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Whiskey Pete's Hotel and Casino
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31900 S Las Vegas BlvdPrimm, NV 89019
(702) 386-7867
- Price Range:
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$
- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Attire:
- Casual
- Good for Groups:
- Yes
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
- Takes Reservations:
- Yes
- Take-out:
- No
- Wheelchair Accessible:
- Yes
- Outdoor Seating:
- No
- Alcohol:
- Full Bar
17 reviews for Whiskey Pete's Hotel and Casino
We needed a place to stay down the road to LA from Vegas and Whiskey Pete's filled the bill very nicely. The room was $15.57 including tax. Granted at that rate there are zero amenities beyond a bed, towels and soap but it was clean, comfortable and far enough away from the casino to be quiet.
We passed on the restaurant.
I actually like this hotel/casino quite a bit.
We had reservations for one night while traveling from the Bay Area to Las Vegas, and tried to check in only to learn we were at the wrong hotel. But we liked it so much (and were tired), and so the desk clerk very nicely cancelled the other reservation to the other Primm hotel/casino (be careful, there are 3). She offered us a room for $15 for the night. We couldn't believe it.
The room is large enough, with a great view of the desert and incoming line of traffic, clean but well worn.
I like the small casino. It had many slot games I liked. I never tried the table games, unfortunately.
The small cafe had decent enough food, and it's served 24 hours, which is absolutely necessary in a gambling situation.
I don't know if I'll ever come this way again, but if so, I'd love to stop at Whiskey Pete's again.
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The bf & I were forced to stop here because of the ridiculous traffic. We decided to play Blackjack at the cheap tables ($5 minimum bet) to kill time. Of course, it lasted us awhile.
I really didn't like Whiskey Pete's because it's gross and I kept getting carded while I was sitting at the slot machines. I would have rather killed time at the outlet across the street. Haha.
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This is for the buffet.
What was I thinking? It was awful. I mean nauseous awful. The food tasted old, but it was the "Last Chance Saloon" for our road trip.
The ventilation was poor also. The main floor wreaked of stale cigarette smoke - not like the major casinos.
If you can wait and keep driving, do it.
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The best thing I can say about the Mega Cafe at Whiskey Pete's is that at least we didn't get sick from the food. It was awful. We stopped in here to get a non-fast-food dinner during a long road-trip. What a mistake. The place looks awful, smells awful, and serves up awful food. The one-star rating is actually too generous.
This is a decent place to stop if you're driving to or from Las Vegas from anywhere that's within driving distance. There's a restroom, which is a given, but also a necessity on road trips.
The buffet here isn't bad; I liked it better than a few of the buffets in Las Vegas (but anything is better than the Paris buffet!). The server was really friendly, and the food was decent. One thing that made me wonder, though, was the comment from the server: "Use your straw, baby. Don't drink out of the glasses at restaurants, ever." It's decent and reasonable advice (that I still follow), but it's not the most comforting thing to hear when your drinks arrive.
Like any casino, Whiskey Pete's is dark and full of smoke. Being located in the middle of nowhere, Whiskey Pete's has an especially grim feeling to it.
Morbid note: Back in the late 1980s, a little boy disappeared from the casino's arcade. His body was found a month later under the hotel manager's trailer. ( http://en.wikipedia.or... )
Whiskey Pete's is a good place to stop, eat, and use the restroom, but the atmosphere in the actual casino seems to suck the life out of everyone. Go for the food, but head on to Las Vegas for the gambling.
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Came here on the way home from the Arizona victory over BYU in the Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl this past season. We figured this would be a interesting place to grab some breakfast on the way home. Well interesting it was.
It was probably the worst meal I have had at a restaurant in a long time, maybe ever. We all ordered steak and eggs...not something I ever order but I know how an egg is supposed to be cooked. Anyway I ordered mine OVER EASY it came OVER BARELY COOKED. I couldn't believe it. The steak was what I would expect for a place like this but there is no excuse for an egg this raw. It looked cooked on one side for maybe 30 seconds and then flipped over onto my plate. Our server was not attentive enough to fill our glasses of water so I couldn't even imagine trying to send something back. Plus I didn't want spit, steak and eggs for breakfast (yeah its that kind of place).
Im just happy I didnt projectile vomit from food poisoning on the ride home. I never thought Id say this but we should have stopped at McDonalds! EEEWW!
Stopped here and they were jerks. They gave me a hard time because I look young. After I showed ID we hoped the monorail and went across the street. Across the street was way better. I always use to stop over there for gas and food. For some reason we came to whiskey pete's...That ain't ever happening again.
BTW the Bonnie and Clyde car and clothes is across the street. Pretty cool and I won money walking out the door. Boo-ya. Thanks Pete for being a fuckin jerk.
We stopped here to grab lunch and to take a break from the bumper to bumper traffic out of Vegas at the end of a holiday weekend. I was told the buffet was recently remodeled or something, and since we were starving, we figured it couldn't be too bad. Man was that a horrible idea. For $11.99, you get:
a decent made-to-order omelet, if you get the right cook making it
non-working soda machines, almost as though to mock you for going there
horrible coffee (when you could get a mug for it, that is)
a tiny choice of disgusting food - the chicken was so overcooked, I couldn't even cut it. The salad bar was so drenched in dressing and left out so long, the salad had no crunch to it at all. Everything else was over-salted, fried and dripping in oil, *and* left out way too long to boot, making it an unappetizing, greasy mess.
So I figured I'd try the dessert, thinking they couldn't possibly get that wrong. The cakes were unevenly cut, some weren't even placed right side up, and tasted like cake mix that had been overbaked and left out too long (the edges were so dry/stale, they were hard). They offered donuts and pastries like the kind you'd expect from a 7-11. The soft serve ran out of vanilla and they didn't refill it until we were leaving.
The restroom here was also absurd for a Vegas casino/hotel. The A/C was either low or off, so it was much warmer than the casino/buffet. It was dirty and small, and of the two faucets, one was broken and the other was hard to get to (had to squeeze between the counter and the door).
I'm just glad I didn't get sick before we got to the next rest stop (which happened to be an unfortunate 26 miles down the road).
I'm torn... a few years ago, I'd have given this giant dive bar 4 solid stars... now I'm tetering between 3 and 3.5. It's old, it's divey, and it's a good thing as that in itself carries some appeal. Across the highway you can monorail it over to Buffalo Bills or Terrible's (the old Primadonna or Primm Valley depending on how far back you go), for a newer type of gamblin' saloon. Usually, I'd win here if I lost in Vegas, and if I won in Vegas, I'd usually lose here. All three properties have been taken over by Terrible's now, and the only thing that irks me is that they changed the Blackjack payout to 6-5 instead of 3-2. It's hard enough to win against the house as it is... but c'mon now... no need to kick me in the nads one more time before I leave town.
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rooms are old/nasty(at least 2yrs ago they was). buffet is good. i enjoy the casino cos i'm dirtbag-chic. i would stay here for free.
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$25/ night i am not complaining.
i was just passing through and stayed a night.
it's located by the the stateline and only 5minutes from the primm outlet. clean rooms but horrible view from the room (either the concerte water tower or a long stretch of I-15).
it's cheap but not cheap in quality.
seriously. it's not wynn but it's only $25.
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This is a good place to stop if you forgot to use the bathroom on the way back to LA, and if you want to do some quick, cheap gambling, but not if you really want to hang out. Roulette is super cheap, with a $4 minimum, slots are from like the 80s, but try the Monopoly game - that's pretty fun. But the bathroom area is super creepy, so I wouldn't go alone, and if you're a girl, watch out for the pervs there. Ugh, dirty old men.
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Tracey got it spot on. This is solely on their prime rib special. I love it, always get one on the way back from Vegas if we're driving. LOVE LOVE IT, the price is def less than 10, soup/salad, and the awesome prime rib. You can get it blackened and yum yum! If your ever in the area, you must must try it once if you love meat.
This review is solely based on my love for their prime rib special. Seven bucks for prime rib? Yes please!
So in the cafe, they've got the usual steak and eggs and shrimp somethingerother specials that are the norm around Vegas. What isn't so normal is how great the prime rib was! I don't know if it's because we got there at 3:30 and their special starts at 3 or what. Maybe that's the key. Get it while the prime rib is fresh! Anyways, you get your choice of wet salad (just needed to dry off to be good) and watery soup (see the appetizer trend here?) and mashed or baked potatoes. For a dollar more, you can get your steak blackened. SO well worth it. The extra black pepper and spices made that seven dollar steak sing like Celine. SO GOOD. The regular cut of prime rib was just as good and tender, although not as flavor loaded. But you can't really compare the two since both are good in their own right. Meat purism vs. flavor explosion. Same thing with the baked potato vs. mashed. Mashed got that yummy yummy gravy going on, but a good ole' baked potato is just as good in its pure potato and butter simplicity.
So it may only be a fluke, or maybe it's a lucky timing thing, but that seriously was the best prime rib I've had and for only seven bucks!
I give Whiskey Pete's 4 stars for being good at what it is: a cheap place to sleep, rest and gamble away from the chaos of the strip. My expectations weren't high, so I was pleasantly surprised that my $35 room was just as nice as some I've paid 2 or 3 times as much for in lots of other cities. We played some slots, but weren't really there for the gambling. It was an overnight stop during a long drive in a place with a parking lot big enough for our 40-ft trailer. They have a cool pool, and a tram-like shuttle over the highway to the two sister hotels and casinos across the street. Also over there is a pretty huge mall with lots of international tourists ;picking up all sorts of things to schlep home. Whiskey Pete's is A-O-K.
I'm here for their reasonable priced, and very good prime rib dinner. Yum!
