It's just so much air when you play any slots like quarters,and dollars I mean literally nothing. Let's put it this way on the slots iv'e gone about 200 spins without a low mid range hit like 25 bucks. As far as slot play it's not great no matter what machine you play besides video poker,at least I think so. What does this mean for machine players well usually nothing most of the time,but if you come here often enough you will see machines randomly shut down for maintenance without anyone actually touching the machine etc. Take this with a grain of salt and im not trying to badmouth Thunder Vallley it's a fun place to hang out it's just common knowledge Indian gaming nation wide is not regulated. I guess the Auburn Tribe makes enough money that they don't care at all about the guest experience. So we decide to sign up for a players/reward card, which was quick and easy, you even are suppose to get an e-mail in 48hrs for a free buffet, nor me or my wife ever received an e-mail, I e-mailed rewards and they never responded.

Cache Creek has similar items, but the quality of food is much better. They try, but they need to up their game here. The food was underwhelming, at the same level as the older dump casinos further north. We decided to eat at the buffet, they aske you to tip when you pay upfront, a joke as we had to go find a server to get a soft drink and it just continued downhill. I ordered a Rob Roy which is a Manhattan but with Scotch, the bartender looked at me like I fell out of a tree, I asked if he knew how to make it, he said he did, I knew he didn't and it tasted like crap, but I suffered through it rather than risk making a scene.

First off service at the Thunder Bar is a joke, and that fact that a bar in a Casino has a long line to order a drink means management does not have a clue how to make money.

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