometimes gives you play for your money. The only good thing is a weekend buffet that is decent for the Midwest.

The seafood at the buffet in the casino is the best I’ve had in Iowa. Also, all you can eat crab legs… amazing!

The hotel suite we stayed in was very nice and spacious. I loved the fact that the suite had 2 fireplaces and a jacuzzi in the bathroom. Very romantic for the Hubby and I.
Customer service was spot on. David helped us check in and he brought the luggage to our room. He showed us around the room. He was very personable and kind.
The casino was okay. The slots are very tight. There’s a few card tables and 1 craps table. We ended losing more than we planned on playing but it’s okay… we consider it entertainment fee. Lol.
Although we won’t be coming back because we are just passing by. I would definitely recommend this place for its hotel.

A poor excuse for a casino with nearby competition so high; ergo, not all was bad.
The good:
Buffet management and personnel.
Shuttle drivers.
Ex-​Meskwaki friends.
The bad:
RV people, you won’t believe it. One checks their unit at the ‘electricity only’ park. They give you a bill to be paid at the casino hotel. Suttle over. Pay. Given a paper to put on your RV. Shuttle back. Put paper in window. Now shuttle back to the casino. Smart!
Ineptness of the initial sign-​in personnel.
Beligerence of the ‘Players Club’ person.
Bar personnel ranks at a new high for rudeness. After receiving a drink and leaving a tip, no «thank you» was spoken. So I stayed and watched for about one hour, waiting for my wife. No «thank you» was ever spoken.
Upon leaving I asked a security man at the front for a shuttle. He said I must go to the back of the casino. Disabled, I ambled four times the distance only to be told it’s not true. They can pick us up at the front.
No access to the general manager save a comment card. In tune with the public.
Comment card. Wide open and able to be viewed and discarded by anyone. How does one know if the GM got it?
Overall, we won’t be back.

I’m not much of a gambler, but I went because a couple of friends wanted to go. The slots here are pretty generous! I made a dollar last about an hour on one of the «spin» machines. Then, I played video poker and made $ 9 last about five hours. On the video poker, when I would get down to, say, 95 cents, all of a sudden I would get a flush, and get more credits!
When you wanted to «cash out» you got your money loaded on a ticket, but it was amusing that they programmed in the «cachink cachink» sound of money dropping while your ticket was printed. They had ticket redemption machines that would give you your money to the penny for small amounts. No service charge on those, what a shock!
Ate lunch at the buffet, it was excellent, and I even qualified for the «senior» price. I think the «senior» price is good Monday — Thursday. Made sure I pigged out for the «senior» price.
I didn’t get to eat at the food arcade, but it smelled delicious while I walked through.
There is an RV park connected to this, but I didn’t get to try it out. I came here with some friends, someone else drove.

last time we stayed here $ 99 for a room that was new and clean. It came with 2 dinner buffet tickets which were worth $ 20 each as it was Friday Night = all you can eat crab legs. The buffet was huge and very well done. The room also came with 2 breakfast coupons for the buffet… another $ 14 worth of food. The casino looked nice and I liked that it had a non-​smoking section, but I don’t play so my opinion here is not that of a gambler. Overall… nice facility, nice room, great price, and good food… lots of good food. We will go back often.

I never win here. I just donate. And I’m always the youngest… I’m only 30. Oh… And to top it off I smell SOOOO bad after I leave this place. It’s so smokey in this place! You guys really need to get a better ventilation system up in there. Or just make it smoke free… Like everywhere else. It’s gross.

Wow, what a place. If this what getting a casino in Cedar Rapids means, then you can have these jobs. I felt sorry for the workers who endure clouds of smelly cigarette smoke the weird gaming noises and scores of elderly and indigent patrons spending money they really can’t afford to lose. I was embarrassed for my home state. There is nothing glamorous going on here, just a lot of walkers, oxygen tanks and cigs hanging off the lips of people in Hawkeye jackets mindlessly sitting in front of their machines. We needed a shower just walking across the floor once. Never again.

Had a great time here! Bingo was a lot of fun, and the slots were plentiful and spaced out nicely out on the floor. It wasn’t crowded spaces like prairie meadows. The buffet is the best casino buffet in the state! It was also very easy to go anywhere in the casino to get free pop at a station. They were located all over the place.
Rooms were great, bathroom had a huge shower with a seat! Nice ammenities in the bathrooms, including hair dryer, and average towels.

Meskwaki is a very large Casino for Midwest standards. Plenty of slots, poker, table games, bingo. Lots of food venues from buffet to steak to pizza. Bar is kinda slow and only one drink every 20minutes. If you tip well that seems to go to 10 so that is advisable. Great place to stay, half of the hotel is New other half is old and remodeled. Ask for the new side. Has pool with Spa, workout etc. Great place very large with a closed off private High-​Limit room to keep out noise and idiots.

Stayed here for a night while we were in town for a wedding. First off, when I checked in the guy could not have been more disinterested, secondly I called down to get a cot– and was told «Nope, can’t do that.» With no explanation, so I asked «Why?» and was told that the fire Marshall won’t allow it. Why do you have cots if the fire Marshall won’t allow it???
Later we went into the casino, then a friend realized he didn’t have his ID on him we are all 26+ so we tried to have the man checking ID’s let him in anyway, he did call his boss over (which was nice), but the boss was a giant jerk to us rambling about how he could «evict» us if he found liquor. I was very uninterested in what he had to say, so we went back to the room. Decided at about 2am that we wanted the buffet, worst decision I’ve made in a long time. Nothing was good, things were cold I left feeling rotten.
The room was clean and put together nicely, but that was the ONLY good thing about this hotel/​casino. May want to think about hiring staff with an actual personality than these bumbling fools!

Wow. Meskwaki. I’m in love!
Its a HUGE casino resort! $ 5 minimum hands on tables! WOW! Slots, Wow!
I was just really impressed with this casino… comparing this to Indian Reservation Casinos in California, Meskwaki falls in comparison to Pala.
Alot more glitzy-​glam compared to Prairie Meadows. Sadly, only 1 baccarat table, and only 1 Pai Gow table.

I stopped at the Meskwaki casino, located on Highway 30 outside Tama, while on a drive from Iowa City to Ames. It looked like a good place to stretch my legs and possibly take in a hand or two of blackjack.
The intensity of the cigarette smoke on the casino floor was so overwhelming that I used the restroom and got back in the car. I’ve never experienced anything like it. It was the worst second-​hand smoke environment I’ve ever seen.

Dear Meskwaki «Indian» Casino,
I have a love-​hate relationship with you. I love that as my first adult gambling experience, you eased me in, and I was able to meander your casino easily. You see, I never win at anything. So naturally, when I came in with my personal $ 25 limit after a crappy camping outing at Union Grove State Park, I was not expecting much.
Oh Meskawki, you sure had me fooled. Especially when I first plopped down at your $ 5 minimum Blackjack table and proceeded to rack up almost $ 300! Yes, I was now hooked. I took my fat wallet and got out of there lickety-​split, eager for a day when I could return and rake in even more cash. Sadly, that day never came.
But damn you as well. Now I’ve got the itch. Whenever I’m near a casino with Blackjack tables, I just –have– to try my luck. Unfortunately, I think I left all of my luck in Iowa, because I’ve probably lost twice what I made on that fateful day over the course of time since then.
Oh well, whatcha gonna do.