Fort McDowell Casino Reviews

Had a good lunch at the buffet. And love the new keno machines.

It's one of the best Hotel and casino I've ever been to.. I highly recommend it g eat for relaxing in the he evenings

Visited several times. Mostly to enjoy the buffet! The all you can eat lobster did it for me! The casino itself was nice enough. Also a huge bingo hall. Tons of parking.

Great place. Friendly staff. Looking forward to going back.

Loved it
Great place

I have absolutely no luck at Fort McDowell but friends claim good fortune. You can't lose if you don't play.

Great hidden gem with lots of games that keep the visit fun! You don't even need to bring a ton to have a great time and I've even left with more then I arrived with more often then not!

Good music, and great assortment of slot machines, but they need a better air filtration system. It was way too smokey

What a surprise, a local buffet that had a decent meal

Not only did I win I won a jackpot off of the free $10 they give you for joining their Players Club. Thanks Fort McDowell you guys rock!

Whow! Great getaway for a few hours of fun and relaxation

Great Bingo
Employees are very attentive

Much older crowd type environment and not as modern as most of the Casino's I have been to in AZ. Definitely would recommend for those that want to play Bingo and do not want the 20, 30, 40 Crowd

It was okay barely seen a cocktail bathrooms not up to Par considering it was not busy

Was disappointed in breakfast. Food was cold and sausage was so hard to cut because of the skin on it.
Not much fun maybe because we could only be their from 10 to 1.
Bus ride.

Temp check at door but the safety stops there. Lots of crowds and very busy.

The buffet is awesome. Get your players card and save some money.

Rude old people in the Bingo non-smoking area. They want to control who sits next to them so they save seats till bingo starts so no one will sit next to them. Weirdos! MGMT should control some of that. Not going back. Lone Butte is sooo much better.

If you pulling a camper or driving a RV you are not welcomed here, security will make you leave. Unfortunately they waited until I spent a couple of hundred dollars. That's the last money they'll get from me.

HEY DAVE FARRELL AND I JUST WENT TO THE FORT MCDOWELL CASINO!!!!!!

I won't be stopping at fort McDowell casino again. I went in to blow 50$. I never gamble to win, just to have fun. I got my 50 in 5s, I like to go from one machine to the next. The first one I sat down at I put a 5 in & right away it was messing up, rolling really slow &a thing came across it telling me to call an attendant, I did, one finally came. She was rude, treated me like I had done something wrong. I said just give me my 5& I will be on my way. She informed me I spent my money weather or not I got to roll the machine, that was it.

Your rating went down to a 2 from 5 stars your new fortune club is awful!!!!!!!!!! We play bingo 3 days a week and spend money on food and gambling the rewards are dumb and not worth the effort to spend lots of money there! From 20 to 3 dollars a week!!!!!!! No food credits you are going to lose lots of customers so have plans to shut the place down within a year!!!!!!

I like the energy, but kinda slow right now. Seems to pay tho

Staff is great. Food is bad in the buffet. They really need to upgrade the casino floor

Nice casino. Poker room lots of new slots. And good food.

Well i always use my phone to find my husband.they cut off ur phone.i had no cell an i have asthma.if i dont feel good i call him an i go.well i had to walk around 30 min.just tryin to find him.an i wasnt feelin good.an my phone wouldnt work..so no not a good casino if u depend on ur phone as ur life line...sorry.but... old slots were good an were paying.only plus

The hotel operators are extremely rude and not very hospitable. The wait time trying to book a hotel room is even more atrocious! I used to stay here often but in the past couple of years the hospitality have gone tremendously down. There are a lot more hotels/casinos in the Phoenix area that are more hospitable, pleasing and offer better amenities than this dump hole!!!!

The smoke in the casino is baddd, they need to install more freshners in the casino area, or limit the smoking times in the casino area, most of us non smoking peeps want to go over and enjoy the games as much as you do. so please do something about that. thanks

Went late at night and had a lot of fun. The slots didn't take my money so quickly there.

Best Casino in Arizona. Cheapest place to play bingo, buy smokes, food & hotel stay.

Use to enjoy but have changed too may of their machines.

I've been to nicer casinos in Arizona. Didn't have much luck

This is one of the oldest casino in Arizona I think it was the very first casino that opened in Arizona probably 30 years ago. When you walk in it's like walking into a time zone the place has not changed in 30 years I really feel that it needs to be leveled to the ground and build a more modern casino. The ventilation system well I don't think they have one because the smell of smoke penetrates everything in the building plus your clothes when you leave you have to immediately take a shower and burn your clothes. If you don't mind walking into a "Time Warp" and smelling a little like smoke you can still have a pretty good time they do have live entertainment every once in awhile.

Sign up for their club card to take advantage of their deals, and free play

Nice staff, dealers in poker room are friendly, slots pay well, restaurants are good too.

Great place to play a game and multiple options to eat. Are you feeling lucky?

So unbearably loud, the live music was ear splitting and not enjoyable. Apparently most casinos believe it is better to drown out the cries of all the losers! This is the loudest.

Tightest slots in any casino I've been to in America and that includes Vegas. If your feeling lucky do not go to Fort McDowell. Good luck, but not here.

Long John Silvers only available in restaurant not thru drive thru. No signs to make you aware of this prior to getting stuck in line! Extremely slow once in store.

That place sucks!! Don't waste your time!!
Machines are so tight that you're just making a donation!

Nice but the customer service lacks heavily! The staff is at times rude as hell!

The food is exelant and the staff are very nice exelant customer service .

It is the greatest time ever spent..get your rewards card and food then start playing...

Okay casino, crab buffet usually o.k. but have raised prices. Not much of a gambler so no opinion there. Plenty of parking.

The keno machines were not good the band what's really good I like that and how about a free room thank you

Lots of construction going on as they expand, so it's a little inconvenient to get around the parking lots and walkways.
A band was playing in the casino at the time and the music was very nice, but it was SO loud you could not hear yourself think. My ears were ringing once we left. Don't know if the band plays every day. Again, not a negative comment on the band itself, just on the volume.
We stopped at the little diner inside the casino for lunch (the '50's inspired decor one that is near the bingo play area). It wasn't that great at all. The tables and chairs were filthy and we had to clean it all off before we could sit. The food was mediocre at best. The staff at the restaurant was not at all pleasant and the visit was generally dismal. We have not tried the buffet restaurant, but we might do that next time. Maybe it will be better?
We did not play bingo, but if you wanted to and you prefer the non-smoking section, you have to walk through the smoking section to get there. Seemed a little backward to us.
It was an okay place to visit, but I can't rave about it. Sorry.

It's a very small place hard to get something to drink when you're playing on the machines too far to drive out $100 in a slot machine playing a dollar fifty a roll and it was gone in less than 5 minutes the machines don't pay it all it's closer to go to Casino Arizona which is bigger better

Love going Fort McDowell to play Bingo I usually got to the later one this time we went to the 6 PM still had fun even though there was a lot of people love the food Fry Bread is my fave!!

A smoky dingy casino with an unfriendly stalk. Yuck!

Food was good, but disappointed in "voucher" system implemented on top of membership card required for discounts. Not an enticing system.

Found it to be an OK casino. Slots are tight as all casinos are. Food is reasonably priced. Employees are pleasant to deal with.