Twin River Event Center

FUCK this FUCKING place! Lazy, slack-​ass loser security caused my night to be ruined and my money wasted! I had front row tickets to kool & the gang, but could see nothing because there was no security stopping the losers from the back from crowding in the front. Even worse, I had no good escape because I couldn’t rely on my injured left knee to hold me up for dancing. How can I say. FUCK YOU TWIN RIVER louder? Let me know!

So glad I paid for second row tix and I can’t even see the artists cuz all the general admission people are down in front. Seriously? Straighten this out twin river event center!

This review is solely for the Blackstone Cigar Bar. I don’t gamble, I have zero interest in it, but I love being in casinos. It might be the atmosphere, it might remind me of my childhood in some way since I was frequently at Foxwoods as a kid. Whatever. The lights, the people the drinks, the food and the MONEY. Anywho, I usually visit the Blackstone Cigar bar on Thursday nights. I like it because its on the first floor in the middle of the Casino. It has a great cozy set up, lots of space, cool cigar selection and an amazing array of liqueurs, bitters, liquors and bottled beers. However, the draft selection is seriously lacking.
Last night I stopped in because I was informed that there will be a tequila event taking place at the Cigar Bar as sort of a prequel to the Tequila and Rum Fest that is taking place this weekend. I love Tequila, so I checked the Twin River website to confirm the invite and headed to the location. Once I arrived, I took my normal seat, ordered a Budlight (I know, I know, but I was drinking Black Label at my house, wanted to keep it light for a moment and The NFL Draft was on… Ads probably got into my head lol) awaited the festivities that were posted as starting at 9PM, it was 9:30. I noticed that apart from the 3 other gentlemen that I was with, there were about 4 other patrons at this huge bar. Our angel of a bartender Maureen, came over and asked us if we were interested in sampling Tequilas. Fuck yes im interested… tequila is holy water IMO. Maureen was a very sweet assertive woman. Apparently someone forgot to stock the bar with the promotional tequila and mixers that were being offered. I believe Maureen was the driving force behind making sure we tried out the product that was being offered. She was concerned that the drinks on the sample menu needed to be executed properly before they were being sold to patrons over the weekend and I was more than happy to be her Guinea Pig. Maureen mixed up some great cocktail variations with Casamigos tequila (10 points to George Clooney, cuz that shit is amazing. Try the Reposado!). Im unsure what was mixed at this moment but I had 2 different samples and was very pleased. Thanks to Maureen and Jerry for such a great experience. Also, thanks to the gentleman with the broken wrist. Hes the real MVP. I’ll continue to come to this location, and ill look forward to once again receiving great customer service.

Great facility for entertainment and dining. Stay away from the slots. Wages are to high to try and win non existent jackpots. Slots are designed to play on your mind and take your money as fast as possible. Trust me. I studied and played slots for twenty years now. It’s a gigantic legal scam.

came here for the AAA Show. very nice open, clean place. Very organized also. Nice set up.

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I’m writing this review based on the fact I’m CT born and raised and have had the luxury of Mohegan Sun which I have to compare any future casinos to. This place was small, gross, filled with smoke and in no way was the experience a special one.
We sat at a non-​smoking table in hopes to escape the avid smokers but some guy lit up right at the table and neither the dealer nor pit boss told him that the table was non-​smoking.
Also, there are restaurants in the front or the very back. So if you want to eat in separate places its pretty much impossible unless you haul your food across the casino floor through mobs of people.
The main reason we went was for an event and that was also a total let down. It was a few sections with rows of fold up chairs. Yes, fold up chairs for a 3 – 4 hour event. There was practically no assigned seating and it was basically a free for all even though the tickets had seat numbers/​rows on them. People were standing (in the front row) with total disregard for the other 10 rows behind them who couldn’t see due to their bold ignorance. Not one of the event staff told anyone to take a seat or to clear the side rows. We had to ask these people ourselves to move. Made for an awkward, uncomfortable and unenjoyable evening. I wouldn’t come to another «event» here if it was free.
Oh and did I mention it was like walking through a meat locker all night? I am not one to ever get cold but this place had me physically shaking. It was a rainy August day; so it wasn’t that hot outside at all. I’m not too sure why it was so cold.
There is no hotel at this casino either so we had to stay a few miles down the road. But based on the way the casino felt, even if there was a hotel, I’m glad we didn’t stay.

slop food concessions. beat up slots. plenty of free parking good drinks @ the Cigar bar
Jerry know his smokes and Elle is a doll.

This place sucks! Concert venue is ok but the rest sucks. Restaurants are way over priced. Did I mention this place sucks?!

This is a close «Go To» place for entertainment before or after dinner under the same roof. Mainly we go «donate» our hard earned money, because we definitely won’t get rich playing penny slots or even nickle slots here. BUT, it is for the entertainment and not to win fortune to change our lives.
For the most part, the place is clean, including the bathrooms. The atmosphere is what a casino atmosphere is, electric, sparkling, exciting, etc. But, I am little disturb by the high number of older individuals here, meaning borderline elder or elderly people. Even on a slow night like Thursday, there is large number of elderly individuals. There are two sections, smoking and nonsmoking, the more entertaining slots are located in the smoking sections, if you dare endure the smokers to left and right of you.
There is «live» entertainment (bands), a comedy club, bars, and food places (fast and restaurant style). I have not experience it yet, but I do plan on attending a live concert here. They do have some sub-​marque entertainment that comes here to perform.
Parking, depending on the time and where you park, can be good and bad. BEST SUGGESTION, go to the opposite side or rear of the location. Parking is closer less of a headache. First time going, we made the mistake of trying to find a parking spot at the main entrance/​exit of Twin River. A little bit longer of drive to get to the back, but worth it to avoid walking a million miles or taking a shuttle to get to the building.
All in all, our main reason for going to Twin River is for dinner at Wicked Good Bar and Grill (see my review for details). :-)

We go here all the time to see bands and play a few hours.
If you want to die, go to the smoking area! It reeks, your clothing reeks, your hair, the people smell. Ass cracks everywhere at night.
The bathrooms are disgraceful usually, they only clean them once a night I think.
I know people who never win here. You hear a good song over the loud speakers and then its interupted by «MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE, COMING TO THE LIGHHOUSE BAR ITS STEVE ANTHONY AND PERSUASION OR THE AMISH OUTLAWS. LOL
The crowd at night is very young, maybe 18 –24 and they play 5 cents a hand. No kidding. I see it. Its slots, not a casino. Do they card these people?
What about the way the security does NOTHING when people bang the crap out of a machine when they are mad because they are losing.
The Beverage people are sometimes annoying. I’m usually half asleep playing a machine late at night and they come by purposely and scream» BEVERAGE” really loud in my ears! Its funny sometimes.
They are getting table games soon. OH foxwoods look out !
Sometimes you win. Sometimes the machines are tighter than an elephant in a VW Beetle!
The food is pretty good. If your looking for good bonus play, dont go here. The money they give you is not much.
I’ll go back because I know everyone there. The workers at WICKED and Fred N Steves are awesome and we like them a lot. The hosts are nice people too.
So stay in the Non-​Smoking and bring little money. Period.

Something about a bunch of old people chain smoking in a slots only casino just kinda creeps me out. That pretty much describes the atmosphere. Table games may bring in a different crowd. I’ve been here a couple times but haven’t felt the need to return lately, maybe if there is something at the comedy club I would stop in. That was actually fun and the comedians were good. Restaurants get mediocre reviews too so there isn’t really much here. I’ll make the drive to Mohegan Sun if I really want a casino night

Twin River is no high-​end casino, but I always have fun playing the penny slots. Even in the smoking area, the place is really clean.
I do love that KFC buffet… one of my guilty pleasures.

This place has very little redeeming value.
The worst part is the SMOKING, some of my clothing still reeks THREE DAYS LATER! I only went in here to grab a bite to eat and play some blackjack while in the Providence area for the night. Avoiding the smokers in the blackjack area is IMPOSSIBLE from what I could see. Some early 20’s professional gambler sat down next to me, popped over $ 500 into the $ 10/​min video blackjack and began lighting up his Marlboro Lights, sucking them down one after the other while slowly killing me in the process. Luckily, i had a tiny stop-​loss that day and hit it within 20 minutes and jetted out of that section of the casino, gross gross gross.
I don’t do slots but there were filled by the sounds of social security checks being flushed down the toilet by countless octogenarians on their last leg. This casino in general is over 95% slot based and pretty depressing, not a place I’ll be rushing back to.
The steakhouse here might be the only thing one would ever return for but I’m not spending $ 40+ on a steak unless I win big on the floor. But why will I win big on the floor when I can’t spend more than 20 minutes without gagging from all of the cigarette smoke?! Twin River has put itself in quite the Catch 22 for me. If your demographic is officially tobacco users, we’ll just part ways now and say goodbye forever.
Smoking is nasty and we’re now finally used to going out in public without it invading the air we breathe as well… except places that are still stuck in the 1980’s like TRC.

surprised i didnt already review the twin river casino, but thats the nice thing about Unilocal,it tells you, write a review, and here i am.
so what is it about this place that would draw you to visit instead of sun/​fox?
did you see my answer? exactly, there isnt one. not a great place by any stretch of the word, not even a good place. im not asking to walk out a winner, thats not what gaming is about (would be nice though every so often) but smokey townies isnt what i would really consider a goto destination. i could easily see the upcoming ma casinos going in this direction, so if your reading this chairman of hardrock/​harrahs/​etc dont go there. provide a fun place with GOOD odds, and take your slice.
havent tried any of the restaurants, ive never even gone up to the second floor. does anyone win big here?

As far as casinos go, just ok. No tables. Stinky smokey and dirty. Good people watching. I’ve witnessed a lesbian lapdance and a woman with a Rocky headband mount her friend and ride her like a wild bull then dance dirty with an elderly man. It’s almost like a trailer park or a elder care facility took a field trip to the casino. Lots of places to eat though. Drinks expensive. Slots are expensive as well and don’t pay out much.

If you know anything about slots, you know that the only way you’re going to win is by playing the max bet.
The slots here are unbelievably expensive. $ 45 is the max bet on the $ 1 machine. On the quarter machines, it’s something like $ 12. Penny machines can get up there too in price, but your «winnings» are never even enough to keep you playing for very long.
I usually enjoy the high-​stake slots, but NOT here. You’ve got to have a few thousand dollars to blow, just to have a good time in that area. I did watch some dude win $ 2500 on one machine and then $ 3000 on another though. Willing to bet he dropped a lot of dough to get there though.
While at most other casinos, you can spend $ 100 and have fun for a couple hours, at Twin River, you can spend $ 100 and have fun for about 30 minutes.
I wouldn’t even say to come with $ 500 to blow and just have fun, because these games all really, really, really suck. If you come back and write a negative review, don’t say I didn’t warn you.
The only good thing about coming here is that you can get Del’s lemonade in at J’eat.

Stay away. You will be so much better off.
I’ve been here more then a few time and I always leave wishing I had not made the trip. You would have a better time playing the ancient slots in the back room at the elks then visiting Twin River. I’m convinced this place is on some type of slot management timer designed to cut winning percentages and bonus payouts. If not then these are the tightest slot machines on the planet.
I realize that I’m gambling and I’m very likely to lose… but at the very least give me some payouts so I can enjoy playing for a while. This place just takes, takes, takes. If I ever have the money… I would like to erect a billboard on the highway telling people to never set foot in this smoky, depressing, cheating shit hole.

1/​CLEANLINESS OF FACILITY: Grade D. Machines are routinely filthy, with smeared chrome. Really gross. They refuse to hire enough staff to keep up with it. The one thing they do is aggressively empty ashtrays, as in almost bowling you over to do so with a snarl.
2/​CAGE STAFF: Grade D. They also refure to hire enough people to staff the cash out cages. I was in line upstairs in the non smoking, and the line was like ten people deep, as there was only ONE person on duty, and the women up front apparently hit big enough to fill out tax paperwork.
The cage in the rear of the Blackstone room is never staffed at all. If it was, it would help quite a bit.
3/​CASH OUT MACHINES: Grade E. Similar looking ones at Atlantic City are way faster. These ones are so slow that you want to scream. Junk em all Craig old boy, ande get good ones. The Pequots have ones that allow a single person to load two tickets at a time, it sucks them in really fast, and spits out the cash fast as well. If you aren’t going to hire enough cage staff, you should spring for the fast machines.
4/​BARS, LIGHTHOUSE: Grade D. Most bartenders think they poo ice cream. Got a somewhat stale draft again. Overpriced, especially since at Foxwoods they give them to you for free.
4/​BARS, BLACKSTONE: Jerry is great, but is overwhelmed until the second bartender comes on. He has to handle the entire bar, and run over to the Humidor if somebody wants a cigar.
*/​BARS, SANDBAR: GRADE F This one is one the second floor, in the non smoking area. I stood there for ten minutes while the male bartender with a pony tail conversed with one of his buddies down at the other end. My ears starting to get hot, I go to the other side, and then got ignored by a couple of women running around making drinks, and the pudgy dude with the glasses. Again, I tip, so that is not the issue. Ignorance and total job security are part of the equation though.
5/​PAYOUT PERCENTAGE: Grade E. This observation is not based on a single bad day at Lime Rock; we have probably been to TR (no kidding) like 150 times. The payouts are way low. I have seen the jive talk that the State puts up on the Lottery website, and I am not buying it. Something is wrong, they give too little back. For this reason and several others we have resumed driving the extra 45 minutes to Foxwoods, where one hears plenty of «Woo Hoo !», as one never does at TR.
On March 9, 2012, we went in the evening, because a friend had to pick something up. We played «Wild Huskies» for a while, machines we had just spent a long time on down Foxwoods. There is no question that the payout percentages are dialed way down at TR, as compared to what the Pequots will give you back. I think I am all done with TR and their pervasive greed.
When Massachusetts opens their casinos, this place is going to get CROAKED, and then deserve it
*/​RESTAURANTS, SAPPHIRE GRADE D Separate review. Also now basically closed as it is opened extremely limited hours, I think as a Night club, not food serving establishment.
*/​RESTAURANTS, WICKED GOOD GRADE C With Sapphire’s truncation, this is the only affordable non food court option in the Facility. It was totally overwhelmed on a Saturday night, had to get on a list and get a buzzer, and believe me this place is not worth it. Good beer selection. Staff often operates in «I have total job security» mode, but the most recent waitress «Tiffany» was on the ball. Hostess, young girl in glasses, was about to have a breakdown over the crowds, and ought not be in that position since she can not handle the stress.
This week RI Governor came out in favor of TR being a full casino. Table games would be nice, as I do not belive that the current Blackjack machines are playing at legit Blackjack odds, I think they are set to the same payback percentage as the rest of the machines. Same thing for the Roulette; I have played alot of real Roulette and it pays out way better than the computerized vacuum at TR. With the apparent mentality of the folks who run the place however, they would just short staff and nickel dime this too.

My wife and I went here for the first time last night. Neither of us gamble but we have a touch of voyeurism and love to watch people and things.
Twin River isn’t nearly as big as the two huge Connecticut casinos, but it does have it charms. Lots of slot machines things with bright lights that make some interesting noises. If you go upstairs and look down onto the bottom floor, all the colors of the machines seem surreal. Pretty cool.
The band that was playing was decent but the food court just average. No boofay, just the usual Taco Bell, KFC, Soup Place, Johnny Rockets, Subway and Haagen-​Dazs places. Nothing really unusual or especially cool except for Dessert Express. That tiny place has enough empty calories to feed most third world countries. Some tasty items that encourages the pursuit of gluttony.
I love to ride escalators and Twin Rivers does have a couple. We enjoyed going up and down looking at people. One of the coolest things about the whole place is the huge map of Rhode Island that is one of the floors in the lobby downstairs. Looking at that was entertaining.
I am amazed at how quick the slot machines are. Just shove in the money and wham it’s over. I saw people going through some prodigious amounts of money in an incredibly short time. It would be more fun if they made them like video games so that something cool actually happens for your effort.
For someone who actually enjoyed gambling this place might be entertaining, but for just watching and poking around it’s only mildly amusing.