It's the nicest looking casino in Detroit. It's only one story, but it feels pretty open and spacious. If you play penny slots then this would not be the place for you. Hardly any penny slots to play. Table minimums are very high like every other casino in Detroit. Greektown is actually in a better area of Detroit then MGM is for those people who actually know Detroit. They tried to make this MGM feel like the Vegas MGM, but didn't do a great job at it. Casino does feel alive especially on the weekends. Employees aren't very nice much like the rest of the Detroit casinos. Food selection isn't that good and is expensive. Players card is good except it's for the MGM-Mirage chain.
Clearly, this is the best casino in Detroit. Best buffet, best restaurants, best staff. But it is still a Detroit casino, for locals only. In fact it's for locals who won't go anywhere else to gamble.
This is a Tunica experience at Las Vegas strip prices. $15 minimum for table games. During slow week days, they would prefer to shut down more than half the tables rather than deal blackjack for $5 or $10 per hand. It's still very crowded on the weekends, and the smoke is terrible.
Forget 9/6 jack or better, even at the $1 level. Not even 8/6 at the quarters. No free drinks. In fact, if you order a drink at a table, it will be $4 plus tip and you will get a poor drink in a plastic cup. Recently I won a few bucks at a blackjack table and decided to get a martini at one of the upscale bars. It was $11 plus tip, which was served in a plastic cup. The cocktail waitresses are plain at best, most don't bother to wear makeup or even do their hair.
The buffet is good, but I spent $100 to take my wife and daughter (3 of us). It wasn't that good. There are 3 casinos, but they are spread out, no way to walk from one to another, so if you go, then you are going only to one casino. Best not to leave the building, as there is no place nearby worth walking to if you are visitor. This is the best casino in Detroit, but anyone who rates this even 3 stars overall has obviously never gone to Vegas.
This is one of the best buffets in the Detroit Windsor area. The only problem is having to cut through the smoke- horrible. You are in line breathing in so much smoke and you have to sit in the back of the non smoking buffet to get away from it. Too bad MI casinos do not care about their customers or workers. WORST SMOKING of any casino. Why doesn't MI get their act together and go smoke free like all of Canada did? The pay out is great but again, I go to Windsor which doesn't really have great food or machines just to avoid the smoke.
