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Blue Lake Casino
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777 Casino WayBlue Lake, CA 95525
(707) 668-9770
- Price Range:
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$$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Parking:
- Private Lot, Valet
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- No
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Wi-Fi:
- Free
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
- Noise Level:
- Average
19 reviews for Blue Lake Casino
19 reviews in English
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Review from corey G.
Updated - 11/1/2011 4 Check-ins Here
I've been out to this Casino several times (see previous reviews) to while the night away with friends and karaoke. But this was my first experience staying at the Hotel. The lounge/bar is surely an upscale option for those wanting something different from college life at Humboldt.
I've not really messed with the Casino. I'm bad luck (or just smart), but I have looked over the shoulders of friends while they dreamed of being high rollers as they slammed their chips down on the Blackjack tables.
The real win here would have to be the resort/hotel portion of the Casino. Opened only within the last year or so, I stayed here earlier in the season and was really impressed. From the large sweeping artwork in the lobby, to the cool and funky couches also in the lobby, you are welcomed to a hotel which clearly warrants the short drive east of the 101 for a nice place to stay.
The rooms were clean & stylish, and on par with your more higher end big city boutique hotel. There is a pool and a nice hot tub. The latter proved to be a nice evening elixir after days of hiking on the rugged and beautiful Humboldt County coast.
This is a Native-owned and run facility. This also makes me glad about how I spend my tourist dollars while in Northern California. There is local Native art (lots of beautiful baskets) on display throughout the hotel.
Options are pretty limited out in Blue Lake, but if you are in the 'hood, do stop by the Blue Lake Casino---and trust me, there are more things to do than throw your money away in the casino.Listed in: Going Native.
2 Previous Reviews: Show all »
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4/9/2009
Went here for karaoke at the Wave Lounge. A big group of us "Skinz" actually took over the… Read more »
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Review from Destiny D.
Fort Bragg, CA
9/15/2011
The only casino I'd ever been in was the Hilton in Reno when I was eleven, and of course all I did was eat dinner there with my mom and check out the kids' arcade downstairs with my sister.
I recently moved home to Arcata with my fiance, and his mom and her friend took us to the casino with them one night. It was the first time for both of us, and we had a blast. We started out with the $15.00 free play money they gave us, $5.00 being for the slots and $10.00 being for the tables.
We started out the night in the Wave Lounge. The waitress was incredibly nice and checked on us constantly, and she was extremely apologetic when she forgot the barbecue sauce for our sweet potato fries. FYI, if you haven't tried that combination, you MUST. The Nacho plate was big enough to feed all four of us easily, and my White Russian was to die for.
When we finished eating, my fiance and I wandered off to the slot machines. We failed miserably. Seriously, we might as well have chucked the money straight into the trash. I was mildly disappointed as the plan was to stay until around 4:00am and it was barely ten yet.
My fiance talked me into hitting the Blackjack table after giving me a quick crash course, and we headed to the $1.00 table. Every single dealer and all the players around me were very patient as I was learning, and we played for hours. I drank four and a half very excellent hot chocolates, and started winning.
We took a break after a couple hours and wandered into a little lounge. I'm not sure what the name of it was, but it's the one with the curtains and the iSino light that flashes around. I am a big fan of the show Scrubs and so I just had to try an Appletini. After barely dipping my tongue in it, I was ready to vomit. It was a few weeks later that I learned Appletinis are not supposed to be clear...anyway, the girl behind the counter was amused by my reaction and took it away, bringing me back a Buttery Nipple. It was freaking delish!
Finally we wandered back to our Blackjack table and played for a few more hours. When it got late enough, we finished up and turned in our chips. Our ride got there a little while later and we walked out with $50.00 that we didn't have when we walked in.
I had a blast, and my fiance and I returned for a fun night out a couple months later when we had some extra money. We lost it all that time, but still had a lot of fun. -
Review from Donna C.
Manhattan, NY
2/4/2012
The machines are really REALLY old.. so the selection is considerably lacking. I came to find out they don't update machines until they break-- unlike most casino who swap out machines regularly. The environment is prone for "younger men" almost naked dancing girls on the card tables and smoky casino. The hotel was designed nice but the pool area is awful-- you could find a better pool in a MOTEL. The police busted in both nights we stayed apparently there is a lot of drug and violence crime at the Blue Lake Hotel. We will be checking out the two other Casino's in the area next time.
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Review from Leslie L.
San Diego, CA
12/31/2011 1 Check-in Here
Well this casino is kind of a waste of space because they hardly have any good machines, it is very small, and the have no one walking around offering drinks to gamblers. There is no Wheel of Fortune machine! Hardly any luck in this place!
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Review from Angelina S.
San Jose, CA
2/26/2011
I had a great experience here! I stayed here with my mom and one year old while my boyfriend fought at one of the events. The staff was very accommodating and gave us a room on the first floor so that it was easier for us to bring our things in and I could get to the room quickly when going back and forth. The large rooms were spotless, beds were comfy, and they even offered room service. I think they offered breakfast too but we didn't get up in time. I would definitely stay here again. The prices were the same as the holiday inn, a little more than some other places, but it's convenient if you'll be spending some time at the casino.
The bar and restaurants were good. What you would expect at a casino, i guess. Overall, we had no complaints. Would definitely recommend checking it out if you're in the area. -
Review from Marty M.
Eureka, CA
9/27/2011
Don't waste your time with the other Casinos this is the place to go! They have the best of everything! 5 star service,food,games,and hotel! And the gas station has great food and over 18 games!
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Review from Jesse O.
Sherman Oaks, CA
11/8/2010
The casino was kind enough to give my band a room for playing a festival in Blue Lake. Everything is fine until halfway down to LA we were charged $250 dollars for "smoking in the room". No one smoked in the room during our stay.
Management refused to give us any written confirmation about this charge unless we sent a subpoena. Obviously we are not going to legally file any charges because of $250.
I guess they weaseled it out from us.
I will never stay at Blue Lake Casino again. -
Review from Janney B.
San Francisco, CA
8/9/2008
Three different groups of women screamed "IT'S OUR SONG!" when the band played 'Redneck Woman' tonight.
I seen them and they was so excited. -
Review from Ari g.
Arcata, CA
9/12/2008
I went here last night with my peeps for Ladies' night karaoke in the Wave lounge. Probably the most fun I've had in a bar-type locale in a long while. I drank, I danced, I sang and pretty much made a fool of myself. There were people of all walks of life in there. Older, "country" types, to liberal college students. We were in the middle somewhere. The downside was the copious amount of smoke in there. Like another reviewer said, "It's a great place to pick up lung cancer!"
Also if you go there on a tuesday, if you're a fan of New Belgium's Fat tire, you pay $10 and you can get a t-shirt, a glass, and a pint to celebrate this fantastic beer. -
Review from Ben R.
San Francisco, CA
8/16/2006
Hands down the best casino on the North Coast.
21 and over only! How'd they pull that one off?
It is a great place though, tons of tables with low and high limits, so everyone can play. Lots of slots. Helpful dealers, friendly staff, good food and BOOZE!!! Yeah baby! Way better than driving 12 hours to another casino anywhere else. Drain your paycheck and enjoy the slow paced lifestyle of Blue Lake. Kind of the last place I would expect the most exciting casino in Humboldt county to be! But it works!
Also, a great place to pick up lung cancer. -
Review from Ben D.
Rancho Cordova, CA
7/15/2007
For the area, the North Coast, it is pretty nice. Personally, I find it to be very small and pretty boring overall, but I'm used to bigger more extravagant casinos and I've only visited Blue Lake Casino in the daytime or early evening, so I'm obviously a bit jaded in my experience.
I like how close it is to Arcata which is where I stay when I'm in Humboldt and I do find that I stop there every time I visit from Sacramento. Either on the way into Arcata or the way out, never fails, I stop there. I usually just throw about 20 bucks into the slot machines, and I have to say that they have been pretty loose for me. I think I've come up at least a little bit every time I've been there. The longest I've been there was probably 45 minutes but I've been there probably 8 times or so. -
Review from NICOLE E.
Eureka, CA
4/29/2008
Go to Bear River it is so much better!!! Blue Lake Casino has the ugliest dealers, and least talented ones around... If you want Hot Chicks, or cute boys to deal to you, Go elsewhere!
Other than that it's the same as any other casino... The
Wave is kinda cool. -
Review from Danny L.
Eureka, CA
7/18/2011
I don't know who the previous reviewers are but they definitely aren't slot players. If you want to win a few bucks, Blue Lake is not the place to go! Slots are tighter than anywhere I've ever been. The only friendly staff there are the ones at the players club counter. Waitresses are to busy flirting to take an order and get it back to you within 15 minutes and slot mechanics are almost impossible to find when you have a problem. It took my wife over a half hour to finally get her ticket from one machine that didn't work properly. And forget winning. Typical bonus on their machines on a 50 cent bet is less than 5 dollars. When I say less, I mean the average is around 3 bucks!!!! So unless you want to drop 100 dollars in less than an hour betting 50 cents or less, don't go near this place!
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Review from Shana A.
Eureka, CA
4/17/2007
I love that this place is 21 and over and I also love this place because I won 5gs here. Yippee! The place has the best slot machines and the staff here is sooo nice. They also have a nice buffet so after you are done playing you can get your grub on. The only thing that sucks here is all the smoking.. but you can't win them all.
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Review from Todd F.
San Francisco, CA
1/11/2007
I can't speak to the actual Casino, but I came here to see Keller Williams play live and was impressed. I can't recall the name of the room where they had it, but it was very spacious and the casino staff were all very cool. The group I was with sweet talked them into letting us in before the doors were open to get our taping gear setup. Apparently several other tapers had done the same. Anyways, since it is within a casino you could go outside during the set break and enjoy the fresh air and then come back in the jam some more.
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Review from Alex L.
San Jose, CA
10/8/2009
Considering how out in-the-middle-of-nowhere this casino is, the experience we had in the casino was really good. Ok, yes I won money at the tables and slots, but the experience was good even without that. The place was clean, the dealers and other employees were friendly, the smoking allowed area was not too smokey. There was the usual assortment of slightly scary gamblers there, but plenty of security to make me feel like everything was under control. The dealer at our table was nice enough to tell us what we were supposed to do in certain ambiguous Blackjack situations. A decent amount, but not a ton of slot machines... I was happy to find plenty of video Backjack, which I like. Unfortunately we did not see wither of our favorite machines (which are a live-action video poker machine and visually exciting gem-oriented slot machine.) But, overall a very nice experience.
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Review from Terri z.
Redding, CA
7/17/2011
So we stayed here before right after they opened the hotel, I will say the rooms are nice clean comfy beds and the price is same as best western, the bonus here is you can try you luck at some gaming no matter what time you check in. But the casino is a dump they don't have any of the new machines everything they have is old, there is a mix of penny machines nickel, dime, quarter, I tried plenty of the machines I only saw one woman get a hand pay of 1200.00 so these machines are way to tight. I tried to get some water was told there was a self serve area which had no ice or water so ended up with a no ice Pepsi. Was the drink server give free beers to some guys she was flirting with and never came to see if i wanted something, flagged so kid in a suit he said he would get someone, the gal who was flirting finally did come by asked for a water, she brought 1, i asked if she could bring another so my husband could have one, she rolled her eyes, got the 2nd water, at that point she wanted 4.00 for 2 16 oz waters, I laughed gave her back the waters told I could by a case for that, and I have never been charged when i am spending money playing. She then brought 2 bar glasses of water, by this time i feed up with this casino and ready to go to the room were another kid in a suit told us we cant take our glass of water to the room and promptly took them away. Oh and most of the people here are college kids and a bit rowdy. So when i leave I don't care what freebies this place has I will never be back
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Review from Kristin P.
Alameda, CA
12/28/2009
Spent an almost b-day here on Thanksgiving for Thursday Karaoke, what a blast!! The servers could definitely be more attentive and the music choice could be a little bit more recognizable...but overall a great night!
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Review from Walter B.
Yuba City, CA
8/6/2009
I was planning a trip with my family to the Eureka area. I went online to check on hotels. I came across this casino and saw that they had just built a hotel. It sounded like a good deal to me. Go site seeing during the day and then go back to the room, rest, and then head out to gamble a little and check out the club they have. So, I call to make reservations. Let me quickly say that the individuals that I spoke to were really helpful and nice. Anyways, I make it a habit to ask if they have military discounts (I'm a disabled veteran with a Veteran's ID card). They said yes. I then explained that I have the Veteran's ID card and asked if I would qualify for the discount (it was a big discount). The worker had to ask her boss. She came back on the phone and said that the discount only pertained to Active Duty military. I really hate when places pull that. It just shows that if your a Veteran, you're not good enough. I then wrote an email to the casino explaining my frustration on this. I quickly received a response stating the same thing I was told on the phone..."it's only for Active Duty". I was then told something like "it's for them to relax while they are on leave". Hey, I want to relax. I was stuck in the middle of the desert in 140+ degree weather, in the middle of nowhere. I've had many places accept my Veteran's ID for a military discount - Lowe's, Home Depot, Round Table Pizza, the tree service that pulled out a tree in my front yard, and even the store that sold me my bed, and many others. All I'm saying is if you're going to have a Military discount, then accept all types of military - Active, Guard, Reserve, Veteran (with valid ID).
