That is why there are two stars for this review. The food was good and the service was awesome. Once we went through and finally figured out our ticket situation we ate at Bobby Flay's. She told us we had to go upstairs for another checkin. We had to go to Will Call for our tickets and the lady there was clueless as to the VIP process. We arrived well before the concert to check out the casino as well as get ready for the Meet and Greet. We went to The Shoe for the Barenaked Ladies concert. Sure, I'd like to see some $5 tables so my money stretches a little further - but, that's not going to happen as long as we continue to fill the casino tables at $10+ minimums. All in all, I will visit the casino again. Actually noticed more questionable behavior the closer we got to the casino.

We even walked back to the Hyatt from the casino - around midnight, without issue. Other reviewers have mentioned the area around the casino being questionable - but we didn't notice anything too questionable. We took the shuttle from our downtown hotel, so we didn't drive in to the casino. It would be nice to have access to self serve soda, water and coffee. One thing I wish Horseshoe would take from Hollywood (and Wheeling for that matter) are the Soda machines.

For someone that's not experienced in reading the number of lines and max bet per line - it could end in a disaster. Though, they weren't of the same variety you'd see in Vegas (no Single or double deck BJ, there was a weird rule with the 3 card poker - these are what I can remember.) I'll agree with other reviewers in the fact that many of the slots are misleading/confusing. I found the variety of table games to be the best (IMHO) of the casinos I've visited so far - including BJ, Hold 'em bonus, Pai Gow, Let it Ride, Craps, Roulette, etc. There were plenty of variety of slot machines and denominations - though a lot more of the wild and crazy machines that have you playing multiple lines and multiple bets per line, than I prefer to play. On a Holiday, in the evening, with a packed casino - I thought this was pretty good. Every game had at least one table with a $10/minimum, going up in $5 increments here and there throughout the casino. After taking a few spins around the floor I was pleasantly surprised at the table minimums. After having dinner in the casino - we headed out around 7:30 to the casino floor. I like the layout better than Cleveland, and in general - I like the Horseshoe brand over the Hollywood brand. Of the three, Horseshoe Cincy is my favorite. Horseshoe Cincinnati was my 3rd Ohio Casino visit this year - previously visiting Horseshoe Cleveland and Hollywood here in C-bus. As an annual Vegas visitor - I was excited to have the opportunity for a casino(s) in Ohio.

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