Silver Reef Hotel Casino Spa, Ferndale

We went down for our 2nd anniversary and bought the $340 spa package. Once we arrived at the casino we were informed that they had upgraded us to the 6th floor Executive Suite. Gorgeous room. 1 1\2 bathrooms, wet bar, 2 person jacuzzi tub, huge shower, big flat screen tv, the main bathroom was big enough to have a 20 person party in, It was huge and beautifully adorned. King sized bed that was the most comfortable thing I have ever slept on. Only downside of the room was that with a widescreen flat panel hd tv you would think there would be HD channels for it. After we checked in we went for our couples massage, we loved it, even my husband who has never had a massage before. With our package we got a $200 credit for the spa so our massage was $170 for an hour and I had another $30 that I could use to buy product ! While the spa was nice it was next to the pool and weight room so people used the same change room in the spa which kinda ruined the ambiance you get with most spas. The room our massage was in was nice and quiet though. We then went for our buffet prime rib dinner also included with the package. The food was wonderful as was the service. After dinner we dove into the casino, we did pretty good. We came home with the same amount of money we came in with which is always a good night for me. We also had a buy $10 in slot tickets get another $10 free coupon with our package. Free money !The casino was smoky though. Apparently they do have a small non smoking section but i didn't see it so I never went in to check how it was. My mother in law says it has good ventilation. The bathroom was also kinda tricky to find it is out in the open but for some reason I had a heck of a time finding the sign for it. When we got back to our room there was a little package at our door with a card wishing us a Happy Anniversary signed by the staff and a package of playing cards, chocolates and dice. They also gave us a little card to let us know what the weather was going to be like the next morning. Overall, It was a great experience and we are almost scared to go back next year as it may not live up to how well this trip went !

Firstly the building was beautiful, the staff very friendly and accomodating, but the smoke haze was terrible. The slots don't pay out in comparison to other casinos that I have travelled to in the vicinity I am quite discouraged about travelling there again.....So Sad

First off I had a great time Gambling, The casino itself is VERY nice, quite elegant - but when it came time to go to my hotel room, things changed. I stayed in a smoking room with two queen sized beds for $149.95. This room was far from comfortable - I don't know what the other guys are talking about! The first thing I noticed is that the lighting was absolutely terrible. They used 25 watt Florissant light bulbs in all the lamps, except the bathroom which was lit better, but still lacking. Even over the coffee pot area there was zero light as it was in it’s own dark corner, it was terrible. Why there would be zero light where there is water and electricity involved is beyond me. The room was dark enough that I couldn’t really tell if the room was really clean or not. It looked clean, but in that lighting who could really tell. There was no microwave, nor refrigerator. When I called to the front desk to ask where they were, I was told “I can bring you a little refrigerator for $15 a night, but we have no microwaves, as we expect you to eat in our restaurants”. Well, sounds like these guys are pretty smart, I can’t argue with that. Right away I noticed that not one of the metal trash cans had bags in them, so I was subject to other people germs and such. Nothing is as gross as a snotty trash can! Actually, this was the very first time I had encountered this little issue – EVER! I have traveled the world, and wow - even hostiles even have trash can liners! These trash cans looked pretty skanky to say the least. Cigarette ash residue and all kinds of other unknown goodies were there to be had. When I opened up the TV cabinet, the doors would not even open up all the way, so you had to be almost directly in front of the TV. The problem with that is that the good viewing area was “in-between” the beds! I have never been in a room so poorly designed in my life. You had to lay on the edge of the beds to see the whole TV properly. Anyone laying in the middle or the other side of the bed would have a door in the way of their view. Then comes the size of the TV, it might have been a 25” set on a good day, but it was more like a 20”. The TV was old school and not even a flat screen, this TV was ghetto! However, they at least had a bunch of great movie channels. I had to move the easy chair in-between the beds to really watch TV like a normal person. Now on to the one easy chair in the room, (a room supposedly meant to sleep four people, thank heavens I was by myself). It was the cheapest most uncomfortable chair I have ever experienced in a hotel room. Even $50 rooms have better chairs than this. I had to take a pillow and put it in my lower back to make it even livable. The alarm clock was an absolute joke. And in keeping with the low light policy, I couldn’t see the clock even in the dark as the back lighting was so dim. I woke up at 3:00 a.m. and looked at the alarm clock and had to get up and get about four feet in front of it to even see the time. Just pathetic! The air conditioner was screwed up, and would not work properly. It would start up, and then turn off all the time before it got down to the set temperature. I actually slept with only the sheet because I was sweating so much. I slept in the bed closet to the windows so that I would be able to be a little cooler with an open window. By far the nicest part of this room was the bathroom area. It had much better lighting, but the vent did not work - and for a smoking room, this was not cool. However, the towels were extremely plush and nice. The shampoo and soap were also very nice. They even had four glasses for everything, letting me know that one could expect to have four people in this room (still a mystery as to why there was only one chair in the room). It had a very nice shower curtain. I was really surprised that there was a light in the shower above you, and that is rare. So nice to take a shower in real light. This room was a bad deal for $149.95!

This was our first visit to the Silver Reef Casino and we only went there to have dinner and play the slots. Having been to numerous other casinos, my wife and I did not enjoy the experience as much as some of the others. We found that approx. 75-80% of the slot machines are 1cent machines, the most we have ever seen in one casino.....which is absolutely ridiculous. Hardly any 25cent machines (only a few) and the machines that we like, they don't have. So for us, a poor variety of slots. Many of the machines will only accept players' personal plastic cards, so we could not play on those. We had dinner in the Red River Cafe. I had steak and prawns. My wife had the 12oz Ribeye Steak. The steaks were very average and both had too much grizzle. Our dinner was comparable to what you might expect at Denny's restaurant....nothing special, and over-priced for what you get. My wife's steak was not 12oz, it was fairly small and about the thickness of a pancake. My sirloin was also smaller than what I expected. As well, for us non-smokers, we may have just taken a few mores years off our lives. On almost every machine we played on, guaranteed someone puffing away next to you.

The hotel is immaculate. The rooms are comfortable. We love the proximity to the casino and the fact that a long corridor separates the non-smoking hotel from the casino.

It is a very nice place to stay, very welcoming and comfortable. The food was excellent and reasonably priced. I also won $200 at the Casino - which was cool!

Everything is super clean, the servie is very friednly and the casino is pretty good too! The rooms are beautiful and the beds are so comfortable! We enjoy every trip to the Silver Reef!!

We came on a casino bus tour and enjoyed our trip! The hotel was impecable ,the service was great and friendly too!! The red river buffet was just like the excellent food you get on a cruise ship! The only thing that bothered us non smokers was the smoky casino!! Wow, couldn't stay in there for more than a few minutes. Just when I'd find a blackjack table with no one smoking , 2 people would lite up right beside me. Other than that it was a 10 out of 10.

Loved the rooms! Comfortable bed!! Buffet was great..but too small, not enough selection. Casino was great but very crowded!!!! The pool area was nice but was quite small. Definately clean and friendly service throughout the whole hotel. Buffet breakfast was FANTASTIC!!