On a more positive note, I was surprised at how good the coffee was at their little coffee kiosk and the front desk and housekeeping employees were friendly. On top of all that, the valet service was insultingly slow. At classy casino properties, hotel guests can use a VIP line and skip standing around for 2 hours just to eat a meal. We hung around for several minutes to see how fast the line was moving. What? Talk about saying something ridiculous We wanted to eat at the buffet but the line was crazy long already at only 5:30. He said our bags were on a luggage cart and we could not take the cart with us (duh!) so he *had* to bring the bags to our room. When we were finally able to check in, I showed my luggage claim ticket to the Bell Desk and heard something I had never heard in 25 years of going to casino resorts. That is probably so that you spend every dollar you brought with you in their horribly tight casino. Yay! We had to wait 5 hours to be able to check into this glorious room. Speaking of remodeling, be prepared for the sounds of construction early in the morning.

The suite's bathroom at Pala was nice but the bedroom desperately needs to be remodeled. The other property had a much nicer room at a cheaper price.

We spent the previous night at another casino hotel only a dozen miles away.

Pala casino's pool renovation