Angela Cooke

Review of Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs

This was our first trip to Mohegan Sun Casino and ...

This was our first trip to Mohegan Sun Casino and hotel. We went on a holiday week end and made hotel reservations well in advance since we were meeting other family members there.
Upon entry there is plenty of free parking or if you have a players card you can valet for free, but the wait is pretty long to leave and to get your car. The inside was very impressive because it is huge, modern and beautifully decorated as well as sparkling clean.
The hotel reservation desk had our reservation exactly right as I had a couple of specific requests which were perfect. The staff was very helpful, professional and very friendly.
The hotel room was sparkling clean and set up with 2 queen beds, desk, TV, large windows, coffee maker, coffee packets, alarm clock, comfortable air conditioning, a very modern granite and tile bathroom with a large walk in shower. There is a large closet that has an ironing board, iron, room safe, luggage racks and quite a few wood hangers and there is a full length door mirror. Beautiful!
The first floor has many little specialty shops and I believe 7 restaurants offering everything from a coffee shop with specialty pastries to a very exclusive steak house. We chose to eat one meal at the buffet since everyone had different dietary preferences and this way everyone got exactly what they wanted. The buffet price was only $19.99 when we were there and had a wide selection of everything including a chef that was carving hot roast beef, turkey or ham. All menu items were hot and fresh.
The casino floor itself was different than anything I ever experienced because it had a penny slot "room: separated from the rest of the casino which was also non-smoking. The casino floor has a decorative iron railing running around the entire perimeter with entrances only at certain openings which made it a little difficult to get in and out in a hurry. There is a smoking and a non-smoking section and a large diagram/map showing the areas when you enter.
There are many table games with as small a minimum as $5.00 and a wide variety of slots with everything from pennies up to a separated high roller room which I did not go into. The air quality was pretty good even in the smoking areas and there were plenty of waitresses to take your drink orders while on the gambling floor. I was also happy to see they had plenty of change machines where you could also cash in your slot ticket.
The noise level ranged depending on the time of day or night and when it got exceptionally loud was when there was a live band in one the the nightclub restaurants right across the hall from the gaming floor. I always bring ear plugs and did use them so if extreme sound levels bother you, I recommend bringing them.
All and all an excellent experience, we will be back!