Nickel’s Lounge and Casino

Nickel’s is in the Ramkota Motel in Bismarck ND. Seasons Café is also in the hotel. Our flight was canceled coming home, the airline put us up at this hotel for of all things New Years Eve. Happy hour was taking place when we checked in so we decided to tip a few in travelers frustration. We had a very nice waitress, who was very attentive. We ended up eating in the bar area because of her.
The food was all just OK. My pork chop was luke warm, my wife’s walleye was crusted with about a pound of Parmesan cheese. They touted warm popovers, which we both like and you don’t see them very often. Unfortunately these we over cooked and dried out. The waitress let us know that are usually like that.
The bar began to get busier. There was only one waitress and one bar tender. They were working very hard to keep everyone happy. The manager instead of helping out followed the waitress around and hounded her verses picking up a tray and pitching in.
Our waitress gets 4.5 stars for effort, the manager gets 0 for being incompetent. the food was a 3