After a three year hiatus, the wife and i returned to Tunica via a CET junket. Since we started going to Horseshoe Cincinnati to use points at the dining venues that we acquired from the use of our credit card and then playing a little CET started sending the junket offers again and we thought why not save the drive.
Tunica had been a yearly favorite of ours for years but of late we had been making a trip to Gatlinburg with the granddaughter after our trip to either Vegas or Reno and Tunica has been skipped.
Anyway, off we flew weds. for four days. We stayed at the aging but acceptable Tower Hotel next to the Harrah's casino. Our room was on the sixth floor facing the front parking lot. This too was ok as there is really no good view to be had really. This room at least lets you see a lot of grass and the two other hotels off in the distance.
Now. To refer to the report title. Paula Deen's Buffet. How one meal can be so bad and one can be so good is hard to fathom. We decided to stay right there at Harrah's that first day ( we arrived at the casino at 12:30 ) but the room wasn't ready till after 2:00 so we hit the casino running, so to speak. Next thing you know it's 6:30 and the ole tummy's are growling so we head up to the buffet. Now the last time we were at Harrah's we had breakfast at Paula's and it was really good, so we were looking forward to something similar. NOT SO. Be warned folks. Unless you really like grease by the bucket, stay away. It was awful. I couldn't find anything worth putting on my plate except salad. I nibbled a bit of this and a bit of that of the other selections and it was all bad with the exception of the carved ham. Can't screw up a ham now can you?
Next day we took the shuttle over to the Horseshoe to see if the buffet there had improved since we had last been there. The buffet at the Horseshoe had always been among our favorite of all we had dinned anywhere until last trip when it had dissappointed greatly. It had seemed like the quality of the selections and preparation both had slipped a lot. I am VERY happy to report that that problem has beem rectified big time! The buffet is once again one of the finest i have ever eaten at in every way. The food was absolutely delicious, the selections multitudinous, and the service was top notch with a smile by all. I spoke with an employee and was told that a new executive manager was put in charge and he made a lot of changes. All for the better apparently.
By the way, none of the CET properties serve breakfast at there buffets except on sat. & sun. There is a smal rest. called the Fieldhouse i think at Harrah's that serves breakfast Mon. thru Fri.
Gamingwise it was a profitable trip. My lovely wife won $550 on slots at the Gold Strike and a few bucks at the Roadhouse. The tables were kindest to us with wins of $1000 playing Mississippi Stud at the Horseshoe and $1250 again at Mississippi Stud at Harrah's. Subtract the $800 we foolishly lost right befor boarding the bus on those damn machines ( lol ) and it left us a nice profit for the trip.
Moral of this trip: breakfast at Paula Deens, all other buffet meals at the Horseshoe and play conservative Mississippi Stud.
Tunica had been a yearly favorite of ours for years but of late we had been making a trip to Gatlinburg with the granddaughter after our trip to either Vegas or Reno and Tunica has been skipped.
Anyway, off we flew weds. for four days. We stayed at the aging but acceptable Tower Hotel next to the Harrah's casino. Our room was on the sixth floor facing the front parking lot. This too was ok as there is really no good view to be had really. This room at least lets you see a lot of grass and the two other hotels off in the distance.
Now. To refer to the report title. Paula Deen's Buffet. How one meal can be so bad and one can be so good is hard to fathom. We decided to stay right there at Harrah's that first day ( we arrived at the casino at 12:30 ) but the room wasn't ready till after 2:00 so we hit the casino running, so to speak. Next thing you know it's 6:30 and the ole tummy's are growling so we head up to the buffet. Now the last time we were at Harrah's we had breakfast at Paula's and it was really good, so we were looking forward to something similar. NOT SO. Be warned folks. Unless you really like grease by the bucket, stay away. It was awful. I couldn't find anything worth putting on my plate except salad. I nibbled a bit of this and a bit of that of the other selections and it was all bad with the exception of the carved ham. Can't screw up a ham now can you?
Next day we took the shuttle over to the Horseshoe to see if the buffet there had improved since we had last been there. The buffet at the Horseshoe had always been among our favorite of all we had dinned anywhere until last trip when it had dissappointed greatly. It had seemed like the quality of the selections and preparation both had slipped a lot. I am VERY happy to report that that problem has beem rectified big time! The buffet is once again one of the finest i have ever eaten at in every way. The food was absolutely delicious, the selections multitudinous, and the service was top notch with a smile by all. I spoke with an employee and was told that a new executive manager was put in charge and he made a lot of changes. All for the better apparently.
By the way, none of the CET properties serve breakfast at there buffets except on sat. & sun. There is a smal rest. called the Fieldhouse i think at Harrah's that serves breakfast Mon. thru Fri.
Gamingwise it was a profitable trip. My lovely wife won $550 on slots at the Gold Strike and a few bucks at the Roadhouse. The tables were kindest to us with wins of $1000 playing Mississippi Stud at the Horseshoe and $1250 again at Mississippi Stud at Harrah's. Subtract the $800 we foolishly lost right befor boarding the bus on those damn machines ( lol ) and it left us a nice profit for the trip.
Moral of this trip: breakfast at Paula Deens, all other buffet meals at the Horseshoe and play conservative Mississippi Stud.
