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Originally Posted by hkawastaken
Indeed, since the opening of the hotel it's been really crowded.
I'll say.......Mini trip report and observations, Dec. 5, 2015
Visited the Bike Hotel and Casino for the first time since the hotel opened. Wife and I are in LA 6-10x yearly from NorCal, we frequent the bike when visiting. Beautiful new Porte cochere for entrance on the redone hotel side. Valet parking now a $5.00 post-paid fee, appears there is no more " keeping it close for more" extra tip available. Maybe, but don't think so.
Great new entrance leads right to main stairway of poker room, with Bakery, Brewpub and hotel lobby on the right.
The room appeared to "sell out" at around 10pm, for perhaps an hour. WSOP in town.
Deli had an $8.00 buffet, popular with the tournament crowd. No coffee, you have to go to the new bakery.
New bakery has some issues, employees/dealers cutting in front of public, others ...getting a meal, at a discount, oh well. Bakery has stuff in the display case that they Are completely out of....cookies on display, but no, we have no cookies.
Bike Brewery has great food, we had little gem wedge salad, 1/2 broiled chicken, bike burger, all cooked, prepared and served perfectly. All issues with this restaurant are from the fact they've been open five days only- pacing, seating, the overly loud band in the lounge next door, and just the newness of personnel. All these are observations, and not critiques at this time, one hopes this restaurant fixes these simple growing pains.
Once again, the only wish for the bike is some sort of improved player tracking, hopefully Bravo. No info posted on what they intend to do. Some sort of table near the Plaza with a sign on it about earning 0.01 in comps per hand played, ....am thinking one needs a lot more in of on this, this sign is bizarre.
Nice new mini wallets for player cards, an improvement over the old, folding card carriers which never lasted long.